ASSOCIATIONS & CONFERENCE KEYNOTE SPEAKER
FRONT END OF INNOVATION
Your annual meeting has one job: to energize your members and send them home with something they'll actually use. Todd Henry is the rare keynote speaker who delivers both—inspiration that fills the room and practical takeaways that outlast the event—while making your planning team look like rock stars.
Association audiences are diverse—different roles, generations, and goals in one room. Todd’s gift is delivering a message that lands across all of them: genuinely inspiring, immediately practical, and tailored to your members’ world. A great talk lights up the room; Todd’s talks stick when members are back at work on Monday
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Learn how to leverage AI without losing what makes you irreplaceable.
Discover the five-part framework for amplifying your work while preserving your drive, motivation, and creative intuition.
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Learn five practices to be brilliant at a moment's notice, maintain focus, and stay energized.
Master creativity, manage energy, find inspiration, and avoid burnout to stay sharp.
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Identify and overcome seven "deadly sins" that kill creativity to unleash your best work daily.
Challenge assumptions, rediscover passion, and ignite drive to deliver brilliant solutions to complex problems.
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Overcome the unique challenges of managing talented teams by becoming the leader creative people need.
Master effective leadership, protect team focus, and achieve better brainstorming and collaboration.
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Cultivate a culture of bravery to confront uncertainty, achieve greatness, and inspire others.
Practice brave decision-making and decisive action to bring out the best in creative teams.
Each topic can be delivered in keynote or workshop format.
No topic is more on every association’s agenda than AI. Todd’s VERVE framework gives members a practical, refreshingly human take: how to use AI to amplify their work while protecting the judgment and expertise that make them irreplaceable. A timely, conversation-starting keynote that fits almost any program.
Key takeaways: the line between support work to automate and soul work to protect, and five principles for using AI wisely.
High-performing teams require a unique leadership approach. By understanding the needs of talented, ambitious creative pros and implementing the right targeted strategies, leaders can unleash their team’s full potential—driving innovation, productivity, and sustainable success.
By the end of this keynote, you’ll be equipped with effective leadership approaches, time and attention management, and self-leadership techniques. Learn how to balance the seemingly conflicting needs within your team to nurture creativity while maintaining focus and productivity.
Based on Todd’s best-selling book, Herding Tigers.
Your members are stretched thin—doing more with less, on tighter timelines. Based on The Accidental Creative, this keynote delivers five practices that help anyone manage their energy, sustain focus, and avoid burnout while consistently delivering their best work. Universally relevant, regardless of profession.
Key takeaways: five repeatable practices for peak performance, energy management, and practical defenses against burnout.
Based on Todd’s best-selling book, The Accidental Creative.
Every profession is navigating volatile change. Based on The Brave Habit, this keynote shows your members how to build the daily habit of courageous, decisive action—confronting uncertainty, challenging conventional wisdom, and driving positive change in their organizations and communities. A powerful, unifying message for a mixed-membership audience.
Key takeaways: the two factors behind habitual bravery, how to lead through uncertainty, and how to build a culture of courage.
Based on Todd’s latest book, The Brave Habit.
Based on Die Empty, this keynote names the seven patterns that lead to stagnation and plateaus—and gives members the tools to break free, challenge assumptions, and rediscover their drive. An energizing, hopeful message that sends people home re-inspired.
Based on Todd’s best-selling book, Die Empty.
Todd is a meeting planner’s dream. He has delivered keynotes for audiences across dozens of industries and knows how to read and serve a diverse membership. Reasons you’ll be thrilled you hired Todd:
We Are Unmoored. It’s Time To Re-Tether.
Why Great Leaders Aim For Influence, Not Control
Schedule Time Blocks For “Deep Work”
Good Decisions With Bad Outcomes
Talent Gets You In The Game, But Your Practices Keep…
What Leaders Can Learn From Australia’s War…
How To Be a Super – Communicator
Alone With Your Thoughts
The Dangers Of Keeping Score
The Hardest Thing Is To See What’s In Front of You