Careers and Opportunity
Keynote or workshop
Finding the paths you were never shown, and moving on them before you feel ready. For students choosing a direction and early-career professionals choosing their next one.
Speaking
Talks That Widen the Map
Edward S. Freeman speaks on careers and opportunity, access and inclusion, the business of science, and personal brand. Every talk is built for the room, with versions for students and for professionals. Keynote, workshop, panel, or fireside. In person or virtual.
Formats
Keynote
30 to 60 minutes, with Q&A. For heritage-month programs, conferences, orientations, and ERG town halls.
Workshop
60 to 90 minutes, interactive, 20 to 150 people. Attendees leave with something written: a brand statement, a career map, a next step.
Panel or Fireside
Moderated conversation, 45 to 60 minutes. Edward can moderate, join as a panelist, or lead a fireside with your host.
Topics
The areas Edward speaks on. The talk itself is shaped on a pre-event call, so no two rooms get the same one.
Access and Inclusion
Keynote, panel, or fireside
How people from underrepresented backgrounds turn where they come from into professional advantage. A fit for Black History Month, heritage-month programming, and ERG events.
Science and Business
Keynote, panel, or career-pathway workshop
Careers at the intersection of science, entrepreneurship, and media, from someone who has worked in all three. For STEM students and life-science organizations.
Personal Brand and Entrepreneurship
Workshop
Building visibility, a voice, and a first venture while holding a day job. Hands-on, with attendees leaving with something written.
Who It Is For
Universities and Colleges
Cultural centers, career services, student affairs, TRIO and access programs, and student organizations. Heritage-month keynotes, career weeks, orientation, and leadership conferences.
School Districts and Youth Programs
High school assemblies, advisory blocks, CTAE and college-access programs. Youth versions of every talk.
Employee Resource Groups
Black, multicultural, and early-career ERGs. Black History Month and career-month programming, plus emerging-leader cohorts.
Conferences and Nonprofits
Student leadership conferences, workforce and college-access nonprofits, professional associations, and life-science industry events.
How Booking Works
1
Send the Basics
Date, audience, format, and what you want people to walk away with. Two business days to a reply.
2
Pre-Event Call
A 20-minute call to shape the session to your audience and goals. Every talk is adapted; none is read from a script.
3
The Session
Delivered in person or virtually. Slides and a one-page resource list for attendees are included.
4
After
A short follow-up with the resource list, a recording where permitted, and an open door for your students or members.