Austin gives brands access to a highly engaged audience through content that feels entertaining first and sponsored second.

MandatoryFunDay's recognizable comedic style allows brands to become part of the joke, story, or experience rather than interrupting it. Austin works with partners to develop original concepts that fit naturally within his voice while supporting the brand's objectives.

Partnership opportunities can include:

• Sponsored social content and campaigns

• Original branded comedy

• Product integrations

• Long-term ambassador relationships

• Event-based content

• Brand activations and appearances

• Collaborative storytelling

• Custom campaign concepts

Austin is particularly well suited for brands looking to authentically reach military, veteran, family, lifestyle, fitness, outdoor, automotive, technology, and broader American consumer audiences.

Austin brings MandatoryFunDay off the screen and into the room.

His combination of comedy, military experience, storytelling, and audience interaction makes him a natural fit for conferences, corporate gatherings, military and veteran events, leadership programs, and brand experiences.

Rather than delivering a traditional motivational speech, Austin uses humor and stories to explore the realities of leadership, communication, culture, service, failure, family, and finding connection through shared experiences.

Audience Takeaways

• How humor can build connection across teams, organizations, and communities

• Why authenticity creates stronger leaders and stronger cultures

• Finding perspective when work and life become unnecessarily complicated

• Using shared experiences to create belonging

• Why leaders don't always need to have all the answers

• How laughter can open the door to conversations people might otherwise avoid

Delivery Formats

• 45–60 minute keynote

• Comedy-forward speaking engagement

• Fireside chat or moderated conversation

• Event host / emcee

• Panel participation

• Audience Q&A

• Brand and customer experiences

• Custom military and veteran engagements

Ideal For

• Corporate Conferences & All-Hands

• Military & Veteran Organizations

• Leadership Events

• Military Family Programs

• Brand Activations

• Association Conferences

• College & University Events

• Community & Nonprofit Events

Speaking Topics

• Mandatory Fun: Finding Connection Through Humor

  • Military life taught Austin that sometimes the only reasonable response to an unreasonable situation is to laugh.

  • Through stories from his military career and the unexpected rise of MandatoryFunDay, Austin explores how humor creates connection, breaks down barriers, builds trust, and helps people navigate difficult environments.

  • It's funny because it's true—but underneath the comedy is a message about people, leadership, culture, and why we need each other when things get hard.

• From Soldier to Creator

  • Austin didn't set out to build one of the largest military-focused digital platforms in the country.

  • He simply started telling jokes about a world he knew. Austin shares the unlikely journey from Army officer to MandatoryFunDay and the lessons he learned about taking chances, ignoring self-doubt, building community, and discovering opportunities you never planned for.

• Leadership Doesn't Have to Be Miserable

  • Leadership is serious.

  • That doesn't mean leaders have to take themselves seriously all the time.

  • Austin combines military experience, comedy, and real-world lessons to explore how humility, humor, authenticity, and communication can create healthier teams and better leaders.

• Event Hosting & Emcee

  • Austin's quick wit, improvisational ability, and experience in front of both cameras and live audiences make him a natural event host and emcee.

  • From military and veteran gatherings to corporate conferences, awards programs, brand activations, and live entertainment, Austin keeps audiences engaged while moving an event forward without making himself the center of it.

  • He can also extend an event beyond the room through social content created before, during, and after the experience.

Austin creates original UGC that gives brands the personality and creative instincts behind MandatoryFunDay without requiring the content to be published through his personal channels.

Brands can tap into Austin's comedic timing, storytelling ability, military credibility, and understanding of short-form content to develop creative designed for their own organic and paid channels.

UGC Opportunities

• Short-form vertical video

• Comedic product demonstrations

• Direct-to-camera content

• Product integrations

• Scripted and concept-driven creative

• Lifestyle content

• Event-based content

• Multiple hooks and creative variations

• Paid social creative

Brands aren't simply getting someone to hold a product in front of a camera.

They're getting the creative voice behind MandatoryFunDay.