Every stage starts with someone who stopped waiting to be ready.
The official speaker directory of the Do The Thing Playground, home to founders and thought leaders who launch, validate, and monetize live, in rooms built to move. Every speaker here has stood in front of the room, not just posted about it.
Playground
Get on the stage.
Connected to the Playground. Powered by Cadence.
Two engines behind every profile in this directory: the room these speakers came up in, and the platform that puts them in front of event organizers.
Where founders launch, validate, and monetize together
Built by Stacey Lauren, the Playground is a live membership community where members run My People Parties, work through week-by-week Challenges, pitch offers in High-Impact Auctions, and take the stage at People Party Palooza. Every speaker in this directory earned their seat in that room.
Speaker positioning built for discovery
Cadence Speaker Collective handles the profile presentation, platform structure, and discovery-focused showcase design, so event organizers can find the right Do The Thing voice fast, and speakers get a professional profile without building one themselves.
What this room speaks on.
The topics Do The Thing speakers keep getting booked for, built from real momentum, not theory.
Meet the room.
Profiles go live here as Do The Thing members are onboarded, filling in with real speakers as applications are built out.
Stacey Lauren
Stacey built and exited a $35 million staffing company, then spent five years studying one question: what actually gets people to do the thing. Hundreds of interviews later, that research became the Do The Thing Playground, a live room where founders stop building alone and start moving.
"Do the thing. Don't wait for opportunity. Create it."
From application to the stage.
Every profile in this directory follows the same three-step path.
Apply
Members of the Do The Thing Playground submit their speaker application, including background, topics, story, and assets.
Built
Cadence builds the full profile, including title, highlights, keynotes, story, endorsements, and SEO, matched to the Playground's tone.
Featured
The profile goes live in this directory, ready for event organizers to discover and book.
Stop building alone. Get your profile in the room.
If you're a member of the Do The Thing Playground, apply to be featured in the collective's official speaker directory.