A week in the life of poetic voice, Sekou Andrews, could find him keynoting at a leadership conference, helping a Fortune 500 company with brand messaging or performing for Barack Obama in Oprah Winfrey’s backyard.
This schoolteacher turned national poetry slam champion has now become the world’s leading “Poetic Voice” – a new type of speaker and artist who seamlessly blends inspirational speaking with spoken word poetry to help organizations tell their most powerful stories.
His presentations and keynotes are in high demand from Fortune 500 companies, leading conferences, and global nonprofits, such as Google, Toyota, Nike, Paypal, Johnson & Johnson, Global Green, Cisco, Genentech, and ASAE. He has been featured on national media outlets, including ABC, MSNBC, HBO, Showtime, MTV, and BET, and Forbes.com has called him “the de facto poet laureate of corporate America.”
Sekou has presented privately for such luminaries as Larry King, Quincy Jones, Hillary Clinton, Bono, Maya Angelou, and Norman Lear, and has shared the stage with music heavyweights Stevie Wonder, Carlos Santana, Jay-Z, Maroon 5 and the Pasadena Pops Orchestra to name but a few. His last spoken word album, “Poetic License,” helped him become the most awarded artist in the nation’s largest independent music organization.
Having successfully innovated a new speaking category, Sekou also teaches rockstar secrets to public speakers through his Stage Might™ speaker training, teaching executives and leaders the techniques of master performers. As a poetic voice, Sekou does more than inspire us with his story; he inspires us with our story.
Opening Experience
Sunday, September 24, 2017
The Opening Experience
Every great experience begins with a moving and memorable opening. This year’s CGA Strategic Conference begins with a powerful presentation by Sekou Andrews – the world’s leading “Poetic Voice”. Tapping into our industry’s passion for providing sustenance for families and partnership in the local communities we serve, Sekou’s presentation will capture the stories of our industry, the passion for food it embodies and the collaboration from farm to table required to get us there. Part inspiring performance, part value-packed keynote, this experience will embody what collaboration, connection, and working in concert can truly mean.
