Keynotes
Matt Vassar has delivered talks everywhere from Stanford University to Nextdoor to international tech summits and conventions. Known for his evidence-based keynotes and expertly customizing his keynotes to weave in the themes of your organization or convention, you can be assured that Matt's recommendations have been rigorously scientifically proven and will excite the participants at your event. Matt typically talks on topics related to communication in tech, whether in the health sciences, data science, or engineering.
See Matt Speak
Telling Your Story: a recent keynote Matt delivered in Salt Lake City at the BioHive Entrepreneur and Investor Life Science Summit.
Below are a small sample of topics Matt has spoken on in the past:
WEAVING STORIES FROM DATA
Have you ever been a situation where all the data is on your side? Where you knew the conclusion was clear and your recommendation was sound? And yet when you presented your data to an important decision-maker, you found them digging in their heels and refusing to move forward? Why is it that so often when the data is on our side, we get this reaction? And is there another way? Storytelling not only makes your messages more memorable, but also reduce defensiveness and makes you more persuasive. In this keynote, Matt shares with you scientifically-proven strategies to make your data-based messaging more memorable and persuasive.
You will learn to:
MAKING TECH FASCINATING
Why is it that some scientific communication is fascinating—holding our rapt attention on technical details that we could've gone the rest of our life without knowing? While other scientific communication is boring as hell and struggles to keep the audience awake? What makes the difference? In this keynote, Matt shares the science of sharing science—that is, scientifically-proven ways to make your messages fascinating, even when the science is dry, so that the audience can understand your recommendations and be excited to spread them throughout the world.
You will learn to:
INSPIRING HIGH PERFORMANCE (IN YOURSELF AND OTHERS)
How do you get the most out of yourself and others? Based on original research Matt did with the Stanford psychologists Geoffrey Cohen and Michael Schwalbe, we can begin to uncover the answer of high performers. In this fast-paced keynote, you'll learn how to uncover what drives you at your very core and makes you resilient to stress and adversity. You'll also learn how you can inspire peak performances in others so that they too will be at the best. You'll learn the interpersonal qualities of high-performing teams and what brings out people's best.
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