Speaking, Workshops and Seminars

If you dig my words and videos, chances are you and your organization will dig me in person. As a personality represented in print, broadcast and online media, I’ve enjoyed both participating on and moderating panels, hosting events and sharing my expertise in public speaking engagements on the following topics:

From the Byline to the Brand Name
A young man once wrote me and asked “How does one make money as a writer?” I sent the rather cheeky reply “Write checks.” I’ve been paying back the karmic debt ever since. First presented at the Willamette Writers Conference, From the Byline to Brand Name explores how creative types, not just writers, can harness the power of social media marketing and branding as a megaphone for their careers. An optional creative writing workshop can be arranged.

Lifestyle Marketing, Wine Country Edition
I was recently appointed “Lifestyle Ambassador” by the Sonoma County Tourism Bureau and appear in Inside Sonoma, a series of online travelogues. Beyond wine, the experience has saturated me with the bounty of the county and informed a unique perspective on how to effectively market oneself and business within the burgeoning “Sonoma” brand.

Action Figure Sold Separately
A reading of comic, first-person essays that trawl the media experience from my personal perspective – from developing failed television pilots to taking a personal tour of the site of the first atom bomb detonation because I missed The Day After as a kid. I dispense advice on how to avoid workplace romance, how to spot the weirdoes in screenwriting class and how to avoid getting smited by robots in the meantime. In other essays, I meet with the drama teacher who kicked me out of high school 20 years after the fact, re-imagines Star Wars and Annie Hall as his own bio-pic and mounts a search for Edison’s original film version of Frankenstein. Throughout these and other meditations, I attempt to give voice to the humor and humanity that mark a generation’s coming of age.

Original keynotes can be scribed upon requested. To explore a booking, let’s connect.

“Daedalus Howell is one of the most brilliant and inspirational filmmakers/speakers I’ve ever had the pleasure to meet. His gift is his ability to think “outside the box.” When speaking to crowds, large or small, Daedalus invites the audience to think beyond “conventional wisdom” – to what is truly possible. Having spoken to my students and expo attendees numerous times on the topic of “Branded Entertainment,” Daedalus has never failed to motivate, educate, and entertain. He’s a very popular speaker and it’s an honor to recommend him.”

– Anne Jordan, Executive Director, Northern California Screenwriters