McCann L. Utu — Legacy magazine cover

Keynotes · Storytelling · Resilience

Everyone carries a story worth telling. McCann helps people find the courage to tell theirs.

McCann L. Utu, founder and CEO of Tellmystory Challenge Foundation

McCann speaks from the place where loss meets purpose. Rooted in Pacific Island culture and shaped by April 8, 2016 — the day his family was forever changed — he turns hard-won truth into a message that moves rooms: that every life holds a story, and telling it is how we heal, connect, and carry the people we love forward.

Whether he's on a conference stage, in front of a classroom, or speaking to a congregation, McCann meets people where they are — with honesty, humor, and heart — and leaves them with the courage to tell their own story.

Signature Talks

A message for every room.

Tell My Story

Why every person's story matters, and what it costs us when stories go untold. The cornerstone talk behind the foundation.

Carrying the Ones We've Lost

Turning grief into legacy: how remembering becomes a way of living forward, not just looking back.

Red Rock & Island Roots

Identity, belonging, and legacy for anyone holding more than one home, one culture, one story.

From Grief to Gathering

How shared stories build community, and how community becomes the thing that holds us.

Audiences

Who McCann speaks to

Community & cultural eventsSchools & youth programsChurches & faith gatheringsCorporate & leadership teamsConferences & fundraisers

Speaking

Your people need to hear this story.

Available for keynotes, workshops, panels, and community gatherings — in person and virtual.