“I found great resonance with your ideas. I’ve sent copies of Do Good Design to a number of friends.”

-Vint Cerf, Vice President, Google
(and “father of the Internet”)

“David is an extraordinary speaker – make him a regular. He deals in reality and not make-believe.”

- Colin Robinson, Executive Promotions

“It’s about time that a creative professional with tons of business experience and great personal presence is educating the industry.”

-Lynne Rennie, Eyewire
Calgary AB

David’s “one-sheet” (speaker overview) (285KB)

David Berman is internationally-acclaimed for presenting keynote speeches, workshops, courses, and books that change attitudes. He also provides custom on-site training, consultation, and one-on-one coaching. David makes the complicated fun, understandable and memorable.

His most popular topics are on ethics and responsibility; Web, design, branding strategic process, and balance. David holds a training certificate for continuing adult education and has taught core curriculum at the college level. He is listed on the Web site of the National Speakers Association.

Read a testimonial letter from Adrian Bashford of Nortel [65KB]

Read a testimonial letter from Professor Stephan Pinkau of the Bauhaus School, Germany [15KB]

Read a testimonial letter from Ginette Robertson, Manager, Multimedia Production Services for Industry Canada [124KB]

Read a testimonial letter from Tina Fras, President of the Magdalena festival. [205KB]

David is represented by many speakers bureaus, including:

• Awesome Speakers (San Antonio, TX)
• CAL Entertainment (Los Angeles, CA)
• Equanimity Inc (Phoenix, AZ)
• National Speakers Exchange (Baltimore, MD)
• Pastorini Bosby Speakers (Houston, TX)
• PPI Marketing (Addison, TX)
• Spectacular Speakers (Vero Beach, FL)
• United Speakers Bureau (San Diego, CA)
• Walters International Speakers Bureau (Glendora, CA)

David Berman is a National Professional Member of the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers (CAPS), the Global Speakers Federation, and Meeting Planners International.

Some of the clients and locations David has provided keynotes, workshops, custom training, and courses:

• ACI Manitoba
• Adobe Headquarters (Ottawa, Canada)
• Algonquin College
• Anhalt University of Applied Sciences
• Arc The Hotel
• Association for Manitoba Archivists
• Association of Registered Graphic Designers of Ontario (RGD)
• Aula Magna CSIC (Spain)
• Bauhaus School of Design (Germany)
• Brookstreet Hotel
• Caldas University (Colombia)
• Canadian Association of Professional Speakers
• Canadian Food Inspection Agency
• Canadian Museum of Nature
• Canada Revenue Agency
• Carleton University
• Central Academy of Fine Arts (China)
• CapCHI (Computer-Human Interaction)
• Coast Coal Harbour Hotel
• Colorado Convention Center
• Concordia University
• Daegu Conference Center (Korea)
• DDI (Sociedad estatal para el desararrollo del diseno) (Spain)
• eXplorance Inc.
• Federal University of Pernambuco (Brazil)
• FontShop
• Forum of Federations
• Friction Creative
• Graphic Designers of Canada
• Go Training
• Guinness Storehouse and Brewery (Dublin, Ireland)
• Haus der Kulturen der Welt (Germany)
• Havana Conference Center (Cuba)
• Health Canada
• Hong Kong Design Centre (Hong Kong)
• House of Commons
• How Magazine
• Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts (Hungary)
• Icograda
• Indigo Hotel
• Industry Canada
• International Advertising Association (Bahrain)
• International Centre for Creative Innovation and Sustainability (Denmark)
• Internet Institute
• Jewish Family Services
• Lebanese American University (Lebanon)
• London College of Printing (United Kingdom)
• Magdalena Festival (Slovenia)
• Maribor City Hall
• Manitoba Public Insurance
• Meeting Planners International
• Multiset Users Group
• National Research Council
• National University at Pernambuco (Brazil)
• Nortel Networks
• Omni Hotel
• Ottawa Convention Centre
• Ottawa Senators Hockey Club
• Parks Canada
• Performance Management Consultants
• PPAC/PPPC
• Promotional Products Association International
• Public Service Commission of Canada
• Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada
• Québec City Tourism
• Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD)
• Scotiabank Place
• Society of Graphic Designers of Canada
• Statistics Canada
• St. Lawrence College (Kingston)
• Tasmeem Doha
• TerminalFour (Dublin)
• TYPOBerlin
• Union for Democratic Communications
• University of Toronto
• University of Virginia
• Vancouver Convention Center
• Virginia Commonwealth University (Qatar)
• Virginia Commonwealth University (United States)
• Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
• Yarmouk University (Jordan)

Event Schedule
Keynotes and Seminars (seminars, workshops, and lectures)
Custom Training

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Reviewed January 12, 2011