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Professional Speaker, Trainer, Storyteller

As the founder of A Wiseman Speaks, LLC, Al Wiseman helps organizations, nonprofits, and professionals harness the power of storytelling to educate, inspire, entertain, and create lasting impact. Al’s primary audiences include: Organizations that want to educate and inspire; Professionals who want to become more engaging communicators; Nonprofits that need to inspire action; and Individuals who have a story worth telling.

Al offers 4 Signature Programs:

Discover Your Signature Story – Turning Life’s Defining Moments into Powerful Personal Stories. Your most powerful story isn't someone else's – it's yours. In this highly interactive workshop, participants learn how to identify, craft, and confidently share the personal story that defines who they are and what they stand for. Through practical exercises and proven storytelling techniques, they'll create a memorable signature story that can be used in presentations, leadership, fundraising, networking, interviews, and everyday conversations. Participants leave with the beginning of a story that informs, inspires, and creates genuine human connection.

Storytelling for Nonprofits – Stories That Move is a dynamic workshop that teaches nonprofits how to discover, craft, and share authentic stories that inspire generosity and deepen community engagement. Participants learn practical storytelling techniques they can immediately apply to fundraising campaigns, grant proposals, volunteer recruitment, presentations, social media, and donor communications. By putting people – not programs – at the center of their messaging, organizations create lasting connections that move audiences from awareness to action.

One Family's Journey with the Green Book and the Story of Victor Hugo Green is a compelling one-man theatrical storytelling performance that combines a family's true experience traveling the Jim Crow South with a first-person portrayal of Victor Hugo Green, creator of The Negro Motorist Green Book. Blending personal narrative, living history, and dramatic performance, Al Wiseman brings to life the courage, resilience, and hope that guided millions of African American travelers through one of America's most challenging eras.

Finding the Funny: How to Think Funny, Write Funny, and Speak Funny is an interactive workshop that teaches participants how to naturally incorporate humor into presentations, storytelling, leadership, and everyday conversations. Rather than relying on jokes, participants learn practical techniques for recognizing humor in everyday life, crafting funny stories, and delivering them with confidence. The result? More engaging presentations, stronger audience connections, and messages people remember long after the laughter ends. Al is a two-time winner of District 14 Toastmasters Humorous Speech Contest and the 2025 Winner of the Jackie Torrence Tall Tales Contest at the National Association of Black Storytellers Convention.

Al has performed on the TEDx Decatur stage, The Atlanta Moth StorySLAM, the Georgia Mountain Storytelling Festival, the Atlanta Jewish Storytelling Festival, Carapace, Stories Worth Sharing at The Red Light Café, Oakland Cemetery, We Are Your Neighbors, The City of South Fulton Roots & Routes Storytelling Festival, The Acworth Book and Storytelling Festival, The National Association of Black Storytellers, Toastmasters, and with Kuumba Storytellers' Historical Black Portraits.

Al is a member of the National Storytelling Network and the National Association of Black Storytellers. He serves on the boards of the Georgia Storytelling Network and Kuumba Storytellers of Georgia, and is a three-time Distinguished Toastmaster. He currently hosts the Atlanta Moth StorySLAM and serves as host and emcee for various community events.