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The Aligned Mindset: a keynote built on real stories

Dr. Sohee Jun's conference keynote on how high-achieving women navigate workplace challenges. We designed slides that open with three real stories, give the audience a framework, then return to each story, reframed.

Client
SJ.PhD
Industry
Leadership coaching
Service
Keynote presentation design
Deliverables
Conference keynote
Platform
PowerPoint, 16:9
Keynote title slide “The Aligned Mindset” on deep teal, beside a portrait of a woman at a laptop

The challenge

A keynote is carried by the speaker, not the slides. Dr. Jun's talk follows real moments of self-doubt at work, and the slides had to hold that emotion without competing with her on stage.

The audience also needed something to keep: a framework they could remember after the session.

  • Keynote story
  • Speaker brand
  • Frameworks
  • Stage-ready type

Inside the deck

Story slide: a quote about self-doubt with key phrases in pink, beside a woman presenting at a whiteboard

Each story gets its own slide: the doubt in the speaker's words, with the key phrases picked out in colour.

Our approach

  1. 01

    Stories first

    Three quotes open the talk, a slide each. The audience hears the problem in a real voice before any advice.

  2. 02

    A framework to keep

    The answer arrives as three simple steps and the Befriending F.E.A.R. model, so people leave with something to write down.

  3. 03

    The loop closes

    “Let's go back” returns to each story with the reframed thought beside it, so the change is visible on screen.

“What Is an Aligned Mindset?” slide: questions in white circles under portrait photos
“Every Successful Woman…” slide: habits of successful women beside a smiling woman holding a tablet
“Let’s Go Back…” slide: a story quote and its reframed version beside a smiling woman
Closing slide “What Are You Curious About?” with prompts to ask and talk, beside a woman holding a tablet

The visual system

The palette, type and structure used throughout the deck.

Palette

  • Deep teal #003A46
  • Mint #70F4CC
  • Sun yellow #FEC106
  • Rose #F36092
  • White #FFFFFF

Typefaces

  • Montserrat SemiBold Headlines and figures
  • Montserrat Regular Body copy

Design craft

  • Story-led structure

    Real stories open the talk, a framework answers them, and the stories return reframed.

  • A warm keynote identity

    Deep teal, mint and sun yellow with portrait photography that keeps the talk human.

  • Built for the stage

    Large type and few words per slide, so the audience listens to the speaker.

What we delivered

  1. 01

    A keynote with emotional pull

    The audience sees itself in the stories before any advice.

  2. 02

    Ideas the audience keeps

    Frameworks presented simply enough to write down.

  3. 03

    A speaker brand on screen

    A consistent look that carries the SJ.PhD identity.

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