Speaking & Workshops

Class is in session

Keynotes, staff development and workshops built from real reps: the military, the retail floor, and the war room of a college football program.

Athletic departments
Teams and staffs
Veteran groups
High schools
Universities and classrooms
Conferences

Signature talks

01
The Unwritten Playbook
Building a career in sports without a blueprint, and why the non-traditional path can be an advantage.
02
From the Flight Line to the Film Room
What intelligence work taught Bryan about evaluating people and decisions, and how veterans can translate their experience into a career in athletics.
03
Recruit Your Own Career
Building a network from zero and keeping it warm, using the same habits personnel staffs use to evaluate talent.
04
Staying Power
Work, family and identity beyond the job when the profession asks for everything you have.
05
Every Route Counts
For high schools: college, community college, the military, a trade or straight to work. Every route can lead somewhere with skills, relationships and a plan.

Formats

Keynotes

For conferences, banquets, team meetings and events. Story-driven, practical and built for the room.

Staff Development

Working sessions for athletic departments and organizations: career growth, leading through change, and balance.

Mentorship

One-on-one Film Room sessions and Scout Team group cohorts, available through the Roster.

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IN PERSON
Speaking fee plus travel. For events outside the Dallas-Fort Worth area, the host covers round-trip travel, lodging and meals.
DALLAS-FORT WORTH
No travel costs for events in the DFW area.
VIRTUAL
Keynotes and workshops are also available by video, with no travel required.
For High Schools

The Recruiting Class

Every senior class is a recruiting class, and every student is a prospect. Filk has walked nearly every route after high school: jobs that required no degree in food service, manufacturing, medical, retail, sales and manual labor, then junior college, community college, the Air Force and graduate school. He can speak honestly to every student in the room.

Bring Filk to your school
Assemblies
"Every Route Counts," a talk for the whole student body.
Counselor and coach workshops
Practical tools for the adults guiding students toward their next step.
Parent nights
Helping families weigh college, community college, the military, trades and work.
School and district programs
A yearly package of talks, workshops and guides for a school or a whole district.
The Syllabus

The course catalog

Workshops and courses that bring the classroom to the field. The same material Filk is building toward teaching at the university level, available now for teams, students and professionals.

SPMT 101
Intro to Sports Management
How athletic departments really run, from personnel and recruiting to development and operations.
SPMT 210
Networking That Works
Building real relationships in sports, keeping them warm, and turning them into opportunity.
SPMT 320
Building Your Brand
Telling your story so the right people remember it, whether you are a player, a staffer or a career changer.

Have a date in mind?

Share your event, audience and goals, and Filk will build the session around them.

Request Filk to speak