2025 Keynotes

“Completely unmatched - both in presentation and content! I am hugely inspired.”
Attendee at Clever Content 2025

I bring a lot of energy, humor, and fresh thinking to all my speaking engagements, and customize each presentation for the unique audience of the day. Here’s what I’m talking about in 2025:

Enter the Attention Fort

In the Attention Economy, consumer attention is under siege. We’ve built up Attention Forts to defend ourselves against the onslaught of messages and to protect our precious time and attention. As leaders, marketers, communicators, and creators, how can we get inside the walls of the Attention Fort? You’ll learn four unconventional strategies that will get you invited into the Fort with open arms.

Be A Chicken Purse: The Power of Being the ONLY ONE

What is a Chicken Purse? Why would you want to be a Chicken Purse? And what does it have to do with your brand, business, or creative work? All will be revealed in this fast-paced, fun, and highly practical keynote about the power of standing out in a world that rewards originality.

In today’s crowded and competitive marketplace, you can’t afford to fit in. When you’re the ONLY ONE doing what you’re doing, though, you stand out from the crowd.

You’ll leave this talk armed with concrete strategies to change the rules, find your differentiated voice, target unique customers, and generate ideas that people can’t help but talk about.

If you want to stop blending in and start being the one-of-a-kind standout your audience can’t ignore, it’s time to become… a Chicken Purse.

Do The Opposite: The Magic of Being A Curious Idiot

Conventional wisdom leads to conventional results. If you want extraordinary outcomes, you need the courage to get unconventional and embrace Doing The Opposite. In this lively and candid keynote, you’ll hear hilarious, eye-opening stories of bold missteps and unexpected successes—from creating the world’s dumbest music service to founding and selling the world’s dumbest podcast company. You’ll learn why embracing curiosity, failure, and discomfort is the secret to building a life—and career—uniquely your own.

Past Speaking Events

Opening keynote at Clever Content 2025, Copenhagen
Radio Days Europe 2025, Athens
Radio Days Europe Podcast Day, Copenhagen
Branded Content Summit Milan
RAIN Busines Summit NYC
Podcast Movement, Anaheim, Orlando, LA
B2B Marketing Summit, Boston
Radio Days North America Toronto
Canadian Music Week
Social West, Calgary
Northern Voice tech conference
Steve Pratt Clever Content Copenhagen 2025 
Opening keynote at Clever Content in Copenhagen, January 2025
On stage with Zack Reneau Wedeen in NYC, then head of podcasting at Google 
On stage with Zack Reneau Wedeen in NYC, then head of podcasting at Google
Preparing to talk about the future of audio at Podcast Day Europe in Copenhagen. 
Preparing to talk about the future of audio at Podcast Day Europe in Copenhagen.
Setting up at the Branded Content Summit in Milan. 
Setting up at the Branded Content Summit in Milan.