A week in the life of poetic voice, Sekou Andrews, could find him presenting an original talk for international executives, giving the keynote at a leadership conference, or performing pieces for Barack Obama in Oprah’s backyard. This schoolteacher turned national poetry slam champion has become the world’s leading Poetic Voice - a new type of speaker and artist who fuses inspirational speaking with spoken word poetry, strategic storytelling, theater and comedy to give voice to the messages of organizations and help them tell their most powerful stories. His personalized poetic presentations are in high demand by Fortune 500 companies, leading conferences, and global nonprofits.
Among Sekou's esteemed clients are Google, Nike, Paypal, Johnson & Johnson, Global Green, Mayo Clinic, Genentech, HP and TEDMed. He has been featured on national media outlets, including ABC, MSNBC, HBO, Showtime, MTV and BET; presented for luminaries such as Oprah Winfrey, Barack Obama, Larry King, Quincy Jones, Hillary Clinton, Bono, Maya Angelou, and Norman Lear; and shared the stage with music heavyweights Stevie Wonder, Carlos Santana, Jay-Z, Maroon 5 and the Pasadena Pops Orchestra, to name but a few. His own latest album, “Poetic License,” helped him become the most awarded artist by the nation’s largest independent music organization.