Not If But When:
A Signature Talk
A keynote built from 25 years of coaching and a life that tested every word of it.
This talk opens with an email I wrote on the worst morning of my life, and ends with five things your audience can do before next Monday is over. In between, I break down the Not If But When Method: the four moves that separate the people who move through impossible things from the people who stall at the edge of them.
It is not a resilience lecture. It is not toxic positivity. I wrote a missing persons notice for my beloved brother. I know the difference between optimism and denial.
The Not If But When Method
Name It. Claim It.
Reframe It
Believe It
Do It
Who it’s for
Schools and educators. Corporate teams. Associations and conferences. Parent communities. Anyone whose people are waiting for conditions to improve before they act.
What your audience walks away with
The four moves: Name It and Claim It, Reframe It, Believe It, Do It. A new relationship with the zone of hope, the space between the goal and the outcome. And five specific actions for Monday morning, starting with naming one thing they have been avoiding saying out loud.
Formats
The keynote: 30 to 45 minutes, with the full method and the stories behind it.
The workshop: a half-day or full-day working session where your team applies the framework to the thing they are actually stuck on. Customized to your organization.
Book Yea to Speak
Prefer email? Write to me at notifbutwhenlife@gmail.com with your event date and audience, and I will take it from there.