⏵ Keynotes · Panels · Workshops

Talks that help teams turn AI, storytelling, and creative work into real business leverage.

I give keynotes, join panels, and run workshops for business owners, creative teams, marketers, filmmakers, and organizations trying to understand what AI actually changes — and how to use it to grow, move faster, and make better work.

⏵ Keynote 01

AI as Business Leverage: Practical Ways to Use It Right Now

A practical session for business owners and teams who want to understand how AI can actually help them day to day. I walk through simple ways to use it for marketing, planning, content, research, customer communication, and repetitive work so your team can move faster without making the business feel less human.

⏵ Ideal audience

Chambers of commerce · Industry associations · Founder communities · Corporate leadership offsites · Franchise networks

⏵ Takeaways

·Where AI can create immediate leverage in marketing, sales, operations, and creative work

·How small teams can use AI to move faster without adding headcount

·Practical workflows your team can start using this month

·How to use AI to support better decisions, not replace human judgment

·What to automate, what to accelerate, and what should still stay human

⏵ Keynote 02

Building Films That Have a Real Shot

A practical talk for filmmakers, producers, and creative teams trying to get projects made in a tougher market. I cover packaging, financing, audience-building, incentives, distribution reality, and how AI can now help teams visualize, pitch, plan, and pressure-test projects before they spend real money.

⏵ Ideal audience

Film schools · Festival panels · Filmmaker collectives · Production company off-sites

⏵ Takeaways

·What a modern indie film package needs before investors take it seriously

·How to use AI tools for lookbooks, pitch decks, previz, and early audience development

·Where film money is actually coming from now, and where it isn't

·How to build audience before you ask people to care

·The mistakes that quietly kill most indie projects before production

⏵ Keynote 03

The Business of Creative Work

A practical session on the side of creative work most people avoid until it becomes expensive: money, structure, planning, ownership, and execution. Built from 18 years across film, branded content, marketing, and production, this talk helps creative teams understand how to make stronger work without losing control of the business around it.

⏵ Ideal audience

MFA programs · Industry associations · Producer guilds · Investor & accelerator events

⏵ Takeaways

·How to think about creative work as both art and business

·How to read a film budget and spot what actually matters

·How timelines, ownership, and distribution shape creative decisions

·How AI can help teams plan, pitch, and visualize earlier

·How to reduce waste before production starts

·How to run creative work with more clarity and less chaos

⏵ What you walk away with

What audiences leave ready to do.

My talks are built around practical takeaways, not abstract predictions. Audiences leave with clearer language, useful frameworks, and specific ways to apply AI, storytelling, and creative strategy to the work they are already doing.

·Identify where AI can create real leverage in their business

·Use AI to support marketing, content, planning, research, and creative development

·Understand what should be automated, accelerated, or protected

·Think more clearly about audience, story, and business goals

·Leave with practical next steps instead of vague inspiration

⏵ Formats

Keynote, 45–60 minutes

Panel or fireside conversation

Half-day team workshop

Full-day or multi-day intensive

Podcast guest or moderated conversation

Give your audience something they can use.

Conferences, company offsites, business groups, film programs, podcasts, and creative teams. Tell me who is in the room, what they are trying to solve, and what you want them walking away ready to do.

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