SPEAKER · AUTHOR · TEACHER

A message your people
won't forget.

"When the heart changes, everything changes."

Dan speaks at churches, men's conferences, parent events, and faith-based organizations — bringing a message rooted in 30 years of pastoral wisdom and one cardiac event that changed everything.

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30+ Years Ministry & Leadership
Maxwell Certified Coach & Behavioral Consultant
Author · I Have A Heart Condition
Author · The Rod of Leadership
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Santa Clarita, CA · Available Nationally

ABOUT DAN

Thirty years of pressure.
One cardiac event.
One message.

Dan Ziegler has spent more than three decades in simultaneous ministry and marketplace leadership — scaling sales teams, planting churches, coaching leaders, and raising a family. He has seen what pressure does to people from every angle.

In 2015, a cardiac event with three blocked arteries — one 95% closed — interrupted everything. What came out of that season is the message Dan brings to every stage: the pressure showing up in your leadership, your family, and your church traces back to the same root. A heart that hasn't daily surrendered.

Dan is a Certified Maxwell Leadership Coach and Behavioral Consultant (DISC). He is the author of I Have A Heart Condition and The Rod of Leadership, and the founder of Awakening Hearts — a movement equipping people to live from a changed heart in every room they enter.

Bi-Vocational Pastor · 30+ Years
Maxwell Certified Leadership Coach
Behavioral Consultant · DISC
Author · 2 Published Books
Founder · Awakening Hearts Movement
Speaker · Churches, Conferences, Organizations
Santa Clarita, CA · Available Nationally
"The problem isn't out there. The heart is where everything starts — and surrender changes everything."

THE TALKS

One message.
Three rooms.

Every talk Dan gives flows from the same diagnostic truth — the heart drives everything. The message adapts to the room. The root never changes.

Faith Track
Heart of Revival
"The Missing Ingredient"
Format: Keynote or Sunday Message · 35–45 minutes
Your congregation is showing up — but the depth isn't there. This keynote meets your people where they are and calls them toward visible, lasting transformation that shows up in their homes, their workplaces, and their community. Not striving. Surrender.
Congregations Sunday Messages Revival Nights Weekend Services Church Formation Events
Leave-behind: I Have A Heart Condition devotional
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Family Track
Heart of Your Family
"The Rod of Leadership"
Format: Parent Seminar or Family Event · 60–90 minutes
Families aren't struggling because parents don't care — they're struggling because no one has equipped parents to lead from the heart. This seminar reframes the biblical rod as a leadership framework built on Authority + Grace.
Parent Nights Family Ministry Events Church Growth Initiatives Thriving Families Seminars
Leave-behind: The Rod of Leadership book + Choose Well curriculum
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Leadership Track
Heart of Leadership
"Pressure-Proof"
Format: Keynote or Workshop · 45–60 minutes
Pressure doesn't create character — it reveals it. Dan helps leaders identify what's actually running them beneath their leadership patterns before it costs them everything they've built.
Men's Conferences Faith-Based Organizations Leadership Retreats
Leave-behind: I Have A Heart Condition book
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FEATURED KEYNOTE

“The Missing Ingredient”

Faith Track · Keynote or Sunday Message · 35–45 minutes

What if your sphere of influence genuinely shifted — not because you tried harder, but because something changed in you? This keynote opens with a diagnostic question your congregation has never been asked, moves through the five heart drivers that run most people beneath the surface, and lands in one of the most vulnerable moments from Dan's own story — a cardiac event that nearly ended everything, and what it revealed about what was actually running him.

"Revival doesn't start in an auditorium. It starts in a surrendered heart. It might start in yours today."
Ideal for
Congregations Sunday Messages Revival Nights Weekend Services
The Talk Arc
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Hook
5 min
Opens with the sphere of influence question. The room leans in before the first minute is over.
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Diagnosis
8 min
The five heart drivers — Control, Approval, Comfort, Pride, Anger — shown through real examples your people will recognize in themselves.
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Truth
10 min
Three biblical movements: the condition is universal, the remedy is surrender, and transformed hearts transform rooms.
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The Turn
7 min
Dan's personal story. Three blocked arteries. Getting on the plane anyway. The most vulnerable 7 minutes on any stage — and the moment the room goes still.
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The Call
5 min
Not an altar call. A leadership challenge. One question: what is running you? And a clear next step.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

The room goes still.

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"Dan has a rare gift — he speaks with the authority of a pastor and the credibility of someone who has lived every word. Our congregation left changed, not just challenged."
Senior Pastor · Southern California Church
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"I've sat through a lot of leadership talks. This was different. He got to something I didn't know was running me. I've been thinking about it for weeks."
Executive · Faith-Based Organization
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"Our parent night had the highest attendance we've ever seen for a church event. Dan connected with moms and dads in a way we couldn't have scripted. We're already planning a follow-up."
Family Pastor · Multi-Site Church
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THE BOOK

I Have A Heart Condition

A Devotional Journey to a New Heart and a New Life

Every talk Dan gives is backed by 30 days of written content your people can take home and live. I Have A Heart Condition is a 30-day devotional built around the same diagnostic framework — five heart drivers, daily surrender, visible transformation. It's the leave-behind for the Heart of Revival keynote and the entry point for the Awakening Hearts movement.

Book 1 of the Awakening Hearts Series · Ziegler Press · Available on Amazon

BOOK DAN

Ready to bring a message
your people won't forget?

Dan speaks at churches, men's conferences, parent events, and faith-based organizations across Southern California and nationally. Use the form to start the conversation.

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Location: Santa Clarita, CA · Available Nationally
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Response time: Typically responds within 24–48 hours
Dan personally reviews every request and will reach out within 24–48 hours. No pressure, no pitch — just a conversation.
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  • 2.Dan personally reviews every request within 24–48 hours.
  • 3.If it's a fit, he'll reach out to schedule a discovery call.
Explore Awakening Hearts → heartsawakeningnow.org

DAN ZIEGLER

“When the heart changes, everything changes.”

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[email protected]
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