SPEAKING
Stories they remember. Ideas they can use.
Carlo Capua is a Fort Worth-based keynote speaker, emcee, storyteller and facilitator whose signature keynote, Finding Your 1993: The Power of a Single Experience, explores how a single experience can redirect a life, and how leaders can intentionally create those kinds of experiences for others.
WATCH CARLO SPEAK
Watch Carlo share his “1993” story, and the power a single experience can have to change a life. Hear the audience’s reaction to his signature story.
SIGNATURE KEYNOTES
One experience can redirect a life. Explore Carlo’s keynotes for organizations and college audiences.
FOR ORGANIZATIONS
Finding Your 1993: The Power of One Experience
How one experience can redirect a life – and how you can create the next one.
1993 is where Carlo’s story begins: the year a single experience set the course of his life. What was yours? Organizations and communities invest heavily in developing people, and the moments that actually redirect a career or a life are often left to chance. Carlo helps audiences recognize the experiences and people that shaped them, then challenges them to create those opportunities for someone else.
What your audience takes away
Audiences learn to recognize the experiences and people that shaped who they became, and then turn that insight outward, leaving with a practical challenge for Monday morning.
What it’s like in the room
A story-driven, highly engaging keynote. Personal, hopeful, funny, and customized to your audience and event.
Ideal for education, leadership, nonprofit, civic, association, and workforce-development audiences.
Available formats: Keynote | Workshops: from 60 minutes to a full day | Virtual
FOR UNIVERSITIES
Finding Your 1993: The College Experience That Changes Everything
Try something hard. See for yourself. Stay connected.
College offers experiences that can change a life. Carlo helps students imagine what they could make of theirs. Drawing on his own TCU journey and roughly a decade speaking at Experience TCU, he brings humor, personal stories, and a blank coloring book to a keynote that connects with admitted students and parents.
Students leave ready to:
Try something hard: Discover interests and abilities through unfamiliar challenges.
See for yourself: Explore beyond assumptions through firsthand experiences.
Stay connected: Build relationships that keep shaping life after graduation.
“Carlo doesn’t simply give a speech — he creates a shared experience.”
— Heath Einstein, Vice Provost for Enrollment Management, Texas Christian University
15–20 minutes, customized to your institution. Ideal for admitted-student events, admitted-student weekends, and first-year programs.
ADDITIONAL KEYNOTE OPTIONS
Carlo can also tailor a program around one of these themes to fit your audience and event.
THE POWER OF SECOND CHANCES
Carlo shares the journey behind his kitchen-table idea that became an award-winning social enterprise that put 165 low-income men and women back to work. What worked, what failed, and why dignity must be designed into workforce programs from the beginning.
Ideal for nonprofits, foundations, workforce organizations, social entrepreneurs, chambers of commerce, and community leaders.
EMBRACE THE IMPOSSIBLE: Curiosity, Courage, and Connection
From a marathon in North Korea to remote villages in Papua New Guinea and lasting friendships in Japan, Mexico, and Eswatini, Carlo explores how preparation and curiosity help us navigate uncertainty, question assumptions, and connect across cultures. Audiences leave challenged to try something unfamiliar and start a conversation they might otherwise avoid.
Ideal for leadership gatherings, universities, civic and international organizations, and teams navigating change or working across cultures.
EMCEE • MODERATOR • HOST
The person holding the microphone can change the energy of the entire event.
Carlo brings warmth, preparation, humor, and genuine curiosity to the stage—whether he's welcoming a room, keeping a program moving, interviewing a guest, moderating a complex conversation, or navigating the unexpected.
Conferences • Galas • Fireside Chats • Panels • Corporate Events • International Programs
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Who should book Carlo as a keynote speaker?
Associations, chambers of commerce, cities and public agencies, universities, nonprofits, foundations, and companies that want an audience to leave thinking about the people and opportunities that shaped them, and how they can pay it forward to others.
Do you customize the keynote for each event?
Yes. Carlo shapes the examples, audience references, and final challenge around your organization and why you are gathering.
Can Carlo emcee or moderate my event?
Yes. Carlo emcees and moderates conferences, galas, forums, and luncheons, and brings deep preparation and quick wit to the role.
What does it cost?
Fees vary based on event format, location, audience, and customization. Contact Carlo for availability and a proposal.
Is Carlo available for virtual events?
Yes.
How far ahead should we book?
The sooner, the better!
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