# Articulate Ventures — Vance Crowe > Vance Crowe is a keynote speaker, communication strategist, and founder of Legacy Interviews and Interest-Based Communication. He has addressed over 300,000 people across four continents on negotiation, storytelling, and high-stakes communication. Based in St. Louis, Missouri. Articulate Ventures is the parent company for two businesses: Vance Crowe Speaking (keynotes and workshops) and Legacy Interviews (recorded life-story video interviews for families). Contact: vance@legacyinterviews.com | (314) 866-2991 --- # Keynote Speaking Communication insights on how to engage critics, negotiate, and deepen the relationships that matter most. Spoken before more than 300,000 people. Audiences include: CEOs & Executives, Sales Teams, Leadership Programs, University Audiences, Family-Owned Businesses, Industry Associations. Every talk is personalized to fit your audience. These are starting points, not scripts. ## Keynote: How > Why Communication skills to strengthen relationships with employees, vendors, and family while navigating conversations about your operation's future. Vance teaches listening techniques used by negotiators and professional interviewers to establish rapport and facilitate deeper connections in conversation. The audience learns how to frame questions so they don't prompt defensiveness, avoid common pitfalls that disrupt the flow of conversation, and stay truly present so that others are heard and understood. Attendees leave with a practical framework they can use in their next difficult conversation — that evening. Well suited for: Leadership conferences, farm families, sales teams. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh40ZT5Yfhs ## Keynote: The Man On the Box Teaching the core of storytelling — how to introduce yourself, talk about your organization, and describe what you have to offer in ways that make people want to listen. Everyone wishes they had a better way to describe who they are and what they can offer others. This talk gives your audience practical guidance on how to construct stories that make others want to listen. It works as a keynote or as a deeper workshop. Attendees walk away able to articulate who they are and what they do in a way that makes people lean in rather than tune out. Well suited for: Advocacy groups, company conferences, leadership development, sales teams. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMBb2IkwPUM ## Keynote: The Edge of Chaos How new ideas enter culture and what you can do to prepare yourself and your organization for change. Vance reveals where change happens in a society so that you and your organization can talk productively about an uncertain future. This talk stimulates conversation about how to better prepare for forces that shape what we think about and how to navigate uncertainty effectively. Attendees gain a shared language for talking about change — turning anxiety about the future into something their team can act on together. Well suited for: Annual meetings, company conferences, leadership development. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izAvU8_7hSg ## Working with Vance Vance personalizes every talk through a pre-event call with the organizer. He learns your audience, your industry's current tensions, and what you need the talk to accomplish. He arrives early and stays after to talk with attendees. The goal isn't to deliver a speech and leave — it's to make the organizer look good for booking him. Vance designs experiences that get your audience talking to each other — and to the people in their lives. The talk doesn't end when he leaves the stage. Weeks after your event, your audience is still thinking about what they heard — and connecting it to people in their life. ## Full Speeches - The Edge of Chaos — Land Investment Expo, 2020: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izAvU8_7hSg - Worthy Adversaries — Flinchbaugh Forum, Oct 2025: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHI4OkdK7ps - My Grandfather's Axe — Keynote on succession: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s2VNW-57IY Sizzle Reel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9fPPjjHk8s Book Vance: https://articulate.ventures/speaking#contact or email vance@legacyinterviews.com --- # Interest-Based Communication — Two-Day Course A two-day in-person course in St. Louis for people who negotiate, lead, or have hard conversations for a living. Most professionals were never taught how to communicate under pressure. They default to hardball tactics, avoid conflict, or wing it and hope for the best. Interest-Based Communication is a different approach — rooted in negotiation theory, built around the idea that understanding what people actually want (their interests) matters more than winning arguments about what they say they want (their positions). This is a two-day, in-person course. You'll learn the philosophy in the morning and practice it in the afternoon — with real exercises, real role-playing, and real conflicts from your own work. You'll leave with a workbook and a set of skills you can use the following Monday. ## What You'll Walk Away With - The ability to negotiate over interests without hardball techniques or force of personality - A memorable introduction for yourself and your organization — one people actually remember - Confidence in conversations that prompt others to share what they really think - Techniques to present ideas so others want to hear, understand, and contribute - Skills to turn communication breakdowns into collaborative problem-solving - An understanding of how decisions get made inside bureaucracies — and how to influence them ## Five Sessions, Two Days Day 1, Session 1: Interest-Based Negotiations — The foundation. Learn the difference between position-based and interest-based negotiation. Practice the mirroring technique. Day 1, Session 2: Introductions & Storytelling — How to introduce yourself and your organization in a way people remember. The Venn Diagram approach, story arcs that create curiosity. Day 1, Session 3: Conversations & Questions — What disrupts conversation, how to stay present, and how to ask questions that unlock deeper sharing. Day 2, Session 4: Conflict & Alignment — How communication breakdowns happen and how to repair them. Steelmanning, visual conflict mapping, BATNAs. Day 2, Session 5: Presentations — Communicating to groups. Storytelling, slide design, and presentation architecture. Includes a recorded practice session with feedback. ## Details - Next Cohort: March 18–19, 2026 - Investment: $1,000 per person (workbook included) - Location: St. Louis, MO — in-person at Vance's studio - Class Size: 15 maximum Enroll: https://articulate.ventures/ibc#enroll Group inquiries: https://articulate.ventures/ibc#corporate Questions: (314) 866-2991 or vance@legacyinterviews.com --- # Vance Crowe — Bio Keynote Speaker · Communication Strategist · Interviewer Vance Crowe has addressed more than 300,000 people across four continents on negotiation, storytelling, and the kind of communication that changes how organizations operate. His audiences include Fortune 500 leadership teams, agricultural cooperatives, financial institutions, and government agencies. ## Background Former Director of Millennial Engagement at Monsanto — hired to put a human face on the most controversial brand in agriculture. Former Communications Strategist for the World Bank Group. Returned Peace Corps volunteer (Kenya). Master's degree in Cross-Cultural Negotiations from the Seton Hall School of Diplomacy. ## Current Work Keynote speaking: Talks on negotiation, storytelling, conflict resolution, and how ideas spread through organizations. Every engagement customized. Interest-Based Communication: Two-day intensive course drawing on negotiation theory, professional interviewing technique, and two decades of work in high-stakes conversations. Legacy Interviews: A service that records individuals and couples sharing their life stories on camera for future generations. ## Credentials - 300,000+ people addressed across four continents - Former Director of Millennial Engagement, Monsanto - Former Communications Strategist, World Bank Group - Returned Peace Corps Volunteer — Kenya - M.A. Cross-Cultural Negotiations, Seton Hall School of Diplomacy - Board of Directors, FCS Financial ($7B agricultural lending cooperative) - Creator of Interest-Based Communication framework - Founder, Legacy Interviews - Host, The Vance Crowe Podcast — 450+ episodes Contact: vance@legacyinterviews.com | (314) 866-2991 --- # Testimonials "One of the greatest orators and advocates — in any discipline — I've ever witnessed." — Tino Rossi, Agricultural public affairs "The feedback from Vance's session was incredible. Every single participant had something positive to say. Not just polite praise, but genuine enthusiasm." — Amelia Stevens, Kentucky Cattlemen "You truly were one of the best, if not the best, keynote speakers we've had the pleasure to work with." — Oregon Seed League "Vance was incredibly responsive and collaborative, making it easy to integrate his session into our broader event strategy. Most importantly, he has a remarkable ability to connect with people." — Mid-America Farm Credit "In a speaker series of the most acclaimed scientists and thinkers in the country, from MIT to Harvard, his was the most thought-provoking and unexpected." — MIT Knight Science Fellow --- # Hear More Conversations, speeches, and solo episodes — selected to show you what these ideas sound like in practice. - Interviews: Long-form conversations with experts across science, economics, and culture - Solo Episodes: Vance thinking out loud on communication, anxiety, and ideas worth questioning - Speeches: Recorded keynotes from live events - Vance's Work: The services behind the conversations — Legacy Interviews, IBC, and speaking - Guest Appearances: Vance on other people's shows All content: https://articulate.ventures/hear-more