How far ahead should we book?

Most dates are set three to six months out. Shorter notice is worth asking about, especially in the western United States where travel is simple.

Will the talk be customized to our industry?

Yes. The structure holds; the examples change. Nathan asks for the audience makeup and two or three decisions the group is currently facing, then rebuilds the examples around them on a pre-event call.

How do you handle travel?

Travel and lodging are billed at cost or arranged by the host, whichever the organization prefers. Nathan is a pilot and travels out of Las Vegas, which makes regional dates easier to schedule than they usually are.

What do you need in the room?

A lavalier or headset microphone, HDMI to the podium or a clicker with a confidence monitor, and slides in 16:9. He can present without slides if the format calls for it.

Will you sell your company from the stage?

No. There is no service pitch, no company slide, and no offer at the end. Nathan runs a managed IT and broadband company, and the reason to have him speak is that operating one is what makes the talk credible.

An operator, not a commentator

Nathan runs a managed IT company he started in 1995 and is building fiber into rural towns on a federal deadline. Every talk comes out of work he is currently accountable for.

No pitch from the stage. No company slide, no service offer, no closing ask. If an audience member asks what his company does, he answers them in the hallway afterward.

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See him work

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Signature talks

Four talks

What to spend your one budget cycle on

Draft copy — talk not yet confirmed

keynote · board session · 45 min

For CEOs, boards, and owners of companies that carry real technology risk and have no full-time technology staff to hand it to

How to tell which of your technology problems will actually cost you money, and which ones only score badly on a report
A way to compare a security purchase against a hiring decision using the same numbers
What to ask a vendor after they have told you the price
Where the tradeoff is when you fix the loudest problem first, and when that is still the right call

Customization: Adjusted for the audience's regulatory environment — healthcare, financial services, construction, and public agencies each get different examples

Building on a public deadline

Draft copy — talk not yet confirmed

keynote · 45 min

For Association and industry audiences, economic development groups, and executives whose work now depends on infrastructure someone else has to deliver

What changes about a project when the deadline is public and the money is federal
How to hold a subcontractor to a schedule you do not control
Why the communities that get service last are the ones the market priced correctly and the policy priced differently
What an operator watches for in the first year of a build that a spreadsheet will not show

Customization: Examples drawn from the fiber build; adapted for construction, utilities, and public-sector audiences

Adopting AI without betting the company on it

Draft copy — talk not yet confirmed

keynote · half-day workshop · 45 min

For Executive teams deciding where AI goes first, and what they are willing to put into someone else's model

Which decisions to make before a pilot, because they are expensive to reverse after one
Where your data goes when an employee pastes it into a tool you did not buy
A way to judge a vendor's AI claim without a technical evaluation
What to write down now so the answer holds when the tooling changes again

Customization: Workshop version works through the audience's own use cases

The culture you get by default

Draft copy — talk not yet confirmed

keynote · half-day workshop · 45 min

For Owners and executive teams at companies between thirty and three hundred people, where the founder's habits are no longer the whole culture

What a stated value costs you the first time it is inconvenient
How to tell whether a value is operating or decorating
Why the behavior you tolerate at the top sets the floor everywhere else
What to do when a good performer is the problem

Formats

What each format includes

Keynote 45 to 60 minutes: One talk, adapted to the industry and the room. Q&A if the schedule allows it. Pre-event call with the organizer.
Half-day workshop 3 to 4 hours: Working session for an executive team or a member cohort, built around the group’s own decisions rather than a lecture.
Board session 60 to 90 minutes: Private session for a board or leadership team. Materials the board can keep and reuse.
Webinar 45 minutes: Remote version of any keynote, with a recording for the host organization.

Fee

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Fee positioning

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What organizers say

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Testimonials, video quotes, and client logos

No testimonial or logo appears on this site until it exists in writing with logo permission attached. Standing up the post-event capture sequence (brief §17) is what fills this section, and it only works going forward — these are close to impossible to collect after the fact.

Questions organizers ask

Booking, travel, and AV

Draft copy — answers need Nathan's confirmation before launch

How far ahead should we book?: Most dates are set three to six months out. Shorter notice is worth asking about, especially in the western United States where travel is simple.
Will the talk be customized to our industry?: Yes. The structure holds; the examples change. Nathan asks for the audience makeup and two or three decisions the group is currently facing, then rebuilds the examples around them on a pre-event call.
How do you handle travel?: Travel and lodging are billed at cost or arranged by the host, whichever the organization prefers. Nathan is a pilot and travels out of Las Vegas, which makes regional dates easier to schedule than they usually are.
What do you need in the room?: A lavalier or headset microphone, HDMI to the podium or a clicker with a confidence monitor, and slides in 16:9. He can present without slides if the format calls for it.
Will you sell your company from the stage?: No. There is no service pitch, no company slide, and no offer at the end. Nathan runs a managed IT and broadband company, and the reason to have him speak is that operating one is what makes the talk credible.

Tell me the date and the room.

The form asks for a date, an audience size, and a budget range. Those three answers are what make a real reply possible instead of a scheduling loop.

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