We’re your native guides in the noisy jungle that is now. Start by telling us your story and we’ll help you find the right path to your destination.
“When I decided to take my work to a bigger stage and reach even more people, I was both excited and overwhelmed. I’d never created such a talk and felt I was too close to the material for my own good. When I hired Alison and Matt to help, I was stunned at how steeped they got in my thinking. Teaching modules, interviews, blog posts—they reviewed EVERYTHING. Their deep-dive sessions were the perfect blend of epiphany and practical strategy. It was a highly personalized, ‘anti-cookie-cutter’ process and I felt held the whole way. No kidding, they spooned my soul.
And it all worked. I now have a gorgeous, flexible, completely unique talk that both explains and inspires. It’s given me guardrails for my message without compromising my authenticity on stage. The feedback has been amazing and the speaking opportunities keep arriving, from a prestigious keynote talk to an invitation to join a speaker bureau. So if you want to play BIG with your own message, collaborate with these two creative geniuses. They will love you up and make the magic unfold. Go.”
Anese Cavanaugh
Founder, The IEP Method
Author, Contagious Culture: Show Up, Set the Tone, and Intentionally Create an Organization that Thrives
“When I was asked to prepare a TEDx talk I called Alison and Matt. Collaborating with these articulate, intelligent people was utterly comfortable and inspiring. They have the unique ability to ask intuitive and key questions, extracting a story line that holds an audience. This, woven together with their powerful talk and keynote, secured me with a presentation that was authentically and truly mine, one that gave me confidence—and ultimately a standing ovation. If you have the wonderful opportunity to work with these fine individuals, I promise you will be thrilled and moved more than you could have imagined.”
Lisa Kristine
Humanitarian Photographer
Lucie Award winner, TEDx speaker
You might think that all you need to do is walk onstage, lay out your idea and voilà—customers, movements, magic. Not so. If your content isn’t compelling, if your delivery drones, or if your visuals are dull (or overwhelming), your presentation will result in apathy, not applause. A great presentation is a medium for persuasion, inspiration, and activation.
Our approach rolls out in three phases:
Genius Extraction
When you’re inside your own jar, it’s hard to see the label. We act as “genius extractors,” drawing out the good stuff and shaping it into a presentation that inspires your right people to action.
We begin with a structured deep dive. We immerse ourselves in your world, brainstorming your audience, big ideas, potential story arc, and desired outcome. We meticulously review background information.
For those who have “spaghetti in their head,” we’ll help you find the signal in the noise and begin to build on that foundation. If you already have the seed of an idea, we help flesh it out to its full expression. We listen for where you come alive.
Your job is to do what you do best. Articulate what you want to say to the best of your ability. We’ve begun with everything from a finished PPT to a stack of research. We’re good at finding the rhythm and beat of a message, tuning the notes up and down to fit your personality as well as your ideas.
Finding the Story
It's about finding the roots of meaning, adding a narrative arc, and infusing it with both your passion and presence.
Storytelling is as much a science as it is an art. We structure your narrative, finding the right through-line and calls to action. We help identify your audience and tailor your presentation to them, bringing it to life with evocative language and a unique visual style. We’re like a clarity filter for your idea faucet.
It’s our experience that you’ll innately know what you need, and you’ll know it when you see it. Our job is to pose the right questions, interpret yours, and create editorial and visual solutions that you can react to. We prefer a deep collaboration from the outset, so we can get it right early and refine as we progress.
Bringing It to Life
We don’t write scripts as much as we edit your thoughts, the way you speak as much as the way you think, and match it to your ideal listeners. We learn to finish your sentences.
Imagery is your backdrop, your set and setting, it should be simple and iconic, allowing your audience to understand your concept on a visual level while being able to hear and understand your message. Working with stock imagery is not as easy as it might seem; we review hundreds of image options to find the ones that work best, often combining multiples to create totally unique photo illustrations.
Your medium may be PowerPoint, Keynote, or Prezi—or no slides at all. What we create together is tailored to you, your audience, and your message.
Want to join us? Know someone who might? Let us know.
