Matthew Dicks

Matthew Dicks is the internationally bestselling author of six novels and three nonfiction titles: "Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life Through the Art of Storytelling"; "Someday Is Today: 22 Simple, Actionable Strategies to Propel Your Creative Life"; and "Stories Sell: Storyworthy Strategies to Grow Your Business and Brand."

His novels have been translated into more than 25 languages worldwide.

Dicks is a record 62-time Moth StorySLAM champion and 9-time GrandSLAM champion whose stories have been featured on their nationally syndicated Moth Radio Hour. His solo show “You’re a Monster, Matthew Dicks” debuted at Theater Works in Hartford, CT in 2023.

He has also performed in the New York City Comedy Festival in 2022 and 2023.

When not hunched over a computer screen, he fills his days as an elementary school teacher, storyteller, marketing, branding, and sales consultant, speaking coach, blogger, columnist, wedding DJ, and minister. He has been teaching for 26 years and is a former West Hartford Teacher of the Year and a Connecticut Teacher of the Year finalist.

Dicks' client roster includes Google, Salesforce, Amazon, Microsoft, Smucker’s, the FBI, the Max Borges Agency, the Eric and Wendy Schmitt Foundation, Yale University, the University of Connecticut, and many more. He also works with Olympic athletes, world-class mountaineers, standup comedians, magicians, attorneys, breast cancer survivors, the children of Holocaust survivors, world champion memorizers, the clergy, and more.

Dicks is also the CEO of Storyworthy — a company that creates and distributes online education on storytelling, marketing, sales, and branding. He is also the founder and artistic director of Speak Up, a Hartford-based storytelling organization that produces storytelling shows throughout New England.