Mitch Mitchem

You're not taking a risk on Mitch. He customizes every talk on a personal prep call and delivers exactly what the client has requested, he's easy to work with, he has never had a tech failure derail a keynote, and he brings rooms to life with his keynotes, workshops, and Imprompting audience-engagement show. If your audience is anxious, overwhelmed, or skeptical about AI, he's the speaker who turns that worry into momentum. That's the room everyone wants, and it's the one he delivers every time. He has had 131 bookings in just 2025.

This Is Not Just a Sit-and-Watch Keynote

It is a live, two-way experience from the first minute to the last. The audience is in it the whole way, calling out their real problems while Mitch solves them on stage in real time using AI. They watch friction get eliminated in front of them, the same friction that has been stealing their time and money for years.

It is fast, it is funny, and it moves. Second City trained, 4,000+ stages, and the room stays leaning forward because nobody knows exactly what is coming next, including Mitch. People do not leave inspired and empty. They leave entertained, energized, and holding tools they can use the next morning.

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MITCH MITCHEM
Keynote Speaker on AI & the Human Element. CEO of HIVE, Author, Three-Time Founder.

Mitch leaves a few days a month open for last-minute and emergency bookings. He also works with reasonable budgets.

Quick take on Mitch:

- Mitch brings the whole room to life. Instead of an audience sitting back and checking phones, you get a space that's awake, engaged, and moving with him from start to finish.
- Runs an AI company (HIVE) and has personally trained more than 120,000 people to use AI in their actual jobs, with a 97% implementation rate. This is a builder, not a commentator.
- Sends anxious and skeptical audiences out feeling more capable instead of more worried, while other speakers are still selling either the machine or the panic about it.
- Second City trained, with over 4,000 stages and 10 million people reached across 12 countries. He turns a passive audience into the most alive room in the building.
- Does live, unscripted AI demos on stage, solving the audience's real problems in real time. Even non-technical rooms leave knowing exactly what to do first.
- One clear message every executive needs right now: Amplify, Not Automate. Become irreplaceable standing next to the machine instead of afraid of it.
- Trusted by Disney, the Orlando Magic, the Colorado Rockies, VISIT Denver, Visit Indy, MPI, and Informa's Pharma Forum. Named the highest-rated speaker VISIT Denver has had in ten years.
- Audiences don't want to leave. People routinely stay well after the session just to keep talking to him.
- A safe yes for planners. Every talk is customized on a personal prep call, he's easy to work with, and he has never had a tech failure derail a keynote.

Why book Mitch:

Most AI speakers do one of two things. They show off what the technology can do, or they scare the room about what it's going to take away. Mitch does neither, and that's exactly why planners keep rebooking him. He walks in, takes the fear out of the room, and hands people something they can put to work right away.

He's earned the right to. Mitch runs a real AI company called HIVE, and he has personally put more than 120,000 people through hands-on, practical AI training, with a 97% implementation rate. This isn't a futurist reading headlines off a slide. He's built the tools, trained the teams, and he knows what actually sticks once the conference is over. Then there's the stage itself. Second City trained, over 4,000 stages, more than 10 million people across 12 countries. He turns a passive audience into the most alive room in the building, with live AI demos, real exercises, and real laughter, and he sends everyone home with moves they'll run the next morning.

His whole philosophy is three words: Amplify, Not Automate. He doesn't teach people to compete with the machine. He teaches them to become irreplaceable standing next to it. Technology talk, motivational talk, leadership talk. Attendees can't tell where one ends and the next begins, and they don't care, because it lands as educational and energizing at the same time.

What people say: The pattern shows up again and again. Audiences don't want the session to end, and they say so.

"The highest rated speaker VISIT Denver has had in the last ten years." Jason Lusk, AVP Convention Sales, VISIT Denver

"I have attended countless presentations on this topic. This was the best, most engaging and most informative one I have ever been a part of." Leonard Hoops, CEO, Visit Indy

"600+ delegates. Outstanding opening keynote. Energy, authenticity, and stage presence that set the tone for the entire event. Attendees called it inspiring, energizing, and a highlight of their Pharma Forum experience." Lily Nagy, Conference Producer, Informa Connect / CBI

"People stayed more than 30 minutes after the session ended just to hear more. His understanding of AI is powerful, and he presents it in a very interactive, approachable way. Great energy on stage!" Rachel Benedick, CRO, MPI

"The best keynote I've heard on AI. Easy to digest, fun, engaging, and encouraging. It wasn't telling us how AI is going to replace us. It empowered us." Caleb Paull, President, Better Talent

"The most impressive and amazing AI presentation I have ever witnessed." Eduardo Antonio, Team Leader, Visit Lauderdale

In 2025 alone, Mitch delivered 131 speaking engagements, working with and training clients across professional sports, enterprise, U.S. government, and global brands. His experience includes engagements with MLB, NBA, IndyCar, Destination Marketing Organizations, Microsoft, Alkami, L'Oréal, Federal Legislators, the Orlando International Airport Authority (MCO), oil and gas firms, NBJ Expo West, and many others.

Client list: Walt Disney, the Orlando Magic, the Colorado Rockies, VISIT Denver, Visit Indy, Visit Lauderdale, MPI, Informa's Pharma Forum, IMA, and Better Talent.

FULL BIO:

Mitch Mitchem is a keynote speaker, author, and technology founder who helps organizations adopt AI without losing what makes their people valuable. As CEO of HIVE, an AI company built around the human element, he and his team have trained more than 120,000 people to use AI for real, measurable results, with a 97% implementation rate. That practical track record, paired with three decades on stage, has made him one of the most requested and highest-rated speakers on the subject. VISIT Denver named him its highest-rated speaker in ten years, and his keynotes have anchored events for Disney, the Orlando Magic, the Colorado Rockies, Visit Indy, MPI, and Informa's Pharma Forum.

Mitch's path to the AI stage is an unusual one. He spent his early career in live entertainment as a Second City improv alum who studied Meisner technique in Los Angeles, headlining shows for years in Chicago before performing at Universal Studios Orlando. He then spent nearly fifteen years in leadership development and experiential learning, where he became the first sales leader in his company's history to close a single six million dollar innovation-training contract. Turning to technology, he founded High There, one of the first social networks in the cannabis space, which grew past 300,000 users in under eleven months. That experience produced the insight that now anchors his work and his TED Talk: technology means nothing without the human element.

Today Mitch leads HIVE across consumer AI, custom enterprise technology, and AI-enablement training. He is the author of F* Your Friction, a book about the systems quietly stealing our time and money. He has reached more than 10 million people across 12 countries and over 4,000 stages, with one through line in everything he does: amplify the human, don't automate them away.

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The core setup:

Mic: Lavalier microphone with strong audio support. (He can also use a handheld if needed.
Laptop: Mitch runs his own MacBook Pro from the stage himself. Organizers just need to feed it Audio, HDMI, and Power.
Table: A high-boy table (tall, for the laptop). If high-boy is not available, podium will be needed.
Slides: Run from the cloud on (link hidden), or online, which he drives himself.
Wi-Fi: Strong, stable connection is essential for his live AI demo.
Mitche’s Backups: (link hidden) offline player + Wi-Fi hotspot on his phone.