Speakers bureau
We send researchers and historians into the two rooms where this history is most useful and least taught: the classroom that trains future marketers, and the boardroom that employs them. Sessions are grounded in documented case studies, not opinion — and are built to leave people able to spot the mechanism on their own.
For media-literacy & advertising-history courses
A single guest lecture or a short multi-week module, built around the exhibits — primary-source ad copy, company archives, and a working analytical framework students can apply to any campaign, including the ones in their own feeds.
- 60–90 minute lecture with discussion
- Half-day workshop: deconstruct a current campaign live
- Free curricular packet for instructors (exhibits, discussion questions, citations)
For marketing, brand-safety & DEI teams
A working session for people who write the next campaign brief: where the shame-based playbook still shows up in modern marketing, how to recognize it in your own funnel, and how to hit growth targets without quietly rebuilding a hundred-year-old harm.
- Executive briefing (60 min) or team workshop (half-day)
- Campaign-brief audit framework your team can reuse
- Available on a sliding fee scale; fees fund free campus programming
Booking process
Course, conference, or internal team — audience size, format, and date range.
A tailored outline drawn from the exhibits and the two-scripts framework, sized to your time slot.
Slides, sources, and a take-home framework — so the session outlives the hour.
Request a speaker
Email the research team with your institution or organization, the room you're booking for, and a rough date. We reply within a week.