Prices are publishedThe same price for every family and every school. Payment plans on every package.
Keynotes · Workshops · Parent nights

Failure is data.

"Failure is not the opposite of success. It is the data that makes success possible." Dr. Steve Brown brings the Olympic stage, the NFL locker room, two decades in school admissions, and a doctorate in educational leadership to one talk built for your audience.

Olympian, Sydney 2000, Trinidad and TobagoChicago Bears · Hamilton Tiger-CatsEdD, University of PennsylvaniaMBA, Duke
Talks

Pick the room. Steve fits the talk to it.

Any audience

Failure Is Data

Resilience and reinvention from someone who has competed at the top, lost, and rebuilt. The four corners of a complete life: athletics, academics, character, service.

Leadership conferences · workforce · corporate
Educators and athletic directors

Same Stress, Different Outcomes

The 145-athlete findings, and what they mean for coaches, counselors, and school leaders. Why coping confidence beat everything else.

Independent school and athletic conferences
Workforce programs

The Dropout Is the Answer

Why participants leave at week 4, and how to read the exit before it happens. The Complete Your Square® framework, built for workforce programs.

Workforce boards · community colleges · re-entry
Parents and students

More Than the Jersey

Recruiting, money, and identity for families of student-athletes. Ends with every family taking the free square check-in.

Parent nights · student assemblies
Fees

Published fees

The same fee for every organization. 50% to book, 50% on the day. Travel is billed at cost.

FormatFeeWhat's included
Keynote (in person, 45 to 60 minutes)$10,000Pre-event call with your team, talk fitted to your audience, Q&A, the free family check-in or research brief for every attendee.
Keynote + workshop (half-day)$12,500The keynote, then a working session with staff or coaches.
Virtual keynote$5,000Live on your platform, paid in full to book.
Parent night (add-on to any booking)$2,500An evening session for families, same trip.

Schools: a keynote fee applies to a Square Signal Workshop booked within 60 days. See school packages.

Book

Check a date

  1. Send the detailsDate, city, audience, and size.
  2. Hold the dateSteve confirms availability and the talk.
  3. Contract and deposit50% holds the date.
  4. Prep callSteve fits the talk to your room.

"Steve Brown OLY, you are beyond phenomenal and we are so excited to see you step into your passion!"

Chris Cooper, best-selling author, host, emcee, and speaker

"Thank you for all the life lessons you have poured into me over the years, amazing role model to everyone."

William Bohannon III, financial analyst
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