JOLT!️ Your Sales: Sales Is Not A ‘Naughty’ Word

Think "sales" is a naughty word in Talent Development? Think again. Whether you’re trying to secure budget, prove ROI, or land your next big gig, you are in the business of selling.

Sales can sometimes have a negative stigma. This presentation will break-down some of those negative connotations around 'Sales'. We will dig in on the fundamentals of Sales from a people-centric perspective and cover areas for improving selling skills and increasing Sales. Plan to walk away with action items to implement and accelerate your business... RIGHT NOW!

You will also have the opportunity to ask specific questions to a sales acceleration expert, around any sales-related challenges being faced by your organization.

Key Outcomes:

• Tips & strategies for accelerating Sales through the rapidly changing business environment
  
• Action items to implement, and accelerate Sales and your business
  
• Recap Sales fundamentals from a unique perspective
  
• Motivation and inspiration to proactively go out and Sell (i.e. help others)

As an international Keynote Speaker, Performance Coach and Emcee, Larry Long Jr is extremely passionate about helping individuals and organizations take their respective ‘game’ to that Next Level. He is the host of the weekly ‘Midweek Midday Motivational Minute’ Live series.

Chris Vasami

Those experiences reshaped his identity, and inspired his mission to help others turn adversity into growth. For more than 20 years, Chris has coached and spoken on resilience, leadership, mindset, and personal greatness, equipping audiences with practical tools to lead themselves more effectively both personally and professionally. Chris lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, with his wife, Paige, and their two daughters.

Your Fearless Edge: Building the Personal Operating System for Influence, Resilience & Fulfillment

In a world where burnout is high, pressure is constant and change never stops, the professionals who create lasting influence aren’t just the most talented — they’re the most grounded, resilient and self-aware.

In this powerful and radically honest keynote, former professional baseball player, performance coach and national speaker Chris Vasami challenges Learning & Development leaders to rethink how personal wellbeing, resilience and self-leadership directly impact organizational influence and performance.

Through storytelling, reflection and practical frameworks, Chris introduces his signature concepts around “Fearless Inventory” and building a stronger personal operating system — helping attendees evaluate the habits, mindset, relationships and daily standards shaping both their personal and professional lives.

This keynote equips audiences with tools to:

• Build resilience in high-pressure environments
• Increase influence through authenticity and self-awareness
• Navigate adversity without losing themselves in the process
• Create healthier personal standards that elevate professional performance
• Lead with more clarity, energy, gratitude and purpose

Mike Mooney

Mike Mooney is a keynote speaker, performance alignment expert, and the creator of the E.P.I.C. Pursuit leadership platform - a framework built on Excellence, Presence, Intentionality, and Curiosity. Over the course of a 25-year career at the highest levels of motorsports, Mike worked alongside championship teams, Hall of Fame drivers, and Fortune 500 brands, including nearly a decade with Roush Fenway Racing, one of NASCAR's most storied organizations.

Today, Mike works with leaders and organizations to close the execution gap to drive aligned team performance as well as develop the kind of reputation that opens doors before they ever walk through them. His approach blends authentic storytelling, hard-won experience from the pit road, and practical frameworks that leaders can use on Monday morning. Mike calls Charlotte, North Carolina, home.

A Spotter's View

In NASCAR, one crew member stands high atop the racetrack - binoculars in hand, radio in ear - seeing everything the driver, racing at 200 miles per hour, cannot. The Spotter calls the blind spots, guides the strategy and to do that job, two things are non-negotiable: trust and presence.

In this high-energy, story-driven keynote, performance alignment expert and 25-year motorsports veteran Mike Mooney draws a direct line from the spotter's perch to your organization, revealing how the most impactful people in any room aren't always the loudest. They're the ones whose voice is sought out because it's earned.

Mike breaks down the specific behaviors and words Spotters use to build credibility and connection with their team to help you strengthen or earn your seat at the table - not by title, but by trust. Whether you are a seasoned executive or an emerging professional, A Spotter's View will challenge you to get honest about whether the way you show up is actually building the trust and influence you’re after.

Key Outcomes

• Discover what it means to be a Spotter in your organization and why this role is the most vital on the team
• Identify the specific behaviors and language Spotters use to build trust and establish credibility
• Learn how to leverage presence as a daily practice to deepen your impact and strengthen the relationships that matter most
• Leave with practical and applicable tools to build trust and deepen influence

Jessica Pettitt

Jessica Pettitt, MBA, CSP, MEd, is a rare keynote speaker who cuts through workplace challenges and equips leaders and teams with breakthrough strategies to thrive. Her keynote presentations are designed to strengthen workplace culture, unlock leadership potential, and accelerate team performance. Whether your organization is facing change, growth, or culture shifts, Jess delivers the insights and tools that turn ideas into lasting transformation.

Almost Doing Good Enough

What if ‘almost’ could be your organization’s secret weapon for success?

This is not your typical crisis-management talk. It’s an invitation to embrace disruption, tackle complexity, and move beyond good intentions toward real, measurable impact.

With her signature candor, humor, and no-nonsense style, Pettitt lays out a clear, practical framework for organizations to prepare for, recognize, and respond to challenges that, if ignored, can weaken or destroy them.

If you’re ready to do something to address the toughest problems facing your organizational culture, ‘almost’ is about to become a very powerful step toward lasting change. Almost Doing Good  Enough will inspire you to act, even when the path forward isn’t clear, and give you reasons to keep going with real-world case studies from clients who made good intentions worse. 

Jessica will help you reframe to make good intentions better. Jessica is a crisis management expert who has spent more than 20 years helping more than 1400 organizations and half a million people “do the best they can with what they have, some of the time.”

Almost Doing Good Enough is an essential guide for leaders, T&D & HR professionals, anyone passionate about building a workplace culture that doesn’t shy away from challenges, who understands that company culture and public perception can make or break organizations, and who is ready to embrace almost in the never-ending quest to improve.

John F. Edwards, CSP

John F. Edwards is a former Fortune 100 leader, Leadership Futurist, and internationally recognized expert in applied neuroscience for business. With more than 25 years in HR and organizational leadership, John has guided Fortune 100 companies through massive transformation by developing leaders, shaping culture, and preparing workforces for the future.

As founder and Chief Excitement Officer of The Edwards Groups, LLC, John helps organizations turn brain science into a leadership advantage. His keynotes blend neuroscience, storytelling, and humor to deliver practical insights that help audiences lead, adapt, and thrive in constant change. He's often described as "equal parts science, strategy, and stand-up comedy."

John also serves as Chapter President of National Speakers Association Carolinas Chapter, where he champions professional speaking excellence and the advancement of thought leadership.

Brain-Based Training: How Neuroscience
Can Turn Learning into Business Results

Drawing on his experience leading learning and executive development initiatives at Fortune 100 organizations including Time Warner and Lockheed Martin, John F. Edwards, CSP, combines neuroscience, practical business experience, and just enough humor to keep your prefrontal cortex awake.

Through engaging demonstrations, brain science, and real-world stories, you'll discover how cognitive bias influences learning decisions, why organizations often prescribe training before identifying the real performance issue, and how L&D professionals can use behavioral evidence, and stakeholder conversations to become trusted strategic advisors.

You'll leave with practical tools to increase your influence without relying on authority, and ensure your next training and development program delivers something every executive loves ... measurable results.

Learning Objectives

Participants will:

• Recognize how cognitive bias influences learning and performance decisions.
• Use business behavioral evidence to identify real learning priorities.
• Strengthen their ability to influence leaders through evidence-based, brain-friendly conversations.

Because great L&D professionals don't just build courses. They build business results.

Allie Pleiter

Bestselling international author Allie Pleiter honed her productivity skills in the world of popular fiction, where she still releases four books a year with over 70 published works to her name. Her well-known Chunky Method system trains writers of all kinds to formulate plans and meet deadlines in a way tailored to their unique working style. To date over 1.9 million Allie Pleiter books have been sold around the world. She runs an active speaking career and coaching practice helping creative people be more productive. Allie holds a BS in Speech from Northwestern University.

Visualize Your Impact

No one understands the power of images like a fiction writer. But no one can wield the power of imagery for your career like bestselling author, productivity coach, and speaker Allie Pleiter. Let Allie guide you through a uniquely creative exercise that will focus your intent, ignite your vision, and shore up your motivation to take your career to the next level. You’ll leave with a glimpse of your goals that you don’t just know, but truly see and deeply feel.