Richard Newman

The biggest challenge in business isn’t coming up with great ideas. It’s getting people to listen, care, and act on them. Even the best idea will get ignored or rejected if it’s not delivered in a memorable, compelling way.

So how can we inspire people to listen and take action?

In this dynamic, practical keynote, Richard Newman reveals how anyone can use the science of storytelling to maximize their impact every day with the PRO Story System™. Sharing proven strategies and simple tools, he empowers attendees to not just captivate others, but compel them to action, whether they’re in a meeting, presentation, or conversation.

Audiences will leave able to transform their business communication, ideas, and complex topics into clear, concise messages that increase their influence and engagement through the power of story.

This keynote is perfect for leaders and teams who:

The ability to engage and influence others is critical to success, but how can we adapt our style to effectively communicate with anyone we meet in business?

Richard’s unique research proves that simple changes to non-verbal behavior can immediately convince 42% more people and increase leadership ratings by 44% without changing anything we say. We just need to know which behaviors to change.

Using simple, science-based techniques, anyone can elevate their presence and increase how confident, knowledgeable, and influential they are in every situation.

Sharing insights from his peer-reviewed scientific study, Richard demonstrates how mastering communication increases our credibility, authority, and influence. Full of interactive, practical activities, this transformative keynote equips audiences with advanced body language and vocal techniques that will help them inspire, lead, and motivate others with greater impact than ever before.

This keynote is perfect for leaders and teams who:

Doing your best work in a high-stress, high-stakes situation can feel impossible. Even the best communication skills mean nothing without the ability to perform when it matters. A peak performance mindset is critical to creating impact.

Richard shares practical techniques for reaching a peak performance state before any presentation, pitch, or meeting, plus strategies for staying in that mindset throughout the event to create the best opportunity for success. Eye-opening, proven, and actionable, this keynote empowers leaders and teams to feel and look confident, thrive under pressure, and maximize their results.

This keynote is perfect for leaders and teams who:

• Feel the pressure to perform in key moments, but are unsure how to be their best selves when it matters most
• Are stressed about targets and goals, or critical upcoming meetings, and lack the strategies to prepare for success
• Lack the self-belief and personal confidence to achieve the success they deserve, or are feeling anxious and struggling to feel motivated and focused

The audience will leave able to:

• Take charge of their mind in challenging events so that everything they do helps them achieve their goals
  Reach a peak mental state before important events, so they can reach their full potential
• Develop simple anchors that bring them back to their best self before and during key events to get the results they desire
• Overcome the nagging doubts and worries that hold them back by overriding them with peak mindset techniques
• Transform how they move, breathe, and focus, so that everything works together to increase their impact
• Immediately apply everything they have learned to an upcoming event, so they are ready to perform at their best

Details are crucial for good decisions, but the human brain struggles to grasp, let alone act on, complexity. If they’re not cohesive and memorable, technical details, data, and sophisticated ideas won’t drive action – they’ll be ignored.

This real-world-ready keynote equips leaders and teams with 5 proven strategies to ensure people listen, understand, and remember even the most complex information.

Sharing examples from business, journalism, and psychology, Richard offers simple, concrete steps anyone can take to ensure their meetings, updates, presentations, and documents avoid confusion or inaction, and instead deliver results.

This is a popular booking for groups who have already experienced Richard’s Stories That Win framework and want to take their impact to the next level.

This keynote is perfect for STEM, Finance, Pharma, and Marketing professionals or anyone else who:

As disengagement rises, leaders are scrambling for new ways to build better business relationships, connected cultures, and team rapport. The current working world is filled with surface-level interactions that leave people feeling disconnected and isolated.

Successful relationships and teamwork require a deeper level of understanding and trust with the people around us. The key? The courage to be present and go deeper.

In this thought-provoking keynote, Richard reveals how asking the right questions and effective listening can unlock deep, meaningful connections with teams, coworkers, and clients. Sharing practical conversation frameworks and listening techniques, he empowers audiences to make relationships stronger, meetings more compelling, and work more fulfilling and successful.

This keynote is perfect for people who: