Day of Excellence 2025

Day of Excellence, Inc. (DOE) is thrilled to present the 14th 'Day' with four remarkable keynote speakers you won't want to miss!  The 'Day' is a high energy all-day event offering the region an opportunity to hear from nationally renowned speakers with expertise in a number of personal and professional related topics such as resilience, work-life balance, optimizing human performance, mindset, leadership, and discovering potential.

2025 Speaker Lineup:

Betsy Allen-Manning: Featured on FOX, CBS, ABC, NBC & TEDx, Betsy Allen-Manning is an internationally known leadership speaker, best-selling author and company culture expert. Her specialty is helping leaders attract, engage and retain the best talent in a hyper-competitive marketplace.
Juan Bendana: Confidence Coach to top CEO’s, Fortune 100 Leaders, Olympians, actors and peak performers across every industry, Juan Bendana helps leaders navigate uncertainty and exponential change by developing the unwavering confidence to thrive in any environment. 
Seb Terry: Based in Venice, California, Seb Terry is a cheeky Australian whose passion for life is not only evident through his famed 100 things bucket list journey, but is powerfully unleashed onto stages with every keynote that he performs creating a ripple effect of positive change in others, too. 
Jeff Civillico: From a 10-year-old kid doing shows in the kitchen for his “Gram” to becoming a 3-time “Best of Las Vegas” winner, Jeff Civillico has always had a heart to connect with people.  Jeff wants you to leave lighter and brighter, taking a ripple of happiness with you.
Kenyon Salo (returning guest emcee): One of only five members on the Denver Broncos Thunderstorm Skydive Team, Kenyon will guide the ‘Day’ with humor, awe-inspiring moments, prolific storytelling, and ‘edge-of-the seat’ content.

Day of Excellence is the legacy project originally created by the Leadership Rapid City Class of 2009 with a desire to provide a legacy project that makes our community better tomorrow than it is today.