Dion Dawson on stage in front of illuminated DREAM letters

Speaking

Ideas worth building
a room around.

Not motivation. A way of seeing the systems hiding in plain sight — and the discipline to actually change them.

TED
Fellow & stage
100+
Stages & convenings
3
Rooms: stage · board · block

Watch first

Infrastructure is the intervention.

One talk, one idea, no clutter. The clearest 18 minutes on why systems beat programs.

Dion on stage with DREAM letters Keynote · 18 min

Signature talks

Six talks. One throughline: design the system, change the outcome.

From the room

What it's like to book Dion.

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He didn't give us a speech. He gave us a new way to see the problem we'd been throwing money at for years.

Foundation program director
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The whole room leaned in. Three weeks later our team was still quoting him in meetings.

Conference organizer
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Equal parts inspiring and useful — rare for a keynote. People left with something to actually build.

Corporate partner, summit

Formats

However your stage is built.

Keynote

20–45 minutes. A single, sharp idea built for main stages, summits, and convenings.

Fireside & panel

Moderated conversation or panel. Candid, specific, and grounded in real field experience.

Workshop & advisory

Half- or full-day sessions for teams ready to redesign a system, not just discuss it.