KEYNOTE speaking formats 

30-60 minutes

With or without Q&A

Fits easily within event agendas

Motivational, inspirational, memorable

Can be scheduled across a day for a specific purpose

• Morning keynotes to set the scene, galvanize energy and attention, and frame what comes next

• Closing keynotes to tie everything together and move toward action

• Afternoon keynotes to wake everybody back up and inspire ideas

• Pre, during, or after dinner keynotes to unlock evening engagement

A customized and powerful three-act narrative

• Set the context that everyone must engage with, and how the future may unfold

• How each audience member can personally switch on and step up

• Finish with how the team, unit, organization, or industry can shape the future together

60-120 minutes

Take audience members on experiential journeys that can change hearts and minds for good

Explore complex topics in more depth and with more nuance

Can include interactive elements such as tools, practices, conversations, games, and exercises

Different from what audiences have experienced before

Beyond motivational and inspirational, to be potentially transformational

Can galvanize a phase transition in an organization or group of leaders

Ideal for senior leadership teams and high-level and high-touch CxO gatherings and roundtables

Classic keynote with 60-120 minute workshop session later the same day

Maximizes your ROI on keynote speaker investment

Turns inspiration around big ideas into concrete action

Gives audience members time, space, and permission to explore, experiment with, and integrate big ideas

Provides participants with take-home tools and practices they can use in everyday life and work

20-30 minute keynotes

Big and bold ideas delivered in a short, neat, and compelling narrative

Shock and awe the audience without boredom or tiredness setting in

Fit multiple big and bold ideas into one day

Create intrigue and suspense by not giving away all the answers in one go

Bring big, bold, and motivating ideas to life in thoughtful and nuanced ways

Fresh thinking that speaks to that moment and responds to that needs and interest of that specific audience

Turns boring panels into lively and inspiring debates that engage audiences 

Fresh and provcative thinking shared in easy-to-grasp ways that opens up more insight in other panel members and interviewers

Generous and humble contributions that make it easier for less experienced and confident panel members (and interviewers) to shine

World-class facilitation expertise to drive critical outcomes from a group of diverse people in efficient and cost-effective ways

Leverage group work underpinned by clear instructions and printed tools so you can scale to large numbers without more facilitators

Can include a keynote at the start to rapidly build coherence and a shared understanding about the challenges/opportunities ahead

Ensure every participant feels seen, heard, and included, and that they have the space and time to contribute their thoughts safely

Generate brave yet safe spaces for real talk that moves the conversation onwards rather than the same faces saying the same things once again

Create and hold space for genuine transformation and innovation and reduce resistance to change

Leverage ideas from 30 years of designing highly interactive and value-creating innovation programs and leadership journeys for executives and corporations

Benefit from observations and insights from keynote speaking at over 1000 events

Harness new technologies and human-centered interactions to turbo-charge engagement, participation, and action

Design how best to bring together external speakers and in-house speakers within a coherent flow that over-delivers on event ambitions

Avoid the classic pitfalls and traps of event planning that get repeated time and time again by well-meaning producers