The short version
Unburdn runs one of the most effective AI adoption programs in the country. We have worked with 100+ companies, refined our curriculum through every engagement, and built something that actually changes how people work.
AI is the topic, and that makes this harder than it sounds. Most people walk into the room with a mix of fear, skepticism, and hype hangover. They have heard the promises. They are not sure what is real. And they are being asked to change how they work. The speaker's job is to cut through all of that, make AI feel human and accessible, and send every person in the room home feeling like they can actually do this.
That takes someone battle-tested. Someone who can speak relatably to a CEO and an intern at the same time. Someone who can move a room and then make every person in it feel like they can actually go do this.
Make no mistakes: we are looking for a professional speaker with strong business experience and practical AI fluency. That person is rare and we are hunting for them.
What you will do
- →Deliver Unburdn's workshop. We provide the curriculum. There is no script. You will know the material deeply enough to make it feel like your own, adapt to the room in real time, and never lose the thread.
- →Own the room, start to finish. Energy management, tonal control, reading the crowd, adjusting the pace: you are the DJ. The room should feel different when you leave than when you walked in.
- →Handle Q&A without flinching. Real questions from real people, often skeptical, sometimes technical, always consequential. The room often includes a Chairman and an intern sitting ten feet apart. You answer in plain English, you calibrate to whoever is asking, and you never talk over anyone's head.
- →Speak the client's language. Every room is different: a family office, a healthcare company, a private equity firm, a law firm. You do your homework. You pick examples that land for that audience. You adjust without losing the curriculum.
- →Navigate landmines. In a room with mixed levels of seniority, mixed levels of AI skepticism, and real organizational politics beneath the surface, what you say and how you answer questions carries weight. You see the landmines before you step on them. You know how to address a loaded question without creating a problem for the client.
- →Represent Unburdn. How you show up is how they remember us. The standard is unreasonable hospitality with zero tolerance for phone-it-in energy.
What we are looking for
Delivery is everything here. This section is the whole job.
- →You breathe energy into a room. Not hype. Not performative enthusiasm. Real energy: the kind that makes people lean forward and not check their phones. You have had it your whole life and you know it.
- →You have tonal and emotional range. You can be funny. You can be serious. You can make a room go quiet when you need it to. You understand that what you say and how you say it are two different levers, and you know how to pull both.
- →You have presence. When you walk in, people feel it. This is not something we can teach. You either have it or you do not.
- →You are articulate for hours. Not just in the morning when you are fresh. Six hours in, after a tough Q&A stretch, you are still crisp. Still sharp. Still worth listening to.
- →You know AI cold. Not at an engineer level. At a business operator level. You live in these tools, you understand how they work, and you know where they fail. When someone asks a hard question about hallucinations, data privacy, or whether AI is going to replace their job, you have a real answer in plain English.
- →You can handle the room's relationship with AI. Some people walk in skeptical. Some are overwhelmed. Some have been burned by hype. Some are true believers who need to be grounded. You read all of it and meet each person where they are, without losing the room in the process.
- →You read rooms. Energy dips, confusion, skepticism, disengagement: you see it before it becomes a problem. You pivot without anyone realizing you pivoted.
- →You know business. You do not need to be an expert in every industry. You do need to be conversational, credible, and able to bring relevant context to whatever room you are in. Executives can tell within minutes if someone has run something or just read about it.
- →You win hearts and minds. People leave your sessions wanting to do the thing, not just knowing about the thing. That is the only metric that matters.
What this is not
- →A scripted keynote gig. We provide the curriculum, not the script.
- →A solo show. You are delivering within Unburdn's system, brand, and model. The curriculum is ours. Your job is to make it hit.
- →A platform. Most sessions happen behind closed doors, in private company settings, not on a conference stage. If you are looking to build your speaker brand on the back of this work, this is not the right fit.
Why this might be right for you
- →You are exceptional at this and you know it. You want a room that is actually paying attention, with real stakes, and a program worth delivering.
- →The material backs you up. The curriculum is battle-tested across 100+ companies. You are not walking in with a rough draft or someone's PowerPoint from 2022.
- →The clients are serious, and the bar is high. Family offices, private equity firms, healthcare companies, law firms. Chairmen to interns, all in the same room, all expecting something real. Many of them have been burned by AI hype before. If walking into that room and being the person who finally gets it right sounds exciting rather than stressful, that is a signal.
- →You will work directly with the founders. No layers, no bureaucracy. When something needs to change, it changes fast.
- →If you deliver, your footprint grows. This is not a one-and-done gig. The best version of this role expands with it.