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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 Based Keynote Speaker Matt Brauning
Looking for a keynote speaker who brings energy and substance to your conference, annual meeting, or leadership event? Matt partners with HR leaders, executives, and association program teams who want their people communicating clearly and moving forward together. Tell us about your event, your audience, and your goals, and we'll help you check fit and availability. Call or text directly at 616-965-2110 or fill out the form below. We can't wait to hear about your event.
"Very enlightening and easy to put into practice."
Melinda Culp, Executive Director
About Matt Brauning, CSP
Matt Brauning, CSP, is a keynote speaker, 3-time best-selling author, and a huge yo-yo nerd. He holds the Certified Speaking Professional™ (CSP®) designation, the highest earned designation one can achieve in the speaking industry, held by fewer than 17% of National Speakers Association members worldwide.
In 20 years on stage, Matt has spoken at places like TEDx, McDonald's, NASDAQ, and the United States Air Force Academy. He's been in a few movies, and you may have caught him on morning television on ABC, NBC, CBS, and FOX.
Matt created Culture Integrity™, a framework for aligning an organization's stated values with the way its people work together every day. Using Values Intelligence (VQ)™ and data-driven assessments, he works alongside leaders to build on what's already working and close the gaps that slow down high-performing teams. In practice, that means helping teams build trust during change, find purpose and motivation that lasts, and communicate effectively across generations. Each of those is a keynote, and each can go deeper as a hands-on workshop or team-building session.
His upcoming book, Generational Static: Cut Through the Noise and Unlock Leaders in Every Generation, releases in January 2027. Through relatable, research-backed stories from shop floors to boardrooms, it shows leaders what each generation brings to the table, and how to get four generations working as one team.
Off stage, Matt performs improv comedy, and he brings it into every presentation, so expect plenty of laughs. He lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with his amazing wife Lola and awesome son Valiant, where he enjoys rock climbing and watching pro wrestling.
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