Jeff Shinabarger speaking at TEDx Peachtree. Jeff Shinabarger is a speaker and author with Punchline Agency. Jeff Shinabarger speaks on topics including Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Hosting, for Keynotes, Panel, and Interviews. Jeff Shinabarger…

Jeff Shinabarger

Jeff Shinabarger, Founder and Executive Director, Plywood People, is a social entrepreneur, best-selling author, and creator of Path by Plywood, a six-week community driven, learning experience that challenges ideas and brings them into reality. Jeff has a vision to make Atlanta a center for social innovation, while personally engaging in over 240 problem solving start-ups.

His work has been featured by CNN, USA Weekend, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Huffington Post, Christianity Today, Coca-Cola, Relevant Magazine, and the Chicago Sun Times. He is the cofounder of Q and creatively led Catalyst for eight years. Jeff and his wife, André, live in East Atlanta Village and exploring how to raise a family while striving to change the world with their two kids, Jada and Neko. Jeff authored the books Love or Work: Is It Possible to Change the World, Stay in Love, and Raise a Healthy Family?, Yes or No: How Your Everyday Decisions Will Forever Shape Your Life , and More or Less: Choosing a Lifestyle of Excessive Generosity.

In 2017, Forbes listed Jeff as a speaker to see, and Dreaming to Doing: 6 Actions for Entrepreneurial Endeavors is just one of the popular keynotes that Jeff can give. To find out more about the topics Jeff covers, contact Punchline today! 

Topics Include
Leadership | Entrepreneurship | Host
Possible Formats
Keynote | Panel | Interviewer

Past Engagements

  • TEDx Atlanta

  • Creative Mornings

  • Q

  • Chick-fil-a

  • National Christian Foundation

  • Catalyst

  • Economix


Travel Info

Departing From: Atlanta, GA


Jeff makes it clear that when it comes to generosity, connection and community, too much isn’t enough.
— Seth Godin, Author, The Icarus Deception
With warmth, humility, and brilliant creativity, Jeff Shinabarger challenges us to a journey that can, quite literally, transform our daily lives and that of our neighbors.
— Bethany Hoang, Director of the IJM Institute