Speaking
"Oratory is the masterful art. Poetry, painting, music, sculpture, architecture please, thrill, inspire – but oratory rules. The orator dominates those who hear him, convinces their reason, controls their judgment, compels their action. For the time being, he is master."
David Josiah Brewster
Larry Stuart, Jr.
You Already Know What I'm Going to Say
If you know me personally, you already know I'm going to bring it. What you might not know is whether your group is ready for it. Spoiler: they are. They just don't know it yet.
I've spent my career at the intersection where tradition meets transformation and nobody wants to blink first. I'm passionate about this profession — where it's been, where it's going, and more importantly, where it's refusing to go when it should. That gap between where we are and where we need to be is exactly where I live and exactly what I talk about.
I Ask Uncomfortable Questions for a Living
Not to be difficult. Because the comfortable ones aren't moving anything forward.
The profession has answers it's been recycling for decades. Families have questions that are getting more sophisticated by the year. Someone has to stand in that room and tell the truth about what's actually happening — and I've never had a problem being that person.
What You Can Expect from Me
I don't do generic. I don't do fluff. I don't do everything-is-great keynotes that leave your group feeling inspired for about twenty minutes before nothing changes.
I deliver presentations that are honest, challenging, thought-provoking, and yes, entertaining. Custom-built for your audience, your moment, and the conversation your group actually needs to have. Whether you've got a room full of veterans or a new generation still finding their footing, I'll meet them where they are and push them somewhere better.
Bring me your hardest room. I've been in harder ones.
The Following Is A List Of Associations Or Organizations For Whom I’ve Presented
- Cremation Association of North America
- National Funeral Directors Association
- International Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association
- Funeral Service Association of Canada
- Ontario Association of Cemetery and Funeral Professionals
- Ontario Funeral Service Association
- Nova Scotia Board of Registration of Embalmers and Funeral Directors
- Manitoba Funeral Serice Association
- Alberta Funeral Service Association
- Western Canada Cemetery Association
- Funeral and Cremation Services Council of Saskatchewan
- Crematoria Council of Sasketchewan
- Funeral Service Association of British Columbia
- Atlantic Provinces Funeral Directors and Service Convention
- The British Institute of Embalmers NAD
- The Dodge Company Sunshine Seminars
- Kansas City Community College
- Community College of Baltimore County
- Worsham College of Mortuary Science
- Washington State Funeral Professionals Annual Convention
- Texas Cemetery & Crematory Association
- Kansas Funeral Service Association
- New Hampshire Funeral Directors Association
- Maine Funeral Directors Association
- Arizona Funeral Cemetery & Cremation Association
- Independent Funeral Directors of Virginia
- Iowa Funeral Directors Association
- Massachusetts Funeral Directors Assocation
- Maryland State Funeral Directors Association
- Hawaii Funeral & Cemetery Association
- Indiana Funeral Directors Association
- New York State Association of Cemeteries
- Kates Bolyston Publications, Publishers of American Funeral Cirector Magazine and American Cemetery & Cremation Magazine
- Stewart Enterprises
- Mid-America College of Funeral Service
- Gupton-Jones College of Funeral Service
- Dallas Institute of Funeral Service
- Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service
- Wilbert EDU
- University of Central Oklahoma Mortuary Science Program
- New Jersey Cemetery Association