
Michael Margolis Speaking Fee: $30,000 to $50,000

Speaking Fee:
$30,000 to $50,000
Travels From:
LAX - Los Angeles (All Airports)
Travels From:
LAX - Los Angeles (All Airports)
Primary Topic Category:
Authors & Storytellers
Primary Topic Category:
Authors & Storytellers
Secondary Topic Category:
Leadership and Management
Secondary Topic Category:
Leadership and Management
Michael Margolis Speaker Profile: At A Glance
Michael Margolis is the CEO and founder of Storied; a leading authority on narratives for disruption. Storied is the first and only strategic messaging firm that focuses on the internal story for hyper-growth and transformation. Storied is the first and only strategic messaging firm that focuses on the internal story for hyper-growth and transformation: from selling a vision to change management to scaling your culture. Michael has built a reputation for solving complex riddles at the biggest scale imaginable.
Michael Margolis is a master storyteller and trusted advisor to Google, Meta, and NASA. He specializes in communicating complex, technical, and disruptive ideas—without making people defensive. Often described as “one of the most thought-provoking speakers” audiences have heard, Margolis has a unique ability to connect big ideas to business strategy, technological disruption, and organizational change, leaving audiences inspired, empowered, and ready to take charge.
Michael Margolis speaks to the moment we're all in-where what's next is messy, misunderstood, yet mission-critical. A trusted voice among highly-technical executives and teams, he shows leaders how to turn complexity into clarity, ambiguity into alignment, and resistance into results.
- Best with highly-technical executives and teams
- When what you do is complex, high-stakes, and hard to convey
- Learn how to get instant buy-in and influence at scale
- How to sell the future-especially when it's ambiguous, uncertain, and disruptive
- For companies in growth mode or transformation, chasing velocity and scale
- How to control the narrative in a fast-moving, highly-matrixed environment
- How to lead change in a deeply human, expansive, and connective manner
- CEO of Storied, Inc – a storytelling advisory and training firm for influence
- Long-time advisor to Silicon Valley execs at Meta, Google, Dolby, Uber, Salesforce
- Frequent keynoter for leadership summits, sales kick-offs, and user conferences
- 500+ top rated talks for Microsoft, Visa, SAP, Bloomberg, Moody’s, Zappos, others…
- Track record: has influenced $13+ billion dollars in investments thru executive buy-in
- Renown expert on strategic narrative: how to tell the story of innovation/disruption
- Trained as a cultural anthropologist; expert on change management/scaling growth
Margolis is an original thinker who never delivers a “canned talk.” As a polymath, he personalizes each message to the unique context, strategy, and language of every client. This approach allows him to create experiences that consistently exceed client expectations, with a 95% or higher positive rating from audiences. His talks are frequently described as ‘enlightening,’ ‘eye-opening,’ and ‘deeply actionable.’
"The best session on influencing I have attended." - VP, Quality Engineering, Fidelity Investment
"One of the top rated keynotes at our conference." - CEO, Productized Conference
"You were amazing! You gave us so much thoughtful wisdom" - Program Manager, Google
"Thanks to Storied my team can now communicate in the language of the C-suite" - VP of Product Design, Hulu
"There was an 'aha' moment for every attendee." - Global Head, Relationship Marketing, Bloomberg
"Your message was so relevant. Clearly you did your HW and took time to know our biz." - Staff VP, Anthem
"Such an engaging and meaningful session. Overwhelmingly positive feedback." - CMO, OneStream
"I've read many books on storytelling. You provided insights I've never heard before" - Principal PM, Microsoft
"Enlightening and energizing" - Director, Field Demand Generation, Juniper Networks
"Keynote was electrifying and original. Got us laughing, crying, inspired to lead." - Conference Chair, ANA
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