Remember Their Stories:
A Call to Live with Gratitude, Courage and Purpose

In this moving, story-driven keynote, Alan Feirer takes audiences from a funny exchange between two people at the France pavilion at EPCOT to the survival of Air Force Capt. Scott O’Grady, the quiet heroism of Iowa postman Vern Alcorn, and a visit to Normandy that reveals how deeply our lives are connected to people we may never meet.

This is not a history lecture or a generic talk about storytelling. It is a keynote about gratitude, memory, humility, and responsibility — a reminder that the life we get to live was made possible by sacrifices and stories we rarely see.

Funny, personal, reflective, and surprisingly human, Remember Their Stories helps audiences reconnect with what should not be taken for granted, see the people around them with greater care, and remember that every person carries a story worth telling and worth hearing.

Best Fit When Your Audience Needs To…

  • Reconnect with gratitude, purpose, and the deeper meaning of their work.
  • Create a shared emotional moment that brings people together.
  • Honor service, sacrifice, and human dignity without politics or cliché.
  • Remember that ordinary people carry extraordinary stories.
  • Strengthen connection across generations, roles, backgrounds, or experiences.
  • Leave feeling more reflective, more grounded, and more responsible for how they see and hear others.
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Audience Promise

After hearing this keynote, audiences will feel more grateful, more connected, and more responsible for how they see, hear, and honor the people around them.

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