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Practical AI and leadership talks your audience can use Monday

Keynotes, breakouts, panels, and workshops for associations, conferences, and leadership teams, grounded in real deployments rather than hype.

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Topics

Government · city, county, IT, clerks, finance

From AI Strategy to Support: What Actually Works in Local Government

Most public agencies have an AI policy, but few have AI in production. This session follows a real deployment: the City of Daytona Beach’s AI-powered public-records platform, built with Iternal Technologies and vTECH io on Intel Xeon 6 processors. Intel’s published case study reports a 78x accuracy improvement and processing of up to 593 pages per minute. Chris walks through choosing a first use case, keeping sensitive data on-premises, procurement and budget realities, the pilot-to-production path, and the support model after go-live. Attendees leave with a practical checklist to take one AI project from approval to daily use.

MSP, channel, sales, and business audiences

Go-to-Market in the Age of AI

Almost every technology provider says it “does AI.” Very few have a repeatable way to sell it, deliver it, and get paid for it. Chris shares how the AI solutions practice he led at vTECH io produced $5–6M in AI revenue in its first year. The playbook includes bundling private AI with AI PCs, using vendor and distributor programs (TD SYNNEX Destination AI, Intel, Dell), and moving customers from workshops to funded pilots and then to production. Built for leaders who need pipeline, not hype.

Executive, CIO, HR, and association audiences

Building an AI-Ready Organization

AI projects rarely fail on technology. They fail on readiness: unclear ownership, messy data, untrained people, and no plan for support. Drawing on 31 years as an Air Force officer and acquisition program manager and his work as an executive at a 2,000-customer IT provider, Chris lays out a practical readiness framework: leadership alignment, data governance, security and on-premises options, workforce upskilling, and the metrics that show value within the first year. Closes with a 90-day action plan any organization can start next quarter.

Also available

  • Selling AI: from demo to funded pilot
  • Sales leadership in a fast-moving market
  • Leadership lessons from 31 years of military service
  • Strategic planning that gets executed
  • Stewardship and generosity (faith-based audiences)
  • Restoring the fundamentals of critical thinking (faith-based audiences)
  • Board governance and generative thinking
Watch

See Chris in action

AI Summit: full talk. Watch on YouTube

Grab Coffee With Me, Ep. 7: AI and leadership. Watch on YouTube

Speaking experience

Years in front of every kind of room

Chris’s AI and leadership talks rest on a long record of speaking to congregations, supporters, volunteers, students, and boards.

20+sermons preached in local churches
50+fundraising events, always making the ask
75+weekend missions-training events

Ministry & pulpit

Has preached at least 20 sermons in local churches. He also taught critical thinking at Bayside Community Church (Bradenton, FL) and spoke at a 2025 Hurricane Katrina anniversary celebration (Pass Christian, MS).

Fundraising events

Has spoken at more than 50 fundraising events, and at every one he made the ask himself.

Missions training

Spoke at more than 75 weekend training events at DELTA Ministries (now MissionWorks), preparing mission-team volunteers and sending them around the world.

Higher education

Spoke for Regis University’s Service Oriented Field Experience (SOFE) program in the Master of Nonprofit Management, training its teams to serve overseas.

Organization & conference talks

Generosity workshops at multiple Christian Leadership Alliance conferences and at Missio Nexus; a 2025 Haiti Arise board retreat with Mission Increase; support-raising training for Missions Door leaders; Thrivent Financial workshops; a Saint Michael Indian School board retreat; and AI summits for TD SYNNEX, Dell, and Intel.

Officiant

Has officiated several weddings and funerals.

Past stages

Where Chris has spoken

TD SYNNEX / Dell Illuminate AI SummitOrlando, January 2026 (inaugural event)
TD SYNNEX Vendor SummitGreenville, October 2026
TD SYNNEX Public Sector Federal SummitPanelist, Reston, Virginia
Intel AI CIO ForumsHosted with vTECH io across Florida and Ohio
Iowa Christian Generosity CouncilBanquet keynote
Christian Leadership AllianceGenerosity workshops at multiple CLA conferences
Missio NexusGenerosity workshops for mission leaders
Haiti Arise, with Mission IncreaseBoard strategy retreat on modeling generosity, 20+ board members, 2025
Missions DoorSupport-raising training for executives and field leaders
Bible Fellowship Church, Pass Christian, MSHurricane Katrina anniversary celebration, 2025
Bayside Community Church, Bradenton, FL“Restoring the Fundamentals of Critical Thinking”
Thrivent FinancialLed a generosity workshop (May 2016) and a two-day retreat (February 2018) for financial representatives
Regis UniversityService Oriented Field Experience (SOFE): speaker and overseas team training
Saint Michael Indian SchoolBoard retreat facilitator, September 2015
DELTA Ministries (now MissionWorks)75+ weekend missions-training events
Grab Coffee With Me podcastEpisode 7, “Pursue Humility”
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Request Chris for your event

Share a few details and Chris will reply personally, usually within two business days. Talks can be tailored to strategy, procurement, records, IT operations, sales, or leadership audiences, and a member webinar is always an option.

31 years of service. Lt Col, U.S. Air Force (Ret.); acquisition program manager; Air War College graduate.

Prefer email? chris@chrismcdanieladvisory.com