How about for your next event an “edu-fun” keynote or plenary presentation on “repurposing”? If your attendees are tired of motivational speakers, book authors, comedians, etc., in the keynote slot, then this might be the ticket!
As more and more companies, industries, and individuals are placing greater and greater emphasis on landfill diversion and sustainable practices, we’re finding our mission/concept of “repurposing” really resonates with audiences.
Here is a little more about Damon’s speaking: So, what makes a “repurposing” presentation both fun and educational? Damon typically start with a magic show…yes, a little “Hocus-Pocus”…to introduce the topic. He’ll explain what society can learn from preschoolers and an empty Quaker Oats canister and a discarded Maytag refrigerator shipping box. And if time allows, he will bring people up out of the audience to participate in a live round of the crowd favorite game show “How Can It Be ‘repurposed’?”
As founder and President of repurposedMATERIALS, he brings a unique, fresh take on the perennially hot topics of sustainability and Zero Waste. The “repurposing” concept will stimulate the creative juices amongst attendees about how to find a 2nd Life for waste. Oh, and with a “repurposing” presentation, you would be offering your audience something light, but still educational, to offset all the technical sessions…ie: the debits/credits lectures, the parts per million discussions, etc…LOL.
You might appreciate this article Popular Science magazine wrote about our mission/concept of “repurposing”. Fittingly, they released the story on Earth Day! Here is an excerpt: It is no small wonder that so many of repurposedMATERIALS’s clients have some link to farming or ranching—“cowboy engineers,” he calls them. “The ethos of repurposing has never gone away from farming,” he says. These people are used to solving problems on their own. “A cowboy in North Dakota goes, ‘you know what, my tractor’s stuck in the mud and that’s a really thick rope, I bet it’ll pull my tractor.’ I don’t need to get some structural engineer to tell me the rope is strong enough to pull my tractor out.” >> Click Here << to read the Popular Science article.
Recent Speaking Engagements
- Material Handling Institute – Boca Raton, FL
- Villanova Univ Sustainability Symposium – Philadelphia, PA
- Alliance of Hazardous Waste Professionals – Scottsdale, AZ
- National Institute of Governmental Purchasing – Kansas City, MO
- Iowa Limestone Producers Association – Coralville, IA
So, what is “repurposing”? It is taking a retired street sweeper brush and giving it a 2nd life as a backscratcher for horses or cattle. It is taking a decommissioned fire hose and giving it an extended life as a boat dock fender. It is taking an obsolete ski lift cable and giving it a second life as hand railing in a luxury condo building.
Our company – www.repurposedmaterialsinc.com – has helped a number of organizations through “repurposing”: US Army, Denver Broncos, City of Chicago, Nestles, BNSF Railroad, Oklahoma State University, Purina, US National Forest Service, Campbell’s Soup, State of Wyoming, Paramount Pictures, and many, many more!
Sustainability & Creativity
These are perennially hot topics in almost every industry. The “repurposing” concept will stimulate both the creative juices and the sustainable thinking amongst attendees. And, with a “repurposing” presentation, you would be offering your audience something light, but still educational, to offset all the technical sessions…ie: the debits/credits lectures, the parts per million discussions, etc.