Speaking
Matthew Oberly delivers keynotes and executive leadership sessions on trust, reputation, AI-mediated visibility, executive communication, and the choices leaders make when expectations are high, scrutiny is rising, and trust is at stake.
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Speaker biography
Matthew Oberly is a communication and public-affairs strategist and founder of Oberly Public Affairs. For more than fifteen years, he has advised executives, founders, and institutions through high-stakes moments involving reputation, public affairs, crisis, and executive voice. Previously, he founded Communicate on Purpose. Based in Washington, D.C., his work focuses on trust, visibility, communication, and authority.
Signature topics
Bridging divides when leadership is expected but action is absent.
When leaders are expected to bridge divides but lack aligned authority and prepared action, better messaging is not enough. This session gives leadership teams a sharper framework for deciding when—and how—to lead.
Preview The 29-Point Gap →Trust, transparency, and the hidden cost of AI advice.
Transparency can build trust, but disclosure standards can also impose hidden professional and reputational costs. This session examines what responsible AI leadership owes the people asked to disclose.
Preview The Disclosure Trap →Authority in the age of generative answers.
AI answer systems increasingly shape how leaders and institutions are understood. This session shows why machine interpretation, source quality, and citation now belong inside reputation strategy.
Preview Your Reputation Is Now Training Data →Why communication is not cosmetic.
Trust is the reserve leaders draw on when facts are incomplete and scrutiny is high. This session connects executive words, decisions, and behavior to the credibility required under pressure.
Formats
The format follows the audience, the decision in front of them, and the outcome the organization needs.
Keynote
Executive leadership session
Moderated conversation
Leadership workshop
Executive teams, founders, boards, communicators, associations, and public-affairs and reputation leaders.
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