Speaking

  • AIGA National Conference Las Vegas 2016

    Optimizing your in-house design department

  • AIGA Miami, 2018

    The 5 Questions you need to ask your prospect before you even think about a proposal.

  • Why The Creatives Will be The Most Important People in the Room

  • EO The Entrepreneurs Organization

    Toronto 2017

    How to Be Different

  • Design Leaders Conference, Dublin 2018

    How to have a business that’s so different everyone will want to be your client

  • Business Mastery Conference

    Monterey California 2016

    How to Stand Out

  • Business Accelerator

    Chicago 2018

    How to Stand Out

  • Hoffman Institute International Conference

    Barcelona 2015

    How to Know Your Difference

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Topic: The Agency Wake-Up Call: The Real Reason Clients Aren’t Buying

Talk Summary:
Creative agencies are facing a pivotal moment. Traditional business development tactics, rebranding, refreshed messaging, and louder marketing aren’t landing the way they used to. Clients have changed. What they want, how they buy, and what they value have shifted dramatically. Many agencies are frustrated, overworked, underpaid, and dangerously close to burnout. This talk is a wake-up call for creative agency owners and leaders ready to stop spinning their wheels and start building the business clients actually want to hire.

Drawing from 20+ years in design, brand strategy, and new business development, I’ll break down what’s really going on in the client-agency relationship today and how to evolve your business model to meet the moment. It’s not about another marketing hack. It’s about redefining how you operate and aligning your offer to measurable client impact.

This session is raw, research-backed, and designed to spark immediate clarity and action.

rhonda@knowyourdifference.com

AIGA American Institute of Graphic Arts

We have all commented on how strong, well-planned, and thoughtful your curriculum is. We know that the content is relevant, timely, and impactful and we love your calming, approachable, inspirational, and human-centered style.

Kathleen Budny, Program Director, AIGA

The Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) is a global network of more than 7,500 business owners in 38 countries. Our group is a very dynamic group of individuals and Rhonda was able to keep everyone focused and engaged. She got people thinking in a different way and there was good takeaway value. The feedback from our members has been great.”

David McLoughlin, Learning Chair EO