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Making the world a happier place with design, illustration, novelty fonts, and education with your buddy Meg!

For decades, the world has been selling adults one idea: be normal. And it worked too well!

We're now the most distracted, exhausted, predictable, least original adults in history.

Good news! I created a keynote that will fix everything.

Powerful storytelling Part stand-up comedy Tears (the good kind) Clown theory meets social science A brand new way to innovate Leaves the room buzzing Powerful storytelling Part stand-up comedy Tears (the good kind) Clown theory meets social science A brand new way to innovate Leaves the room buzzing
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My new fall 2026 keynote

The Grown-Up's Guide to Growing Down

How the world trained us to be boring, and the technique to get our original ideas back

It starts early! Somewhere during childhood, every one of us got trained to stop being ourselves and start pretending to be "normal" instead. Kids who excel at normal grow into adults who are easier to sell to and easier to manage. Adults who secretly hate themselves for never fitting a mold the world made up. Until one day we look up, exhausted, with no idea what we actually want and no idea how to have an original idea anymore. This talk uses powerful storytelling to show how this happened to all of us, what it cost my dad, and the technique that gets our one-of-a-kind ability to innovate back.

Hi! I'm your buddy, Meg! My background is a blob of design, writing, music, improv, and clown, allowing me to change the world in ways that only I can. I combine social science with clown and improv theory to teach "normal" adults how to silence the noise of the world so they can innovate in ways only their unique brain can.

Your audience will:

  • Understand why so many adults feel stuck, lost, and overwhelmed, and the 3 tactics the world used to get us here: turn everything into a competition, invent problems we never had, and keep moving the definition of "normal"
  • Learn The Speed of Fun, my technique built from clown, improv, and social science that trains adults to ideate faster than their inner critic
  • Figure out what they actually want (instead of what the world trained them to want)
  • Discover why the world roots for them the second they stop pretending to be normal, and what that changes about how they ideate, innovate, and create
Planning a 2026 lineup?

Your audience is excited AND scared for their future.

My talk is the counterweight your lineup needs.

I've been studying adult behavior since I was a little kid standing in line at the DMV for fun (long story, it's in the talk). Since then I've worked with over a million adults at 200+ events to unlearn the norms that keep them from innovating in ways only they can.

The future of human innovation isn't about the tools. It's about silencing the noise so every adult can use their personality, life experience, and raw vulnerability to create. I've got the technique to make it happen! Your audience will leave knowing what they can create that nobody else possibly could, and feeling like the future needs them. Because it does!

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Why I'm *different*

A performer at heart, with something important to say!

Meg's design work

Designer!

14 years designing for big brands like Meta, Slack, Universal Music Group, Condé Nast, and Barbie. Every slide, cue, and moment of my keynote is designed thoughfully with audience experience in mind.

Meg performing comedy

Comedian!

I'm trained in improv and stand-up, allowing me to not be afraid to go big and silly in any room!

Meg doing physical performance

Physical actor!

I'm trained in clown, physical acting, and even stunt training and stage combat. When I say I'm a performer, I mean it!

Meg with event organizers

People-pleaser!

I show up early, get you everything you need, and my life depends on making you happy. My flaws are your gain!

And workshops too!

My workshops are ideation training disguised as playtime! This is a high-energy hands-on workshop that uses improv and clown technique (in a not-scary way) through the guise of creativity and ideation games! They'll learn to rapidly ideate, innovate, and unlock their best ideas yet. It's a blast!

The Speed of Fun: Innovation and Ideation Workshop

  • How to recognize when you're killing your most original ideas and opting for safe (boring) ones instead
  • How to ideate at the Speed of Fun: generating ideas faster than fear can interfere
  • How your unique brain unlocks ideas that nobody else in the room possibly could
  • How to yes-and creative ideas to collaborate with others
  • A repeatable technique to pull out whenever creativity feels stuck or inspiration stalls

Your audience will laugh, feel seen, and leave looking at work and life completely differently.

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They said it, not me!

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Attendee

"Meg showed me things about myself I didn't even know. I look at everything I do through a totally different lens now and am SO much more confident making work that feels just like me!"

— Dalal
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Attendee

"Meg is an expert at approaching complex, serious topics in such a fun way that it makes otherwise painful transformative work feel easy."

— Matt
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Event Organizer

"Everyone walked away empowered to take control of their careers! Meg was an absolute delight and an inspiration, and we are so grateful."

— Mary
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Event Organizer

"Meg is one of those rare brilliantly hilarious speakers that constantly has your attention. Best of all, Meg is involved with attendees, spending incredible quality time with them and doesn't just appear for the talk. Meg is all in."

— Dann Petty
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For organizers!

Let's bring this to your event!

I'm often booked as both opener and closer because my talk is usually the emotional and energetic climax of the entire event! As an opener, my energy and raw vulnerability create immediate connection between attendees. As a closer, I'm what one organizer called "the exclamation point at the end of the event!" Either way, audiences leave buzzing and inspired. I show up fully prepared, on time, and genuinely thrilled to be there. You won't ever have to chase me for anything!

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