Inspire, energize, and empower your audience to tell a compelling story that gets results. Entertaining and enlightening, Adam doesn’t just tell your audience how the magic works—he shows them how to do it.
A great keynote inspires people with exciting new ideas and fresh motivation. But all too often, they don’t know how to apply those ideas to the work at hand. Adam’s presentations inform, inspire, and teach participants to harness the world-changing power of story right away. His clear, step-by-step process leaves audiences energized and empowered to put energy into action.
In over 25 years of creative leadership in branding and marketing, Adam has discovered that the oldest form of connection, communication, and persuasion is also the most powerful, great stories. With robust support from neuroscientists, psychologists, and behavioral economists, he shows audiences why that is and how to use it to their advantage.
Best of all, the insights in Adam’s keynotes explain phenomena that many people sense are true without knowing why. Armed with the tools, energy, and empathy Adam brings to the stage, they emerge as more confident communicators in their personal and professional lives.
Based in Rhode Island, Adam has earned rave reviews by audiences from Boston to Borneo. And with the rise of AI, Adam is determined to empower as many people as possible to become compelling, connection-building storytellers.
Keynote by Adam Olenn:
Keynote by Adam Olenn:
The 21st century pits our ability to adapt against the fastest pace of change in human history. Technologies like artificial intelligence are growing logarithmically. Social networks have left us feeling more separated and lonely. And together, they have spawned an information environment so dense with static that it’s hard to hear the music.
Fortunately, you have within you a power that overcomes all of these challenges: the ability to create and share stories.
In this energizing, inspiring, and highly practical keynote, you’ll learn why stories are the preeminent form of human communication, the transformative effects they have on business, and how to achieve these results time after time.
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Keynote by Adam Olenn:
Whether corporate, nonprofit, or personal, there are a few common reasons why branding efforts fail to connect.
The most common issue is being too self-focused. If branding is an answer to the question “what do we want to say,” you ‘re halfway to Troubletown.
In this inspiring, thought-provoking keynote, you’ll learn the essential mechanism that makes brand work and how to harness it for yourself.
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Keynote by Adam Olenn:
Creating a vision is hard. But getting other people to buy in to your vision can be even harder.
Learn how inclusive co-authorship can combine these steps to create a stronger, more durable strategic vision.
Best of all, when the plan belongs to everyone, buy-in is a given, and your team can accelerate directly into execution.
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