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I’ve spoken at conferences around the globe and would be happy to consider speaking at your event. (Pricing at the bottom of this page.)
My keynotes and hands-on workshops focus around the art and science of authentic storytelling to set you up for long-term success. As I often mention on my blog, I believe that it’s super important for us to move beyond transactional relationships. We can do that by sharing our own authentic stories (that applies to organizations and people) and build long-lasting, meaningful relationshas seips. Those also lead to business success, by the way.

A sampling of my recent speaking stops: Atlanta, Barcelona, Billings, Boston, Cedar Rapids, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Des Moines, Grand Rapids, Iowa City, Las Vegas, Louisville, Miami, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Mumbai, New Orleans, New York City, Oklahoma City, Omaha, Peoria, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sioux City, St. Louis and Toronto among others.

I’ve spoken at conferences for:

• Accountants
• Bloggers
• Event planners
• Healthcare executives and staff
• Marketers, content marketers and social media teams
• Nonprofit teams
  Pharmaceutical companies
• Volunteers
• Writers
• Young professionals

My topic of authentic storytelling and related topics easily applies to many verticals.

I’m currently accepting additional requests for fall and winter 2017 and 2018 keynotes, workshops and book signings.

TOP KEYNOTES:

Talk No. 1: How to create content that hits the zone of mutual relevance for maximum impact for everyone

Read my blog post on the topic here.

Book me here.

Talk No. 2: How to turn your blog into a book. My first book on authentic storytelling was completely based on my blog. This keynote or workshop shares why to do this, how to do it and then how to promote it.

Book me here.

Talk No. 3: How to pick the right tools for your content strategy and content marketing plan.

Talk No. 4: WordPress tools that help you grow your audience 

My sessions are educational, informative but I also know that attendees want to be entertained. I treat my presentations as performances and customize them for each audience.

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Pricing

Unfortunately, I can’t be flying around the world for free. I’m sure you understand. My pricing typically starts at US$3,500, but is negotiable, especially if you buy books for attendees. Looking forward to hearing from you and your offer.

My top-rated and most requested keynote, is also in line with my book:

Get Real: Telling Authentic Stories for Long-term Success

Objectives of this session, which can be presented as a keynote and modified as a workshop, which includes my six steps to get started:

• Understanding of why storytelling is important and what it actually is. (Hint: It’s not marketing)
• Understanding of the common barriers and how to overcome them
• Understanding of next steps necessary to get going.
• The inspiration to get going.

Here’s a short clip to give you a taste of my style and content:

My authentic storytelling keynote given in Mumbai, India, in 2015:

My six steps to telling better stories talk:

Other popular keynotes and sessions include:

• How to use live video on social media in your storytelling
• Storytelling for HR
• How content strategy can unite otherwise siloed departments
  Storytelling and technology
• WordPress for Businesses, Bloggers, Content Creators
• How to share authentic stories
• Content gathering in the 21st century
• Innovating inside traditional organizations
• Navigating organizational politics
• Building your (personal) brand
• Brand journalism
• Social media 101
• Social media: Stop the link dumping
• Content marketing 101
• PR strategies in the 21st century
• Nonprofit marketing
• Integrated B2B/B2C Marketing Strategies
• Influencer marketing and outreach
• Blogging
• Change leadership in an ever-evolving marketing world

Ultimately, all of my sessions come back to the art of authentic storytelling and why and how you’ll want to implement this important strategy.

Testimonials

“Christoph was a great presenter and shared his stories as well.”

“Christoph is a great speaker. He walks his talk, delivering a lot of stories.”

“Very inspiring talk – lots of insight – and no need to ever be nervous again about speaking in German!” More on me giving my first talk in German here.

‘Interactive and informative.”

“Great speaker, great information, lots of energy.’

“Speaker was very good and knew content well.”

“Very knowledgeable speaker.”

“Christoph did a great job. He clearly is experienced in this topic and was very helpful. Loved the worksheet he provided to help us walk out of the session with a game plan. So helpful!”

“Very clear and pointed about how social media is another career tool that can be used to market yourself.”

“Christoph did a great job. He clearly is experienced in this topic and was very helpful. Loved the worksheet he provided to help us walk out of the session with a game plan. So helpful!”

“Very clear and pointed about how social media is another career tool that can be used to market yourself.”

On the flipside, here’s a Periscope of me sharing some of the not so positive feedback I’ve received

The negative feedback!

For full transparency, while I usually get very positive ratings and feedback, I also receive negative comments. You can read an entire blog on those here and even watch a video where I share them!

As seen at:

Berlin, Germany
June 29, 2017

San Diego
Feb. 2, 2017

Your investment

I’m happy to discuss your needs and budget. In general:

• Engagements in the United States start at $3,000.
• International engagements start at $13,000.

I offer keynote presentations, breakout sessions and also hands-on training for attendees.

More headlines from my blog:

PODCAST: It’s OK to share your knowledge publicly online

Telling an organization’s story through plain English and in your own words

Good stories have automatic details

How to talk to the masses but make it feel like personal conversation

More feedback from Twitter:

Make authentic storytelling a habit, and always measure. #WCDFW@CTrappepic.twitter.com/P2ZaaI1eme

— Brooke Browne (@HoustonBrooke) October 4, 2014

Just push the Publish button already! Make it a habit. If not, it will not happen. @CTrappe#wcdfw

— Kirk Bowman (@ArtOfValue) October 4, 2014

“Stories we relate to bring out emotion.” @CTrappe#AuthenticStorytelling#wcdfw

— Roy Condrey (@CajunPygmy) October 4, 2014

Sooooooooooo nice to see money NOT being the reason for doing something online. @CTrappe at #WCDFWpic.twitter.com/CrbEw47cJp

— Christopher Gronlund (@cgronlund) October 4, 2014

@CTrappe using authentic storytelling to teach us about Authentic Storytelling #WCDFW

— Roy Condrey (@CajunPygmy) October 4, 2014

Good line from @CTrappe at #wcdfw: ‘my six year old doesn’t ask me to read her content at night. She asks for a story.’

— Ted Bauer (@tedbauer2003) October 4, 2014

Know your audiences interests / problems . Use google trends to find topics to write valuable content. #WCDFW .@CTrappe

— Aida Rojas : ) (@AidaDRojas) October 4, 2014

“Never ever rant online. Turn it into a story. ” Good advice! @CTrappe#wcdfw

— Patrick Steil (@churchbuzz) October 4, 2014

.@CTrappe is live tweeting his talk, but he’s not holding a phone. #magic#wcdfw

— WordCamp DFW (@dfwwordcamp) October 4, 2014

Good to hear @CTrappe at #wcdfw and how to incorporate storytelling into our blogging

— Lynn Dye (@LynnToTheRescue) October 4, 2014

@CTrappe appreciate your preso today. Gave me some direction I’ve needed for my site! #wcdfw

— Patrick Steil (@churchbuzz) October 4, 2014

Since you scrolled this far down, here’s another video you can watch: