Ready to stop sounding like everyone else and stand out?

Talks and workshops for founders, creatives, and teams ready to stand out — not blend in.

Branding Talks & Workshops by Lolly Cleary

Unbranding – How to Stop Sounding Like Everyone Else

For startups and creative pros who want a brand that cuts through. Practical, provocative, and 100% anti-fluff.

Format Options

  • Fast-paced, visually punchy talk

    Designed to spark debate and shift perspective

  • Live brand teardown or positioning audit

    Audience brings brand copy or decks to break down and rebuild

    Great for startup accelerators or branding sprints

  • With a founder, agency lead, or creative director

    Themes: brand sameness, why strategy decks are failing, how to sound different

  • Topic examples:
    “Is Branding Broken?”
    “Authenticity vs Performance”
    “Beyond the Brand Book”

Voice, Not Noise – Branding That Cuts Through

For designers and independents who want to own their tone and simplify without losing soul.

Format Options

  • Ideal for coworking spaces, creative teams

    Covers the traps of “brand voice templates” and how to break them

  • Participants rework their own about pages, bios, or brand copy

    Exercises on tone-shifting and language pruning

  • For creatives, freelancers, and brand consultants

    Topic: “Voice vs Vibe: Where Brands Lose Their Identity”

Your Brand is Boring – Let’s Fix It

For scale-ups and marketers who’ve nailed product-market fit but have a brand that’s just... fine.

Format Options

  • Tactical talk for growth-stage leaders

    Focus on ROI of differentiation, anti-commodity messaging, and scaling tone

  • Brand tone workshop with content, product or marketing teams

    Actionable outputs: “do-not-use” words list, voice pillars, competitive tone map

  • As part of an in-house marketing or brand team offsite

    Could also bolt into agency innovation days

  • Topic ideas:
    “Scaling Personality with Growth”
    “Branding Post Series A: Why So Many Teams Get it Wrong”
    “Designing Voice That Works at Speed”

  • You don’t need another deck on “authentic storytelling.” You need sharper language, real positioning, and a brand that’s actually different.

    You don’t need another deck on “authentic storytelling.” You need sharper language, real positioning, and a brand that’s actually different.

lolly cleary

Creative Director. Branding Strategist. Speaker.

I help brands stop sounding like everyone else. Over the past 15+ years, I’ve worked with agencies, startups and bold businesses to sharpen their tone, differentiate their voice, and kill off lazy branding.

My talks are fast-paced, honest, and useful – built for people doing real work, not just sitting through slides.

lolly cleary Creative Director. Branding Strategist. Speaker.

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