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Tracey, Practice Manager

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A Speaking Experience You Can Trust

When organizations bring in a keynote speaker, they rarely need more information. They need alignment.

Matt Brauning is a Michigan leadership keynote speaker who helps leaders build trust and guide teams through constant change. His programs combine practical leadership insight with an engaging delivery that keeps audiences involved and thinking long after the event.

Each keynote is customized to the event while grounded in nearly two decades of experience working with corporations, associations, and conferences worldwide.

Matt’s style is interactive, clear, and often funny, but always purposeful. Audiences leave energized, and leaders leave with language and tools they can immediately use.

Why Healthcare Organizations Bring Matt In

Healthcare leaders operate in one of the most complex environments in business.

Clinical teams, administrators, executives, and frontline staff all experience change differently. When initiatives move through multiple layers of leadership, ownership can fade and communication can weaken.

Healthcare organizations often face challenges such as:

• leadership communication between clinical and administrative teams

• burnout and emotional fatigue across staff

• trust challenges during staffing shortages

• mergers between healthcare systems or provider groups

• culture strain during rapid growth or acquisition

• maintaining alignment across departments and locations

Matt’s keynotes challenge leaders at every level to communicate with clarity and ownership so change feels led rather than imposed. The result is stronger trust, better alignment, and teams that move forward. Together.

Healthcare Organizations and Associations

Most Requested Healthcare Leadership Keynote -

THE FIREBOX PRINCIPLE: Motivation That Lasts in Demanding Environments

Healthcare teams rarely struggle with commitment. They struggle with sustained energy in environments where emotional pressure and constant change are part of the job.

The Firebox Principle explores the internal motivational drives that keep people engaged even in demanding roles. Leaders learn how to reconnect their teams to purpose, reinforce trust across departments, and maintain culture during periods of rapid change.

Through stories, humor, and practical insights, Matt helps healthcare leaders strengthen morale, reconnect teams to meaning in their work, and build momentum that continues long after the event.

“I think Matt should train everyone on how to give a talk!”

Brittany Eades, Supervisor

Ideal for Healthcare Leadership Events

Matt frequently speaks for healthcare audiences! Each keynote is customized to reflect the realities healthcare leaders face every day.

healthcare leadership conferences • nursing and healthcare associations • hospital leadership retreats • provider network summits • dental and medical group leadership meetings • senior living leadership events • in-home healthcare organizations • multi-location practice leadership gatherings

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“Much needed!!”

Jessica M Haddley, Davita Home Dialysis

Real, Unedited Speaking Moments

Get a feel for the pacing, audience participation, and practical teaching from full speaking segments.

Ideal for leadership offsites, company meetings, conferences, and sales kickoff events.

"Engaging and encouraging!"

Christin Mcwhorter, Senior Membership Director

A High-Energy Conference Kickoff That Still Has Substance

Some events need deep training and CEUs.

Others need the room to come alive.

Matt delivers a keynote that is engaging, interactive, and genuinely motivational while still grounded in real workplace challenges.

Audiences laugh, participate, and leave energized, while leaders know the message supports trust, communication, and performance back at work.

Ideal for association conferences, Leaders' Offsites, Sales Kick-offs, and all staff annual events where you want energy in the room and impact afterward!

Book Michigan Keynote Speaker Matt Brauning

Looking for a keynote speaker who brings both energy and substance? Matt partners with organizations that want leaders communicating clearly and teams moving forward together.

Tell us about your event goals and we will help you determine fit and availability. You call or text directly at 616-965-2110 or fill out the form here. We can’t wait to hear from you about your goals for your event!

"Very enlightening and easy to put into practice."

Melinda Culp, Executive Director

About Matt Brauning

Matt Brauning is an international keynote

speaker, leadership trainer, a 3-time best-selling

author, and a huge yo-yo nerd.

He has filmed in 2 movies, you’ve seen him all

over morning Television on ABC, NBC, CBS, and

FOX, and he has spoken at places like TEDx,

McDonald's, NASDAQ, and the United States Air Force Academy.

Matt delivers engaging keynote programs that

are engaging, actionable, and super fun! With

leadership topics like building trust, energizing

change, and unlocking motivation that lasts,

Matt’s keynotes are perfect for your association

conference or leaders’ offsite.

When not speaking, Matt loves performing

standup and improv comedy, climbing rocks, and

being a huge pro wrestling fan! He lives in Grand

Rapids, Michigan with his amazing wife Lola, and

awesome son Valiant.

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