Doug Keeley

Overview

Doug Keeley, CEO and Chief Storyteller of The Mark of a Leader, is one of North America’s leading communicators, and a self-professed “leadership junkie”. Today his revolutionary new program, The Mark of a Leader ( www.themarkofaleader.com ) is inspiring individuals and corporate workforces across
North America to improved performance.
Doug’s storytelling incorporates mesmerizing video and music to make the experience unforgettable. The key learnings will stick long after your conference is over. You can intersperse his stories throughout your conference, weaving together your presenters’ key messages to support your theme and objectives. Or you can set the bar for your conference with a keynote that audiences have described as “a spellbinding audiovisual tour de force”.

There are dozens of stories about many of the world’s greatest leaders and brands and what has made them successful. Each story is built with video and original music, runs off a laptop, and is narrated live by our storyteller. The stories range in length from 5 to 15 minutes. Some are funny; some are very emotional; all are inspiring and thought-provoking.

Doug started his first business in 1978, just weeks after graduating from York University in Toronto with a degree in Fine Arts, Music. A working musician and producer at the time, he was intrigued by the power of storytelling using multimedia, and his company became a pioneer in the world of corporate communications.

Over the next two decades, he continued to chart new courses in the marketing and communications industry, particularly in multimedia, live events, television, and the Internet. His companies became creative powerhouses, and he traveled the globe working with many of the world’s top corporations and executives.

In 2004, it was time for a change, and he embarked on a journey to help create a new generation of leaders with The Mark of a Leader program. It has been used with great success by companies like ADP,Bank of America, Coca Cola, Foresters, Frito Lay, HP, Lego, Mattel, Microsoft, Pepsi-QTG, Scotiabank, Starbucks, Xerox, and many other leading corporations, associations and schools.

He has written a new book, The Mark of a Leader, as well as many magazine stories and columns, has appeared as a subject expert in two books on creativity and corporate culture, and been interviewed many times on radio and television on the subjects of leadership and innovation.