Mitch Bach

Mitch is a keynote speaker, educator, and advisor focused on using storytelling and experience design to deepen communities' and brands' connection to people and place.

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What I do

I run several companies and projects. All relate back to storytelling, experience design, and the craft and business of bringing people together in place. 

  • Placeful.org + Placeful Studio

    Placeful focuses on storytelling's power to change neighborhoods and companies. Placeful.org runs creative walks and storytelling events to bring neighbors together, and Placeful Studio is a B2B advisory working on larger company and destination-based projects.

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  • TripSchool

    Mitch is CEO of TripSchool, the world's leading independent training school for place-based storytellers: tour guides, museum docents, trip leaders, and tour business entrepreneurs.

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  • Tourpreneur

    TripSchool is the world's largest community of tour operators. Over 23,000 tour companies from 180 countries gather together for business support.

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  • TripAdventures + Glitter Tours

    Multi-day tour brands. TripAdventures focuses on educational student travel and general adult group trips, Glitter is LGBTQ

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Biography

Mitch Bach is a leader in the travel & hospitality industry, running two organizations based around place-based storytelling and business development for experience brands.

Work with Mitch

Advisor / Consultant

Mitch takes on a small number of clients for deeper, project-based work over time.
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Speaker / Workshop Facilitator

Mitch regularly speaks at major conferences.
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Former & Current Clients

Some of the organizations I’ve been a keynote speaker for, or done deep project based work.