See David
Event Schedule
Keynotes and Courses
Custom Training
For Speakers Bureaus
“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”)
“Extremely accessible: funny, inclusive, engaging.”
-Darrin Katz, Shaw Media, Toronto
“David Berman just changed my life. Almost brought me to tears. Incredible”
-@flaviomercury, agideas, Melbourne, Australia
“Insightful and inspirational!”
-Rick Hansen, Rick Hansen Foundation
“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
“He’s so enthusiastic it’s contagious.”
– Collette Boisvert, Conference Board of Canada
David Berman is internationally acclaimed for presenting keynote speeches, workshops, courses, and books that change attitudes. His team also provides custom on-site and distance training, and consultation. 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.
- Speaker Overview Sheet
- Testimonial Letter from Nortel
David’s “one-sheet” (speaker overview) 
(285KB)- 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:
- CAL Entertainment (Los Angeles, CA)
- Awesome Speakers (San Antonio, TX)
- 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)
- Ovations! (Sydney, NSW, Australia)
- Celebrity Talent International (Carlsbad, CA)
David Berman is a National Professional Member of the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers (CAPS), the Global Speakers Federation, and Meeting Planners International.
Selected clients and locations of David’s keynotes, workshops, and courses
- ACI Manitoba
- Adobe Headquarters (Ottawa, Canada)
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (Ottawa, Canada)
- Algonquin College (Ottawa, Canada)
- American Psychological Association (Washington, DC)
- Anhalt University of Applied Sciences (Dessau, Germany)
- Arc The Hotel
- Association for Manitoba Archivists
- Association of Registered Graphic Designers of Ontario (RGD)
- Aula Magna CSIC (Spain)
- Bauhaus School of Design (Germany)
- Bluenotes Global 2018 Conference (Louisville, KY)
- Binus University (Indonesia)
- Brookstreet Hotel
- Caldas University (Colombia)
- Canadian Association of Professional Speakers
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency
- Canadian Museum of Nature
- Canada Revenue Agency
- Cardiff University
- Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada)
- Central Academy of Fine Arts (China)
- CapCHI (Computer-Human Interaction)
- CHAL (Centre for Healthy Active Living (CHEO))
- City of Ottawa, headquarters
- Coast Coal Harbour Hotel
- Colorado Convention Center
- Concordia University (Montreal, Canada)
- Daegu Conference Center (Korea)
- DDI (Sociedad estatal para el desararrollo del diseno) (Spain)
- Dublin Castle (Ireland)
- eXplorance Inc.
- Federal University of Pernambuco (Brazil)
- FontShop
- Forum of Federations
- Friction Creative
- G3ICT, Government of Mexico, Department of Accessibility & Department of Information Technology
- Grafill National Office (Norway)
- Grand Terminus Hotel (Norway)
- Graphic Designers of Canada
- Go Training
- Government of Manitoba
- Government of Oman
- Guinness Storehouse and Brewery (Ireland)
- Haus der Kulturen der Welt (Germany)
- Havana Conference Center (Cuba)
- Headquarters of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (Guelph)
- Health Canada
- Honda Canada
- Hong Kong Design Centre (Hong Kong)
- Hotel Sheraton (Hamilton Ontario)
- 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
- Internet Society Pakistan Islamabad Chapter (Pakistan)
- Jewish Family Services
- J.W. Neatby Building, Experimental Farm (Ottawa, Canada)
- Kyoorius Designyatra (Grand Hyatt Goa, India)
- Lebanese American University (Lebanon)
- London College of Printing (United Kingdom)
- Magdalena Festival (Slovenia)
- Maribor City Hall
- Manitoba Library Association
- Manitoba Public Insurance
- MaRS Discovery District
- Meeting Planners International
- Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC)
- Michelangelo Banquet and Convention Centre (Hamilton, Ontario)
- Multiset Users Group
- National Disability Authority (Ireland)
- National Press Club (Washington, DC)
- National Research Council
- Nortel Networks
- North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit (North Bay, Ontario)
- Omni Hotel
- Ottawa Carleton District School Board Headquarters
- Ottawa Convention Centre
- Ottawa Senators Hockey Club
- Parks Canada
- Performance Management Consultants
- PPAC/PPPC
- Promotional Products Association International
- ProTech Training (Toronto, Ontario)
- Public Service Commission of Canada
- Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada
- Québec City Tourism
- RGD Web Design Accessibility Conference (Toronto Reference Library, Canada)
- Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), (Savannah, USA)
- Scotiabank Place
- Shaw Media (Toronto, Canada)
- Sheridan College (Oakville, Canada)
- Society of Graphic Designers of Canada
- Statistics Canada
- Strathcona Hotel
- St. Lawrence College (Kingston, Canada)
- Tasmeem Doha
- TerminalFour (Dublin, Ireland)
- Toronto City Hall
- Tunney’s Pasture (Ottawa, Canada)
- TYPOBerlin
- Union for Democratic Communications
- Universidad de las Americas (Puebla, Mexico)
- University of Toronto (Toronto, Canada)
- University of Virginia (Virginia, USA)
- Vancouver Convention Center
- Vilnius Academy of Arts & Design Innovations Centre (Lithuania)
- Virginia Commonwealth University (Qatar)
- Virginia Commonwealth University (United States)
- Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
- Windsor-Essex County Health Unit (Windsor, Ontario)
- Westin Prince Hotel (Toronto, Canada)
- Winnipeg Delta Hotel (Winnipeg, Canada)
- Yarmouk University (Jordan)
Reviewed January 12, 2011