Keynote Talks
See Andrew in Action
Transformational Keynotes That Leaders Actually Use
Authentic, engaging, and deeply relatable presentations delivering practical tools your team will implement immediately.
Why Organizations Book Andrew
Not just another motivational speaker—a real operator with battle scars and victories to share.
Real stories from real life. No corporate fluff, just genuine human experience.
Deeply Relatable
Andrew's journey resonates across industries, roles, and generations.
Immediately Actionable
Practical tools that attendees use the very next day, not theory they'll forget.
Engaging Storyteller
A mix of truth, humor, and transformation that keeps audiences captivated.
🔥 MOST REQUESTED
Practical AI: Stop Resisting and Start Leveraging
You're Either Riding the Wave or Drowning in It
⏱️ 30-90 minutes (Keynote or Workshop)
👥 All Professionals, Knowledge Workers, Leaders
AI isn't here to replace you; it's here to multiply you. This isn't theory—we'll solve real business problems live using AI. You'll walk away understanding how AI can change your life and work.
Key Takeaways:
✓ Why not using AI will make you less valuable, less relevant, and less in demand
✓ Live demonstration: defining problems, building business cases, and creating go-to-market strategies using AI
✓ Your digital twin: thinking differently about problem-solving with AI
✓ Content and social media creation using hot AI tools
✓ Practical applications you can implement immediately
Networking Yourself into Tomorrow
From 1200 Connections to 7,000+ in 20 Months; Strangers becoming friends
⏱️ 60-90 minutes
👥 Career Pivoters, Job Seekers, Entrepreneurs, Professionals 40+
At 53, Andrew had 10 people in Atlanta who could help him. 20 months later: 7,000+ connections, 1,000+ met in person, 600+ know him by name, 100+ helped his journey, and 16 changed his trajectory forever.
Key Takeaways:
✓ Why your resume competes with hundreds—but your network is irreplaceable
✓ Becoming someone people remember, trust, and think of when opportunities arise
✓ Why YOU must do the reaching out, and how to do it systematically
✓ Getting to your 4th, 5th, and 6th degrees of separation where real opportunities live
✓ The repeatable framework that transformed Andrew's career
Hope is a Powerful Emotion: Optimism Wins
Keeping Your Compass Focused Through Dire Moments and Dreams
⏱️ 45-60 minutes
👥 CEOs, Managers, Team Leaders, Business Owners
Hopes and dreams drive everything—they create purpose, a tomorrow, value. Andrew shares his authentic journey through hope, despair, dreams, and the power of strangers.
Key Takeaways:
✓ Why owning your hope and dreams matters, even when bad actors undermine them
✓ Dire moments: A beat-up truck, a mechanic needing a break, 11 months and $10,000 later
✓ Dreams realized: US citizenship, the dream team, 35,000 Christmas lights bringing strangers together
✓ Forward looking: Building The Ardunan Village, publishing more books, coaching worldwide
✓ How optimism creates opportunities that pessimism closes
Building Teams That Run on Trust, Not Tension or Micro-Management
Creating Teams That Want You Around, Not Need You
⏱️ 45-90 minutes
👥 CEOs, Managers, Team Leaders, Business Owners
Build a team that goes to bed on a Sunday night, excited to get to the office on Monday. Independent, self-driven teams aren't born; they're orchestrated.
Key Takeaways:
✓ Bringing multiple generations together and crossing the age divide
✓ Creating autonomous teams through authentic, vulnerable leadership
✓ Multiplying yourself by removing obstacles and being the trapeze net
✓ Letting teams decide, fail, and succeed by themselves
✓ Your role shift: becoming their safety net while clearing boulders from their path
What's Included
Pre-event consultation call
Digital handouts for attendees
Professional A/V requirements list