The ADHD Advantage
Featuring Dave Delaney’s Root Down Framework: Know, Respect, and Connect Yourself
Unlocking Strengths in Work and Life. The ADHD Advantage helps organizations recognize, support, and unlock neurodiverse strengths.
An inspiring, actionable keynote for conferences, campuses, companies, and groups that want to unearth hidden strengths, strengthen connections, and embrace neurodiversity in today’s workplace, classroom, and beyond.
Time: 45–60 minutes (or customize for your agenda)
Ideal for: Motivation and self-improvement events. Leadership and professional development conferences, corporate retreats and off-sites, ERG and SIG programs, mental health and wellness events, universities, colleges, and learning organizations.
Optional add-on: Extended workshop or breakout session to deepen the Root Down practices.
Bonus: A simple take-home tool attendees can use to reinforce the framework after the event.
What to expect
Diagnosed with ADHD at fifty, Dave Delaney (host of the ADHD Wise Squirrels Podcast and ADHD-Aware Coach) brings a fresh, funny, and heartfelt perspective on how self-awareness, self-respect, and connection fuel success at work and in life.
Far from being a limitation, ADHD can be a competitive advantage, often tied to creativity, innovation, and resilience. With many people living with ADHD (diagnosed or not), this keynote presentation about ADHD and more helps audiences replace stigma with understanding and build environments where different minds can thrive (regardless of neurotype).
Participants leave with practical tools from Dave’s Root Down framework that apply whether you have ADHD or you love, lead, or work alongside someone who does.
The Root Down key takeaways include:
Know Yourself: Identify strengths and “superpowers,” and channel them into confidence and achievement.
Respect Yourself: Practice acceptance and self-respect to build resilience, empathy, and growth.
Connect Yourself: Strengthen relationships and reduce disconnection at work and beyond.
Dave Delaney is a veteran keynote speaker and faciliator.
Trusted by Google, LinkedIn, FedEx, UPS, and many more brands and organizations.
TESTIMONIALS
“Dave’s honesty, vulnerability and storytelling are unique drivers that make his presentations memorable. But in addition, he leaves his audiences with actionable steps to take to make their life - both at work and at home - better. A seasoned entrepreneur and speaker, he knows what it takes to motivate, inspire, and impact. I’d recommend Dave for your events, but only if you want your audience and attendees engaged and dialed in. Dave is easy to work with and one of the best around when it comes to crafting a messages and gets results.”
“As more and more adults realize they may have adult ADHD, we will all need to better understand neurodiversity, ADHD, and strategies for coping. Dave Delaney is a great guide to these issues with his presentation, “The Root Down,” encouraging audiences to understand ADHD, break stigmas, understand testing, raise awareness, and learn to engage their own neurodivergence as a positive! Dave is engaging, relatable, knowledgeable and fun. I would absolutely recommend him as a speaker, and for this particular program.”
“He knows his stuff... If you have an opportunity to work together, it will be worth it.”
“Dave blew me away (as well as the audience). His engaging personality and ability to connect with his listeners make him an amazing speaker.”
“Rave reviews from our audience and members.. he has a unique ability to captivate a crowd.”
“Dave Delaney is a true professional speaker. He is definitely worth hiring for a conference, industry trade show or company retreat. Daves comes prepared, provides tons of value, and brings fantastic energy to the audience.
His perspectives on late-diagnosed ADHD, nice networking and other topics are well thought out and researched. He has a sense of humor that serves to move the presentation forward and keep the audience entertained and engaged.
Dave is intent on providing value to the people who attend his presentations. He’s well-versed in adapting his presentation to the needs of the audience. As an event producer and promoter myself, Dave is easy and reasonable to work with, even when surprises come up or things don’t go exactly as planned. He’s exactly the type of speaker I look for when I’m booking experts who will bring value to my audience.”
“I had the opportunity of hearing The Root Down speech at the Mental Health Marketing Conference and it was fantastic! I learned so much about ADHD and it gave me a sense of pride in owning my own form of neurodivergence. The slide about the benefits of ADHD and claiming your superpower was so great in helping with that. His humor was well-placed, and overall, it was extremely engaging...”