Speaking & Training
Keynotes, assemblies, training, and workshops for organizations, schools, and campuses, designed so ideas take root and people leave more connected, more courageous, and more capable.
Formats that fit your room
Every session is designed around your audience, goals, and culture. Dr. Adam Galarza pairs research-backed content with the presence of a lifelong performer, creating rooms where people feel safe enough to lean in. His stages have included The Walt Disney Company, Universal Orlando Resort, and the U.S. Department of Defense.
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Story-driven talks for conferences, leadership gatherings, and company events about growth, leadership, connection, and the courage to claim a bigger story.
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Workshops designed from the ground up around your organization’s real needs, from communication, collaboration, and conflict resolution to leadership, customer experience, change, professional presence, and career growth. Built for real participation and takeaways people will use long after the session ends.
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Low-pressure, high-energy experiences that borrow from improvisational theatre to build trust, listening, adaptability, and creative confidence. The only requirement is a willingness to play.
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Thoughtful facilitation for retreats, planning sessions, and hard conversations, holding space so groups can be candid, stay focused, and move toward decisions together.
Who Adam speaks to
From boardrooms to classrooms to college campuses, the approach stays the same: research-backed, high-energy, and deeply human. Every program is tailored to the group’s age, goals, and culture.
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Keynotes, leadership development, and custom workshops for companies, associations, and conference stages, helping people lead, communicate, and collaborate with more courage and connection. Topics include leadership, conflict resolution, customer experience, change, and improv-based team building.
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Assemblies, classroom workshops, and teacher professional development for elementary, middle, and high schools. Rooted in Adam’s doctoral research on social-emotional learning (SEL) through the arts and entertainment, sessions help students build confidence, voice, resilience, leadership, and career readiness. Ideal for back-to-school kickoffs, PD days, leadership and arts programs, and career weeks.
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Keynotes and workshops for students, faculty, and staff from an educator who teaches in higher education. Popular formats include convocation and orientation, student leadership and career-readiness programs, student affairs and residence life trainings, and faculty development that renews engagement, connection, and creativity in the classroom.
Signature keynotes
Main Character Energy
Helps students and teams see themselves as the authors of their growth, not passengers in it.
A Bigger Story
A call to courage for anyone at a crossroads: name what matters most and claim a bigger story.
Guarded to Genuine
How leaders build trust, move through conflict, and turn candor into real collaboration.
Yes, And Leadership
Lessons from the stage on listening, adaptability, and leading well in the moment.
How it comes together
Listen
A discovery conversation to understand your audience, your goals, and what is really at stake.
Design
A tailored session built around your people, with content and activities matched to the outcome you want.
Deliver
An engaging, interactive experience, in person or virtual, that invites people in from the very first minute.
Reinforce
Follow-up resources and next-step options so the learning keeps working after the session ends.
Bring Adam to your event
Share a few details about your audience, date, and goals. Adam will follow up to discuss format, availability, and fit.