Diabetes Speaker Brad Montgomery and his Daughter
Just ask her dad. (Who to be a speaker for the the health care world as well as groups looking for a motivational talk from somebody with very personal knowledge of Type 1 Diabetes.)
My daughter has Type 1 Diabetes and because of that, our family has become involved with the Colorado chapter of the American Diabetes Association. And through her involvement with a diabetes summer camp, she was invited to speak for a few minutes at a fund raising event about her experience as a camper at this camp.
Guess what? She killed! It wasn’t easy: the event was super high end, with heavy production. Fancy spot lights, fancy staging, professional sound people ushering us around the stage… the whole shebang. After this elaborate video was finished, they turned a spotlight on Claire and me. Again… a fairly high psych-out value for a 11 year old. I spoke for about 20 seconds, told a joke and introduced Claire. She spoke for about about five minutes, (which is roughly the same length of time as the ice age if you are a kid on stage speaking to a bunch of formally dressed adults.)
Claire rocked the house! She was awesome.
What’s my point? I got nothing. I’m just a proud parent bragging about one of my perfect kids.
Update from Diabetes Speaker:
Claire still has diabetes. (Duh… there is no cure.) Now as a young adult she is still rocking her management of this lousy disease. Her A1C is crazy low, her resilience is high, and her confidence managing this never-ending disease is an inspiration. Since this event, I’ve spoken to many other health care & diabetes organizations and it’s been a treat. What they tend to want from me is what all humans want — to be reassured that we are going to be ok. That our families are going to be ok. And that we are making a difference. Plus, we need a laugh. (We deserve a laugh.)
Read another article about my take on diabetes and speaking.
Do you have an event where you need a speaker familiar with diabetes? My kid is great, but if you need somebody with more experience I’d love to be your guy? Diabetes Speaker? Contact me here.
Brad Montgomery
Diabetes Speaker, Dad of a Diabetic, Proud Papa
Funny keynote speaker Brad Montgomery is an award winning, Hall of Fame speaker. He got his start as a magician & comedian, but now serves convention and meeting audiences in many fields including health care, real estate / REALTORS, sales people, educators and teachers, and 100s of others.
Brad presents his funny keynotes both live and in person, and virtually over Zoom and a few dozen other platforms.
Give us a call, and we’ll talk about how to customize a program just for you and your audience.
