From Vision to Action
Keynote & Workshop
Strategic Planning That Actually Gets Used
Most strategic plans end up in a drawer. This session walks boards and staff through a practical planning process that produces a living roadmap — one your team will actually pull out and use, not just present at the annual meeting.
Key Takeaways
A planning process your team will actually use after the retreat ends
How to turn a plan into quarterly, trackable priorities
Ways to keep staff and board aligned on the same roadmap
Building a Board You'll Actually Love Working With
Workshop
Governance That Feels Like Partnership
Board development doesn’t have to mean nine-hour retreats and awkward silences. Adam shares a practical framework for recruiting, engaging, and retaining board members who show up, speak up, and stick around.
Key Takeaways
A recruitment approach that finds board members who actually engage
Meeting structures that keep members coming back
How to turn governance into genuine partnership, not obligation
Tell It Like It Matters
Keynote & Workshop
Storytelling That Funds the Mission
Donors don’t give to spreadsheets — they give to stories. This session teaches nonprofit leaders how to find, shape, and share the stories that move people from curiosity to commitment.
Key Takeaways
A repeatable method for finding your organization's best stories
How to structure a story that moves donors to act
Ways to turn one-time gifts into sustained support
Purpose Over Profit
Keynote
Rediscovering Your Why
When budgets get tight and burnout creeps in, it’s easy to lose sight of the “why” that started it all. Adam leads teams through a grounding conversation about mission and purpose that renews commitment.
Key Takeaways
A framework for reconnecting daily work to long-term mission
Tools for addressing burnout before it costs you good people
A renewed sense of purpose your team can carry back to work
Leading with Equity in an Anti-DEI Climate
Keynote
Values-Driven Leadership, Under Pressure
DEI is under political fire like never before, but the work of building organizations that reflect and serve their whole community hasn’t gone anywhere. A candid session on navigating a polarized landscape without losing your footing.
Key Takeaways
How to hold onto equity values under real political pressure
Language and framing that keeps the work moving forward
Practical steps for leading a values-driven team through backlash
Bridging Belief
Keynote & Workshop
Interfaith Understanding in the Workplace
Drawing on nearly two decades leading interfaith and civil rights work in Oklahoma, Adam helps organizations build workplaces where people of different faiths — and no faith — can work side-by-side with mutual respect.
Key Takeaways
A practical model for interfaith respect in day-to-day work
How to navigate religious difference without avoiding it
Ways to turn faith diversity into an organizational strength
