These 313 Business presentations are free to book as virtual presentations for groups anywhere in the country, with no fee, no honorarium and no mileage. They cover leadership, marketing, sales, workplace culture and growing a business, for webinars, lunch and learns, chamber meetings and remote teams. Each card shows the city where the speaker is based.
Black|Line's Security Essentials presentation focuses on the most common computer security issues facing people and businesses today. The talk describes the 4 primary threat categories and a series of technologies and best practices to protect yourself. The presentation can be made to fit a 30-60 minute format.
Chicago and Milwaukee
In this high-impact presentation, Don Walker explains the essential strategies for creating a unified, scalable, and consistent membership sales system across every location in a fitness organization. Drawing from decades of experience building sales processes for national fitness brands — and now through his work with GymRamp’s adaptive training and diagnostic platform — Don demonstrates why the biggest performance gap
Los Angeles & Orange County
Synopsis: 65% of businesses fail because of three things - complexity, confusion, and chaos. To avoid failure, modern day success requires businesses to relinquish expired “best practices” and embrace modern marketing and sales frameworks while leveraging fundamentals to succeed. Breakdown: • The 3 Cs Causing Marketing Strategies to Fail & How to Avoid Them • Improve MarketingOps Using the D.A.R.T.
Chicago and Indianapolis
Black|Line's "Digital Disaster" presentation explains how many businesses are failing to create and maintain some of their most valuable assets, their digital ones. Mr. Jankovsky explores what "Digital Assets" are, why they are important to a business/organization and how to avoid becoming a "Digital Disaster". The presentation can be made to fit a 30-60 minute format and can be tailored
Chicago and Milwaukee
Every plant wants lower turnover and higher engagement, but most overlook the one thing that drives both: leadership consistency. When expectations change from manager to manager, employees feel unstable — and instability sends people looking for the exit. This talk dives into how leaders shape culture through everyday behaviors. John shares practical, real‑world examples of how aligned leadership creates trust,
Chicago
Artificial intelligence is reshaping how we work, decide, and lead. But beneath the excitement, leaders are quietly asking the harder questions. What still requires human judgment? Where does AI sharpen us, and where does it make us lazy or even dangerous? What kind of leadership becomes more valuable, not less, in an automated world? This presentation answers those questions from
Milwaukee
Have you ever had a great business idea or an opportunity to grow, but lacked the money to make it happen? In this engaging, real-world presentation, real estate entrepreneur Daniel Baltazar shares how he went from earning less than $35,000 a year to building a multimillion-dollar real estate portfolio using creative financing and private capital. Through his four-step BOSS Framework,
Chicago
Are you a small business owner or professional that struggles with networking? Are you tired of attending networking events, and walking away empty handed? Are you starting to think that networking events are a complete waste of your time? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this presentation is for you! In this presentation, Master Certified Coach
Chicago
Becoming better than most in sales can give you the feeling of inspiration to where you can continue to grow at a higher level than most other sales people. It is simple but not always easy.
Phoenix
Why burnout persists even when resources are added — and why it's a structural warning, not an individual resilience deficit. Organizations often treat burnout as a workload issue or an individual resilience deficit. But burnout persists even when resources are added. Why? Because burnout is not an outcome. It is a symptom. Burnout = Threatened Safety × Limited Agency When
Washington D.C.
Talent alone does not build a career, create opportunities or prepare someone for leadership - which is not a job title; it’s a set of behaviors, disciplines, and decisions that anyone can practice long before they are formally recognized. Too often, people wait for someone else to see their potential before investing seriously in who they are becoming. In this
Indianapolis
Manufacturing leaders know the feeling: fix one problem and two more pop up. It’s exhausting, expensive, and strangely familiar. This talk explores why so many plants fall into “Whack a Mole Leadership,” where quick fixes replace real solutions and teams spend more time reacting than improving. Through relatable stories from the plant floor, John shows how small leadership habits can
Chicago
While the media world continues to shift and change, companies of all sizes are still hungry for the valuable earned media mentions and features that bring an unparalleled credibility. So, what are they to do? Jennifer shares that today, PR is much more than just earned media. It's more than the newspaper story on a plaque on the wall. It's
Chicago
Every organization says they value learning from failure, but when someone actually fails, the typical response is termination — not development. This creates a culture where people hide mistakes, avoid risk, and quietly disengage. The cost shows up in turnover, stalled innovation, and teams that play it safe. Pierre Rogers makes the case for building a second-chance culture — one
Los Angeles & Orange County
Albert Einstein once said, "We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them." Einstein believed you have to think about things differently and three rules, inspired by his work, provide us with the means do so. No one knows what will happen in the future. But, following these rules can get your business ready
Chicago
Master the challenging art of communication! James dives deep into exactly what is required for effective connection, underlining the importance of intentional interaction between those involved. He shares how to enter into conversation with focus and a willingness to share the space. In this presentation, audience members will gain a fresh perspective on the meaning of full engagement and how
Los Angeles & Orange County
Why do some organizations consistently execute, adapt, and grow while others struggle despite having talented people, good ideas and significant resources? Every organization-whether a business, nonprofit, school, a club or community group-depends on five interconnected disciplines: People, Clarity, Strategy, Systems, and Scale. Drawing from real-world experience across leadership, operations, technology, and enterprise transformation. Abdul Kunateh explores how these five pillars
Indianapolis
Mixing stories with light humor, Dan shares how to build a networking community through systematically managing network contacts from the point of simple awareness through a series of measurable milestones. Dan's networking system is adaptable to virtually any set of circumstances. His presentation can be customized for audience members who interactively learn how to build their networking community and how
Washington D.C.
The Respectful Workplace Training is a comprehensive program designed to help organizations create and maintain positive, inclusive, and legally compliant work environments. This engaging workplace training equips employees and managers with the skills to identify, address, and prevent discrimination and harassment, microaggressions and unconscious bias, bullying, toxic workplace behavior, and sexual harassment. By strengthening awareness of unconscious biases and providing
Washington D.C.
Most leaders underestimate how much their everyday choices shape the culture around them. This presentation explores the “hidden power” of influence, the subtle signals leaders send through their tone, follow-through, boundaries, and behavior, especially under pressure. Drawing on real examples and research from industrial and organizational psychology, Dr. Doumbia breaks down how culture is formed not only by big initiatives
Dallas-Fort Worth
Benjamin Schnau's sales and business methodology to increase sales and customer satisfaction. Based on his profound knowledge in the AI tech- and film business working as a sales and business development executive for two decades for companies like Splunk and Nasdaq, he created the W-A-L-K Method™, a specialized method that identifies and develops personal attributes to unlock people's belief system
Washington D.C. and Los Angeles & Orange County
In today’s workplace, culture is no longer defined by posters on the wall or leadership statements — it is shaped, moment by moment, through communication. Every email, meeting, message, and micro-interaction creates a psychological climate that either builds trust and clarity or fuels confusion and disengagement. In this session, Khewna Dawar unpacks the behavioral science behind how leaders unintentionally communicate
Los Angeles & Orange County
Many leaders unintentionally become the performance ceiling of their own organization. Decisions stall. Communication flows through one person. Delegation creates more cleanup than clarity. This session explores why capable leaders become operational bottlenecks — and how to fix it. Participants will learn: - The hidden behaviors that create leadership bottlenecks - Why smart leaders over-function (and how to stop) -
Dallas-Fort Worth
Every small business owner is hearing they need to "use AI," but few get a straight answer on what that actually means for a company with a small team and no technical staff. This talk cuts through the noise. Drawing on real examples, Vamsi shows where AI tools genuinely save time and money for small businesses today, from automating routine
Dallas-Fort Worth
Business owners, retail or service-based, all say the exact same thing. ‘We need more customers so we can earn more money.’ It’s tough out there for business owners in 2019. Jean Kuhn “has the backs” of business owners and delivers the hard facts, the truth and some laughs, on what it takes to become the leader in their industry and
Chicago, Phoenix and Washington D.C.
Leaders today are being asked to do more with less while their people are navigating stress, change fatigue, and uncertainty about the future. This presentation speaks directly to that reality. Drawing from her doctoral research on culture and organizational commitment, Dr. Doumbia unpacks how pressure, rapid change, and mixed messages can unintentionally damage trust and loyalty, even when leaders are
Dallas-Fort Worth
In this entertaining 45 minute presentation, Certified Master Speaker, Jean Kuhn, shows your audience how to go from ordinary business owner to “Expert/Celebrity” business owner and why that’s important to getting new customers. Your audience will learn how to make content rich videos in a matter of minutes with their phone, tablet or desktop to create raving fans and buying
Chicago, Phoenix and Washington D.C.
If you are looking to dramatically increase your sales, make more money with less effort, and build a sales system that produces predictable results, then this presentation is for you! In this presentation, Master Certified Business Coach Tom Kelly covers the 5 shifts that you need to make in how you approach your business so that you can attract what
Chicago
Want to reduce your healthcare costs by actually helping your associates and family BE healthier? Learn how to use essential oils as a foundation to a wellness lifestyle, proven to achieve wellness and lower medical costs! Laurel Kashinn, Wellness Advocate with doTERRA International, is available to teach Natural Solutions to nonprofits, businesses, organizations, and individuals. Learn how and why Certified
Milwaukee
For decades, we’ve been told to strive for work–life balance. But in today’s evolving economy, many professionals are discovering that the real key to career sustainability is something else entirely: work-work balance. This isn’t hustle culture, it’s a new era of symbiotic working. In this talk, creative marketing professional and agency founder Brooke LeBeau explores how cultivating multiple professional outlets
Indianapolis
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