In addition to being one of the world’s greatest artists, Michelangelo was also one of the world’s greatest entrepreneurs. He kept powerful patrons happy, saved troubled commissions, and created a brand that has lasted for 500 years. By looking at his tactics for success, this speech helps businesses overcome obstacles and create inspired work along the way.

Some things attendees will learn:

* 5-7 ways your team can emulate Michelangelo in facing down obstacles

* 5 ways Michelangelo shows us how to balance the needs of patrons with your strong creative vision

*3 ways Michelangelo revolutionized marketing/branding that are particularly effective in our modern age of image saturation

Leonardo da Vinci was one of history’s most prolific inventors. He developed ideas for scuba gear, helicopters, multi-barreled cannons, and even the spotlight nearly four hundred years before the invention of the lightbulb. How did he do it? This speech explores the ways Leonardo approached his work to help your audience become as fearlessly inventive as the Master from Vinci.

Some things attendees will learn:

* Leonardo’s 5 Approaches to Learning that helped him improve innovation

* How to train your team to solve problems like Leonardo

* 5-10 practical things that your members can do during their every day lives to emulate Leonardo and stimulate their brains to think more creatively

Historical Novelist Stephanie Storey believes we are in the middle of a new Renaissance and that we all have the potential to become the next Renaissance Man or Woman of our age. Let her inspire your audience to be a part of this historical moment of change and innovation.

Some of the things attendees will learn:

* How our current world is similar to the Renaissance and how to use those similarities to grow in unexpected directions

* What characteristics made up a “Renaissance Man” and how you can cultivate those traits in yourself and your team

* How innovators of the Renaissance pushed past boundaries of what was possible to create new inventions that changed the world

This speech will take attendees at your museum, cultural center, private event, or students in your classroom on a journey through art history, to explore the Italian Renaissance and the great rivalries between Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael.

Through fascinating real-life stories, this talk will explore the relatable humanity of these great artists and inspire attendees to achieve their own dreams.

Too often, we put great artists up on unreachable pedestals: I could never be like Leonardo or Michelangelo or O’Keeffe or Rembrandt, we tell ourselves, because they weren’t regular people. They were GENIUSES…

Through fascinating real life stories uncovered during decades of extensive research, this talk upends that myth, introducing us not to the mythical geniuses of revered “Art History,” but to the real men and women who overcame struggles to create the world’s greatest art.

This speech will inspire your attendees to stop putting their aspirations out of reach and realize that greatness is achieved by ordinary men and women overcoming impossible odds with nothing more than perseverance and passion.

Learn to believe the impossible is always possible.