Matt Vogl Makes Mental Health Actionable
Mental health innovator Matt Vogl combines expertise, humor, and authentic storytelling to help organizations create healthier cultures.
May is National Mental Health Awareness Month, making it an important time to spotlight Denver Speakers Bureau featured speaker Matt Vogl.
Matt is an internationally recognized leader in mental health who has spent nearly 30 years working to address the nation’s mental health crisis, prevent suicide, and reduce stigma. His keynote presentations bring together deep expertise, lived experience, innovation, and humor to make difficult conversations more relatable, engaging, and actionable.
A career focused on better mental health solutions
After earning degrees from Marquette University and the University of Minnesota, Matt helped found the University of Colorado Depression Center. He later launched the National Mental Health Innovation Center, where he worked closely with the technology industry to develop new approaches to prevention and treatment.
That work explored how tools such as apps and virtual reality could help expand access to meaningful mental health support. Today, Matt is the CEO and co-founder of VXVY Mental Health, Inc., continuing his work to improve how people and organizations think about mental health care.
Expertise shaped by lived experience
What makes Matt’s presentations especially impactful is that his understanding of mental health is not only professional. It is deeply personal.
As part of his commitment to reducing stigma, Matt speaks candidly about living with bipolar disorder, surviving a suicide attempt, and navigating the challenges of accessing quality mental healthcare. His openness helps audiences move beyond abstract conversations and toward a more compassionate, practical understanding of what people may be carrying.
His message is grounded in a simple but powerful idea: mental health is not a personal weakness. It is a universal human experience that deserves attention, support, and better solutions.
A global voice for mental health and innovation
For more than three decades, Matt has delivered keynote presentations and lectures around the world. His audiences have included Stanford University, Harvard Medical School, the World Conference on Virtual Reality in China, NAMI events, corporate conferences, and viewers of his widely praised TEDx Talk.
Whether he is speaking to healthcare professionals, business leaders, or a broader community audience, Matt brings a rare ability to connect evidence-based insight with the real experiences people face every day.
Humor opens the door to hard conversations
Before becoming a nationally known mental health innovator, Matt spent more than 15 years as a professional comedian. He performed alongside legends including Dave Chappelle, Chelsea Handler, and Norm MacDonald at iconic venues such as Comedy Works and Red Rocks Amphitheatre.
That background is more than an interesting chapter in his story. It is part of what makes his presentations so effective. Humor can lower defenses, create connection, and help audiences engage with subjects that might otherwise feel too heavy or distant.
By combining humor, expertise, innovation, and authentic storytelling, Matt helps people leave with both hope and practical next steps.
Popular keynote topics
Matt’s presentations can be tailored for conferences, leadership events, healthcare gatherings, and corporate audiences. Popular topics include:
- Solving the Global Mental Health Crisis
- Creating a Culture of Innovation
- Mental Health Solutions for Businesses
- Employee Self-Care
- Technology and Mental Health
- Custom mental health and technology presentations
Bring a more human conversation to your event
Organizations do not need to have all the answers to begin building a healthier culture. They do need the willingness to make mental health part of the conversation.
Matt Vogl helps audiences do exactly that. His keynotes offer a thoughtful, engaging way to explore mental health, workplace wellbeing, innovation, and the role every organization can play in reducing stigma.
To book Matt Vogl for your next conference, leadership event, association meeting, healthcare conference, or corporate gathering, contact Denver Speakers Bureau.
Originally inspired by a Denver Speakers Bureau LinkedIn post.
Topics: Mental Health, Workplace Wellness, Leadership, Employee Wellbeing, Mental Health Innovation
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