SPEAKING & WORKSHOPS

Meaningful learning begins when people can recognize themselves in the material.

RiceCo creates neuroscience-informed speaking and learning experiences that help participants understand how people think, respond, connect, and lead—particularly under pressure, amid change, and in periods of complexity.

Through relatable stories, credible research, guided reflection, and practical application, participants explore how people respond under pressure, build trust, navigate change, and shape workplace culture.

Each experience is developed with the audience and organizational context in mind, creating opportunities for learning that continue beyond the room.

Ways to Engage

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Keynotes & Conference Presentations

Engaging presentations that introduce a central idea, create shared language, and invite meaningful reflection. Designed for conferences, professional gatherings, and organizational events.

Interactive Workshops

Participatory experiences that combine research, discussion, reflection, and practical tools. Workshops can be designed for 60 minutes, extended sessions, or half- and full-day learning.

Learning Series

Connected sessions that give participants time to explore ideas, practice new approaches, and reflect on their application. A learning series can support leadership development, team connection, or a broader organizational initiative.

Leadership Retreats and Facilitated Conversations

Customized experiences that help leadership teams, boards, and organizations examine important questions, strengthen understanding, and clarify their next steps.

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Featured Speaking & Workshop Topics

Each topic can be tailored to your audience, organizational context, and learning goals. Experiences combine research, reflection, and practical tools participants can bring into their everyday work.

Speaking and workshop fees begin at $1,500. Final investment depends on the format, length, and scope of the engagement. Travel expenses, when applicable, are discussed during planning. For a keynote, full-day workshop, or learning series, please submit a proposal.

Explore how everyday interactions shape trust, connection, psychological safety, and the experience of work. Participants examine the relationship between leadership behavior and workplace culture, then identify practical ways to create more supportive conditions for engagement and contribution.
Participants practice noticing the moments that shape culture and choosing responses that strengthen communication, connection, and employee voice.
Organizations are experienced through people, relationships, routines, and expectations. This interactive experience explores how those elements influence one another and how leaders can respond when organizational demands and human needs become misaligned.
Participants examine patterns within their own settings and consider changes that could strengthen coordination, understanding, and sustainable ways of working.
Pressure can influence attention, decision-making, communication, and relationships. This experience helps participants recognize their responses to demanding situations and consider how those responses affect others.
Participants explore practical ways to pause, clarify priorities, communicate intentionally, and seek support as they navigate competing demands.
People can be surrounded by coworkers and still feel disconnected. This experience examines how workplace relationships, routines, and leadership practices shape opportunities for belonging and participation.
Participants identify ways to make connection more accessible while respecting differences in personality, identity, work arrangement, and individual preference.
Virtual and hybrid work require intentional communication. This experience introduces structured practices for listening, clarifying purpose, inviting perspectives, and building shared understanding across distance.
Participants apply the frameworks to everyday team conversations and identify ways to improve participation, coordination, and follow-through.
Effective teamwork requires attention to how people communicate, understand their roles, navigate differences, and coordinate their efforts.
Participants examine their team’s current experience and practice approaches to clearer expectations, constructive dialogue, shared responsibility, and more intentional collaboration.

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Designed for Your Audience

Every audience brings its own experience, responsibilities, and questions.

Christie works with each host to understand the purpose of the event, the people attending, and what participants should be able to carry into their work afterward.

Topics, examples, activities, and pacing can be adapted for executive leaders, managers, supervisors, boards, interdisciplinary teams, educators, and professionals working in service and care.

Accessibility needs and participation preferences are discussed during planning.