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Movies & Conversations

Our Live Experiences…
In-person and Virtual Keynotes and Workshops for your
school, company, organization…

The Experience:
“Movies and Conversations”

Our immersive multimedia experience - smoothly transitioning between short movie screenings and deeper conversations - works to change our relationships with struggle and growth.

We use intentionally-designed mini-movies as tools to prime viewers emotionally so that the discussions that follow will likely ignite the motivation that leads to long-term transformation and perspective-shifting.

For YOUR Workplace and Community

We’re here to help your community - whether at work, school, or elsewhere - experience less shame, blame, and stigma around the struggles we all face so that we might improve the way we show up for ourselves, others, and the world around us.

Keynote Packages include a one-hour deep dive with your organization so that Of Substance can learn your objectives, desired outcomes, & organizational culture in order to tailor the experience to best serve your audience and needs.

 
 
    • 1 in 5 adults in the U.S. experience mental illness in a given year, and because most employees are not seeking treatment, employers are losing an estimated $225.8 billion annually due to stress, anxiety, depression, and substance use.

    • We know that organizations are providing phenomenal resources for employees struggling these days. But they aren’t helpful if they’re not being used due to remaining shame we have to admit we’re struggling. Of Substance’s experience eases that shame and improves employee use of said resources.

    • Our programming for students and faculty focuses on prevention and emotional growth, improving empathy and compassion.

    • We also drive forward a goal to improve the way we all feel about ourselves — diminishing shame and improving our mindset — in order to face life, the world, and all struggles with less fear and more wonder.

    • Campus Organizations - Greek Houses to Chabads and Hillels and beyond.

  • Offer your audience a next level experience:

    Our keynotes and workshops are an exciting shift at conventions and conferences, engaging people in movies and vulnerable conversations.

    Our adaptable experience allows us to speak about everything from making your work more impactful to improving communication, patience, and empathy, to being a better partner or teammate, and more!

    • Medical, Mental Health, & Addiction

      • Think differently about yourself, your patients, & your approach to holistic treatment.

    • Storytelling, Film, & Art

      • “It’s not about making your entertainment impactful, it’s about making impact entertaining.”

    • Innovation & Tech

      • Think differently about how you deliver your offerings and even how you might structure your company.

    • Leadership

      • Improve the way you captain your ship by learning to improve your own practice of vulnerability and shift your ideas of success and failure.

  • Offering your community or congregation an improved and more effective experience regarding prevention, education, and support.

    • Churches, Synagogues, Mosques

    • Rotary Clubs

    • Community Center

  • There’s a lot of pressure on athletes to show up for their teammates, be constantly in the public eye, and be relied upon by family and friends. That’s already several good reasons to find coping skills, from bad to good, from substances to gambling, and more.

    Bring us to your club…

    • Major Leagues

    • Minor Leagues

    • College Athletics

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Topics.

Not just for addiction - No matter what you struggle with, from gambling to being the founder of a company, it’s all isolating.

That’s why the topics we focus on are…

  • Changing Your Relationship with Struggle:

    • See progress where you currently see failure, both in yourself and others.

  • Overcome Loneliness & Experience Belonging:

    • Feel seen, heard, and loved so that you can free yourself from shame.

  • Accept That You're Already Enough:

    • Regularly experience "Aha!" and improve your emotional intelligence to have the life you want.

 

Outcomes.

Our experience focuses on improving a sense of belonging, self-image, courage, & empowerment, all leading to improved…

  • Family life

  • Social life

  • Work/School life

  • Output/Productivity

  • Creativity

  • Overall Engagement

 

Love Someone Struggling?

We tell stories from both sides, from those addicted and those who love them. We have films for you to identify with as a person affected by addiction – to help you feel less alone, while also sharing with those addicted in your life, giving them insight into how their struggle affects you!

 
 

Our Speaker: Meet Alex

Alex Kaplan is our Co-founding Executive Director Chief Vision Officer at Of Substance. Having survived addiction, Alex considers himself living proof that by changing your relationship with struggle, you can build the life you envision. Now he supports others in doing the same.

On his journey, Alex saw that his issue was far less about using substances than it was about WHY he used substances; it was about shame, isolation, a fear of not belonging, and a fear of not being good enough. But that’s not unique to addiction, we all experience these feelings. It’s part of being a person!

In everything he does, Alex works to transform people's relationships with themselves, others, and their belief in what's possible.

Alex’s innate vulnerability and empathy - along with his ability to connect and engage any audience - establishes an environment of trust and safety, allowing us to open up in ways we often avoid.

 

What Others Want you to Know.

Our Films Impact Real People.

Proven Impact.