The Modern Man - Strength in a New Era Summit
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The Modern Man - Strength in a New Era Summit
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Host: Hollis Pirkey
The Modern Man - Strength in a New Era Summit
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Registration ends: Thu, Apr 23, 2026 6:00 PM (1 day 20 hours ago)

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The Modern Man: Strength in a New Era
How Modern Men Lead with Clarity and Control

April 22-23, 2026 | 11-6PM ET | LIVE Virtual Summit
Hosted by Hollis Pirkey

Speak at The Modern Man – Strength in a New Era

The role of men is changing—and the world is asking more of them than ever before.

The Modern Man – Strength in a New Era Summit is a powerful live virtual event bringing together thought leaders, coaches, and experts who help men develop clarity, emotional mastery, discipline, leadership, and purpose in today’s complex world.

We are gathering speakers who are passionate about helping men rise into stronger leaders, fathers, partners, and creators of meaningful lives.

If your work helps men build inner strength, self-command, and real-world leadership, we invite you to apply to speak.

This summit will feature 20–25 minute sessions designed to deliver practical insights and transformative ideas that men can immediately apply to their lives.


OUR GOAL IS SIMPLE: Help modern men develop the clarity, control, and character needed to lead themselves and others.


WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR:

Speakers with a strong voice in areas such as:

Masculinity and identity

Emotional mastery and self-command

Leadership and decision-making

Mindset and breaking limiting beliefs

Relationships, boundaries, and respect

Fitness, discipline, and resilience

Business leadership under pressure

Health, stress, and energy

Fatherhood and legacy

Purpose and meaning beyond survival

Your talk should challenge men to think clearly, take responsibility, and lead with integrity.


TOPICS FOR THIS SUMMIT

The summit will open with a discussion inspired by Robert Bly’s “Iron John” and its implications for masculinity today.

Additional sessions will explore topics such as:

📌 Anger as a leadership force

📌 Emotional mastery and self-regulation

📌 Transforming anger into leadership power

📌 Cognitive dissonance and modern societal tension

📌 Personal responsibility and internal alignment

📌 Releasing internal blocks and limiting beliefs

W
e welcome speakers who bring new perspectives that deepen these conversations and expand the understanding of modern masculine leadership.


Speaker Requirements:

To ensure a powerful, engaging, and seamless experience for attendees, we ask all speakers to:

🎤 Deliver a high-value, actionable presentation. This time includes your introduction, content, smooth transitions, and Q&A.

📸 Submit all requested materials on time. This includes your bio, headshot, session title/description, and free gift link. Please upload a high-resolution headshot, as it will be used to create your speaker graphic.

🎁 Provide a lead magnet/free gift for attendees. Please include the name of your gift, description, value, and link. A VIP gift is encouraged but optional.

📢 Promote the summit to your audience. We’ll make this easy by providing you with swipe copy and graphics that you can use (and personalize) to share the event.

💜 Show up authentically and deliver with heart. Our audience values both expertise and genuine connection.



Application Deadline: April 13, 2025

If your work helps men develop discipline, leadership, emotional strength, and meaningful purpose, we would love to hear from you.

Selected speakers will be notified once applications are reviewed.


Apply to Speak Now

Join us in helping men rise into strong, grounded, and conscious leadership in a new era.

Speakers
The Hidden System That Decides the Life You Live
Allison Taylor The Midlife Midwife

What if the thing between you and decisive action isn't in your head - it's written in your body's memory, and you can rewrite it? In this talk, Allison Taylor introduces the Three Signals framework - nervous system, fascia, and conscious choice - and shows how working with the body, not against it, is the missing key to lasting transformation. You'll leave with a new understanding of why you get stuck, where that pattern actually lives, and one concrete thing you can do today to begin shifting it.

The Skill Every High-Performing Man Dismisses Until It Saves Him
Benjamin Gibson Ben Gibson, PharmD (or just pharmacist)

You already know the obvious advice. Sleep more. Stress less. Breathe. You’ve heard it a thousand times — and you’ve probably dismissed it just as many.

So did the men in Ben’s room. Until they didn’t.

In this session, PharmD and medical writer Ben Gibson makes the clinical case for why breathwork isn’t a wellness trend — it’s a nervous system tool that the most effective men in the world have been using to gain a competitive edge. Drawing on 15 years of pharmacological expertise, Ben explains exactly what happens in your body when stress hijacks your leadership — and how to take that control back in 60 seconds or less.

How Modern Men Lead with Clarity and Control
Dorian Albritton Self-Leadership Speaker

A lot of men are not lazy or incapable. They are mentally overloaded, pulled in too many directions, and trying to lead without a clear system. In this session, Dorian Albritton breaks down how modern men can lead with more clarity, control, and consistency by reducing mental clutter, setting stronger priorities, and following through under real-life pressure. This is a practical talk for men who want to stop living in reaction mode and start operating with more structure, self-respect, and direction at home, at work, and in life.

Sustainable Fat Loss for the Modern Man
Dr.Keyvan Eghbali Sustainable Fat Loss in 30 days

Dr. Eghbali will begin by acknowledging the challenges men face in the modern world that make fat loss difficult for the average man taking the traditional approaches. He discusses the role stress, sleep, nutrition, movement, community, and nature play and provides tangible immediate strategies listeneres can take away and apply to their lives to see desired change within 30 days. His style is dynamic, energetic, fun, and empowering. Listeners walk away from his talks with the knowledge and power to create the changes they wish to see in themselves.

From Rage To Resilience
Hollis Pirkey Anger SME

Learn to turn anger into an asset by channeling rage into resilience

Welcome & Intro - Story Of Iron John
Hollis Pirkey Anger SME

Learn to turn anger into an asset by channeling rage into resilience

The Modern Man Built for This
Hollis Pirkey Anger SME

Learn to turn anger into an asset by channeling rage into resilience

How to Create Money Miracles
Joel Salomon Master Prosperity Coach

I am sharing two of The 9 Money Rules Millionaires Use. These are powerful techniques that you can put into use immediately after listening to the presentation. Remember Information without Implementation is just Entertainment!

The 3D Printed Life - Create Clarity, Confidence, and Conviction
Joey Chandler Mindset & Performance Coach

Traditional coaching says to address one area of your life (aka one wall) at a time. First, it's your business, then fitness, then romance, and then maybe fun. But in a world of chaos and uncertainty, the one wall at a time just doesn't work. But adding one layer of growth each day in the important areas of your life, like a 3D-printed house, is actionable and sustainable. You achieve goals while reducing stress and overwhelm. That is the 3D-Printed Life approach, and all you need is to know your values and goals and to have a system for using them. We'll discuss all of that in this workshop.

You Don’t Have to Be Great to Start, But You Have to Start to Be Great
Latara Dragoo Digital Marketing Strategist

Every great achievement begins with a single, often uncertain step. In this soul-stirring talk, Latara Dragoo explores what it really takes to move from hesitation to momentum, from ordinary to extraordinary. Through a powerful real-life example, she reveals how one simple decision can change everything—and challenges you to see your own “mountain” in a brand-new way.

The 7 Fs of a Complete Man: A Framework for Leading Every Area of Your Life
Lawrence Loik The 7 Fs-

Most men are winning in one or two areas of life while the rest quietly falls apart. They crush it in business but their health is slipping. They provide for their family but have no real friendships. They stay busy but have lost touch with what actually matters.

The 7 Fs of a Complete Man is a practical framework that gives men a clear way to measure and lead across every spoke of life: Fun, Finance, Founder (Business), Fitness, Family, Friends, and Faith. In this session, Lawrence Lok breaks down how to audit where you stand, identify the areas dragging you down, and take immediate action to bring your life back into alignment. No theory. No fluff. Just a system that over a thousand men have already used to stop drifting and start leading with clarity and control.

Soul Trainer’ Mindset & Movement – Fitness and Wellness as a Way of Life
Len Glassman Health & Fitness Professional, Author

Break free from physical and motivational barriers holding you back in your life and find deeper meaning and purpose through Mindfulness and Movement. We know that maintaining a physically active and healthy lifestyle is important, but knowing this is simply not enough, it must become a way of life, not simply a part of it. Take a ‘judgment free’ deep dive into how to break free from the negative ‘exercise stigma’ that clouds our thinking and serves as a barrier to taking necessary steps to improve our health and learn practical daily principles and ‘action steps’ to create a positive relationship with your body and health, to live a vibrant and abundant lifestyle. During this interactive, self-explorative discussion, Len will integrate how his book ‘Soul Trainer’ provides a powerful platform for people to tell their story by sharing personal struggles, sacrifices and victories about health and fitness.

The Man You Left Behind: Why High-Achieving Men Feel Empty Inside
Michael Carr Speaker & Leadership Behavior Advisor

He did everything right. Built the career. Earned the respect. Provided for his family. Checked every box that was supposed to matter.

And yet something feels off. His marriage lacks real connection. His kids are growing up and he's not sure they actually know him. His friendships stay at the surface. And alone, late at night, he feels empty in a way he can't explain and wouldn't admit to anyone.

In this deeply personal talk, Michael Carr explores what's actually happening beneath that emptiness — not as a therapist, but as a man who has lived it. He reveals how the same internal patterns that drive a man's success are quietly disconnecting him from the people and moments that matter most.

This talk gives men a language for something they've felt for years but couldn't name.

The Iron John Reckoning: How Hustle Culture Stole Your Identity — and the Path to Getting It Back
Randy Johnson Founder Palmetto Performance Institute

You’ve heard the message your whole life: work harder, climb higher, produce more, rest later. Hustle culture didn’t just shape your career — it shaped your identity. But here’s what most men never realize: the hustle script was just the most visible layer of a much deeper kind of programming. Long before the boardroom, the grind, or the performance review, other forces were already writing the code — family expectations, cultural masculinity scripts, religious conditioning, and a society that measured your worth by your output. In this session, we’ll use Robert Bly’s Iron John framework alongside cutting-edge research on human potential to name what’s really been running in the background — and give you a clear, practical path to reclaim the man you were always meant to be. If you’ve ever felt like you’ve been living someone else’s story, this session will show you exactly why — and what to do about it.

How to get and stay healthy and vital to 100 +
Rico Caveglia Creator of the Ageless Living Lifestyle

You will learn how The Ageless Living Lifestyle, which is a mind/body/spiritual wellness system of proven startegies will get and keep you healthy,fit and energetic to 100+

Stop Stealing From Yourself: What to say when something feels off—before you avoid it or make it worse
Robin Quinn Keehn Communication Strategist

Most people don’t struggle because they lack communication skills—they struggle because they avoid the conversations that matter most.

In this talk, Robin Keehn introduces a practical framework for handling difficult conversations with clarity, steadiness, and authority. Instead of reacting, shutting down, or over-explaining, you’ll learn how to stay grounded and move conversations forward—even when emotions are high.

You’ll walk away with a simple structure you can use immediately at work, at home, or in high-stakes situations—so you can stop avoiding what matters and start resolving it.

This is not theory. It’s a clear, usable approach to real conversations.

The Architecture of The Trusted Man: Mastering Self-Leadership in a Permission-Based World
Stu Murray Men's Leadership Coach

Modern men are leading on borrowed power. We see the symptoms everywhere: burnout, isolation, and a persistent "background noise" of anxiety. While many diagnose these as productivity issues, the deeper cause is a Permission Gap—leading from a place of seeking external validation rather than internal alignment. When a man doesn’t trust his own internal compass, he leaks authority and loses his edge.

In this session, we move beyond surface-level discipline to build the Architecture of the Trusted Man. You will learn to identify where your "leadership leakage" is happening and how to close the gap between who you are and who you lead. We will walk through a Four-Pillar Framework designed to help you reclaim self-command and eliminate the need for external permission. You’ll leave equipped with the Trusted Man Audit to maintain clarity and control in every arena of your life.