Richard Hight

Turning possibilities into masterpieces, Richard combines fine arts, music and the spoken word to ignite and inspire audiences.

Expert on

  • Innovation
  • Creativity
  • Entertainment
  • Motivation
  • Peak Performance
  • Perspective
  • The arts

Fee Range

$7,500–$10,000

Travels from

OK, US

Biography

You know how meeting and event planners and decision makers need to hire professional keynote speakers for their main stage who can connect with their audiences, design and deliver relevant content in an artfully crafted, entertaining and impacting performance. And we’re not talking about your typical “Rah-Rah,” Power-Point wielding, quick-fix motivational speaker!

With credibility as an A-List presenter at major national conferences and events, Richard Hight has influenced millions of people in more than 2,000 live appearances. He’s been featured on ABC, NBC, CBS and FOX Networks as well as numerous major universities and Fortune 500 Companies + so much more!

Richard creates unforgettable WOW! experiences that audiences want to repeat. By implementing artist’s Best Practices and revealing strategies for innovation, he helps people repurpose and embrace new possibilities, leveraging their uniqueness to create distinction and increase competitive edge at work and in life.

He shares the empowering story of how he overcame being a timid, Dyslexic boy from the midwest struggling just to keep up and how a shift in his mindset boosted his confidence and had him on the path to becoming a celebrity fine artist, public speaker and author who now encourages others to do the same so they can make a difference.

find hope and a purpose to becoming the confident, internationally acclaimed artist, speaker and author he is today. (Subtle changes in our mindset and self-talk can bring major change but also free us to make a difference!)

It all happens within minutes. At times with broad strokes, and at others with intense detail. Vibrant color is set on six foot canvases illustrating your theme or mission as artwork is choreographed to selected pieces of music which is followed by highly relatable and humorous stories. You even retain the original artwork afterwards!! There are events you attend…but this is one you experience!

You will impress your boss AND add creative value to the audience experience when you choose Richard Hight for your next event. 

Speaker Videos

The Masterpiece In You

Discovering, Developing and Delivering Your Talents

Self-discovery is a journey, and each of us is always on a path of becoming. But sometimes that journey can seem dull and dreary, especially if you don’t know where you’re going and you can’t remember where you’re coming from.

Richard invites the audience closer and tells his own warm, humorous version of the story of self-discovery. His life is testament to the guiding power of gifts and talents and his presentation combines visual art, music, and the spoken word to show the audience the need to look within for light. For every part of us left to chance, there is another left to choice-and every choice, like another brushstroke, is another step in making The Masterpiece in You.

Imagine That!

Explore the Creative Side of Problem Solving Using An Artist’s Perspective

“Richard skillfully stretches people’s perceptions to see new possibilities and experience how their own imagination works.”

Successful people take advantage of emerging opportunities; successful people also seek better solutions for their ongoing challenges. In both cases, creativity is the crucial ingredient. Creativity requires a broader and more imaginative way of thinking, but it’s open to all and it can help anyone, whether they’re a student, a businessperson, or anything in between. Creativity isn’t just for fancy projects – it’s for everyday life!

Whether your audience needs motivation, inspiration, ideas or solutions, Imagine That! will put the power right back in their hands. There is an artist in each and every one of them that will make them better at what they do, if only they have the will to imagine.This keynote is designed to reawaken your audience to become a more creative thinkers, so they can:

  • develop and fully develop new answers to problems that once seemed unsolvable
  • become more persuasive in the presentation and marketing of their ideas
  • avoid over used solutions in favor of novel ones that set the stage for even greater success
  • strengthen their leadership abilities and organizational skills, and
  • attain new levels of fulfillment in daily life – personal transformation
  • create strategies for turning change into opportunity

Applied Imagination

Leading From An Artists Perspective

Everyone has an idea, but not everyone makes their idea come to life. Following through and bringing an idea to fruition is the hardest part-and it’s what separates the leaders from the rest of the pack. The source of ideas, we call imagination; the drive to make them real, we call Applied Imagination.

 This keynote shares the teachings of leaders and peak performers who applied themselves, who stuck to their idea and used it to make a difference in the world. As much as Applied Imagination is a parable of persistence, it is also a lesson in thinking outside of the box, changing the game, and choosing to lead. Your idea is waiting…apply today!  

AUDIENCES WILL EXPERIENCE HOW TO: 

  • Find New Perspective
  • Embrace Uncertainty
  • Take Risks
  • Apply Discipline
  • Collaborate

Teachers In Service

All teachers are not created equal.  It’s a fact of which we are all aware.  Outstanding teaching is an art form.  There are many really good teachers and then there are some truly gifted teachers.  The key to becoming the most outstanding teacher you possibly can be, is to find ways to engage your students on an entirely new level by using creative methods that elevate wonderment and examination.  Comprehending diverse teaching and learning styles is pivotal in turning everyday classroom time into the kind of memorable learning opportunities that last a lifetime and help shape students from that point on. 

Richard Hight combines his experience as an award winning artist, art teacher and renowned speaker and storyteller to create Teacher In-Services that makes his audiences yearn to be the type of teachers that create masterpieces in their students on a daily basis.

“Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.”

-C.S. Lewis

The Palette Of Choice

Learning To Make Choices

The choices you make will determine your immediate future and set you on the path for your life.  Your choices will impact your career and financial security, personal and professional connections, as well as your health.  You are expected to make wise choices – in life and work – however, you are not always taught how to sound choices.   Wouldn’t it be terrific if you learned how to functionally observe and then make choices of value.This keynote will give you the basic structure to better understand the science and fine art of making choices.  A distinction will also be made between a choice and a decision and how they are undeniably connected.  There are three major driving forces in choice are

  • Experience
  • Values
  • Basic Personality

This keynote will teach you how these driving forces are affected by your views AND how to us them to your benefit.