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Doug Manuel

Speaker & Performer Specializing in Fostering Purpose Driven Engagement and Collaboration

Doug Manuel is a speaker and performer specializing in fostering purpose driven engagement and collaboration. He has performed at TED Global and with Oprah, and for 3 decades he has been delivering interactive virtual and in-person programs for fortune 500 companies and leading business schools around the globe.

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Doug Manuel is a speaker and performer specializing in fostering purpose driven engagement and collaboration. He has performed at TED Global and with Oprah, and for 3 decades he has been delivering interactive virtual and in-person programs for fortune 500 companies and leading business schools around the globe.

His clients include HBS, The World Economic Forum, LVMH, Google and literally hundreds of others.

The foundation of his work draws on the timeless wisdom of rural Africa where he has traveled and lived for more than 25 years pursuing his passion for West African music and culture.

He is the creator of ‘Do You Speak Djembe?’ an award nominated stage show (Chicago JEFF Awards). An ex-BBC documentary producer of 8 years, he has recently returned to film making to produce a documentary for Netflix (BEATS AS ONE) about the cure to the loneliness and isolation epidemic.

His not for profit ‘Lighting Up Lives’, encourages partnerships with rural villagers across West Africa inspiring and supporting local action to solve local problems putting words into action.

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Featured Keynote

Beats As One - The Solo

A Highly Interactive Keynote to Engage & Unite.

Employee engagement and talent retention are at an all-time low. How can you revitalize your organization?

The Experience

This keynote unearths the positive effects that ancient philosophies can have in our modern boardrooms, and can be tailored to any environment, time slot or audience. Infused with music, rhythm and with featured excerpts from his documentary “Beats As One”, Doug guides participants through a transformative process. Through personal reflection, small group sharing, and collective music making and performance enhancing exercises, your teams will discover a new level of collaboration.

The Transformation

Beats as One – the solo brings engagement and collaboration to life in new and dynamic ways. It allows participants to readdress common human values, explore their personal purpose, and to tie that to the purpose of their organization.

Making It Happen

This keynote can be tailored to groups of any size in a live, hybrid or virtual environment. Ideal as a short, interactive session in a workshop or as part of a longer exploration of togetherness and collaboration.

Beats As One - The Drums

Beats As One - The Drums

A Shared Experience to Connect and Collaborate.

With teams no longer truly working together, there is little human connection, mutual understanding and empathy are lost. Organizations today face the challenge of dealing with this lack of engagement and spirit of collaboration.

The Experience

With Djembe drums for each participant or audience member, this keynote is a highly engaging, energetic musical experience. Your audience will rediscover the power of communication using the most primal form of technology.

The Transformation

Beats as One – the drums breaks down silos and leaves groups emotionally connected and feeling that they are one. True collaboration is restored and the foundations laid for a high-performing team.

Making It Happen

This is an ideal breakout session for a conference or meeting. Working with groups of up to 3000, teams can also work in sub-groups learning complimentary rhythms, before bringing all the participants together in a plenary session.

The program can be delivered in one block of time or as 3 or 4 shorter sessions during the course of a day.
Beats As One - The Show

Beats As One - The Show

The Ultimate Unifying Experience.

Music and rhythm have the power to unite, energize, rediscover a shared purpose and build team spirit.

The Experience

Chosen by Oprah to lead her 3rd SuperSoul Sessions and by TedX Hollywood, Beats as One – the show (Formally ‘Do You Speak Djembe?’) is a very different kind of live event. Through the power of rhythm and the drum , it makes the audience the star of the experience.

Customized to your organization's vision and themes, Doug combines powerful storytelling with uplifting music from his diverse on-stage band. Audiences of any background and ability will be energized, inspired and involved in this unifying musical experience for corporate teams.

Together they learn to play djembe to the music of their favorite songs. They will explore the very roots of music in our shared ancestry and discover that we have more in common than what we believe separates us.

The Transformation

Generate audience-wide collaboration, inspire, motivate, and unite audiences of any size. Beats as One – the show brings a unique spirit of collaboration to your conference or meeting.

Create a positive vibe and team spirit, strengthen a sense of purpose and brand, experience a powerful moment of collaboration in action.

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Doug was amazing! He really raised the tempo of the conference and re-energized everyone.

Carol McEvoy, KRAFT Europe

The event was extraordinary. It helped reinforce team spirit and generate synergies.

Juan Carolos Preito, SAPLA, Accenture, Resources Partner

Doug enabled us to really work at being a team, providing immediate benefit to our business.

Martyn Bale, Director, Shell International

An excellent experience and demonstration of teamwork and cohesion. He also helped us address the importance of clear communication.

Peter Van Bladeren, Nestle Research Centre

Doug's sessions break down barriers and help us to look at business issues from a different angle.

Sean Meehan, Dean of Faculty, IMD International

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Doug Manuel

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Beats As One - The Solo

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Doug was amazing! He really raised the tempo of the conference and re-energized everyone.

The event was extraordinary. It helped reinforce team spirit and generate synergies.

Doug enabled us to really work at being a team, providing immediate benefit to our business.

An excellent experience and demonstration of teamwork and cohesion. He also helped us address the importance of clear communication.

Doug's sessions break down barriers and help us to look at business issues from a different angle.

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Doug Manuel

Bio

Keynotes

Beats As One - The Solo

Beats As One - The Drums

Beats As One - The Show

Topics

Doug was amazing! He really raised the tempo of the conference and re-energized everyone.

The event was extraordinary. It helped reinforce team spirit and generate synergies.

Doug enabled us to really work at being a team, providing immediate benefit to our business.

An excellent experience and demonstration of teamwork and cohesion. He also helped us address the importance of clear communication.

Doug's sessions break down barriers and help us to look at business issues from a different angle.

Let's find your perfect speaker!

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