On November 23rd, 2022, CityNews Toronto featured Speaker Slam® in a segment titled "Inspirational stories taking centre stage," reported by Stella Acquisto.
Co-founder Dan Shaikh was joined on air by Marcos Mendosa, the 2022 Inspirational Speaker of the Year, to talk about the 2022 Grand Slam: The Inspirational Speaking Finals, held four days earlier at the CBC Glenn Gould Studio alongside the first Momentum Conference.
Momentum in Motion
"Rina Rovinelli and I have worked our butts off for the last six years and I'm thrilled that we got recognition for the impact we have created," Dan wrote afterward. The feature came together from a single Instagram direct message, and aired in less than 24 hours.
"When you've got momentum, things just feel easy. This is what momentum in motion looks like. So thrilled that we can showcase the proof of what we preach."
Marcos Mendosa was Speaker Slam®'s first ever champion in 2016 and returned to win again at The Comeback in 2022 before taking the year-end title.