WHO IS DANNIE?
Dannie is a passionate storyteller who helps companies focus on people. By day, she’s a marketing strategist working at Google and by night she develops marketing for clients and corporations, travels the world on a shoestring budget, and chases after her wildly ambitious personal goals.
She’s also a multipassionate human (who isn't?). Beyond working in marketing and strategy, Dannie is a four-time author, educator, digital nomad, and doctoral student.
In case you’re on the hunt for professional credentials, Dannie is also a regular guest contributor and speaker on business strategy worldwide. She has been quoted and interviewed in places like Forbes, Bustle, Business Insider, Cosmopolitan, The Everygirl, Digiday, Girlboss, PR News, and more. She was named to the 2020 OBO list of 100 Most Innovative Entrepreneurs and awarded the Albion College Young Alumni Award, all within the last year.
Does education matter to you? If it does, here's Dannie’s:
BA, Media & Marketing Management (Albion College)
MS, Human Resource Management (Indiana Wesleyan University)
Certificate, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Stanford University)
Currently pursuing a Doctorate of Business Administration in HR
WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT?
Events are tremendous feats of organizational and logistical agility. As an event organizer, you have dozens of competing priorities and a single speaker has the ability to make or break your event. It's Dannie’s goal to help alleviate one of those priorities, provide an enjoyable experience for your audience, and also make things easy for you! Here is what you can expect:
A SEAMLESS PRESENTATION: Dannie’s first priority is delivering content that is easy to understand and entertaining, but most of all - actionable. She assigns homework and/or provides tactical next steps at the end of every presentation. She also tailors her presentation specifically to the audience size and type at your event - and the best part? She comes with her own cords, dongles, etc.
EASY SPEAKER PREP: Planning an event can be stressful and involves a lot of moving parts. It's Dannie’s goal to make coordinating presentations and selling tickets as simple as possible pre-event. Everything you need will be neatly delivered in an easy to digest document so you can get on to your next to-do. Dannie also believes in the power of a good post-conference debrief, it helps us understand how things went vs. expectations!
BROADEN YOUR NETWORK: Dannie promotes each event she is speaking at to her audience - from Instagram posts and a dedicated bio link (reaching 14k+ followers) to her email newsletter updates (reaching 5k+ subscribers) and even in her email signature and publicly-available travel calendar.
VIRTUAL FRIENDLY: Did 2020 change your event strategy? Completely understandable. Dannie is well versed in virtual presentations and knows how to keep it engaging, even via Zoom.
CURRENT SIGNATURE PRESENTATIONS
Below are Dannie’s current talks. From time to time, she also custom-creates talks when asked by organizers. Reach out for more information! Looking for a talk that Dannie gave previously and has since retired? Reach out and we’ll chat.
the duality of corporate dei
(diversity, equity, and inclusion)
This presentation is the story of Corporate America’s DEI duality. From the outside looking in, diversity initiatives are on-trend, make for great PR fodder, and really separate the inclusive companies from the outright discriminatory ones. The reality is that DEI initiatives are underfunded, underreported, and generally have underwhelming performance as a result, all while companies continue to discriminate against their underrepresented employees. This is a masterclass in DEI work, presented in three parts: The Context of Corporate DEI, Why The Change in Perspective, and What’s Not Working & How to Change.
Attendees will learn:
+ what is and isn’t corporate DEI
+ how to have meaningful impact at work
This talk is good for
a hands-on workshop or breakout.
i was stupid with money (and so are you)
In December 2018, I had more than $165,000 in debt. It was a cocktail blend of bad decisions, student loans, and plain ignorance. In 2020, I finished paying off every last penny of that debt, in 17 months and 5 days. We’ll spend our time together during this talk discussing my journey into and out of debt, how our emotions mess with our perceptions of money, and how millennials can get smarter about money too.
Read my piece on The Everygirl about debt.
Attendees will learn:
+ how to self-assess financial situation
+ how to create a plan of attack
+ how to overcome hurdles
+ how to use my debt freedom template (a copy is all theirs!)
This talk is good for
a main-stage keynote or breakout.
PAST PRESENTATIONS HAVE TAKEN PLACE AT
TESTIMONIALS
"Everyone has RAVED about your workshop! Thank you for giving so much of you!”
"I put your presentation as the most helpful one at the summit and you as my favorite speaker in the survey."
"I so enjoyed your presentation, it was one of the best of the conference!
I wasn’t even mad that the room was so packed I had to sit on the floor to enjoy it!"
“I learned everything I needed to learn at this summit from your workshop.”
"Dannie Lynn Fountain provided the motivational anchor my conference needed."
"Her no fluff, actionable approach was everything."
"Dannie is the perfect blend of engaging, articulate, and vulnerable.”
“The content was so relevant and powerful. Easily the best presentation of the entire conference!”
ASSETS YOU MIGHT NEED
100-WORD BIO: Dannie Lynn Fountain is a passionate storyteller who helps companies focus on people. By day, she’s a marketing strategist at Google and by night she develops communication strategy for clients, travels the world on a shoestring budget, and chases after her wildly ambitious personal goals. She’s also a multipassionate human - beyond working in strategy, Dannie is a four-time author, digital nomad, doctoral student, and founder of the #sidehustlegal movement. She was named to the 2020 list of 100 Most Innovative Entrepreneurs and has been interviewed or quoted in Forbes, Bustle, Business Insider, Cosmopolitan, Digiday, The Everygirl, Girlboss, and more.
HEADSHOTS: Please feel free to use the provided headshots as needed. All headshots should be credited to the respective photographer where possible (see folder for details).
TECH/TRAVEL RIDER: Request my rider.
RECENT PRESS: For recent media interviews head here.
A NOTE FROM DANNIE
Inclusion is something that is incredibly important to me. Encouraging inclusive speaker lineups, presentation content, and attendee management practices are all critical components of a well-run event. My ask to you is that if I am not the only speaker at an event, the lineup is as diverse and representative as possible. In fact, my contract makes this a requirement of my participation!
CONTENT FROM PAST ENGAGEMENTS
Authenticity & Living My True Life | Talk given at Google
Full Playlist | Other talks, online summits, etc
Podcasts I’ve Been On | A playlist of every podcast interview I’ve ever done
Dannie is currently an employee at Google, Inc. However, this website, all it's contents, all the contents of all outbound links (i.e. social media accounts, etc.) and the contents of any speaking engagement are her personal opinions and do not reflect the opinions of Google, Inc., its parent company, or any of its subsidiaries.