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Featured appearances

From Adweek and Social Media Week to Google, credit unions, film festivals, and creator summits.

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2026 57th NAACP Image Awards Guest

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2025 Regardless Mental Health Panel Panel

2025 56th NAACP Image Awards Guest

2025 Merging Vets & Players (MVP) Gala Guest

2024 Mental Health Mindfulness for Influencers Keynote

2024 Influencer Marketing Webinar Webinar

2023 Bubba Wallace Block Party Event

2023 Credit Union National Association Keynote

2023 Adweek X PanelWatch 2023 Digital Marketing World Forum (DMWF) North America SpeakerView

2022 Make Crypto: Human Speaker

2021 EA Games Guest speaker

2021 ATX Inclusion Summit: How To Unlearn Unconscious Bias in The Age of Uncertainty SessionView

2021 Minority Innovation Weekend: Marketing Your Startup Talk

2020 Tech Inclusion Summit: The Next Wave Of Leadership SpeakerView

2020 Social Media Week, Austin Speaker

2020 Digital Branding Summit SpeakerView 2020 Outsite Digital Summit: Social Media and The Age of Uncertainty TalkView

2020 Walmart Real Talk at the Barbershop: Mental Health Tips Host

2020 Mejuri Diversity and Inclusion Week SpeakerView 2020 Fox Festival LineupView

2020 DC Web Fest Speaker

2020 DC Black Film Festival Panel

2019 Google, Venice Campus Talk

2019 Women in Media Los Angeles: Allies in Media PanelView 2019 World Forum Disrupt, DigiPublish New York SpeakerView

2019 Columbus Black International Film Festival Panel

2016 Microsoft Authentic Marketing Conference Speaker

2016 Digital LA: Social Media Week Panel

2015 WeWork Blogger Network Keynote

2015 1st Annual Timmy Awards, Tech in Motion Host

2015 General Assembly, Santa Monica & Los Angeles Guest lecturer

Keynote Reuters Events: Strategic Marketing

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CJ Johnson is an award-winning creative, brand strategist, keynote speaker, and author helping businesses turn cultural insight and emerging technology into meaningful growth. As founder of Rogue Dynamics, he brings together brand strategy, storytelling, and AI to help organizations sharpen their positioning, connect with audiences, and turn ideas into action. His portfolio spans four of the top ten Fortune 500 companies and more than 200 small businesses and technology startups worldwide. With over 100 speaking appearances and features in Forbes, Adweek, GQ, Men's Health, and Fox News, CJ brings a distinctive perspective on marketing, creativity, and the future of business. He is the author of The Maguire Method, a practical, four-principle framework for pursuing success and happiness, and has served as a Mental Health Coalition Ambassador, Google Next-Gen Tech Policy Leader, Founder Institute Mentor, and Adweek Creator. His work connects business growth with human potential, helping people and organizations build with clarity, confidence, and purpose.

CJ Johnson presenting on stage at the Columbus Black International Film Festival

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