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Matt Havens
Experience a shift to put people first
- A corporate America veteran, pitched Fortune 25 for enterprise transformations by age 25.
- His popular speaking style led nationwide engagements, steering large-scale change efforts.
- With experience leading contact centers in 5 U.S. locations, Matt emphasizes a realistic, humorous approach.
- His mission is to provide real-world solutions in a relatable and humorous manner.
- His unique style has rapidly established him as one of the industry’s fastest up-and-coming speakers.
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What Matt Havens's clients say
"Good morning to you. I want to thank you for your presentation yesterday. Your energy, humor and humility were very much appreciated and added a nice spark to the first day of the FMG Partner Retreat! We received great comments from our Partners around the country. Although doing this virtually was not our original vision, having a presenter like you that was able to pivot and bring the magic virtually was a great start to our day!"
"Matt did great, he had the crowd laughing and engaged. Our event is a full day so I put him at the end of the day to wake everyone up again and he did just that with some great tips on working together through the different generations."
"On behalf of the MNGFOA, Tonya and I would like to thank you for speaking at our conference this year! Your presentation was impressive and we’re grateful for the time and effort you took to share your topic with us. You did an amazing job and it was great working with you. We look forward to staying in touch!"
"Matt did an absolutely amazing job yesterday. Presenting virtually while still being engaged with your audience is incredibly difficult and Matt navigated it beautifully. I have received so many emails from staff yesterday afternoon and this morning telling me how much they enjoyed him. Hopefully we will be able to bring him in sometime for an in-person meeting."
"Matt was amazing and provided that breath of fresh air we needed in the middle of our more granular training topics."
"With much gratitude, we thank Matt for presenting at The RE/MAX Collection 10th annual Luxury Forum. His keynote was dynamic, relevant, and filled with valuable takeaways. We’ve heard great feedback."
"It’s great to hear from you. Everyone loved Matt. He delivered his thoughtful humor as promised and didn’t stray from the overall themes of his presentation. I highly recommend Matt for our partner organizations and look forward to seeing him continue to ascend."
"We just received the summary of evaluation responses from our May 26th rural health conference in Alexandria, MN. I am pleased to inform you that Matt Havens received excellent reviews. It was a pleasure to work with Matt and many attendees felt his keynotes were the most beneficial and inspirational portion of our program. I can’t tell you the number of times I was told that “Matt was great”. Please pass along my thanks to Matt for his contribution to making our conference a success. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend him to others seeking a keynote speaker. Have a wonderful summer!"
"Everything went well! Matt is a gem and was very well received by our attendees. The best part was interreacting with Matt and he is a very genuine and approachable guy."
"Now that one day has passed since our conference and the feedback is coming in, I want to thank you for your excellent presentation. We have received a lot of great feedback on your presentation and have received requests for the slides. My brother owns an engineering firm and was in attendance. He said that your presentation was great and wants to share the information with his staff. As brothers do, he usually shoots me straight, so that is a high compliment. I have another client that is trying to connect with your team and retain you to help them with some things. I took a couple pages of notes myself. Well done! You prepared and delivered in a fun and effective manner!"
"(VIRTUAL) Matt was tremendous! Everyone loved his practical, humorous, and real world approach. I'll get back with you next week on future plans"
"(VIRTUAL) I just wanted to send a note your way about yesterday's presentation. The company LOVED it. Our CEO and Chief Digital Strategy Officer were pinging each other during the presentation saying they were laughing the whole time. The content and message were really strong, and he absolutely loved how you pulled content in from our website to tie your message back specifically to the company. The community core value part where you pulled the adjective from the description was so on point. The handful of people we were in the office with that day said it was so relatable and the message was exactly what the project teams needed to hear. So again, thank you for all the time and effort that went into the presentation. It was an absolute hit and we couldn't have been more happy with how it went."
"(VIRTUAL) Great job Matt! Very well done! Loved the insights. Also, you are great to work with! As great as you did, I can only imagine how well you do with audience interaction. I will certainly look for opportunities to work with you again soon. I lead Mondelēz International’s partnerships with 14 industry associations. All of which could use your message!"
"Matt Havens kicked off our event, Global Dairy Expo, with a funny and thought-provoking speech about generational differences. He received the highest praise from our guests and many of the other speakers referenced his material in their own presentations. I would highly recommend Matt Havens as a lead off/warmup speaker for your next event."
"Matt was fantastic, and we had wonderful feedback on him from many of our attendees! He hit right on the mark for what we were trying to communicate. Even some of our long-time franchisees who are known to be a bit stuck in their ways (for lack of better words) had positive things to say! Here are a couple of nuggets we received from them: • Matt Havens Old Guy young Guy Keynote Speaker, Real, True, applicable, fun. • The Guest Speaker…..I think, for me, he was the best speaker we have had at a convention. He was upbeat, and the things he said were relevant."
"I cannot thank you enough for what is already being called an epic conference! Your stellar presentation, not to mention incredible energy, truly set the tone and I genuinely feel like it made everybody open up more than I’ve ever seen before. You are wildly talented and watching you speak was transformational for both our organization and me. We are forever grateful!"
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Matt Havens's 2024 biography
Meet Matt Havens
Matt Havens is not your typical speaker. His uncanny ability to provide realworld solutions in a relatable and humorous way have made him one of the quickest up-and-coming speakers in the industry.
Matt’s signature style began in corporate America, where by 25 he pitched the C-suite boardroom of a Fortune 25 company on his plan to lead enterprise-wide transformations to capitalize on the “Millennial” opportunities present in the marketplace and the workforce. Matt’s work soon caught fire, and he began speaking to audiences all over the country, subsequently catapulting up the corporate ladder and leading teams in areas as diverse as marketing, sales, and customer retention. Matt has been at the forefront of driving massively scaled change efforts, started new sales departments, and ran contact centers in 5 different U.S. locations. In short, his approach is baked in reality instead of hyperbole.
Matt now brings his simple yet profound solutions to companies, associations, and small businesses across North America. His stated mission is to put perspective into action – both professionally and personally – by unpacking our true motivations, and specifically how our answers relate to the meaningful relationships and connections we create. The versatility of his experience and expertise is why he’s frequently called upon to address a variety of topics ranging from generational differences, leadership, culture, communication, sales and building successful teams.
Matt Havens's 2024 talks & topics
Make Your Business Human
The 4 Human Truths that Drive Personal, Professional, and Organizational Success
In the not-so-distant past, business success was defined entirely by money. The bigger you were, the better; the more profitable you were, the more successful your business. End of story.
Today, though, society is increasingly interested in how that success happens. Employees are no longer willing to work for companies whose ideals they don’t support or whose profits come by any means necessary, and customers are quick to abandon businesses that are insensitive or selfabsorbed. In the past, one bad advertisement was an embarrassment; today, one inflammatory tweet can be fatal.
The businesses that will succeed in the future will not be the ones that spend all their time thinking about how to sell more products and services at higher margins. Rather, they will be the businesses that recognize the common human needs and motivations that govern employee and customer behavior. Make Your Business Human is a transformative keynote that focuses not on the differences that so many of us seem fixated on (Boomer vs. Millennial, Leadership vs. Workforce), but on four profound similarities we all share. Organizations which understand, honor, and harness the qualities that make us human will outperform their peers in creating memorable customer experiences and true workforce engagement.
This shift in perspective is not theoretical. It’s already happening. If you want to be on the leading edge of tomorrow’s success, then you need to be leading The Human Way.
Partial List of Takeaways:
- Understand the Four Human Truths and how they impact our behavior as employees and customers
- How to implement a people-first approach to leadership that will drive engagement and resolve the seemingly endless “work/life balance” debate
- How to create an environment where fear and failure are not only acceptable, but celebrated as opportunities for true growth
- How to balance short-term needs against long-term goals in a way that reduces personal stress and improves strategic decision-making
Stop Acting Your Age! (generational issues)
If you’ve listened to any other discussion about generational ssues at work, then you’ve undoubtedly been told there are four distinct generations operating side-by-side in today’s working world. You’ve then been told the differences between those four generations, and then you’ve been told (although probably not in these exact words) that you need to just deal with all these different people, because they’re not going away and they’re not going to change how they operate. If that advice suits you, fantastic.
However, if you’ve ever been frustrated by how impossible it seems to employ four different strategies to manage four distinct generations, and if you’ve ever felt like you’re the only one who’s being asked to make any changes, then Stop Acting Your Age! is exactly what you need. Because it turns out that there really aren’t four generations. In this hysterical keynote, you’ll learn a simpler way of looking at your own generational picture, and you’ll also learn how to understand, recognize, and resolve every generational issue facing today’s workforce. That’s no exaggeration; by the end of Stop Acting Your Age!, you and your colleagues will walk away with all of the knowledge you’ll need to address 100% of the generational issues you’ll face for the rest of your career. Other generational presentations focus on what people want, but Stop Acting Your Age! will tell you why everyone wants the different things they do. It’s an important distinction, and it will make implementing new solutions easier than you ever thought possible.
So get ready to laugh more and learn more than you ever thought possible. Because improving your generational issues doesn’t have to be boring.
Partial List of Takeaways:
- Learn to replace the complicated four-generation model with a workable dichotomy between older, more experienced workers and their younger, less-experienced counterparts
- Understand the key cultural, technological, and social changes that have conspired to create a disconnect between team members from these two generations
- Walk away with several immediately applicable strategies to address and eliminate problems caused by the disconnect mentioned above
- Inspire a healthier, more robust work ethic in your younger employees (and your older ones, too)
- Inspire a healthier, more robust attitude toward change in your older employees (and your younger ones, too)
You’re Not an Acronym: A Practical Approach to Leadership
If you’ve been a leader for a while or are being groomed to become one, then you’ve probably taken your fair share of personality tests. Perhaps you know your Woo strength, or maybe you’ve recently discovered that you’re a purple triangle when you’re stressed. If this kind of information is all you need in order to be the kind of leader your people are excited to follow, then you probably don’t need to keep reading this.
But if you’ve ever suspected that leadership may be about more than just you, then You’re Not an Acronym is the kind of leadership presentation you’ll truly appreciate. Matt Havens has spent over a decade in various leadership positions at a Fortune 25 company. He’s taken dozens of personality assessments, and he’s recognized a fundamental flaw in the way that all of them attempt to help people become better leaders. By addressing and then correcting this oversight, You’re Not An Acronym will help you expand your understanding of leadership exponentially – and you’ll do it while laughing all the while. Because not only is this one of the most insightful leadership keynotes you’ll ever sit through, it’s also one of the funniest. After all, boring isn’t a business requirement. So get ready to enjoy the process of becoming a more effective leader more than you ever thought possible!
Partial List of Takeaways:
- Understand the value (and limitations) of personality tests and other types of self-analysis as they relate to improving your leadership
- Discover the two pillars of effective leadership – neither of which have anything to do with you!
- Develop a system for creating roadmaps for success that everyone can get behind, including people who operate differently from you
- Realize that leadership presentations don’t have to be mind-numbingly boring!
Matt Havens's 2024 speaking fees
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