Jon Lakefish AI Keynote
AI Keynotes and Workshops

Practical AI Tools for
Immediate Impact.

Fast, fun, and highly actionable. Your team sees live demos, learns simple prompts, and walks out with tools they can use tomorrow. No coding required.

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The Lakefish Approach

Why Teams Rebook Jon 75%+ of the Time

The AI landscape is noisy and overwhelming. Jon cuts through the hype to deliver sessions that are 100% focused on immediate, practical application. No coding required. No theoretical futures. Just the top AI platforms your team can use tomorrow.

Immediately Actionable

Every session ends with tools, prompts, and templates. No homework. No waiting. Your team uses them the next morning.

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Customized for Your Audience

Jon researches every audience. The demos, prompts, and examples are tailored to your industry and daily challenges.

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Every Department

Marketing, sales, operations, finance, HR, legal. Jon shows how AI applies across your entire organization.

Signature Formats

Two Formats Built for Multi-Company Audiences

These sessions go beyond inspiration. Real companies. Real challenges. Real assets built live on stage.

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AI Hot Seat

2 hours | Interactive Conference Session

The AI Hot Seat turns real business challenges from the audience into live, practical demonstrations of what AI can accomplish today. Before the event, Jon researches the participating companies, their industries, customers, competitors, and potential opportunities. During the session, selected companies take the "hot seat" and share a genuine challenge, goal, or opportunity with the room.

Jon then uses leading AI platforms live to research the issue, develop a strategy, test ideas, and create usable business assets in real time. Nothing is prewritten. No canned case studies. The audience sees the prompts, decisions, refinements, and human judgment that turn AI output into something valuable.

  • Real companies and real challenges, solved live on stage
  • Pre-event research customized to each participating company
  • Transparent prompting, refinement, and live problem-solving
  • Featured companies leave with new strategies and tangible assets
  • Every attendee sees exactly how to apply the same methods in their own business

Real Example

At BEMA, Kwik Lok developed an AI-powered strategy for transitioning customers toward sustainable bag closures. Puratos created a full B2B market-share campaign, including positioning, campaign name, audio script, and campaign identity, all live on stage.

Ideal for: Conferences, associations, peer advisory groups, leadership events, and audiences representing multiple companies or industries.

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The Company AI Workshop

3 to 4 hours | Half Day

Most companies talk about AI. This workshop makes it personal and specific to your company. Before the session, Jon researches your organization: your divisions, your leadership team, your brand, and the real challenges your people face every day. He builds a fully custom AI dashboard, branded to your company, that becomes the instrument for the entire workshop.

Every live demo, every AI challenge, and every prompt is designed around your world, not a generic case study. Teams compete in live AI challenges built around their actual divisions and workflows. They see what AI can do for their specific business in real time.

  • Custom AI dashboard built and branded for your organization before the session
  • Live challenges tailored to your divisions, departments, and real business problems
  • Teams leave with a mini-playbook and a working AI tool they can use immediately
  • No coding. No theory. Just your company, your challenges, and AI solving them live
  • Ideal for leadership teams, boards of directors, and senior management groups

Real Example

Shaw Group Limited brought 25 senior leaders from 10 different companies together in Halifax. Every participant rated the session 100% valuable, engaging, and actionable, with a 9.82 overall rating.

Ideal for: Leadership teams, boards of directors, senior management groups, and multi-company associations who want more than inspiration. They want to see AI working in their own backyard.

Signature Keynotes

60 to 90 Minute Keynote Sessions

Lightning Keynote 20 min

AI Lightning Keynote

A fast-paced session for conferences with tight agendas, covering the top AI tools and prompts in rapid-fire live demos.

  • Top AI tools covered in a focused 20-minute format
  • Rapid-fire live demos and real prompts
  • Practical takeaways the audience can use immediately
Most Popular 60 to 90 min

Adapt with AI: Practical Tools for Immediate Impact

A high-energy session that separates signal from noise. Designed for any industry and customized to your audience, this keynote shows real examples on stage and gives your team repeatable prompts and templates.

  • Learn to use the top AI platforms immediately
  • Live builds for branding, content, analysis, CX, strategy, finance, and more
  • Simple guardrails and a practical view of where AI is heading
Customer Experience 60 to 90 min

Creating Trust and 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.

  • Map key customer moments and identify AI opportunities
  • Live demo of AI-powered CX tools
  • Framework for maintaining authenticity while scaling with AI
Data and Analytics 60 to 90 min

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.

  • Safe and practical methods for AI-powered data analysis
  • Prompt templates for insights and reporting
  • Live demo: upload a dataset and build a decision cheat-sheet
Leadership 60 to 90 min

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.

  • AI habits that save 5+ hours per week
  • Leadership communication templates powered by AI
  • A personal action plan for immediate implementation
Immersive Training

Immersive AI Workshops

Team-based challenges, live demos, and guided prompts. We co-create a branded asset, set simple guardrails, and leave you with a custom mini-playbook.

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Adapt with AI: Practical Tools for Immediate Impact

3 to 4 hours | Half Day | Full Day

The workshop version of Jon's most popular keynote. Teams compete in live AI challenges, build real assets on stage, and leave with a custom mini-playbook they keep and use. Ideal for leadership teams, boards of directors, and cross-functional groups of any size. Often booked by leaders who attended the keynote and wanted to bring the full experience back to their team.

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Marketing and Branding AI Sprint

3 to 4 hours

Content creation, campaign ideas, and lightweight automation. Teams leave with AI-generated assets and a repeatable workflow.

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Data to Action in Minutes

3 to 4 hours

Upload a sample dataset and build a decision cheat-sheet together. Perfect for operations, finance, and analytics teams.

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Customer Experience Lab

3 to 4 hours

Map 3 to 5 key moments and prototype AI-assisted responses. Ideal for customer success, sales, and service teams.

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Leadership and Operations AI

3 to 4 hours

Streamline communication, strategic planning, and day-to-day workflows. Built for C-suite and senior leadership teams.

What Leaders Say

Real Results. Real Teams.

"The first AI session that actually made it click. 97 to 99% five-star scores across relevance and actionability. Our CEOs left energized and ready to act."

TEC Canada
CEO AI Workshop Series

"Jon helped us finally understand where AI fits in banking today. Our team left confident and ready to apply the tools right away."

Battle Bank
Leadership AI Session

"Not theory. Real, usable skills. The live demos were exactly what our team needed to stop being intimidated by AI."

Finovate
CX in FinTech Keynote
FAQ

Common Questions

Does Jon only speak about marketing and branding?

No. While Jon has a 20+ year background in branding, his AI keynotes and workshops are designed for universal business application. He trains teams on how to use AI for operations, finance, HR, legal, sales, and strategic planning. About 50 to 60% of his work today is AI keynotes and workshops across every industry.

What is the AI Hot Seat and how does it work?

The AI Hot Seat is a 2-hour interactive conference session where real companies from the audience take the stage and share a genuine business challenge. Jon then uses leading AI platforms live to research the issue, develop a strategy, and create usable business assets in real time. Nothing is prewritten, and there are no canned case studies. Featured companies leave with new ideas and tangible assets. Every attendee sees exactly how to apply the same methods in their own business.

What makes the Company AI Workshop different from a standard workshop?

The Company AI Workshop is built entirely around your organization before Jon arrives. He researches your divisions, leadership team, brand, and real challenges, then builds a fully custom AI dashboard branded to your company. Every demo and challenge is specific to your world, not a generic case study. Teams leave with a branded AI dashboard they can keep using and a custom mini-playbook.

Do attendees need technical expertise?

No. Jon's sessions are designed for everyday professionals. He focuses on readily available AI platforms that require zero coding or technical background.

Are the keynotes customized for specific industries?

Yes. Jon researches every audience to ensure the live demos and prompts are relevant to their daily challenges, whether they are in finance, manufacturing, real estate, hospitality, or another field.

How far in advance should we book?

Book 3 to 4 months ahead for the best availability. Last-minute dates are sometimes available when events can be combined geographically.

What is the typical investment for a keynote or workshop?

Keynotes typically $8,000 to $10,000. The AI Hot Seat $12,000 to $13,000. Half-day workshops starting at $15,000. Full-day and multi-session pricing on request. Every engagement is customized, so final pricing depends on format, audience size, travel, and whether events can be combined geographically. Jon also donates a limited number of sessions each year to nonprofits, with only travel costs covered.

Bring Practical AI to Your Next Event.

Let's talk about how we can customize a keynote or workshop to empower your team and drive immediate results.

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