Keynote speaker and HISTORY Channel brand expert
Hi, I’m Chirag Speaks
I spent the last decade of my life traveling the world to study History’s greatest brand stories & now I help you write the next.
For your event, I connect that history to your industry and help your audience find the stories they need to tell next.
On stage, on screen & in the room
What does your audience need?
Good Brands Don’t Whisper is my flagship keynote. These are three ways I bring my research into a room. We start with your audience and build from there.
Conferences, sales and marketing audiences, industry associations
Why the data era is shifting, why people reach for identity in uncertain times, and how to build a brand message simple enough to be remembered, retold, and put to work the week you get home.
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Leadership summits, offsites, teams that need many people telling one story
How the stories inside a company weave people into one fabric, how leaders keep it from unraveling, and how a single shared story gets an entire org pulling in one direction.
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Universities, emerging leaders, corporate development programs
The same architecture applied to a person. Your story will be written either way; knowing your stories is where the confidence to write the next one comes from.
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“My audience is unique.”
Your industry already has a story. I study it before I step into your room, so before I challenge your audience to explore the edge of opportunity, I assure them of their reality.
I research your history and interview your attendees. When the schedule allows, I arrive early to gather stories from your city, too. Your audience leaves with stories they recognize and actions they can start the week they get home.
The 1930s electrification co-ops, brought back to a room connecting its own communities.
Home furnishings / AHFAGustav Stickley and the Thonet No. 14, and why the stories around a product outlive its maker.
Foodservice / Flavor ExperienceA talk built for the people creating the dish and the story their customers take home.
Insurance / IntactTheir own team member handing out hand warmers at a freezing hockey game.
What are people saying?
“…with more than 800 attendees, Chirag’s talk was one of the highlights of the weekend… [his] ability to engage the audience and provide actionable guidance was truly impressive. Chirag was prompt and expeditious to work with. I highly recommend Chirag as a speaker for any organization…”
“Your presentation was insightful, truly engaging and provided valuable takeaways for our industry. I couldn’t have been more pleased… everyone with whom I spoke directly praised your session and considered it the highlight of the meeting.”
“Your efforts to adapt your content for our team has been remarkable,” “many team members singled out your session as a highlight.”
“Engaging and polished from start to finish,” “a pleasure working with you throughout planning and post event.”
Glad you’re here
For event organizers
Tell me who is in the room and what you want them to leave with. You don’t need to choose a talk first. My speaker packet reaches your inbox within minutes so you can explore the fit.
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The same email tells you how to set up a 30-minute fit call whenever you’re ready.
Prefer email? Chirag@ChiragSpeaks.com
For curious people
Brand stories from 500 years of history, free tools built from the framework, every other week.
For business owners
Bring the question you keep coming back to. A one-to-one session, practical next steps.
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Podcasts, interviews, partnerships, and ideas we haven’t thought of yet.
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Good Brands Don’t Whisper
I have spent the last decade traveling the world studying the last 500 years of how brands and institutions rise and fall, and the pattern holds through every depression, war, and technological upheaval: the organizations that survive change are the ones that step back and ask what story they’re trying to tell.
I grew up in my family’s clothing stores in New York, wondering why people lined up for Modell’s across the street while we had to work so hard to get them through our door. That question became a decade of studying how stories shape what we want and who we become.
What will your audience walk away with?
His best-known work: three moves for taking a brand from chaos to action. Inside every talk.
Find the simple words you want the world to hand back to you.
Turn those words into the stories people actually connect to: Origin, Values, Offering, Audience, Societal, Mythos, Future, and Collab.
Know when and where to tell each story, guiding your audience from first glance to loyalty.
Good Brands Don’t Whisper™
Your Story Will Be Written.
Let’s Make Sure It’s By Your Pen.