KEYNOTE SPEAKER
COMEDIAN
COMMUNICATOR
Steph DePrez is a Berlin-based keynote speaker, comedian, emcee, and communications professional. She spent nine years telling stories across B2B SaaS, fintech, and emerging technology, including five years in management and most recently leading English content marketing at Parloa. Alongside her corporate career, Steph built a professional life on stage, with a Master’s degree in opera and credits opening for comedians including Michelle Wolf, David Cross, and Fortune Feimster. She’s sung at venues including Carnegie Hall, Berlin Konzerthaus, and the Aspen Music Festival. Her solo show, “8 Ways to Break a Glass,” is an Edinburgh Fringe hit that has toured the EU. She has hosted and moderated events for Microsoft, Zalando, Omio, Bolt, Remerge, and Parloa. Her talks combine strategic communication, humor, storytelling, and the hard-earned confidence of a performer.
Why book me?
I know business.
Nine years in marketing, from fractional copywriting to moderating a discussion with the CEO of Microsoft Germany, means I understand corporate audiences, leadership, communication, and the realities of modern work.
I know the stage.
I'm a professional comedian and classically trained soprano who has performed internationally and opened for some of the biggest names in comedy.
Which means... I know how to read a room.
From intimate company gatherings to 500+ person conferences, I knows when to stick to the script, how to improvise, and when the audience needs something completely different.
Basically, make people pay attention.
What do my clients say?
“Excellent on the microphone, with a fun and engaging announcement of the CEO. Quickly researched a partner's company on the spot and seamlessly incorporated the information into the activity.”
Claire Coles
Workplace Experience Lead, Remerge
“She didn't just manage the activities; she energized them — creating a sense of adventure and teamwork that perfectly matched the jungle theme.”
M.
Workplace Experience Specialist, Bolt
“She went above and beyond by organizing a fantastic group of comedians who delivered the perfect blend of crowd work, storytelling, and even a little opera. Most importantly, the room was filled with laughter all night long.”
Lexi Bourdon
Senior Executive Assistant, Omio
Keynote: Confidence is a Skill
Focus: How to find your voice when everyone is watching
Confidence isn't a personality trait. It's a skill you can practice, and Steph has spent her career practicing it in some of the highest-pressure environments imaginable: on the opera stage, in front of a comedy audience, behind a conference microphone, and in the corporate world. This funny, practical keynote explores what performers know about confidence that the rest of us often forget: nerves aren't a sign that you're unprepared, mistakes don't have to derail you, and presence isn't about being the loudest person in the room. It's about being willing to take up space, connect with your audience, and keep going when things don't go exactly to plan by centering yourself. Steph shares the tools she's learned from performance, communication, and years of getting on stage that are detailed in her book “Confident on Purpose: Nine Exercises to Be More Fully Yourself in Work and Love”.
Keynote: Career Transitions You Must Discover
Focus: How the skills you built for one career can become your superpower in another
When the pandemic shut down live performance, professional opera singer Steph DePrez had to pivot. She took the skills she'd spent years developing on stage, discipline, storytelling, collaboration, confidence, reading an audience, and performing under pressure, and translated them into a career in marketing and communications across B2B SaaS, fintech, and emerging technology. From opera singer to tech marketer to comedian and keynote speaker, Steph's career may look unconventional, but the skills have been surprisingly transferable. This funny, candid keynote explores how to recognize the value of what you've already learned, rethink your professional identity, and approach career transitions not as starting over, but as taking everything you've built with you.
Keynote: Engagement is Key
Focus: Why great communication isn't about delivering more information
CAfter nine years creating content and building brands and over a decade performing for live audiences Steph has learned the uncomfortable truth about communication: people don't owe you their attention. Whether you're giving a keynote, presenting to leadership, developing a marketing campaign, or trying to get your team excited about a new idea, your job isn't simply to deliver information. It's to make people care. This practical, entertaining keynote explores what performers and communicators can teach each other about earning attention: how to tell a story, read an audience, use timing and tone, cut through information overload, and create moments people actually remember. Because engagement isn't a nice-to-have. It's the difference between being heard and being ignored.