Overview:

Keynote speaker and storytelling coach Carmine Gallo, top-rated Harvard instructor and international bestselling author of The Storyteller’s Secret, delivers an engaging and highly customized keynote that reveals the art and science of turning storytelling into a superpower—and a competitive advantage. 

As a storytelling expert and columnist for Forbes, Inc., and Harvard Business Review, as well as the author of books translated into more than 40 languages, Gallo has taught storytelling frameworks to Fortune 500 leaders at Amazon Web Services, Google, Microsoft, Berkshire Hathaway, JPMorgan Chase, and many others. He’s taught everyone from CEOs and global leaders, to U.S. Army Special Forces and NFL coaches about the power of storytelling to inspire action and drive results. 

“Gallo unlocks the techniques that will elevate your personal brand, move your business forward, and, quite possibly, change the world,” according to top-rated podcaster Lewis Howes. Billionaire venture capitalist Vinod Khosla—who invited Gallo and Airbnb co-founder Brian Chesky to share the stage to discuss storytelling—says, “Carmine Gallo shows you how to frame ideas to make an irresistible, memorable, and emotional connection with your audience.”

Learn to craft compelling narratives that build emotional connections, craft irresistible narratives, and transform complex ideas into stories that move people and organizations forward. 

Explore the Keynote:

In his global bestseller The Storyteller’s Secret, top-rated Harvard instructor Carmine Gallo interviewed extraordinary communicators from TED speakers to business legends to reveal why some ideas catch on and others don’t. 

In this engaging keynote—customized for your audience—Gallo draws on two decades of coaching Fortune 500 executives on the art and science of storytelling, as well as his columns for Forbes, Inc., and Harvard Business Review. 

Gallo has elevated storytelling skills for senior executives at Amazon Web Services, Google, Microsoft, Coca-Cola, Walmart, as well as U.S. Army Special Forces (Green Berets), TOPGUN pilots, NFL coaches, and visionary entrepreneurs who used Gallo’s storytelling frameworks to pitch their ideas and to take their startups to IPO.

Gallo teaches storytelling to global executives at Harvard, and has coached professionals at a wide range of organizations including more than 300 sales managers at category-leading Modelo/Corona, wealth advisors at UBS, JPMorgan Chase, and Bank of America, as well as senior executives at 70% of the top ten Fortune 500 companies, 

Audiences will learn:

How Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, and other storytellers followed Hollywood’s 3-act storytelling structure to create unforgettable presentations.

How storytelling is foundational to Aristotle’s ancient formula of persuasion and why extraordinary communicators apply it today, from TED Talks to TikTok. 

Why neuroscientists say storytelling is a superpower, activating multiple brain regions and creating memorable moments that drive behavior.

How to amplify ideas with elevated storytelling concepts such as analogy, metaphor, and the Hero’s Journey arc that famous entrepreneurs, leaders, and visionaries use to grab attention and keep people hooked to a message. 

Why storytelling isn’t a soft skill, but a competitive advantage in an AI-saturated world. 

The Multimedia Experience:

Presented in Gallo’s signature multimedia style, this keynote features first-person interviews with influential leaders who credit storytelling for much of their success: Your audience will hear from Virgin founder Richard Branson, Dr. Mike (YouTube’s #1 doctor), Sapiens author Yuval Noah Harari, MasterClass CEO David Rogier, presentation design guru Nancy Duarte, well as the founders of Netflix, Airbnb, Starbucks, Canva, and other iconic brands. 

The Takeaway:

Gallo’s storytelling tactics resonate globally and appeal to business professionals and leaders in every field. Jesse Cole, the showman who transformed the Savannah Bananas exhibition baseball team into a global sensation, credits Gallo’s Storyteller’s Secret for the impact it’s had on his success: “It’s truly one of the most inspirational books I’ve ever read. It changed the way we share the story of our team.” 

In the age of AI, authentic storytelling is your competitive advantage. Whether you’re pitching to investors, leading teams, or building a brand, these timeless and proven storytelling techniques will help you craft compelling narratives that build emotional connections, simplify complexity, and create lasting impact. Storytelling isn’t a soft skill—it’s the leadership superpower that sets you apart.

Overview:

This inspiring and actionable keynote, highly customized for your audience, is based on Carmine Gallo’s international bestseller and modern classic on public speaking: Talk Like TED: The Communication Secrets of the World’s Top Minds. 

Gallo—a top-rated instructor and program leader at Harvard Executive Education—has taught Talk Like TED principles to C-suite and top leaders at 70% of the top ten Fortune 500 companies, including Apple, Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, Google, Microsoft, IBM, and many other admired brands. Now, your organization has access to Gallo’s proven frameworks that transform leaders into captivating communicators who inform, inspire, and ignite change in the age of AI.  

Celebrated as a “communications guru” by Publishers Weekly, Gallo’s tactics have been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Forbes, Inc, Harvard Business Review, CNBC, and ABC’s 20/20. Discover how to craft powerful stories, simplify complex ideas, and engage any audience using proven neuroscience tactics and actionable templates. 

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Bestselling author and globally admired communication coach Carmine Gallo delivers an engaging and transformative keynote ideal for association members, and leaders across every field who seek to elevate their communication, presentation, and public speaking skills. 

This keynote, highly customized for your audience, is based on Carmine Gallo’s international bestseller, Talk Like TED, where he reveals the communication secrets of the world’s top minds. Celebrated as a “communications guru” by Publishers Weekly, Gallo’s tactics have been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Forbes, Inc, Harvard Business Review, CNBC, and ABC’s 20/20. Gallo has spoken to senior leaders at 70% of the top ten Fortune 500 companies including Apple, Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway Google, Microsoft, and many other admired brands. 

Gallo’s actionable and proven frameworks transform leaders into captivating communicators who inform, illuminate, and inspire.

Critical Acclaim:

Talk Like TED has become a modern classic on communication with remarkably broad appeal. It’s been read by Super Bowl champion Travis Kelce and baseball legend Alex Rodriguez, elite athletes who built powerful personal brands off the field. Tariq Trotter, frontman for The Tonight Show’s house band The Roots, travels with a copy of Talk Like TED and actress Maisie Williams—Arya Stark on Game of Thrones—turned to Gallo’s book to prepare for her TED Talk. 

Gallo’s books have been endorsed by billionaires and visionaries such as Shark Tank’s Barbara Corcoran, Starbucks founder Howard Schultz, Adam Grant, Tony Robbins, and Salesforce founder and CEO, Marc Benioff, among others. 

Audiences Will Learn:

• How to craft stories and presentations that make complex ideas simple, memorable, and repeatable.

• How to apply the latest neuroscience to communicate ideas that capture attention, make emotional connections, and inspire action. 

• How to raise the signal-to-noise ratio to cut through information overload. 

• Why storytelling isn’t a soft skill, but a superpower that separates great communicators.

• How to identify the three types of persuasive stories that change hearts and minds. 

• How to humanize data to make numbers meaningful and memorable. 

• How to apply exclusive templates like the Gallo Message Map to simplify even the most complex ideas. These are the same frameworks Gallo has taught to nuclear scientists, high-tech entrepreneurs, global country leaders, U.S. Special Forces teams, TOPGUN pilots, as well as graduate students at Harvard, Stanford, and MIT. 

The Multimedia Experience:

Presented in Gallo’s signature multimedia style, this keynote features insights from Gallo’s first-person interviews with famed TED speakers, including Daniel Pink, Susan Cain, Bryan Stevenson, and astronaut Chris Hadfield, and others. Gallo draws on case studies from his work with Fortune 500 executives, as well as executives, entrepreneurs, and leaders around the world. 

The Takeaway:

Master the communication strategies that made TED Talks the gold standard for ideas worth spreading. Whether you’re pitching ideas, delivering presentations, leading teams, or speaking to teams, these proven frameworks will help you simplify complex ideas, create emotional connections, and communicate ideas that inform, illuminate, and inspire. 

Learn to Talk Like TED to inform, illuminate, and inspire. 

Overview:

Keynote speaker Carmine Gallo—a top-rated instructor and program leader at Harvard Executive Education, international bestselling author—delivers a transformative keynote on leadership communication that builds influence and drives results in the AI age. Drawing on insights from his columns for Forbes, Inc, and Harvard Business Review, ten books translated into 40 languages, and two decades of communication coaching for senior leaders at companies like Amazon, Microsoft, IBM, Google, and Berkshire Hathaway, Gallo demonstrates proven tactics to thrive in the digital age where leaders must master persuasion, storytelling, and genuine human connection. 

Learn to elevate your communication skills with the frameworks Gallo has taught to senior executives at 70% of the top ten Fortune 500 companies. Presented in his signature multimedia style, Gallo educates and inspires through first-person interviews with billionaires, neuroscientists, CEOs, and experts. Audiences discover how to combine ancient storytelling formulas with today’s AI and digital communication tools to amplify their authentic voice. Leaders and professionals will be motivated to apply Gallo’s actionable ideas immediately to attract customers, inspire teams, and spark action.

Explore the Keynote:

In this engaging and actionable keynote, communication coach Carmine Gallo—a top-rated instructor and program leader at Harvard Executive Education and bestselling author of ten books published in more than 40 languages—reveals the ancient art of persuasion and storytelling leaders must build today to thrive in the AI era.  

Drawing on two decades of coaching CEOs and executives at global brands such as Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Berkshire Hathaway, Google, JPMorgan Chase, as well as delivering keynote presentations at Google, Stanford, Wharton, and MIT, Gallo demonstrates the timeless tactics that transform leaders into extraordinary communicators. 

Carmine Gallo, a popular keynote speaker and recognized authority on AI and communication, was invited to join a Washington Post blue ribbon panel of experts to examine the quality of AI’s writing and business communication. “The AI tools are great for outline, flow and clarity of argument,” Gallo said. “But they’re often stilted, formal, robotic and lack personalization, emotion and empathy.” 

In this keynote, Gallo equips leaders with the communication skills AI cannot replicate—personalization, emotional resonance, and authentic storytelling that inspire people to action.  

Audiences will learn how to: 

• Leverage AI’s strengths while mastering the human skills that inspire, persuade, and move people to action.

• Identify the communication tactics of extraordinary speakers.

• Adapt ancient, proven persuasion formulas to elevate their presentation skills.

• Apply the latest neuroscience to make their ideas unforgettable and irresistible.  

• Use AI tools to enhance, not replace, their authentic voice. 

The Multimedia Experience:

Presented in Gallo’s signature multimedia style, this keynote features first-person interviews with a wide range of leaders, entrepreneurs, and experts Gallo has interviewed for his books, YouTube channel, and columns in Forbes, Inc, and Harvard Business Review. The presentation also draws from his new original audiobook Viral Voices: from Ted Talks to TikTok, persuasive communication skills for the digital age (Macmillan Audio, 2026). 

Audiences hear directly from neuroscientists like John Medina, researchers like Yuval Noah Harari, expert communicators like author James Patterson and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, as well as billionaire entrepreneurs like Melanie Perkins (Canva), Richard Branson, and Square co-founder Jim McKelvey, who read Carmine’s books to create “The greatest pitch Silicon Valley has ever seen.” 

The Takeaway: 

Gallo’s message is urgent and empowering: In the age of AI, authentic and persuasive communication skills are your competitive advantage. Amplify your authentic voice and articulate your unique ideas in ways no other person can replicate, and no machine can replace. 

Overview:

Keynote speaker Carmine Gallo—a top-rated instructor and program leader at Harvard Executive Education, international bestselling author, and senior columnist for Forbes, Inc, and Harvard Business Review—delivers a transformative keynote based on two of his books, The Bezos Blueprint and The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs. Drawing on more than two decades of coaching Fortune 500 CEOs and executives, Gallo reveals the pioneering communication strategies of Jeff Bezos, Steve Jobs, and visionary leaders who have scaled their ideas from garage startups to the global stage.

Learn the frameworks behind Amazon’s legendary narratives and Steve Jobs’ iconic presentations, as well as elevated communication strategies used by Warren Buffett, Indra Nooyi, Richard Branson, and Square co-founder Jim McKelvey, who credits Gallo’s ideas for helping him and Jack Dorsey create “The greatest pitch Silicon Valley has ever seen.”Presented in Gallo’s signature multimedia style, leaders will walk away ready to write with clarity, pitch with conviction, and communicate with the persuasive power of the world’s most admired brands.  

Explore the Keynote:

In this transformative keynote, communication coach Carmine Gallo—a top-rated instructor and program leader at Harvard Executive Education and international bestselling author—reveals the communication secrets behind two of the most influential and innovative leaders of our time: Jeff Bezos and Steve Jobs. 

Why did Bezos ban PowerPoint? How did he leverage the narrative power of analogy to fuel Amazon’s astonishing growth? How did Steve Jobs structure his most iconic presentations and reimagine the way he pitched Apple’s products? Drawing on his bestselling books The Bezos Blueprint and The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs, and on two decades of coaching Fortune 500 CEOs, Gallo decodes the exact messaging strategies, writing techniques, and storytelling tactics that transform leaders into extraordinary communicators.  

Critical Acclaim:

Celebrated as a “communications guru” by Publishers Weekly, Gallo has appeared on CNN, CNBC, and ABC’s 20/20 as an expert on Steve Jobs. In addition, The Bezos Blueprint has been praised by The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Financial Times, and was named a ‘must-read’ by the Next Big Idea book club.  

“The Bezos Blueprint reveals the writing and communication strategies that should be taught to everyone with a story to tell,” says Netflix co-founder Marc Randolph. U.S. Admiral James Stavridis, former allied commander at NATO, adds: “I highly recommend it for leaders at every level.” 

The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs, a Wall Street Journal bestseller, has been a go-to reference book for CEOs, leaders, and entrepreneurs since its publication. Jim McKelvey, co-founder of Square, credits Gallo’s book for helping him and Jack Dorsey create “the greatest pitch Silicon Valley has ever seen.” 

Audiences will learn:

• How to apply strategic persuasion tactics to pitch ideas, lead teams, and stand out in their fields.

• Why Jeff Bezos banned PowerPoint at Amazon and replaced it with storytelling narratives that painted vivid pictures of success.  

• How to write and craft messages with “the clarity of angels singing.”

• How to apply proven storytelling structures to keep people hooked to a message.

• When to use simple words to talk about hard things.

• How to leverage the power of analogy like Bezos, Buffett, and other extraordinary leaders to move people to action.

• How to align teams around a shared vision and motivate them to do the impossible.

The Multimedia Experience:

Presented in Gallo’s signature multimedia style, this keynote features real-world examples from leaders who have applied these advanced communication strategies to captivate stakeholders—including Richard Branson, Indra Nooyi, Warren Buffett, Melanie Perkins (Canva), and many others. 

Gallo draws on case studies and insights from his coaching experiences with CEOs and senior executives at 70% of the top ten Fortune 500 companies, including Microsoft, Walmart, Amazon, Google, JPMorgan Chase, as well as insights and interviews from his columns in Forbes, Inc., and Harvard Business Review.

The Takeaway:

Master the communication strategies that scaled ideas from startups to the global stage. Whether you’re pitching investors, leading teams, or driving innovation, these proven frameworks give you the persuasive power of the world’s most admired leaders. Write with clarity, lead with vision, and communicate with the conviction that inspires action.