For Event Organisers
Working with creatives, brands and businesses
Delivering innovation clarity + and practical knowledge
Event organisers need to find the right speaker, de-risk the decision, and make the event work. This page exists to make that easier. Topics, formats, logistics and a bespoke briefing process as well as FAQs — all in one place.
Carl has spoken at conferences of 20 and events of 5,000+. He is warm, professional and genuinely low-maintenance — the kind of speaker your team will thank you for booking, not the kind they'll be chasing for slides at midnight.
FOR EVENT ORGANISERS · BOOKING INFORMATION
Everything you need to book and brief well
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BAFTA Fullbright
APRO Brazil
D&AD +
ONLINE - IN PERSON
WHAT EVENT ORGANSIERS ARE LOOKING FOR
Say you have six problems.
Here's how Carl solves them
64% of conference attendees say the keynote is the most influential element of an event. The pressure to get it right — and to justify the investment — is real.
Here is what experienced event organisers tell us they need from a speaker.
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Alignment with the event theme
The biggest risk when booking a speaker is misalignment — a brilliant talk that lands in the wrong room. Carl works from your brief, not a standard deck. Every engagement starts with a conversation about your audience, your event's north star and what you need people to feel by the end.
CARL BUILDS EVERY TALK FROM YOUR BRIEF
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Topics that matter right now
In 2026, every creative and marketing event is wrestling with the same urgent questions: How do we stay human in an AI world? How do we cut through a content flood? How do we make people feel something when attention is the scarcest resource? Carl speaks directly to all of it — from experience, not conjecture.
AI · CREATIVITY · BRAND · STORYTELLING · HUMAN EDGE
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Proven stage presence and reliability
Event organisers cannot afford a speaker who underperforms on the day. Carl has spoken at events from intimate 20-person creative roundtables to international conferences of thousands — in person, hybrid and online. He is professional, punctual, and delivers. Every time.
SPEAKER REEL AND REFERENCES AVAILABLE
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Actionable — not just inspiring
The worst keynote feedback an organiser can get: "great talk, but I'm not sure what to do with it." Every Carl Prechezer keynote is built around a practical toolkit the audience can apply immediately. Inspiration and action. Not one or the other.
TAKEAWAYS YOUR AUDIENCE WILL ACTUALLY USE
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A distinctive point of view
Audiences can tell when a speaker is recycling ideas they've read in someone else's book. Carl's perspective — Oscar-shortlisted filmmaker turned brand strategist — is genuinely distinctive. There is nobody else in the room who has directed a BAFTA-supported feature film, built a D&AD masterclass and consulted for global agencies.
A PERSPECTIVE NOBODY ELSE CAN OFFER
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A low-friction booking process
Organisers have enough to manage. Carl's booking process is direct, responsive and simple. No speaker bureau markup. No weeks of silence. No last-minute surprises. You get a clear conversation, a clear brief, clear logistics — and a speaker who shows up prepared and delivers.
DIRECT BOOKING · NO BUREAU MARKUP
What people loved
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“Carl is an inspiring professional, we always get great feedback from his D&AD masterclass. He alwasy engages with everyone. "
Lisa Evans - D&AD
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“Carl quickly understood our brand. He successfully challenged our thinking. His ideas on cross platform solutions gave us real emotioanl insight"
Mostyn Thomas - D3O
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“Travel is a unique industry. Carl embraced the challenge + gave us an emotional update. His idea to position us as Travel Experts was a really great piece of strategy. "
Holly - Diverse Travel
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A greatGreat Masterclass - gave me a fresh perspective on the challenges of story telling especially in a commercial setting. Welcoming and informative.
Senior Copywriter
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Carl's AI presentation was insightful, engaging, and highly informative. Carl connected exceptionally well with the audience, encouraging participation and ensuring everyone felt involved throughout the session.
Fergus Bowen - Managing Director Bene
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This class was equal parts inspirational and tactical, a great primer on ways to add emotion to any script and video project.
Emotional Workshop CEO
Talks built for the questions creative events are asking
Each talk is warm, practical and grounded in real commercial experience. No jargon. No recycled business books. Actionable ideas delivered with the storytelling craft of a filmmaker who has spent his career making people feel something.
Talk 01
MOST REQUESTED 2026
A.I Won't Replace You —
Unless You Let It
The urgent question facing every creative, marketeer and leader in the room.
How do you harness A.I without losing the human edge that actually makes your work land?
Carl approaches this from a filmmaker's perspective — where AI is a tool, not a replacement, and where emotional intelligence is the one thing algorithms cannot fake.
Practical, non-technical, and genuinely reassuring for an audience that's anxious and excited in equal measure.
AI & CREATIVITY FUTURE OF WORK INNOVATION LEADERSHIP
30–60 MINS
Talk 02
The Authenticity Imperative —
Why Feeling Beats Selling
78% of consumers now choose brands based on authentic human stories over price alone.
This talk explores why emotional creativity has become the single most important competitive advantage — and gives your audience the practical tools to use it immediately. Grounded in neuroscience, commercial experience and real campaign results from BBH, Havas, Unilever and beyond.
BRAND STRATEGY MARKETING TEAMS CMO EVENT
30-60 MINS
Talk 03
From Hollywood to the Boardroom —
What Brands Can Learn From Film
What does directing an Oscar-shortlisted film have in common with building a brand campaign? Everything.
This talk draws directly on Carl's journey from feature films to global agency work — revealing the storytelling principles from cinema that transform how brands connect with audiences. Characters, stakes, emotion, resolution. The structure your content is missing. A unique perspective that no other speaker in the market can offer.
FILM & STORYTELLING BRAND BUILDING CREATIVE LEADERSHIP.
30–60 MINS
Talk 04
Stop the Scroll —
The New Rules of Audience Attention
In an age of infinite content and shrinking attention, the brands that win make people feel something in the first three seconds.
This talk decodes the psychology of scroll-stopping content and shows your audience the surprisingly simple emotional triggers that transform passive scrollers into engaged buyers. Built on real campaign data, behavioural science and 25+ years of production experience. Perfect for digital marketing, social media and content strategy conferences.
SOCIAL MEDIA VIDEO MARKETING CONTENT STRATEGY30–
45 - 60 MINS
Talk 05
Strategy Without Creativity
Is a Plan Nobody Feels
The gap between what a brand thinks it's saying and what its audience actually hears. And how to close it.
Strategy tells you what to say. Creativity makes people feel it. Most organisations have one without the other — and that is why their work isn't landing. This talk gives leaders and creative teams a shared language and a practical framework for closing the gap between brief and audience. Built directly from Carl's 25 years working on both sides.
CREATIVE STRATEGY LEADERSHIP AGENCY EVENTS
30–60 MINS
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Bespoke —
Your Brief, Your Audience
Every organisation is different. Every audience has a different challenge.
Carl develops fully bespoke keynotes built around your specific brief — using his broad background in film, brand strategy, AI and creative direction to craft a talk that speaks directly to what your people need to hear. Send your brief and he will come back with a proposal within 48 hours. No obligations, no bureau, no nonsense.
BESPOKE ANY SECTOR ANY FORMAT ANY LENGTH
BESPOKE
LOGISTICS & PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Everything you
need to know
before you ask.
The information event organisers need most — consolidated. If there is anything not covered here, get in touch directly and you will get an answer the same day.
BASED
South UK Available UK-wide and internationally
AVAILABILITY
Enquire directly for current calendarBook 6–8 weeks ahead for best availability · Urgent enquiries welcome
FEES
Available on requestKeynote · Workshop · Panel · Full day — all quoted individually · No bureau markup · Direct booking
TRAVEL
UK travel included in day rate / International: flights + accommodation + per diem at cost · Quoted transparently upfront
AV REQUIREMENTS
Standard conference setup Handheld or lavalier mic · HDMI or wireless slide clicker · No special requirements unless stated prior
SLIDES
Delivered 3-5 working days before the event Keynote (.key) or PowerPoint (.pptx) · PDF backup provided · Branded to event if required (cost)
BRIEF PROCESS
30-minute to 1 hour call + one-page brief Carl customises every talk from your brief — not a standard deck dressed up
REHEARSAL
Tech check on the day (30 min) Optional pre-event call for panel or fireside format · Full tech rehearsal for online/hybrid events
RECORDING
Permission required in advance Recording rights discussed at contract stage · Clip usage for social media welcomed with credit
CONTRACT
Standard speaker agreement provided 50% deposit on booking · Balance 14 days before event · Cancellation terms included
WHAT MAKES CARL DIFFERENT
Most speakers talk about storytelling few have written, directed and distributed the campaign
There are hundreds of speakers who will tell your audience about the importance of creativity, storytelling and emotional connection. Very few of them have actually made a film shortlisted for the Academy Awards, built a D&AD-approved curriculum and delivered commercial campaigns for global brands.
Carl's value to an event organiser is the credibility gap: he can speak to creative audiences, strategy audiences, tech audiences, leadership audiences and marketing audiences — and be believed by all of them, because the experience is real.
He is also genuinely easy to work with. No rider drama. No communication black holes. No last-minute surprises. He shows up prepared, adapts to the room, delivers — and then the next morning you get an email from your attendees asking who he was.
THE FILM + TV BACKGROUND
Oscar-shortlisted. BAFTA. BBC. C4. Amazon Prime.
Real film and television credentials that give Carl a genuinely different perspective on storytelling, audience psychology and creative production. Not a framework borrowed from a business book.
THE FILM + TV BACKGROUND
Oscar-shortlisted. BAFTA. BBC. C4. Amazon Prime.
Real film and television credentials that give Carl a genuinely different perspective on storytelling, audience psychology and creative production. Not a framework borrowed from a business book.
THE FILM + TV BACKGROUND
Oscar-shortlisted. BAFTA. BBC. C4. Amazon Prime.
Real film and television credentials that give Carl a genuinely different perspective on storytelling, audience psychology and creative production. Not a framework borrowed from a business book.
THE FILM + TV BACKGROUND
Oscar-shortlisted. BAFTA. BBC. C4. Amazon Prime.
Real film and television credentials that give Carl a genuinely different perspective on storytelling, audience psychology and creative production. Not a framework borrowed from a business book.
"Carl is an inspiring professional. I always get great feedback — his D&AD masterclass consistently receives some of the highest scores of any session we run."
Event Formats
The right format for the right event
From a 20-minute keynote to a full-day masterclass. In person, online or hybrid. Carl adapts to what your event needs — not the other way around.
Keynote
The flagship format. A fully developed talk built around your brief, delivered to your audience. Opens with a story, builds through a framework, closes with a toolkit they'll use immediately.
20 – 60 MINUTES · IN PERSON / ONLINE / HYBRID
Workshop / Masterclass
The D&AD Emotional Creativity masterclass or a bespoke half-day session built around your team's specific challenge. Hands-on, practical, participatory. The audience leaves with a finished framework they can apply the next day.
HALF-DAY OR FULL-DAY · IN PERSON PREFERRED
Fireside Chat
A hosted conversation rather than a prepared talk. Works especially well when you want to explore a topic in depth or when the audience has specific questions they want Carl to address in real time.
30 – 45 MINUTES · REQUIRES A SHARP HOS
Panel / Speaker
Carl is an experienced panellist on topics including AI and creativity, brand storytelling, the future of content, emotional marketing and the intersection of film and business. Brings a distinctive perspective to any panel.
PANELS · ROUNDTABLES · GUEST SPEAKER
Ready to talk
about your event?
Send Carl the date, the audience and the brief. He will come back with a recommended topic, format and a clear picture of what the session will do for your people.
