Results

The room should leave different.

What an organizer can expect from working with them, and what an audience carries out of the room.

Hugo Maynard on stage mid-talk, presentation remote in hand, gesturing as he makes a point
Hugo mid-talk.

From the rooms

What organizers say

Hugo is best described and embodied in one word, “Lion.”

Coach Gilbert A. N. AbrahamCoach Gilbert A. N. AbrahamPortland Trail Blazers

He is responsive, an excellent communicator, thoughtful when it comes to details, and a joyful presence in the room.

Adam PetersAdam PetersCreator of Long Learners

Hugo has never found a situation too adverse.

Ricky EstradaRicky EstradaOwner, Estrada Company

Field-tested

Proven with the hardest audience there is

Before this method ever touched a corporate stage, Shannon and Hugo built it for young people growing up without consistent adults, through Forever Becoming YOUth, the 501(c)(3) they co-founded and still run. Every claim on this site traces back to work they do with their own hands, every week.

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What to expect

What you walk away with

Two people have to be satisfied at the end of an engagement: the person who booked it and the room that sat through it. They are not looking for the same thing.

If you booked them

  • Someone who answers. Questions get a reply in a couple of business days, not a week.
  • Work before the date, not just on it: shaping the talk to the room, promotion, and a rehearsal if your show needs one.
  • One point of contact and a written run of show.
  • Two speakers whose speeches are tailored to the room in front of them, not a copy and paste version delivered on repeat.

If you were in the room

  • Straight answers to questions most people work hard to avoid asking themselves.
  • A way to tell the difference between a script you inherited and a direction you chose.
  • One decision within your control, small enough to make this week and meaningful enough to keep.
  • Discipline for the next morning, when the feeling has worn off and the habit has not started.

Bring them to your stage

One conversation. Zero pressure.

Tell us about your event and audience. We reply within two business days with a straight answer on fit, dates, and format.

Every engagement is quoted to the event.