Interactive Keynotes
Step into the electrifying world of edu-taining (entertaining + educating), interactive keynotes, where your conference, company all-hands, or team meeting meets comedy gold, and dynamic learning takes center stage!
Keynote Speakers
Meet Erin Diehl
improve it! founder, speaker, and Chief Edutainment Officer
Amazon bestselling author of I See You! and Top 1% global podcast host of Workday Playdate podcast
Turns conferences into high-energy, laugh-out-loud experiences that actually shift behavior and build connection
Helps attendees reframe failure into fuel for growth, resilience, and innovation
Blends humor & heart to build more authentic, self-aware, and empathetic leaders
Trusted by Amazon, LinkedIn, McKesson, Kraft Heinz, and the Obama Foundation
Meet Cristy von
Senior Director of Talent, speaker, and lead facilitator at improve it!
Improviser, actor, and teacher
Trusted by global brands including Adobe, LinkedIn, Danone, Publicis Groupe, and Uber
Uses improv, humor, and science to build confidence and self-awareness
Helps attendees lead with curiosity, adaptability, and more human connection
Delivers highly interactive keynotes that reduce burnout and strengthen culture through intention and authenticity
If you’re ready to transform your event with a big dose of humor, heart, and energy, Erin Diehl and Cristy von deliver an unforgettable keynote experience that leaves audiences energized, connected, and ready to lead differently.
“F” Words at Work
Redefine Failure, and #Failfluence Your Way to Success
60-minute Interactive Keynote Session
Fear of failure is one of the biggest barriers to innovation, confidence, and productivity. When failure isn’t allowed, growth isn’t either.
In this high-energy, highly interactive keynote, Erin Diehl flips the script on failure, turning it into feedback, fuel, and a tool for growth. Through storytelling, improv, and experiential moments, participants get out of their seats (or find movement virtually) and practice embracing mistakes in real time.
This session breaks down perfectionism, builds resilience, and helps teams create a culture where experimentation, learning, and progress are the norm, not the exception.
Attendees will:
Reframe failure as necessary feedback
Learn ways to see failures as “gifts” versus mistakes
Build comfort with risk, uncertainty, and imperfection
Shift from perfectionism to progress-driven thinking
Build a practice for holding themselves accountable to failing frequently
Become the #failfluencers that their organizations need!
Human Leadership in the Age of AI
Leading Yourself and Others When Everything Accelerates
60-minute Interactive Keynote Session
As AI accelerates how work gets done, leaders are being asked to move faster while still building trust, clarity, and connection. Technology can scale output, but only humans create culture.
In this highly interactive keynote, Erin Diehl puts human leadership back at the center. Through improv, movement, and experiential learning, participants reconnect to self-awareness, empathy, and intentional communication as the foundation of effective leadership in fast-changing environments.
This is a high-energy session designed to re-energize leaders, strengthen presence, and build the human skills that AI can’t replace.
Attendees will:
Strengthen empathy, presence, and self-awareness in fast-paced environments
Understand how their thoughts, words, and actions shape culture and outcomes
Build practical tools to lead with clarity, confidence, and humanity
Recenter leadership on human behavior in an AI-driven world
Leading with Curiosity & Connection
How stepping outside your comfort zone can unlock new skills, boost your confidence, and empower you to become the best version of yourself.
60-minute Interactive Keynote Session
In a landscape that is defined by constant change, burnout, and advancing AI, this keynote explores how leaders can build confidence and more meaningful human connection through curiosity, adaptability, and intentional communication.
In this highly interactive keynote, Cristy von blends humor, science, storytelling, and improv to help leaders better understand themselves and others so they can build trust and lead more authentically without burning out.
Through experiential learning and interactive moments, participants explore how curiosity deepens connection, improves communication across personality styles, and supports more human-centered leadership.
This session equips leaders with practical tools to increase presence, authenticity, and clarity in fast-changing environments.
Attendees will:
Strengthen curiosity and self-awareness
Improve communication across personality styles
Gain tools to intentionally recharge
Lead with greater presence, confidence, and authenticity
