Talks that leave a Monday plan.
I speak to leadership teams, sales organizations, conferences, churches, and nonprofit boards. The goal is always the same: a clearer picture of the problem and a practical next step.
Keynotes · Workshops · TrainingTopics
Each one works as a keynote, workshop, or working session
Strategy & execution
Why good plans stall, and how organizations move ideas into action without burning people out.
Sales & business development
Finding real opportunities, building relationships that last, and a sales process people can repeat.
Systems & process
Moving from “ask Steve, he knows” to knowledge the whole organization can use.
Practical AI
Where AI helps in everyday work, where it doesn't, and habits around it that hold up.
Spirit-led in a tech world
From Anointed Algorithm: how churches and pastors can use AI wisely and stay faithful.
Volunteers & sweat equity
From Sweat Equity: valuing and leading the people who give their time, not only their money.
Ways to work together
- Keynotes
- Conference sessions
- Leadership sessions
- Half-day workshops
- Full-day workshops
- Team training
- Board retreats
- Virtual presentations
Speaker bio
Use this as written in programs and introductions.
Joe Cook helps leaders and organizations make complicated things clear enough to act on. He helped found a healthcare company, has spent years leading sales and business development in telecommunications, and served as board chairman of a nonprofit that has cared for adults with intellectual disabilities for 50 years. He founded a healthcare foundation and consults with nonprofits and churches. Joe is the author of Sweat Equity and Anointed Algorithm: How to Be Spirit-Led in a Tech-Driven World, and co-author of Guardrail Parenting with his wife, Danielle. A former Division I track athlete at the University of Oklahoma, Joe and Danielle have four grown children and are grandparents.
Planning an event?
Send me the date, the audience, and what you hope people walk away with. I'll let you know quickly whether I'm a good fit.
Ask about a date