Welcome to Neurodiversity Superpowers Summit
The Concept
For too long, our society has looked at people who have differently configured brains as “disabled," “defective,” and worse.
In the process of hosting the Neurodiversity Superpowers Podcast, Michael Whitehouse has met dozens of highly successful people who achieved that success not in spite of, but because of their neurodivergent traits.
ADHD, Autism, OCD, Dyslexia, and more have led to tremendous success for these people.
But too many young people (and many older people) who have these alternative neurotypes are led to believe they are deficient rather than uniquely gifted.
In March, hosts Michael Whitehouse and Dr. Elena Estanol will bring together a combination of credentialed experts and lived-experience experts to share an event like no other.
The purpose of this summit is help change the narrative on neurodiversity.
We will be helping our audience to better understand the gifts of neurodiversity while discovering their own superpowers.
The Audience
The primary audience for this event are neurodiverse entrepreneurs, particularly ADHD, Autism, and Dyslexia, but all neurodivergent folks should find value here.
Additionally, this event will provide great value to family members of neurodivergent folks as well as employers who want to get the most from their team by identifying and maximizing their superpowers.
Your Speaker Experience
This event is produced by Michael Whitehouse, and Michael creates events that a fun, engaging, exciting, and valuable to the audience and the speakers. This is not a watch with your camera off while you do something else event. This is not a drop in, give your talk, and leave event. This is an interactive event!
We want to create an event that you will enjoy speaking at and get value from, so we're open to pretty much anything that will provide value to the audience as long as it has an action item for the audience to engage in immediately. More interaction is always better than less interaction. That keeps the energy up in the room, keeps the audience engaged, and makes it more fun for you.
You are welcome offer your gift (the one you put in the application) during your talk as long as it is low key and not pitchy. Offering good. Infomercial bad.
Event Style
The event will be a live, Zoom-based event running 11 AM to 5 PM Eastern Time.
We're aiming for engagement. We want an event where people feel they are part of something, not where they feel like they are watching a YouTube video.
This means that we'll have interactive activities. It means we encourage interactive presentations.
It also means that we encourage speakers to be there for as much of the event as possible because you'll be making some connections while you're there. (Speakers are required to attend for at least 2 hours of the event)
Schedule Structure
Speaking slots will be 15 minutes, or, if your presentation is interactive we give you an extra 5 minute for a total of 20.
Each hour will be formatted as follows:
0-15 Speaker
15-30 Interaction
30-45 Speaker
45-60 Interaction
Interaction may be speed networking, hot seat coaching, Q&As, or anything else.
Do not assume that the interaction block after your talk is for your Q&A, but if you do get a good flow going with the audience and they are highly engaged, I may choose to just let that keep going if the vibe is good.
Recordings
All presentations will be recorded.
Any speakers who achieve the minimum number of opt-ins (which should be all of you, right?) will have their presentation shared out to the entire list of registrants in the days after the event.
Additionally, some videos may be shared out to attendees or others on my list for various reasons including promoting that speaker's affiliate link or program.
By applying to this summit, you are granting ConCardia, LLC and Michael Whitehouse full and irrevocable rights to all recordings made during the event. These recordings may be edited and deployed in anyway that we choose for the benefit of our audiences.
Speaker Expectations
- Promote the event and generate a minimum of 10 opt-ins
- Attend for at least 2 hours in addition to your speaking time
- Actively engage with other speakers and participants throughout the event
Promotion
Speakers are expected to generate a minimum of 10 opt-ins. Swipe copy will be provided, or you can write your own copy. If you write really good copy, I'll share it with the other speakers and credit you.
In addition to traditional swipe copy, Guest Letters will be provided which you can share verbatim as a letter from the organizers to your audience.
If you bring in at least 25 opt ins, Michael Whitehouse will promote your affiliate offer to his entire list.
The top three promoters (by total opt-ins) will be promoted to the entire list of attendees and Michael's own entire mailing list, whatever you would like to share (within reason), no affiliate necessary.
The Concept
For too long, our society has looked at people who have differently configured brains as “disabled," “defective,” and worse.
In the process of hosting the Neurodiversity Superpowers Podcast, Michael Whitehouse has met dozens of highly successful people who achieved that success not in spite of, but because of their neurodivergent traits.
ADHD, Autism, OCD, Dyslexia, and more have led to tremendous success for these people.
But too many young people (and many older people) who have these alternative neurotypes are led to believe they are deficient rather than uniquely gifted.
In March, hosts Michael Whitehouse and Dr. Elena Estanol will bring together a combination of credentialed experts and lived-experience experts to share an event like no other.
The purpose of this summit is help change the narrative on neurodiversity.
We will be helping our audience to better understand the gifts of neurodiversity while discovering their own superpowers.
The Audience
The primary audience for this event are neurodiverse entrepreneurs, particularly ADHD, Autism, and Dyslexia, but all neurodivergent folks should find value here.
Additionally, this event will provide great value to family members of neurodivergent folks as well as employers who want to get the most from their team by identifying and maximizing their superpowers.
Your Speaker Experience
This event is produced by Michael Whitehouse, and Michael creates events that a fun, engaging, exciting, and valuable to the audience and the speakers. This is not a watch with your camera off while you do something else event. This is not a drop in, give your talk, and leave event. This is an interactive event!
We want to create an event that you will enjoy speaking at and get value from, so we're open to pretty much anything that will provide value to the audience as long as it has an action item for the audience to engage in immediately. More interaction is always better than less interaction. That keeps the energy up in the room, keeps the audience engaged, and makes it more fun for you.
You are welcome offer your gift (the one you put in the application) during your talk as long as it is low key and not pitchy. Offering good. Infomercial bad.
Event Style
The event will be a live, Zoom-based event running 11 AM to 5 PM Eastern Time.
We're aiming for engagement. We want an event where people feel they are part of something, not where they feel like they are watching a YouTube video.
This means that we'll have interactive activities. It means we encourage interactive presentations.
It also means that we encourage speakers to be there for as much of the event as possible because you'll be making some connections while you're there. (Speakers are required to attend for at least 2 hours of the event)
Schedule Structure
Speaking slots will be 15 minutes, or, if your presentation is interactive we give you an extra 5 minute for a total of 20.
Each hour will be formatted as follows:
0-15 Speaker
15-30 Interaction
30-45 Speaker
45-60 Interaction
Interaction may be speed networking, hot seat coaching, Q&As, or anything else.
Do not assume that the interaction block after your talk is for your Q&A, but if you do get a good flow going with the audience and they are highly engaged, I may choose to just let that keep going if the vibe is good.
Recordings
All presentations will be recorded.
Any speakers who achieve the minimum number of opt-ins (which should be all of you, right?) will have their presentation shared out to the entire list of registrants in the days after the event.
Additionally, some videos may be shared out to attendees or others on my list for various reasons including promoting that speaker's affiliate link or program.
By applying to this summit, you are granting ConCardia, LLC and Michael Whitehouse full and irrevocable rights to all recordings made during the event. These recordings may be edited and deployed in anyway that we choose for the benefit of our audiences.
Speaker Expectations
- Promote the event and generate a minimum of 10 opt-ins
- Attend for at least 2 hours in addition to your speaking time
- Actively engage with other speakers and participants throughout the event
Promotion
Speakers are expected to generate a minimum of 10 opt-ins. Swipe copy will be provided, or you can write your own copy. If you write really good copy, I'll share it with the other speakers and credit you.
In addition to traditional swipe copy, Guest Letters will be provided which you can share verbatim as a letter from the organizers to your audience.
If you bring in at least 25 opt ins, Michael Whitehouse will promote your affiliate offer to his entire list.
The top three promoters (by total opt-ins) will be promoted to the entire list of attendees and Michael's own entire mailing list, whatever you would like to share (within reason), no affiliate necessary.