Beth McDonoughSTILL Standing

Keynotes & workshops

Real stories.
Practical tools.
Lasting change.

Beth builds the STILL STANDING framework live, pairing investigative storytelling with visual demonstrations and real-time audience reflection.

Thirty years of crisis reporting taught her how to read a room and hold attention when the subject is difficult. Her talks are true-crime storytelling with a purpose: honest, often funny, never soft-soaped, and always aimed at what the audience can actually do next.

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Beth McDonough keynote speaker on life reconstruction speaking onstage at a live event

Beth’s signature talks

Three keynotes for the work that comes after.

01 · From lost to leader

The Aftermath Has an “After.”

Leadership, identity, and reconstruction after crisis.

When the headline fades, rebuilding identity, trust, and leadership can feel more daunting than the crisis itself. Beth uses her lived experience and the STILL STANDING™ framework to help audiences spot hidden warning signs, inspect the supports beneath daily life, and begin making deliberate repairs.

Through investigative storytelling, a live five-beam structure, audience participation, and a guided personal audit, attendees leave with a practical starting point for rebuilding.

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02 · Behavioral change & accountability

Some Repeat. Others Rebuild.

A conversation for justice, courts, and recovery communities.

After treatment, sentencing, supervision, or a second chance, what makes change last? Beth draws on three decades of reporting on human behavior and her own reconstruction to help audiences look beyond rehearsed compliance and ask what has truly changed.

The keynote offers a way to examine repeating patterns, visible actions, and the supports and safeguards people need when pressure returns, using the STILL STANDING framework as a hands-on guide.

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03 · Women’s health & alcohol awareness

Same Glass. Higher Stakes.

A candid keynote about hidden patterns and breaking the cycle.

Professional success can make it harder to question habits that appear normal from the outside. Beth opens an honest conversation about alcohol awareness, pressure, and the warning signs that can hide behind achievement, with compassion for the fear and shame that often keep people quiet.

Using personal storytelling and a live demonstration of the STILL STANDING™ framework, she invites audiences to examine patterns, set boundaries, and identify practical next steps. This is educational content, not medical advice.

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Formats & audiences

Built for the room you’re bringing.

Keynotes

45–60 minutes, adapted to your event theme. Immersive and interactive: props, volunteers, a live five-beam build, and a personal audit scored in real time.

Workshops

Half-day or full-day sessions for teams and individuals who want to go deeper. Practical, roll-up-your-sleeves work that ends with a written reconstruction plan.

Audiences

Leadership conferences, corporations, women’s initiatives, non-profits, educational agencies, justice and courts, and recovery communities.

Interactive workshops

Turn insight into a plan.

Practical, roll-up-your-sleeves sessions help individuals and teams inspect the damage, recognize patterns that keep repeating, and develop a concrete reconstruction plan.

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