Speaker + AI Training
+ Motivator
Jon Lakefish - AI Keynotes & Workshops
Fast, fun, and practical.
Your team sees live demos, learns simple prompts, and walks out with tools they can use tomorrow.
Signature Keynote
Adapt with AI: Practical Tools for Immediate Impact
A high-energy session that separates signal from noise, shows real examples on stage, and gives your team repeatable prompts/templates. Designed for any industry; customized to your audience.
Attendees leave with:
Immediate wins: Learn to use the top AI Platforms that your team can use tomorrow.
Real examples: Live builds for branding, content, analysis, CX, strategy, finance & more.
Clarity on what’s next: Simple guardrails and a practical view of where AI is heading.
Other Popular Keynotes
Creating Trust & Loyalty with AI-Enhanced CX
How to use AI to reduce friction, personalize moments, and earn trust - without losing the human touch. Includes an interactive portion that helps your team adopt and use the top AI Platforms immediately.
How to Analyze Your Data with AI
Turn messy data into decisions. We cover safe ways to use AI for analysis, dashboard prompts, pattern finding, and “what to do next” checklists. Live demo included.
From Inspiration to Action
A playbook of small, AI-powered habits that help leaders lift others and move their careers forward - while saving everyone hours of time every week.
Workshops
Hands on & Competitive
Immersive AI Training Workshop (3–4 hours)
Team-based challenges + live demos + guided prompts. We co-create a branded asset, set simple guardrails, and leave you with a mini-playbook.
Options:
Marketing/Branding Sprint: content creation, campaign ideas, and lightweight automation.
Data to Action in Minutes: upload a sample dataset and build a decision cheat-sheet together.
Customer Experience Lab: map 3–5 key moments and prototype AI-assisted responses.
Why teams love it: practical, competitive, and immediately useful.
Quotes From The Crowd
HOT TOPICS
The Most Popular Presentations
Adapt Today with a.i.-Practical Tools for Immediate Impact!
AI tools are revolutionizing the way we work, and business leaders are beginning to embrace their potential. In this Keynote Session (60-90 minutes) or Immersive Workshop (3-4 Hours or longer), we’ll explore the most powerful AI platforms that can drive immediate results across branding, marketing, operations, and data analysis. Through real-time demonstrations, you’ll see how these tools can streamline workflows, enhance creativity, and save time.
We’ll dive into cutting-edge platforms transforming graphic design, customer engagement, and strategic decision-making, while reviewing how companies are already leveraging AI to stay ahead. Finally, we’ll discuss why adopting these tools is critical for the future, equipping attendees with actionable insights to gain a competitive edge.
These tools are advancing rapidly—join us to discover how to adapt today and lead tomorrow!
USING A.I. TO GROW YOUR BRAND, YOUR SALES, & YOUR IMPACT!
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming the way businesses operate, and now is the time to harness its potential to drive growth and innovation. In this session, we’ll explore how AI can revolutionize branding, marketing, and sales strategies to deliver immediate results.
You’ll discover cutting-edge AI platforms that can create engaging content, streamline workflows, and unlock new opportunities for customer engagement. Through live demonstrations, we’ll show how these tools work in real time, providing attendees with actionable insights they can implement right away.
We’ll also share real-world examples of brands leveraging AI to save time, reduce costs, and amplify their market impact.
Step into the future of business with AI tools that elevate your brand, boost your sales, and transform your bottom line!
Abc's of Creating & Growing Your Brand
In this fast paced session, we will go over everything you need to know as you create and grow your brand. From Authenticity (being honest in everything you do) to Zooming In & Zooming Out (seeing your brand from the perspective of your customers, your team members, and your stakeholders), this session covers it all! You will leave with a list of things you can do to build your brand, and I'll be a phone call or an email away if you have any questions along the way!
5 Steps to SUcess with digital Marketing & social Media
Digital Marketing & Social Media are centered around connecting with people...bringing people together and sharing in a common interest or passion! In this interactive session, I will share 5 of the most important steps you need to take to make sure your brand's social media presence and digital marketing campaigns connect and resonate with your customers!
DATA: Turning your analytics into sales & income
Data is everywhere...and often times it is confusing to decide what actions you need to take to turn your data into sales and income. In this session, together we will focus on 2 things:
#1-Making sure everyone is looking at the right data?
#2-Confirming that everyone is accurately interpreting the data and making the right decisions?
I'll share a dashboard that I use, and show everyone why it helps lead to increased sales and income for the brands I have been working with throughout my career!
I'll Take "What is a brand" for 800!
This is an interactive session where we play a fun game similar to Jeopardy where everyone learns about Marketing + Branding + Data in a fun and engaging way! We break everyone up into teams, provide buzzers, daily double clues and prizes. This is unlike any other session I have ever attended and is meant to get the attendees up, meeting one another, having fun engaging with each other and with me and most importantly, having fun, while they learn!
This is sure to be a session the attendees will remember!
10 Easy ways to Treat your customers like they are family
There is a difference between interacting with a possible customer and wanting to enjoy a cup of coffee with a family member as you learn more about them. During this presentation, we will share some of the easiest ways you and your team can get to know your customers and what you can do to help make them feel like they are a part of your family! It can be as easy as a hand written thank you letter to customers that have repeatedly purchased something from you or as detailed as a complete CRM platform, focused on making the customer feel special! It doesn't take much, and your competition most likely isn't doing anything....so now is your chance to shine!
Trial to Triumph: the most difficult time of my life was also the most successful!
The most successful years of my career, were also the hardest years of my life. As I (and my branding team) were excelling at building one of the most well-known New Home Communities on the West Coast from the ground up, I was also dealing with a son that was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis at age 4. He had his colon removed over Christmas weekend in 2017 followed by a series of several surgeries that spanned 140+ nights in the hospital over the next 2 1/2 years (2017 to 2020).
In this presentation I'll share some of the biggest challenges I faced during these difficult times, along with how important it is to lead by example while also taking time for the most important things in life...Family, Friends and Following Your Passion!
Prior keynote sessions & workshops
VISTAGE SEATTLE: 4-HOUR AI WORKSHOP
In April 2025, Jon led an immersive 4-hour AI workshop for a Vistage peer advisory group in Seattle. The session focused on helping CEOs and business owners integrate AI into their workflows to reduce time spent on repetitive tasks, boost strategic thinking, and unlock immediate productivity gains. Through live demos, hands-on exercises, and industry-specific applications, every attendee walked away with tools they could implement the very next day. The group rated the session 100% for both value and desire to see Jon return—several members even implemented what they learned within 24 hours and reported measurable impact by the end of the week.
MEALS ON WHEELS CALIFORNIA: KEYNOTE + INTERACTIVE AI SESSION
At the Meals on Wheels California Annual Conference in Sacramento, Jon delivered a dynamic 2-hour experience that combined an engaging keynote with a hands-on interactive session. Focused on how AI can support mission-driven work, the presentation gave attendees practical tools to streamline operations, improve communications, and enhance service delivery. From real-time content creation to data organization, Jon showcased how AI can help nonprofit leaders save time, reduce costs, and re-focus energy on community impact. Attendees called it one of the most insightful and empowering sessions of the event—several leaders requested follow-ups to bring Jon’s training to their local teams.
CEMA SPRING CONFERENCE 2025: AI WORKSHOP
At CEMA’s 2025 Spring Conference in Austin, Jon returned to lead an interactive 90-minute AI workshop for nearly 100 attendees. Divided into 10 teams, participants used top AI platforms to ideate and market fictional conveyor industry products in real time. The session blended creativity, competition, and practical tools—showcasing how AI can drive brand strategy, customer engagement, and internal efficiency. Despite unexpected tech hiccups, the session earned rave reviews and resulted in Jon being invited back as an annual speaker.
DINE IN SUMMIT 2025: KEYNOTE SESSION
In February 2025, Jon headlined the annual Dine In Summit in Austin with a high-energy 90-minute keynote focused on how AI can streamline operations, improve customer engagement, and support staffing challenges in the restaurant and hospitality space. Tailored for industry leaders, the session balanced humor, live demos, and immediately usable tools that attendees could take back to their teams the same day. The talk earned enthusiastic feedback from both corporate groups and independent operators, many of whom reached out post-event to explore follow-up workshops and support.
TSUBAKI: 4-HOUR AI WORKSHOP | CHICAGO, MARCH 2025
In March 2025, Jon led a powerful 4-hour AI Workshop for Tsubaki’s U.S. leadership team in Chicago. The session focused on how AI can be used across departments—from marketing and sales to operations and engineering—to save time, reduce costs, and increase clarity across internal and external communications. Through live demos and team-based challenges, participants got hands-on experience with leading AI platforms, walking away with practical skills they could immediately apply. The energy in the room was electric, and the team left aligned, inspired, and already putting new workflows into action before the day was done.
Inform Food Brokerage: One-on-One Workshop
Jon conducted a personalized workshop for Inform Food Brokerage, focusing on integrating AI into marketing strategies and streamlining repetitive tasks. The session left the participant equipped with tools to save time and drive innovative marketing initiatives. Feedback from the One on One included "Thank you for the fantastic 1-on-1 session! I’m excited to start using the tools we covered and appreciate your guidance. It was great having you here."
Met Printers: Annual Client Event Keynote
During Met Printers’ Annual Client Event, Jon demonstrated how AI can bridge creativity and technology in real time. By printing a live movie poster using AI tools (featured above), in an interactive session with the audience, he showed how businesses can innovate while maintaining brand authenticity, earning stellar feedback from attendees. The founder of a Vancouver based creative firm was quoted saying, "Jon presented cutting-edge info that will move your brand forward."
TEC-Canada: 3 Keynote Sessions in November 2024
Jon delivered three highly rated keynotes for TEC-Canada groups, where CEOs and business leaders praised his ability to make AI approachable and immediately actionable. Each session fostered excitement and provided tailored tools for attendees to implement in their businesses right away. Post keynote feedback included a quote from one CEO "Great session—Jon connected the dots in AI and made complex topics accessible."
Urban Land Institute Fall Council Meeting 2024: Keynote
At the Urban Land Institute’s Fall Meeting, Jon presented a keynote for the 55+ Residential Council, addressing how AI can revolutionize marketing and decision-making in the real estate sector. The session earned 100% positive feedback, with attendees highlighting its actionable insights and inspiring delivery. One council member shared: "Mind-blowing to see how much is out there. I would love a workshop that walks you through, especially for beginners."
CEMA Fall Meeting: Keynote
Jon’s keynote at the CEMA Fall Meeting was lauded as one of the most impactful sessions in years. Focused on actionable AI strategies for the manufacturing and conveyor equipment industries, attendees praised the session for its cutting-edge insights and relevance to their day-to-day operations. One CEO from the audience shared: "This was the best and most universally relevant speaker CEMA has had in years!"
IBEA: International Bowling and Entertainment Association Annual Expo: Keynote
Jon’s keynote at IBEA 2024 was a highlight of the event, drawing attendees from across the entertainment industry. His session showcased AI-powered strategies to improve customer engagement, reduce costs, and innovate branding efforts, earning 100% positive feedback for its value and engagement. Quote from a attendee: "I learned so much more than I was expecting and am so glad I got to experience this today to bring things back to my company."
Seattle Interactive Conference: Keynote
As a featured speaker at the Seattle Interactive Conference, Jon delivered an energetic and forward-thinking keynote that left a lasting impact on the audience. By blending AI insights with hands-on applications, Jon provided attendees with tools to transform their businesses and thrive in the digital era. A quote from the event "There is SO much to know about AI, but Jon made it easy to wade through and find actionable tools."
Duvall Chamber of Commerce: Keynote
Jon delivered a powerful keynote session for the Duvall Chamber of Commerce, engaging local business leaders with actionable insights into how AI can revolutionize small and mid-sized businesses. Attendees left inspired and equipped with tools to enhance their branding, streamline operations, and embrace innovation. An amazing testimonial from a Chamber Member: "If you want someone who lives and breathes AI to tell you everything you need to know, this is the guy!"
DigiMarCom, Pacific Northwest 2024: Opening Keynote
At DigiMarCom Pacific Northwest, Jon captivated marketing professionals with his dynamic keynote on AI’s transformative role in digital marketing. Packed with real-world examples and interactive elements, the session received glowing feedback for its relevance, practicality, and immediate applicability. An amazing quote from a member of the audience: "Very knowledgeable, honest, and entertaining. Worth every minute. Wish it was longer."
Private Workshop for a Tech-Based Agriculture Company, Pullman, WA
In Pullman, WA, I conducted a specialized workshop for a tech-based agriculture company, focusing on AI in marketing. The workshop was highly successful, receiving a 9.5 out of 10 overall satisfaction score from attendees.
Met Printers: Team Workshop
Jon hosted an interactive workshop for the Met Printers team, diving deep into AI tools tailored for the printing industry. Participants engaged in hands-on projects, exploring how AI can streamline workflows, enhance customer experiences, and drive operational efficiency.
Private Workshop for One of Texas' Largest Land Developers, Houston, TX
In a tailored workshop for one of Texas' largest land developers, I introduced cutting-edge AI tools that streamlined marketing efforts. The success of the workshop led the company to partner with us on a long-term AI agreement.
DigiMarCon 2024, Seattle, WA
At DigiMarCon 2024, I delivered a compelling presentation on leveraging AI in digital marketing. My session earned the highest satisfaction score of the entire conference, reaffirming the value of the practical insights shared.
ULI Community Development Councils 2023, Los Angeles, CA
As a featured speaker at the ULI Community Development Councils 2023, I explored the role of AI in transforming branding strategies. This presentation sparked significant interest, resulting in the largest follow-up engagement I've seen, with over 20% of attendees reaching out for further discussions.
Eagle West Crane & Rigging: Team AI Workshop
Jon facilitated a dynamic workshop for Eagle West Crane & Rigging, engaging the team with breakout sessions, competitive challenges, and hands-on exercises. The session empowered participants to harness AI for operational efficiency and strategic growth, earning high praise for its interactive format and practical outcomes. One attendee shared the following, "So informative!! I will be putting these recommendations into daily practice/use."
REGULARLY SCHEDULED GUEST SPEAKER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
Repeatedly invited to speak to both Graduate Students and Undergraduate Students at the University of Washington with a focus on both Marketing Leadership & Branding!
Urban Land Institute Fall Meeting 2023, Los Angeles, CA
During the ULI Fall Meeting 2023, I presented to leaders in real estate development on how AI can drive innovation in community branding and marketing. This session not only offered actionable strategies but also generated the highest follow-up rate I’ve ever experienced, with over 20% of attendees reaching out for more information.
Keynote Speaker at World Famous DigiMarcon Conferences
What an honor to lead Keynote Sessions and Workshops focused on A.I. in Marketing + Branding in Seattle, & Vancouver, B.C. The enthusiasm around A.I. was exciting and the conversations following my presentation were some of the best I've had in my career!
The attendees that were able to join in on one of the sessions left with several useful Artificial Intelligence tactics & strategies that they could integrate into their marketing efforts immediately!
Keynote presentation at Inc.com's Small Business Expo in washington d.c.
All I can say is WOW! What an experience! Over 300 people in attendance as I shared the 5 Keys to Success with Social Media! The keynote was amazing, and even more important, the line of attendees that waited to introduce themselves and ask a question or two was so heart warming!
The presentation obviously resonated with many of those that took their time to attend, and everyone left with tactics they can use immediately to help them increase their footprint on social media and truly create a "social" experience with their followers!
TOP RATED SPEAKER AT PCBC 2023
At the West Coast's largest Builders conference my presentation achieved a stellar rating of 4.7 out of 5 stars. Attendees walked away with actionable insights and many have reached out for in-depth workshops or consultations regarding their branding and marketing strategies. I’m thrilled to be part of these conversations that spark curiosity and catalyze change.
Guest Speaker at Cal Poly Pomona.
I had the privilege to present to the amazing faculty of Cal Poly Pomona's College of Business Administration and the The Singelyn Graduate School of Business at Cal Poly.
Introducing them all to the revolutionary impact of AI tools on creating consistent and efficient marketing messages was an experience I'll remember for a very long time.
