Speaking deck

The deck, before the date.

Walk through the slides Aaron opens with, the talking points behind each one, and take the PDF to your event team.

Aaron Bare · Keynotes & Facilitation

Think bigger. Hold it lighter.

Wall Street Journal & USA Today bestselling author. Founder of the Extraordinary Network. 49 books across seven territories.

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Talking points · Think bigger. Hold it lighter.

Open with the credo: always be curious, have fun, be extraordinary.
One line of credibility, then straight to the audience's problem.
Frame the talk as a working session, not a lecture.

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Aaron Bare · Keynotes & Facilitation

Think bigger. Hold it lighter.

Wall Street Journal & USA Today bestselling author. Founder of the Extraordinary Network. 49 books across seven territories.

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· Open with the credo: always be curious, have fun, be extraordinary.
· One line of credibility, then straight to the audience's problem.
· Frame the talk as a working session, not a lecture.

The through-line

Every talk is built on one question

How big could this be? Every keynote sizes the room's ambition first, then gives it an operating system.

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· Ask the room the question out loud — take real answers.
· Connect their answers to the keynote they booked.
· Promise: they leave with habits, not just inspiration.

Keynote · Leadership summits · Sales kickoffs

Think Big

Exponential thinking as a practical operating habit — how to size an ambition your organization can actually carry.

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· Audience fit: Leadership summits · Sales kickoffs.
· Open with a story from the room's own industry.
· Land on one action the audience can take Monday morning.

Keynote · Mainstage · Boards · Culture & transformation offsites

All Problems Are Incentive Problems

Incentive Intelligence™ — the missing executive discipline of the AI age. A live teardown of the room's own incentives: what's rewarded, what's punished, and what that guarantees next quarter. Leaders leave able to see the incentive architecture underneath every outcome they own.

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· Audience fit: Mainstage · Boards · Culture & transformation offsites.
· Open with a story from the room's own industry.
· Land on one action the audience can take Monday morning.

Keynote · Sales kickoffs · Revenue leadership · GTM teams

Selling in the Age of AI

What machines now do better, what only humans can do, and how revenue teams rebuild the sale around trust, judgment and speed.

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· Audience fit: Sales kickoffs · Revenue leadership · GTM teams.
· Open with a story from the room's own industry.
· Land on one action the audience can take Monday morning.

Keynote · Founders · Marketing & brand leadership

Magnetic Zero

Building organizations and brands people move toward — pull instead of push, in a market saturated with noise.

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· Audience fit: Founders · Marketing & brand leadership.
· Open with a story from the room's own industry.
· Land on one action the audience can take Monday morning.

Formats

Built for your stage

45–60 minute keynote, with Q&A
90 minute keynote + workshop
Half-day and full-day facilitation
In person, virtual or hybrid

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· Keynote for mainstage energy; workshop when the room needs to produce something.
· Facilitation days are working sessions — the room builds, Aaron guides.
· Every format ends with a concrete next step for the audience.

Book Aaron

Hold the date.

Three details get a real answer fast: when, where, and how long. Aaron replies personally within 24 hours.

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· Point to the booking form: date, location, duration.
· Calls are available in weekly windows — Phoenix time.
· Close on the credo: always be curious, have fun, be extraordinary.