Keynotes, workshops, and closed-door briefings on AI in education — from someone who works inside the problem, not someone who built a deck about it. Honest about what is changing, careful about what is not, and willing to disagree with the room when the room is wrong.
Most AI keynotes are either hype or fear, and audiences are tired of both. The talks and workshops on offer here are built from real engagement with educators, leadership teams, and learners across multiple countries and sectors — and they are designed to leave a room sharper than it arrived, not more anxious. If you want energy without substance, this is the wrong booking. If you want a session that gives your audience a clearer frame and a defensible next step, keep reading.
A working call with the organizer and, where useful, a programming lead to agree on the audience, the desired shift in the room, and the specific framing that fits your event. The talk gets built around your context, not pulled off a shelf.
Every engagement is tailored. Keynotes are written for the specific audience, sector, and moment; workshops are designed around the decisions your participants need to make. Generic AI-in-education slide decks are not on the menu.
A clean, presenter-ready slide deck plus any handouts, frameworks, or worksheets the format calls for. Materials are designed to be useful after the event, not just behind the speaker during it.
Most formats include time for audience questions, a fireside-style conversation, or a structured discussion segment. The Q&A is treated as part of the work, not a polite afterthought — preparation includes likely questions and how to handle the hard ones.
Within a week of the event, your audience receives a curated list of follow-up reading, tools, and starting points keyed to the talk. It is shorter and more opinionated than the typical conference handout, and it does not link to a sales page.
Whether the session can be recorded, by whom, and how it can be reused internally or externally is settled before the event — not negotiated in the green room. Reasonable internal-use recording for your institution is the default; broader distribution is discussed on its own terms.
Honest about scope. Things you might assume are included but aren't:
You send the event date, format, audience profile, and the shift you want the session to produce. I respond with a quick yes/no on fit and availability — not a sales sequence. If the event is not a fit, I will say so plainly and, when I can, suggest someone better suited.
A 45-60 minute call to align on audience, content, format, logistics, and recording terms, followed by a short written agreement covering scope, fee, and travel arrangements. No multi-page boilerplate; the agreement is short enough that everyone actually reads it.
Talk or workshop is designed and built against the agreed framing. For sensitive audiences or board-level briefings, a brief check-in call mid-prep is included so the framing can be tested before slides are finalized.
Arrival and tech check well before the session, the session itself, and time for hallway conversations after. For workshops and full-day formats, I stay engaged through the working portions rather than disappearing between segments.
Within a week, your audience receives the curated follow-up resource list. The organizer receives the final deck, any agreed recording, and a short note on what worked and what I would adjust if I were running the session again.
A board had been arguing about AI for two cycles. Some members wanted an institution-wide mandate; others wanted a moratorium until a policy was approved. The booking was for a closed-door briefing — not a keynote — and the work in scoping was to define what a useful next step looked like, then build the session backward from there. The room left with a shared frame for separating policy decisions from practice decisions, and a short list of questions the board agreed to answer before the next meeting. No standing ovation, which was the point.
Yes. Fees vary by format, audience, preparation depth, and travel. Keynotes for commercial conferences sit at a different rate than nonprofit, public-sector, or academic events, and a reduced rate is available for institutions in regions or sectors where the standard fee is genuinely a barrier. I quote on a per-engagement basis after the scoping call, not from a public rate card.
Yes, for board sessions, executive briefings, and donor-facing work where confidentiality is part of the value. I will sign a standard mutual NDA covering the substance of the discussion and any institutional materials shared during preparation. I will not sign agreements that prevent me from speaking publicly about AI in education in general, because that is most of my work.
Yes, and for many formats it is the right call. Remote keynotes, virtual workshops, and recorded executive briefings all work well when the production setup is taken seriously. For board retreats and full-day workshops, in-person is usually worth the travel; for shorter sessions, remote is often the better use of everyone's time and budget.
For in-person engagements, yes — round-trip travel from the home city and reasonable accommodations are covered by the organizer, separate from the speaking fee. The agreement specifies travel class based on flight duration; I am not particular, but long-haul economy followed immediately by a keynote is not a setup that serves your audience.
Within the scope of real working experience — K-12, Higher Ed, corporate L&D, EdTech, professional development, and adjacent sectors across Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia, Europe, and Silicon Valley — yes, and tailoring is the default rather than the upsell. If your event is in a sector or context I cannot speak to honestly, I will say so during the scoping call and decline the booking.
Fees vary substantially by format, audience, preparation depth, and travel — a 45-minute remote keynote for a nonprofit convening and a full-day in-person workshop for a corporate L&D conference are not the same engagement. Indicative ranges are shared during the scoping call once the format and context are clear; reduced rates are available for public-sector, academic, and mission-aligned bookings where the standard fee would be a real barrier.
Effective speaking combines evidence with narrative. The best presentations leave audiences both informed and inspired to take action.
A good keynote challenges assumptions. Audiences should leave with questions, not just answers — and a deeper understanding of AI's complexity.
I love keynotes that end with a challenge: 'What will you do Monday morning?' That's the measure of a great presentation.
A great keynote doesn't just inform — it shifts perspective. The goal is to help audiences see AI not as a threat to what they do, but as a liberation toward what they're meant to do.
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