John A. DeMato
Visual Storytelling Speaker
Captivate & Convert Through Genuine Visual Storytelling
Imagine transforming your marketing images into compelling visual assets that speak directly to your client’s hearts and minds to foster connection, build credibility, and lead to conversion.
Based on his extensive experience working with individuals, organizations and associations, John's fireside chats are deep-dive sessions designed to spark creativity, drive action and inspire audience engagement.
Through a mixture of candidness and humor - and the New York City accent to prove it - he ensures every moment is informative, impactful, and, above all, valuable.
If your goal is to host a conversation that offers a fresh perspective on how to strategically create and leverage visual assets across all platforms, John's expertise will leave your audience armed and ready to evolve their visual storytelling game.
SAMPLE topic
IT’S ABOUT THEM, NOT YOU:
Elevate Your Brand through Strategic Visual Storytelling
KEY TAKEAWAYS
📸 Learn to answer 4 critical questions that define a successful visual storytelling strategy.
📸 Discover how to curate a mix of promotional, lifestyle, and candid photos that invite your audience to learn more about how you solve their problem.
📸 Understand how genuine and strategically captured moments contribute to telling your brand's never-ending story.
📸 Learn techniques to punctuate your words with visuals that leave a lasting impact.
📸 Gain practical tips for presenting yourself genuinely in every photo with the right photographer who can capture your essence.
In this fireside conversation, John shares a wealth of insights to help experts understand the value of visual storytelling and the role it plays in attracting and developing genuine relationships with those they serve, the role of emotion in your images, which specific photo assets amplify their brands, products and services, and how visual storytelling fosters credibility and trust over time.
It involves meticulous planning and intentionality in visual branding before a camera is involved, aiming to produce images that resonate deeply with their target audience and solidify their authority in their industry.
Transform your marketing efforts with John's expert guidance on visual storytelling, where every image is a step towards building stronger connections and achieving your business goals with those you serve.
* This presentation can be delivered virtually or in person
VIDEO
It’s About Them, Not You
Paint The Full Picture Through Photos
TESTIMONIALS
“Your fireside chat was a genuine conversation that shared truly valuable insights about what you need to align where you are with your business, brand, and life, with how you present yourself online to those you serve so they can see what it’s like to work with you and the results you’ll bring. What you said was highly valuable. Thank you John.”
“John is hilarious. I’m really enjoying this whole conversation.”
“Your insights were brilliant and implementable.”
“Great session - and yes, John is the best!”
“This was exactly what we’d expect from John — top-shelf! Thank you!”
“Your strategy call is such a deep dive...It sets expectations on both sides.”
“You speak as well as you photograph!”
BIOGRAPHY
John DeMato is a visual storytelling expert who photographs people, events and books. While serving speakers, trainers, coaches, consultants and authors, John captures a wealth of genuine moments and emotions to support their goal of creating a perception of authority and authenticity in the eyes of those they serve.
Through comprehensive strategy and execution, he collaborates with clients to produce compelling image portfolios that illustrate who they are, who they serve, the problems they solve and how. John then educates them on how to implement these visual assets effectively across their entire online presence to visually punctuate the sentiment of every story they tell.
A former talk television producer for NBC Universal’s Maury, John leverages his 24 years of experience behind cameras to help Hall of Fame experts and emerging talents alike, all in service of helping them deliver their magical message of transformation to those who need to hear it most.