Hire Howard Mann to Speak at Your Next Event
Down-to-earth and passionate about his message, Howard Mann is a sought after speaker for business and design conferences, universities, special events and small groups. His presentations are unique, educational, and even (dare we say it) fun. Howard is the founder of The Business Brickyard (TBB), a strategy, design and innovation agency, and a co-founder of Sideshow Digital, an award-winning interactive agency.
As motivational as they are practical, his talks have been described as a one on one mentoring session regardless of the size of the crowd. Howard uses his real-world experiences and stories, his passion for extraordinary businesses, and a healthy splash of humor to help organizations and their leaders get back to the basics, reconnect to their true purpose, and walk away with rock solid tools and strategies they can put to work that day.
Businesses are getting lost trying to play catch up and match their competition instead of unlocking what they do better than anyone else. One audience member at a time, Howard aims to change that by reconnecting them with basics of business. Getting back to the basics brings confidence and control back to the business, regardless of competitors, trends and fads, or even a business’ speed of growth.
Core concepts include any or all of the topics covered in his book or larger themes about the power and benefits of returning to the basics of business:
Your Business Brickyard
Businesses that master their basics survive and thrive in good times and bad. Complexity is your enemy and you need to get rid of it NOW. Based on his book, Your Business Brickyard, Howard Mann takes you through basic business "practice drills" that will help you step back from the blur of the day-to-day. Sharing his real-world business ownership experiences, both good and bad, Howard helps you form a plan of action to reset your business foundations. You will learn how to grow your business without losing sight of your core mission. Part workshop, part inspiration and all action, Your Business Brickyard presentations have been called the reset button for honest business people everywhere.
Unlock Your Purpose
If you do not have a purpose you do not have a business. That strong premise is at the heart of this talk. A clear and driving purpose is that elusive "secret sauce" businesses and marketers crave but too few realize. Howard takes his audience through the steps needed to identify a true purpose, how it is far stronger than a tagline or mission statement, how it will energize your entire team and how it makes your business truly unique in the marketplace. It's about the power of passion, focus and how every organization MUST communicate what it does better than anyone else.
About Howard Mann
Howard uses his engaging story-telling skills and quick wit to enlighten, motivate and challenge business leaders and entrepreneurs. Using lessons garnered from years in the trenches of business ownership, Howard helps you reconnect to your purpose, capture consistent innovation, and make your business more fun to run. Howard's presentations offer a refreshing and honest approach to unlocking the greatest potential of people and the businesses they run.
By helping reset business foundations, Howard reawakens the drive and ambition toward new growth, innovation, and prosperity. The result? A game-changing experience packaged in a presentation that is as simple as it is powerful.
Particulars:
- Howard's presentations are from 30 minutes to 60 minutes in length
- Each presentation is researched and customized specifically to your audience, company or industry
- Howard travels from Westchester, New York
- For fees and inquiries ... make contact.
Audience feedback:
"I just wanted to thank you for taking part in our recent Standard Bank event. The client feedback has been off the charts. Being one of the few that was lucky enough to watch you talk three times I can truly tell you that each time I walked away with more food for thought. You are both a great business strategist, and an awesome storyteller - this immediately stands you apart from most corporate speakers, who are generally one or the other. If the other business owners got half as much from your talk as I did then this gig was a bigger success than any of would have hoped." - Richard Mulholland, President, Missing Link
"For our espresso sessions we brought Howard in to take us back to the Brickyard and get us to make the basic decisions correctly in our business. It’s a tough act to follow the fame of our previous speakers. Howard did it with both class and his own inimitable style. Quiet spoken, with “big” presence and intense interest in both his topic and his audience, Howard won over every audience within the first few minutes. The audience appreciation of Howard was obvious by the extended Q & A sessions that followed every session. He was definitely one of our most popular guests which places him in some esteemed company!" - Kim Winstanley, President, EventWorx Inc.
I had the pleasure of seeing Howard Mann address a group of seasoned executive. He reminded me of a great sports coach, someone who can take a talented player and break their game down to a few critical skills and through the right communication and interaction (emphasis on action) he helps them to reach beyond what they might have thought possible. He's approachable, well spoken and ultimately wants the best for every businessperson in the audience. His talk allowed attendees to head back to the office and, within a few hours, create dramatic changes in their businesses and lives by focusing on the basics. The effectiveness of a speaker should be measured on the long-term positive influence their talk has on the audience. I will be thanking Howard for many years to come. - Christof Appel