It was Maya Angelou who said, “Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.” I agree. That’s why I do much more than write. In fact, I prefer to speak. Connecting with other humans in a conversation feels far more human to me than putting down carefully (or not-so-carefully) crafted words on a page.

While I don’t have a record for each of my past speaking engagements, any of the places linked below will take you to a video or podcast episode where you can give it a listen. I’ll try to keep this page updated (as much as I can) as more opportunities present themselves, too.

🎤 Conferences and events

These are the conferences, places, and events I’ve spoken at, including my topic titles—even if they were intentionally misleading. My PowerPoint skills are also pretty dope, if I don’t say so myself. That said, I’ve excluded public pitches for companies I’ve contributed to building.

• 1Million Cups: Community

• Agile Arizona: UX is for everyone

• ACU: Made for more

• ASU

  • Edson program: 7 deadly temptations of compromise

  • E+I: Lean canvas workshops

  • WP Carey Talks: Happiness is love

• Chengdu innovation summit: Phoenix

• City of Scottsdale: The state of the PHX startup ecosystem

• Founder’s Institute: Ideation

• GCU: Loving leadership

• GoDaddy: Business retreats

• Illumin8: Love is not a vanity metric

• MAG: The state of the PHX startup ecosystem

• Medical Marketing Solutions: Give and make

• Phoenix Economic Council: Q&A

• PHX Mobi: Design and user thinking

• PHX Startup Week

  • 2015: Multiple addresses

  • 2016: Multiple addresses

  • 2017: Love in business

  • 2020: Every meeting matters

  • 2021: Innovation in K-12 Education

• Pinnacle Forum: Speaking life

• Prism Women: Spirit of adoption

• Rise of the Rest Summit: On Phoenix

• Startup Connect AZ

• Startup Grind AZ: Interview

• Startup Summit: Living entrepreneurship

• Team AZ: Multiple dinners

• Transforming Culture

  • 2017

  • 2018

• #yesphx Summer Socials: Multiple addresses

🎙 Podcasts, interviews, and video

Podcasts are perhaps my favorite medium for speaking. It’s relaxed, and it feels like a genuine conversation, rather than a message. I always enjoy.

Interviews about my book

• Bible Jazz: Interview with Jonathan Cottrell

• Close the Gap: Up close with Jonathan Cottrell

• Figure it Out: #16

• Fit in Faith: Baby steps to big dreams

• Forward Thinking Founders: On building and training teams

• Heed Your Calling: Understanding our place in God’s divine purpose

• Jonathan Puddle: Do Nothing

• Made Here: Building your resilience

• Not Only, But Also: Lovers, but also fighters

• The Master’s Call: Entrepreneurs on fire for Christ

• Pure Business: Interview with Jonathan Cottrell

• Raising the Standard: Do Nothing

• Root of it All: Interview with Jonathan Cottrell

• The SuccessLab Podcast: Starting up an entrepreneurial community

• Valley Startups: On Mindup

• #yesphx Presents: Multiple conversations

• Business Radio: Culture — the heartbeat of business

🙌 Churches and ceremonies

Of course, I can’t forget the churches where I’ve given sermons or ceremonies I’ve contributed to, either as officiant or a speaking participant.

• Citizen’s Church: How to get rich (for the record, this title is intentionally misleading)

• God’s Living Room

  • The incomprehensible love of Christ

  • Just be a kid

  • Knowing God as the Life

  • Reality

• Weddings

  • Eric and Sheila Paliga

  • Keith and Alexis Fedor

If you’re looking for somebody to speak at your upcoming event, I’m happy to see how I can help. Learn more.