Storytelling for Rooms That Value Substance
David tells custom stories built around lived experience — not motivational hype.
He speaks about resilience, humor, caregiving, faith, leadership, and the imperfect structures that keep us standing when control disappears. He fits shared human experience into team motivation.
David Tells Custom Stories About
What Holds When Control Disappears
Humor as a Survival Skill
The Quiet Work of Caregiving
Resilience Isn't Straight Lines
Why Metaphors Matter
Through These Stories, Audiences Hear About
- Authorship, ownership, and building something meaningful without waiting for permission
- Faith without certainty and rebuilding life when outcomes are unclear
- Rresilience, uncertainty, and the structures - people, faith, humor, routine - that carry us when control is gone.
- Caregiver burden, invisible labor, and the strength required to simply stay.
- How laughter becomes a tool in the middle of difficulty — not to minimize hardship, but to endure it.
- How storytelling and metaphor help us process fear, uncertainty, and recovery.
What Audiences Can Expect
- Measured humor
- Thoughtful storytelling
- Practical perspective
- Reflection without platitudes
- A tone that respects both pain and hope
Stories Can be Structured Specifically for
Corporate audiences Offsites and events
Churches, retreats, and faith-based nonprofits
Cancer-focused support organizations
Healthcare organizations
Literary audiences, universities, reflective groups
David MacGrandle — Background
- 25+ years speaking to corporate audiences
- 8+ years speaking to parents and athletes as a travel ball coach
- Comfortable with audiences from 10 to 1,000
- Speaks as someone who lived the story — not as a professional motivator
- Humble, unassuming storytelling style
David MacGrandle
Author and Speaker
When David MacGrandle first noticed back pain in early 2024, he expected a routine diagnosis and a few months of treatment.
Instead, that ache unraveled into a two-year medical and emotional odyssey that would test everything he thought he knew about strength, humor, and survival.
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