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“Darryll Stinson combines his experience as an elite athlete, his personal challenges in mental health, and his expertise in communication to help individuals and teams grow their greatness through systems of success and self-C.A.R.E.”

Conference leaders say he’s “Electric, show-stopping – a perfect display of vulnerability and practical teaching”

Developing Greatness

Rising to Greatness: How to exceed your career and life goals

Talent has never been enough. The people who rise in today’s fast paced, tech-driven workplace are the ones who know how to outhink, outwork, and out-connect the complacent. In this keynote, Darryll equips leaders with the mindset, skillset, and relational tools to rise as high-impact contributors to their teams and organizations. Audiences will learn how to develop top-performer habits, solve higher level problems, and build internal and external networks that fuel collaboration, retention, and results.

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Owning Greatness

Hold the Rope: Establishing a New Level of Ownership in a Growing Movement

Whether your team is scaling fast or rebuilding from the ground up, one thing is clear: true progress doesn’t happen when leaders are dragging people forward—it happens when everyone takes ownership. Hold the Rope! is a dynamic keynote experience that tackles the real challenge of team engagement: how to ignite personal responsibility without burnout, pushback, or constant motivation. Through immersive storytelling, powerful reflection, interactive exercises (yes, including a literal giant rope), and a three-step ownership process, participants leave with a renewed sense of buy-in, energy, and accountability that strengthens culture, deepens commitment, and moves the entire organization forward.

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Sustaining Greatness 

Sustainable High Performance: How to bring your best when stress is high and morale is low

High-performing leaders are expected to show up with clarity, energy, and decisiveness—but the truth is, many are running on fumes. Chronic stress, constant pressure, and unprocessed emotions silently chip away at focus, morale, and leadership capacity. In this powerful and practical keynote, Darryll introduces the Self-C.A.R.E. framework—a system designed to help leaders expand their emotional capacity and enhance their results. Through dynamic storytelling, movement, and reflective exercises, participants will feel refreshed and energized. Plus, they’ll learn new habits that lighten their emotional load, sharpen their decisions, and boost their energy so they can perform at a sustainably high level.

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Communicating Greatness

Back to the Future – Why Human Connection Will Define Communication in the Age of AI

As AI-generated content becomes the norm, we risk losing the one thing technology can’t replicate—authentic human connection. Fast, efficient, and automated doesn’t always mean effective. When people can’t feel you, they stop listening. Darryll challenges audiences, while leveraging the support of AI, to return to the core of powerful communication—storytelling, vulnerability, perspective, and intention. Audiences leave with a renewed confidence in their voice as the bridge to connection, influence, and meaningful results.

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The top 3 reasons why people do & don’t hire him to speak.

Top 3 reasons why event organizers

book Darryll to speak:

  • His energy! Seriously, he’s massive. And, he “checks a lot of boxes.” ✅ Former athlete ✅ Commands the room like a general ✅ Shares his heart and cries like a baby ✅ Can communicate with an extremely diverse audience ✅Trusted, proven-track record ✅ Priced competitively, and flexible ✅Perfect blend of story, science, high-level strategy, practical tips, and audience engagement ✅✅✅
  • He’s different! Let’s be real. At the end of the day, event planners want variety from speakers they can trust. He’s skilled at facilitating transformational change. Everything from getting people journaling and talking to one another, to higher energy engagement like dancing, arm wrestles, tug-of-wars, and board breaks. Darryll often uses multisensory facilitation to enhance learning and elevate results. 
  • He cares. He really cares. He’s known to conduct extra research to custom-tailor his message to your audience. Everything from staying longer after speeches and speaking with people to recording marketing videos, interviewing team members or even hosting on-site podcasts, Darryll sees himself as a partner, not just a speaker, and he brings everything he has, and all of who he knows to the table to make the experience unforgettable.

Top 3 reasons why event organizers don’t book Darryll to speak. *Based on real no’s we received

  • He’s not yet a well-known celebrity. “He seems like a good guy. He’s a great speaker. We like his story, but he’s not Tim Tebow, or Brene Brown.” We also have heard a lot of the other side of that. He’s too “big time” or out of our price range. So, we always say “he’s just right” and make a three little pigs reference. But, all jokes aside, we get some people need a celeb or a local talent.
  • He doesn’t fit their conference agenda. Darryll’s audiences often need a moment to breathe, think, reflect, or ask questions. (Which is why he usually likes to stay afterwards). But, for events that have to hop to the next financial speaker right after him, or rush into a technical training, he’s not the best fit.
  • His story is something they can’t see around. Even though there are plenty of events where he doesn’t share any of his battle with depression, some event planners say “we don’t need a mental health speaker.” We say mental health is one chapter of his story that he’s honored to talk about, if it’s helpful. But, communication and high-performance leadership are his expertise. Sometimes, we lose that conversation.