Corporate and Motivational Speaking

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Corporate Speaking & Marketing Workshops

David Pride is the kind of speaker who walks into a room and immediately makes you feel like you’ve known him for years. Funny, honest, and genuinely energetic, David has spent over 15 years in the social media marketing trenches managing more than $12 million in ad spend for businesses across some of the most complex and regulated industries out there.

He’s not reading from a script. He’s sharing what actually works.

Whether he’s leading a marketing workshop for business owners or delivering a keynote about pushing through the kind of setbacks that would stop most people cold, David leaves audiences with something rare: real ideas they can actually use, and the motivation to go use them.

Workshop

Social Media Marketing for the Business Owner with NO Time and ZERO Budget

This is David’s most requested session, and it’s easy to see why. Most social media advice assumes you have a big team and a bigger budget. This workshop was built for everyone else.

Attendees learn how to maximize organic reach through creative video and influencer strategies, how to stretch a minimal ad budget further than they thought possible, how to build a nano or micro-influencer program that fits a real budget, how to get active on TikTok without stressing about learning to dance, and how to find the overlooked content ideas that most businesses miss, including the one format everyone avoids but audiences consistently love.

This session works for chambers of commerce, industry associations, corporate teams, and conference breakout sessions.

Workshop

Creating Constant Content: How to Fill Your Content Bucket Even When the Inspiration Well Runs Dry

Social media managers are expected to produce captivating, on-brand, cash register ringing content thirty or more times a week, across more platforms and formats than ever: posts, Reels, carousels, short video, email, and whatever launched last month. The creative well is supposed to keep gushing forever. In reality, most of us end up thirsty for inspiration, hungry for results, and anxious about reporting. And now there’s a new wrinkle: AI can hand you a hundred captions in sixty seconds, and every one of them sounds like everyone else’s hundred captions.

In this fast-moving, information-packed workshop, 15-year social media marketing veteran David Pride shares how he has created over 50,000 pieces of original content without ever losing his muse, and how he blends AI tools with human judgment so the work still sounds like the brand and not the machine. From AI influencers and AI-generated UGC video to the AI policies every team needs before they hit publish, you will see what belongs in your toolkit and what belongs in the trash. If you have ever tried to chisel through writer’s block, or been tempted to grab one more tired template just to check a task off your list, this workshop is for you.

You will leave with actionable ideas for where to draw your content inspiration, a simple system for capturing the ideas that show up while you’re working on something totally unrelated, a sane approach to using AI as a helper instead of a ghostwriter, and a short list of easy tools that will warm the cockles of your content-inspired heart.

Keynote

Bumps, Bruises, and Setbacks: How to Push Forward When Everything is Pushing Back

Some talks are inspiring in the moment and forgotten by dinner. This one tends to stick.

Drawing from his own journey as a cancer survivor, lifelong entrepreneur, and someone who has rebuilt more than once, David shares a framework for navigating the kind of seasons that test everything you thought you knew about yourself and your business.

Attendees leave with a clearer sense of their goals, a more honest relationship with setback and what it’s actually trying to teach them, and practical tools for identifying mentors, protecting their focus, and getting back in motion when everything in them wants to stop.

This keynote works for corporate events, leadership retreats, association conferences, and any room full of people who are quietly wondering if they have what it takes to keep going.

What People Are Saying

"You killed it today! You really kept their attention and that’s hard to do – especially in the finance sector when you’re talking about social media. Loved the energy!"

"David kept the audience engaged with real-life relevant examples – it was informative and more importantly enjoyable. I will definitely bring David back as a speaker again soon."

"Along with providing valuable and concise business info and tips to leaders from a wide range of industries, he was engaging and humorous, keeping our interest while piquing questions and soliciting feedback. Respectful public speakers who know how to engage their audiences are not as common as you might think, and Dave really brings it."

"David is an expert on the topic of social media and his ability to convey those concepts through his public speaking abilities is great! More importantly, he can show you how using these tools can be a part of creating your business success."

"David Pride is without a doubt one of the better speakers I’ve heard present to students in 20 years of education. His approach is engaging, thought-provoking, and reflective. He takes students on a walk through his personal journey and openly talks about his struggles and realizations. All of this messaging is done with a sense of humor and purpose. David involves his audience in this journey with his interactive public speaking skills and real-life relevant examples. If you’re looking for an amazing speaker with high energy and a great message to motivate your students then you will want to have David Pride at your school."

"David is an amazing speaker who really touched a lot of students here at Bartlett High School. His personal journey and the stories he shares helps to motivate students and to realize that everyone has struggles and everyone has pain, but its how they deal with it that matters. He is FULL of passion, power, and enthusiasm."

"David is amazing at connecting a company, business or brand with their social presence. Love that he personalizes every strategy to be tailor made for the campaign being run at any given time and that he is kept on top of things. Would HIGHLY recommend."

“Your breakout session helped me define my goals and the actions that needed to be taken to pursue those. Listing whom I should have on my “safe life” was extremely helpful and helped reframe the people I should be sharing my larger goals with.”

"David was extremely motivational and his real-world stories and examples were very effective. His message about overcoming seasons of pain and challenge was well received and had a valuable impact on our students and staff."

"Today, you opened my eyes. You made me realize this is for me, and no one else determines my future...Thank you for speaking today because, without you, I would have given up."

Video Testimonials

Issac Misiuk

Dr. Sims

David Pride is a Youth Motivational Speaker who teaches young people how to overcome long seasons of challenge and setback. During his motivational and high energy presentation, David shares about finding good mentors, creating a positive group of friends, avoiding drugs, and making smart decisions while online.

White County Central School District - Judsonia, Arkansas