Captivate people, inspire trust, and get results with The PRO Story System

The biggest challenge in business isn’t coming up with great ideas. It’s getting people to listen, care, and act on them. Even the best idea will get ignored or rejected if it’s not delivered in a memorable, compelling way. 

So how can we inspire people to listen and take action?

In this dynamic, practical keynote, Richard Newman reveals how anyone can use the science of storytelling to maximize their impact every day with the PRO Story System™. Sharing proven strategies and simple tools, he empowers attendees to not just captivate others, but compel them to action, whether they’re in a meeting, presentation, or conversation.

Audiences will leave able to transform their business communication, ideas, and complex topics into clear, concise messages that increase their influence and engagement through the power of story.

This keynote is perfect for leaders and teams who:

• Have important ideas to share, but can’t seem to make people listen or act on those ideas

• Those ideas are losing sales because their competitors do a better job of connecting with the customer

• Want to cascade key messages throughout the company, but are struggling to convince people to take action

• Need to share critical insights and data, but make the message so complex that people don’t understand them

The audience will leave able to:

• Make their ideas compelling, concise, and memorable with the PRO Storytelling Method™ used by successful business people around the world

• Drive forward their vision, goal, or project by cascading messages effectively

• Ensure others remember all of their key points after meetings, presentations, or conversations

• Reduce the time it takes them to prepare for a meeting with an intuitive framework they can use every day

• Speak with fluency, without needing to memorize a script

• Inspire their audience to take action, winning buy-in, and creating momentum

The ability to engage and influence others is critical to success, but how can we adapt our style to effectively communicate with anyone we meet in business?

Richard’s unique research proves that simple changes to non-verbal behavior can immediately convince 42% more people and increase leadership ratings by 44% without changing anything we say. We just need to know which behaviors to change. 

Using simple, science-based techniques, anyone can elevate their presence and increase how confident, knowledgeable, and influential they are in every situation.

Sharing insights from his peer-reviewed scientific study, Richard demonstrates how mastering communication increases our credibility, authority, and influence. Full of interactive, practical activities, this transformative keynote equips audiences with advanced body language and vocal techniques that will help them inspire, lead, and motivate others with greater impact than ever before.

This keynote is perfect for leaders and teams who: 

• Struggle to gain the respect and reactions they want when they’re speaking 

• Don’t feel heard or are finding that their voice and ideas get crowded out, ignored, or rejected

• Want to improve their impact but worry that they aren’t a “natural” speaker

• Can engage some people some of the time, but lack the tools to flex their style to influence a wider audience in different business settings

The audience will leave able to:

• Convince 42% more people and increase their leadership ratings by 44% with insights from Richard’s peer-reviewed scientific research

• Infuse everything they say with gravitas, authority, and impact using scientifically proven communication strategies

• Increase their virtual impact with the same techniques used by broadcast journalists and TV presenters

• Easily embody executive presence and gain greater respect in daily meetings

• Create a dynamic style that can flex to the needs of every audience and message, enhancing their presence and impact so that they can connect, lead, and inspire people in any situation

The six archetypes that unlock your full potential, ready to adapt to every new challenge

Most of us know deep down that we’re not tapping into our full potential, yet unlocking it often feels impossible, frustrating, and out of reach. 

We become obsessed with working harder, convinced that hustle and grit are the key to success. But despite our best efforts, we still find ourselves falling short of the goals we’re so determined to achieve. 

The truth is, the answer lies not in doing the same things over and over, but in understanding how to adapt our approach, explore a new path, and unlock the greater potential within us.

In this profound keynote, Richard reveals the six ancient archetypes within every person, which allow them to expand their thinking, unbox their inner strength, and unleash their full potential. 

Full of lively activities to help them embody these concepts, this keynote will empower your audience to move past their current challenges and achieve their goals while becoming a greater version of themselves along the way.

This keynote is perfect for leaders and teams who: 

• Feel stuck and are looking for a way to see past their current challenges

• Have goals they long to achieve but seem unable to reach them

• Succeed with some people, some of the time, but are boxed in by their current mode of working and don’t know how to activate new behaviors and thinking

• No longer feel excited by their work and want to experience the energy and momentum they used to have

The audience will leave able to (Outcome/What They Get):

• Access the Six Archetypes of dynamic leadership that unlock their full potential, overcoming their challenges with greater ease and enjoyment

• Start a transformative journey of personal growth that will unleash their full, expansive potential

• Embody new behaviors and tap into their inner strength with confidence and ease

• Identify and foster the specific behaviors they need to achieve their goals, as well as the journey that will lead them to greater success

Details are crucial for good decisions, but the human brain struggles to grasp, let alone act on, complexity. If they’re not cohesive and memorable, technical details, data, and sophisticated ideas won’t drive action - they’ll be ignored.  

This real-world-ready keynote equips leaders and teams with 5 proven strategies to ensure people listen, understand, and remember even the most complex information. Sharing examples from business, journalism, and psychology, Richard offers simple, concrete steps anyone can take to ensure their meetings, updates, presentations, and documents avoid confusion or inaction, and instead deliver results.

This is a popular booking for groups who have already experienced Richard’s Stories That Win framework and want to take their impact to the next level.

This keynote is perfect for STEM, Finance, Pharma, and Marketing professionals or anyone else who: 

• Is required to explain data, insights, and spreadsheets in a way that non-technical people can understand, but find their audience switching off, looking confused, or missing the point of the message

• Don’t have the time or resources to deal with lengthy creative design sessions for every slide deck and document they produce

• Feel frustrated by people ignoring their ideas or forgetting their message

• Regularly presents insights or complex ideas and wants to uplevel their skills quickly

The audience will leave able to:

• Use 5 powerful strategies to make any information come to life in a clear and memorable way, enhancing the impact of their message

• Increase the amount people remember from their meetings by 550% with a simple, proven method

• Make technical information easy for everyone to understand

• Hear examples from businesses, scientists, and media personalities who have applied these to enhance their message

• Confidently apply everything that they learn in their next meeting, improving their engagement and results

Doing your best work in a high-stress, high-stakes situation can feel impossible. Even the best communication skills mean nothing without the ability to perform when it matters. A peak performance mindset is critical to creating impact.

Richard shares practical techniques for reaching a peak performance state before any presentation, pitch, or meeting, plus strategies for staying in that mindset throughout the event to create the best opportunity for success. Eye-opening, proven, and actionable, this keynote empowers leaders and teams to feel and look confident, thrive under pressure, and maximize their results.

This keynote is perfect for leaders and teams who: 

• Feel the pressure to perform in key moments, but are unsure how to be their best selves when it matters most

• Are stressed about targets and goals, or critical upcoming meetings, and lack the strategies to prepare for success

• Lack the self-belief and personal confidence to achieve the success they deserve, or are feeling anxious and struggling to feel motivated and focused 

The audience will leave able to:

• Take charge of their mind in challenging events so that everything they do helps them achieve their goals

• Reach a peak mental state before important events, so they can reach their full potential

• Develop simple anchors that bring them back to their best self before and during key events to get the results they desire

• Overcome the nagging doubts and worries that hold them back by overriding them with peak mindset techniques

• Transform how they move, breathe, and focus, so that everything works together to increase their impact 

• Immediately apply everything they have learned to an upcoming event, so they are ready to perform at their best

As disengagement rises, leaders are scrambling for new ways to build better business relationships, connected cultures, and team rapport. The current working world is filled with surface-level interactions that leave people feeling disconnected and isolated. 

Successful relationships and teamwork require a deeper level of understanding and trust with the people around us. The key? The courage to be present and go deeper.

In this thought-provoking keynote, Richard reveals how asking the right questions and effective listening can unlock deep, meaningful connections with teams, coworkers, and clients. Sharing practical conversation frameworks and listening techniques, he empowers audiences to make relationships stronger, meetings more compelling, and work more fulfilling and successful.

This keynote is perfect for leaders and teams who: 

• Need to engage or influence their team, clients, or stakeholders, but don’t feel connected with them or able to understand their needs 

• Are working towards a common goal with people who feel like strangers

• Find interactions challenging and want to understand what is driving other people’s thoughts and behaviors

The audience will leave able to:

• Apply a powerful framework for having deeper conversations with anyone

• Improve trust and understanding with their clients and colleagues

• Effectively use the 3 levels of questions needed to create connection and improve rapport

• Elevate their listening skills so that people around them feel truly heard and valued

• Avoid the common pitfalls the mind leads them into in conversations, so they can stay present and build better working relationships