The live, multi-stakeholder storytelling event that transforms organizations from the inside out.
Legend Experience
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This isn’t just another event. It’s cultural alchemy.
Forget everything you know about keynotes, training sessions, and corporate gatherings. Legend is a radically interactive experience that turns your people into the heroes of your organization's story, creating the kind of belonging, trust, and shared purpose that changes everything.
“This evening transcended what any of us do professionally. I’m still feeling the meaning woven in each of your stories and feeling grateful for the experience Jay Golden ignited in all of us.”
Beyond the stage, everyone becomes the story.
Part TED-style story showcase. Six of your transformative leaders share breakthrough stories that illuminate who you are as an organization.
Part storytelling masterclass: Between storytellers, Jay shares digestible insights on how stories work.
Part collaborative breakthrough. Every person in the room contributes insights, connects experiences, and becomes part of a greater story that gets told and retold for years.
100% unforgettable. This isn't content people consume, it's meaning they help create.
What makes Legend transformational:
✨ Bottom-Up Storytelling: Your people's voices become your culture's foundation
🔗 Radical Connectivity: Breaks down silos through shared vulnerability and purpose
🏠 Instant Belonging: Creates the "we're in this together" feeling that drives everything
🎯 Story Skills Mastery: Participants learn proven frameworks for crafting and sharing their own powerful narratives
🎬 Media With Meaning: Transform breakthrough moments into ongoing marketing, training, and culture-building tools
📈 Cultural Acceleration: Months of team-building compressed into one powerful evening
🔄 Sustainable Impact: Stories and skills that spread organically long after the event ends
🤝 Onboarding Gold: Potential and brand new team members experience your culture through the authentic voices of colleagues, not corporate messaging
The Legend Process: From Strategy to Story
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Story Curation
You suggest eight potential storytellers; we interview and workshop to select the perfect six.
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Strategic Foundation
We align on your core messages, cultural goals, and transformation objectives.
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Narrative Architecture
Based on early conversations, and refined based on the stories we find, we craft the through-line, themes, and interactive moments that turn individual stories into collective meaning.
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Story Refinement
The selected storytellers work with Jay to develop authentic, powerful narratives that serve the greater story.
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The Live Experience
Jay weaves together storytelling, teaching moments, and radically interactive participation, creating belonging in real time.
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Amplification Options
Transform the experience into ongoing content: video highlights, social moments, and retellable stories for your entire network.
The result is increased authenticity and an ability to cultivate meaningful connectivity.
Your people don't just hear about your values: they live them through story. They don't just understand your mission: they see themselves in it. They don't just work for your organization: they become ambassadors for what you're building together.
Perfect for:
Organizations ready to accelerate cultural transformation
Leadership teams seeking authentic connection across departments
Companies launching new initiatives that require deep buy-in
Networks wanting to create lasting bonds beyond typical events
Ready to create your own legend?
Legend is for you if…
⭐️ You innovate and build big ideas.
⭐️ You seek deeper confidence and presence for your team.
⭐️ You believe that better communications brings better relations.
⭐️ You aim to find the stories that make up who you are.
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“I am so thankful to be part of this and excited to see where it goes from here. I think everyone who attended agrees, it was like no other event. And it was difficult for all us storytellers to share our personal stories but so rewarding after!”
—Eric Goodman, CEO, Mountain View Service
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![Livi Kerszenbaum]()
“It was as if I was sitting with a good book and turning the pages of #authentic stories that spoke — each — to our human characteristics — drawing us to turn the page to hear what is next… what happened. Thank you Jay Golden for opening the book, allowing us to ‘read’ these amazing Legends. What a unique way to bring Purpose to life here in Orange County.”
—Livi Kerszenbaum, MBA
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![Ed Hart]()
“Such a great and memorable night to share the stage and the room with so many amazing people!”
—Ed Hart, Founder, Hart Leadership Institute
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![Catherine Maloof]()
“Such an awesome and amazing event! You all are incredible leaders with such impactful stories. You are all such a blessing 🙌🙏💗”
—Dr. Catherine Maloof, Director at Uniforms for Hope
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![Julie Hudash]()
“In this hectic world, we all need an extra dose of purpose, connection and humanity. Thanks Jay Golden for creating and hosting Legend OC! Sparking such authenticity and vulnerability in OC was just the perfect recipe for an unforgettable night.”
—Julie Hudash, CEO and Founder, Team Kids
