Steve Prentice Motivational Speaker from Toronto, ON

Can You Hear Me Now? - A motivational and humorous look at our struggles with technology. For more than 30 years, Steve Prentice has worked as a specialist "that place where people and technology crash into each other." Since the mid 1990s he has helped people understand the mysteries of the technologies around them as well as the challenges of change and work in a fast-changing world . His joint backgrounds in psychology, IT, and project management allow him to deliver valuable insights into how business technologies work, and more importantly how people react to them. Steve is a talented performer and storyteller. He uses case studies and analogies to help people understand how best to work with the new developments of the time. His clients include large companies like Cisco, SAP, and major banks, as well as many other smaller companies and organizations worldwide, and he also is a visiting lecturer at Ontario Tech University near Toronto. As a speaker, his aim is to establish optimism, engagement and understanding with each audience member. He is often called to open, close, or emcee multi-day team retreats, and he also delivers keynotes, in person and online. With the quick wit of a comedian and an endless library of stories to draw from, he delivers a collection of his best stories, lessons and anecdotes into this powerful, motivational keynote. "Can You Hear Me Now?" is loaded with "yeah, me too" moments and quirks from a century of technological innovation and change, but also delivers solid awareness of how to survive and thrive in today's always-on world. When not speaking publicly, Steve is an author and a ghostwriter, with 10 books on management and leadership written for high-profile executives. He is also the host and producer of two major podcasts, Cyber Security Headlines and the Thales Security Sessions podcast.