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Sales & Influence Keynote

The science of customer decision-making, and how to influence it.

What if you could help your customers think the exact thoughts that lead to change? This session reveals how the brain actually decides, so your teams can craft messaging that moves people instead of meeting resistance.

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45 to 90 min keynoteHalf & multi-day workshops
Why this session lands

Most teams communicate the right information in the wrong way, at the wrong time, and in the wrong order. Decisions are biological before they are rational.

When your people understand how customers truly process information, they stop pushing and start guiding. The result is messaging that feels impactful rather than antagonistic, and urgency that the customer arrives at on their own.

What your audience walks away with

Insight they can use by Monday.

Practical, science-backed shifts your audience applies the moment they leave the room.

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How customers actually decide

The biology, psychology, and physiology behind every buying decision.

2

How to overcome resistance to change

Practical ways to lower the barriers, for both your team and the customer.

3

A communication model that builds trust faster

A repeatable framework for delivering the right message in the right order.

4

How to drive urgency without antagonizing

Move customers toward change while strengthening the relationship.

The foundation

Not opinion. Evidence.

This keynote is an experiential journey through the latest research in human decision-making, distilled into a model your teams can use in their very next conversation.

Every session is grounded in the same neuroscience, behavioral psychology, and real-world coaching practice that earned Dan his PhD in Management at Case Western Reserve, translated into language any leader or team can act on immediately.

What it draws from
Neuroscience of trust and decision-making
Emotional intelligence and the 12 core competencies
Behavioral psychology of change
Decades of frontline coaching practice
Built for your event

One topic, many formats.

From a conference mainstage to a multi-day program, Dan scales the experience to your goals.

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Keynote

45 to 90 minutes

A high-energy mainstage session that leaves the whole room with a shared language and a shift.

W

Half-Day Workshop

3 to 4 hours

Interactive practice that turns the framework into reps your people run on the spot.

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Multi-Day Program

2 days+

A guided journey that embeds the skill across a team over time.

V

Virtual Session

Flexible

The same engagement and energy, delivered live for distributed teams.

Who it's for

For the people who carry the message.

If your growth depends on changing how customers think and decide, this room is for them.

Sales organizations Revenue & commercial teams Marketing & messaging teams Customer-facing leaders Sales kickoffs Conference audiences
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Dan's ability to connect, simplify the complex, and engage an audience from start to finish is unmatched.

Jeff Bloomfield
CEO & Founder, Braintrust

Put this session on your stage.

Tell Dan about your audience and the outcome you want. He will shape the room around it.