🎤 Available for Speaking
Talks about flags that
people actually remember.
Two TEDx stages, Creative Mornings, and a long list of rooms that did not expect to care about flags and left arguing about their own. Michael Green turns a subject nobody thinks about into the one everyone talks about afterwards.
On stage
Flags draw crowds and
spark conversation.
Why it lands
"Flags are the simplest form of design, but somehow they evoke the deepest emotions within us."
— Michael Green, TEDxTAMU
Talk topics
Pick a direction.
Every one of these can run as a keynote, a workshop, or a fireside conversation. Michael will shape it around your audience, and he is happy to take live requests from the room.
There are five rules for designing a good flag. Most US states break all of them. Name any state, city, or country and Michael will rank it live.
Mississippi, Minnesota, Utah, Illinois, South Dakota. Why some redesigns pass and others fall apart, and why it is almost never about the design.
HOA fights, Pride flags, Gadsden flags, and the Supreme Court. Michael has covered this for The New York Times and The Washington Post.
Antarctica, Mars, the Moon, the Olympics. Who has the authority to invent a symbol, and what happens when nobody does.
Field research, collected flags, and the stories behind them. The loose, conversational one.
What you get
Easy to book,
easy to work with.
Keynote, 20 to 45 minutes. Built around your theme, with slides that carry the story rather than repeat it.
Workshop. Audiences redesign their own city or state flag, then defend it. Works for 20 people or 200.
Fireside or panel. Conversational, no slides, live flag rankings on request.
Remote or in person. Based in Indianapolis, travels widely, and can join by video on short notice.
Everything you need, up front. Bio, headshots, AV requirements and past talks are in the press kit.
Contact
Planning an event?
Tell Michael the audience, the date and the room. Replies usually go out the same day.
Keynote
Workshop
Panel or fireside
Conference