Speaking & Panels
Talks that make people think differently
I speak at the intersection of brand strategy, cultural intelligence, and creative labor — drawing on 15+ years of agency work and an active life as a practicing artist and nonprofit leader.
Brand strategy - Cultural intelligence - Creative labor - Content at scale
Marketing leadership - Arts & culture
◎ Marketing & brand industry conferences
◎ Arts, culture & creative economy forums
◎ Agency and in-house leadership offsites
◎ CMO and VP-level roundtables
◎ University and professional development programs
◎ Corporate ERG and women in leadership events
Event Types
Signature talks
What I speak about
Each talk is adapted for your audience and context — I don't do canned presentations. These are the core ideas I return to.
Talk 01
Culture as Competitive Advantage
Why the brands winning right now aren't louder — they're more legible.
We've spent a decade optimizing for attention. But attention without meaning is just noise. The brands consistently outperforming their categories aren't just faster or better-funded — they have genuine cultural fluency. This talk breaks down what that actually means, why most brands mistake trend-chasing for cultural intelligence, and what it takes to build authentic cultural relevance that shows up in business results — not just brand sentiment scores.
Brand strategy - Cultural relevance - Consumer behavior
Best for
Marketing leadership teams, brand strategists, CMO forums, and conferences focused on the future of brand building.
Available as
45–60 min keynote
20 min conference talk
Workshop formatPanel moderation
Talk 02
The Creative Labor Paradox
What happens when organizations industrialize creativity — and what to do instead.
Modern organizations are caught in a contradiction: they need creative output at scale, but the systems they build to achieve that scale slowly drain the creative work of what made it worth making. Drawing on years inside agencies and an ongoing practice as a visual artist, this talk explores the structural tensions between creative labor and organizational efficiency — and what leaders can do to build cultures where both are possible at the same time.
Creative culture - Leadership - Future of work
Best for
Creative agencies, in-house creative teams, arts organizations, leadership conferences, and anyone thinking about the human side of content at scale.
Available as
45–60 min keynote
Panel discussion
Workshop / breakout
Talk 03
Content at Scale Without Losing Your Soul
Building content systems that perform without gutting brand voice.
Every brand is being asked to produce more content, faster, across more channels — and most of them are doing it by copy-pasting a playbook that wasn't designed for them. This talk is about building content architectures that actually fit your brand: ones that are efficient enough to sustain, flexible enough to adapt, and distinctive enough to matter. Practical, strategic, and grounded in real executions — not frameworks in search of problems.
Content strategy - Brand voice- Operations
Best for
Content and social teams, brand managers, digital marketing leaders, and orgs going through platform or channel strategy evolution.
Available as
30–45 min talk
Half-day workshop
Team offsite session
Talk 04
The Working Creative
Navigating identity, systems, and meaning in a creative career.
Built from the themes of her Substack, this talk is for creative professionals navigating the tension between making work they believe in and sustaining a career in systems that weren't designed for them. Part cultural critique, part practical encouragement — exploring what it means to be a working creative in an era of platforms, AI, and industrialized content. One of the most personal talks Reb gives, and among the most requested.
Career - Identity - Creative practice
Best for
Arts organizations, universities, creative industry events, women in leadership forums, ERG events, and anyone supporting creative professionals.
Available as
45 min keynote
Fireside chat
Moderated conversation
Bring this to your event
Tell me about your event and what you're hoping to give your audience. I'll follow up to discuss fit and availability.
All inquiries are handled directly and confidentially. I typically respond within 2 business days.