SPEAKING & MEDIA

Speaking & Public Discourse

Storytelling, Ownership, and the Future of Media

Nea A. Simone is a New York Times bestselling author, creator, producer, and pioneering Web3 founder who speaks across publishing, film, entertainment, technology, and cultural enterprise. Drawing on more than two decades of creative and entrepreneurial experience, she helps audiences understand how stories are financed, protected, positioned, and built into enduring intellectual property.

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR

BOOKS SOLD IN 20+ COUNTRIES

TWO-TIME CANNES KEYNOTE SPEAKER

PIONEERING WEB3 FOUNDER

Signature Topics

Story as Infrastructure

How narrative, psychology, cultural memory, and long-term strategy shape stories that endure—and the audiences that carry them forward.

The Digital Frontier: Investing in Web3, Media and Entertainment

How blockchain infrastructure, digital assets, emerging ownership models, and community participation are changing media investment and creator economics.

Creator Ownership & the Narrative Economy

The rights, structural decisions, and monetization strategies creators must understand before opportunity arrives.

Multicultural Audience Strategy

How cultural fluency, audience intelligence, and authentic community alignment create competitive advantage in global media and entertainment.

From Script to Screen

Film funding, market positioning, audience alignment, and deal readiness for creators and producers moving intellectual property toward production.

Featured Speaking Engagements

Ideas That Travel Across Industries and Borders

From global entertainment markets and business forums to universities and cultural institutions, Nea brings a creator’s perspective to conversations about storytelling, ownership, innovation, and the future of media.

Cannes Marché du Film / Pavillon Afriques

Two-Time Keynote Speaker · Cannes, France

Nea has delivered keynote presentations at the Cannes Marché du Film’s Pavillon Afriques, sharing insights on film financing, emerging technology, creator ownership, and new pathways for independent storytellers.

Cartoon Business

Featured Speaker · Belgium, 2025

Nea joined international animation leaders to explore the evolving relationship between intellectual property, audience development, financing, and franchise growth.

African Cinema Summit

Featured Speaker · Accra, Ghana, 2023

Nea contributed to global conversations about the future of African cinema, international market access, investment, and sustainable creative ecosystems.

Georgia Film Day at SCAD

Featured Speaker · Atlanta, 2025

Nea addressed Georgia’s film and entertainment community on industry growth, creator readiness, audience strategy, and the changing media landscape.

Mandela Washington Fellowship / YALI

Keynote Speaker

Nea delivered a keynote address to emerging African leaders and entrepreneurs, drawing connections between storytelling, entrepreneurship, cultural influence, and global opportunity.

Beta Gamma Sigma

Keynote Speaker

Nea addressed business leaders and inductees on leadership, innovation, purpose, and the responsibility to create meaningful impact.

Literary Honors & Impact

For more than two decades, Nea Simone’s writing has reached readers across cultures and generations. Her novels have been sold in more than 20 countries, and the Mignon Samuels Trilogy has remained in continuous print for more than 20 years.

Selected literary honors and milestones include:

ReBorn — New York Times Bestseller
American Library Association Bestseller
Borders Bookstores’ Celebration of Books Readers’ Choice Award — Best in Fiction
Original Voice of Fiction “Reaching BACK”— Barnes & Noble
Books sold in more than 20 countries
The Mignon Samuels Trilogy in continuous print for more than 20 years
Featured Author — National Book Club Conference
Featured at BookExpo America

Her creative work has also intersected with advocacy. Nea received the Champions for Change Award from the Women’s Resource Center to End Domestic Violence in recognition of her work supporting survivors and advancing awareness through storytelling and community engagement.

Selected Media & Interviews

NBC’s Good People profiled Nea’s journey as a writer, her domestic-violence advocacy, and her recognition by the Women’s Resource Center to End Domestic Violence with its Champions for Change Award.

Office Hours with David Meltzer

Nea joined entrepreneur and author David Meltzer for a conversation about entrepreneurship, entertainment, innovation, blockchain, and creating opportunities for traditionally underserved creators.

The Charlie Shrem Show

Nea joined blockchain pioneer Charlie Shrem to discuss emerging technology, entertainment, cultural equity, and new ownership pathways for creators.

Pioneering Web3 Coverage

Widely reported as the first Black woman to found a blockchain services agency in the United States, Nea received national and international attention for her work through Melanated Studios and the Melanated NFT Gallery.

Her pioneering blockchain work and celebrity NFT initiatives involving Miles Davis and DMX received coverage from Variety, Yahoo, Finance Magnates, CoinMarketCap, Blockchain News, REVOLT, and other media outlets.

Leadership & Industry Recognition

Founder and CEO, Bespoke Media Marketing
Founder, Melanated Studios
Widely reported as the first Black woman to found a blockchain services agency in the United States
Founder, NFT ATLANTA CON
Executive Advisory Board Member, Clark Atlanta University School of Business
CoinDesk Consensus Webathon Judge
Member, Beta Gamma Sigma International Business Honor Society
Champions for Change Award recipient, Women’s Resource Center to End Domestic Violence

Engagement Formats

Designed for the Audience and the Moment

Nea is available for select engagements tailored to the goals, experience, and composition of each audience.

Keynote Addresses
Fireside Conversations
Executive Briefings
Institutional and University Lectures
Industry Panels and Moderated Conversations
Workshops and Masterclasses
Media Interviews
Curated Cultural and Business Convenings

On Stage & in Conversation

A selection of appearances from global markets, universities, industry forums, and cultural convenings.

Bring Nea to Your Audience

Nea brings a rare combination of creative accomplishment, industry experience, cultural insight, and entrepreneurial leadership to every engagement.

For keynotes, fireside conversations, panels, executive briefings, workshops, media interviews, and institutional engagements, connect with Nea and her team.