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SPEAKING

Talks that land like poems and work like tools.

I bring keynotes, workshops, and readings to conferences, companies, campuses, and communities, and I promise at least one person will cry (in the good way).

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SIGNATURE TALKS

Pick one, or we'll build yours

I tailor every talk to the room, and if you have a topic that isn't on this list, I would love to hear it!

Fix the Habitat, Not the Habit

Why the student who can't focus, the employee who won't comply, and the client who keeps falling behind are so often responding reasonably to environments built against them, and how we redesign the room instead of the person.

Best for: educators, HR and people teams, health and social services

Every Lesson Is a Poem

What spoken word poetry teaches us about attention, memory, and teaching neurodivergent learners, with a live poem or two along the way.

Best for: schools, teacher preparation programs, arts education

Neurodivergent Creativity at Work

The cognitive strengths behind neurodivergent creativity, and how teams can build room for all that beautiful weirdness to do its best work.

Best for: companies, creative industries, employee resource groups

FORMATS

However your event is shaped

Keynote30 to 60 minutes

Interactive workshop1 to 3 hours

Panel or fireside chatModerated or co-led

Reading & performancePoetry, live

Virtual sessionsAny of the above, online

TEDxNashville

Alora performing on stage with arms raised

Teaching Euridice How to Love Again

WHERE I'VE SPOKEN

TEDxNashville (twice!)CBS, Every Vote CountsTennessee State University MLK DayNashville Public LibraryGilder Lehrman Institute, Hamilton tourWashington Performing ArtsMission 2020Vanderbilt UniversityCentennial Park ConservancyNational Conference of Black Political ScientistsAwake GalaInterlochen Arts Academy

Plus 75+ talks, keynotes, and performances in classrooms, conferences, and community rooms across the country.

Fees & booking

Every event is different, so reach out for fees and availability, and please ask about nonprofit and community rates, because I want this work in every kind of room.

Share your date, location, audience, and format, and I'll get back to you with availability.

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Speaker kit

Everything your event team needs in one download, short and long bios, headshots, talk descriptions, and a tech rider, so nobody has to email me at midnight.

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Alora Young

Consulting, speaking, and NeuroScouts, made in Nashville, Tennessee and sent anywhere that will have me.

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I built this site for brains like mine, dyslexia-friendly type and all, so if anything here gets in your way, email alorayoung2003@gmail.com and I will fix it (and probably thank you for the bug report).