Looking for a speaker who will inform, inspire, and engage your audience? You’re in the right place.
The Fox Cities Chamber Speakers Bureau is your go-to resource for connecting with knowledgeable, dynamic speakers from across our business community. Whether you’re planning a team training, conference, workshop, or community event, you’ll find local experts ready to share real-world insights and practical takeaways.
From leadership and workplace culture to marketing, AI, workforce trends, and more, our speakers bring a wide range of perspectives and experience to help move your organization forward. Browse by category, explore topics, and connect directly with speakers who align with your goals.
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Presenter: Matthew Rabe – Founder/Owner, Kingdom Training
Description: Your team isn’t underperforming because of bad strategy. They’re underperforming because of who they believe they are. Most leadership problems aren’t process problems, they’re identity problems. In this session, leaders will learn to identify the hidden belief loops and internal narratives quietly limiting their team’s performance, and understand how learned helplessness takes root in a culture without anyone realizing it. Because you can’t lead people out of patterns you can’t see. From there, we’ll break down how a single shift in meaning can immediately change how your team makes decisions, responds to pressure, and executes not after a long change management initiative, but in real time. Finally, we’ll expose the identity-performance connection most leaders miss: you can’t build a high-performing team by managing behavior alone. When you learn to shift identity at the root level, yours and theirs, consistent execution stops being something you have to force and starts being something your culture produces naturally.
No theory. No fluff. Just the framework that turns struggling teams into operators.
Contact:
[email protected]
(920) 224-5949
Presenter: Pete Dulcamara – Founder, Pete Dulcamara & Associates, LLC
Description:
As the Fox Cities enters a new phase of transformation, local businesses are not just adapting to change. They are shaping what comes next. AI, advanced manufacturing, clean energy, and digital platforms are expanding what is possible. At the same time, expectations are rising around purpose, trust, and impact.
This session explores how to navigate that tension without losing what matters most. Through a humanity-centric lens, leaders are challenged to think differently about value creation. Not only in terms of growth and efficiency, but in the lives improved, talent developed, and communities strengthened along the way.
The focus shifts from technology alone to the people who will apply it, question it, and ultimately determine its impact. What does it take to build organizations that can move fast, adapt continuously, and stay grounded in values? How do you turn emerging capabilities into practical advantage while bringing your workforce and community with you?
Leaders will leave with a clear way to move from insight to action. They will make smarter bets, build resilient teams, and help shape a future that works for their business and for the region they serve.
Contact:
[email protected]
(920) 216-4120
Presenter: Amanda Van Den Elzen – Founder & Facilitator, BetterWork Training
Description:
You are spending tens, maybe even hundreds, of thousands of dollars on enterprise AI licenses, yet your bottom line hasn’t moved. Between licenses sitting idle and employees using AI for “fluff” tasks that don’t impact your goals, it’s easy to wonder if your investment is just an expensive fad.
The truth is, access isn’t adoption. Most teams are stuck because they haven’t been shown how these tools apply to their specific strategic initiatives and day-to-day work. This 90-minute workshop eliminates wasted spend by transforming your AI tool from a novelty into an indispensable partner tailored to your team’s specific function. Whether you’re targeting the HR team, Operations, Sales, Finance, or another function within your business, I can tailor this session to their unique workflows and objectives.
Learning Objectives:
Stop subsidizing idle software. Turn your AI investment into a measurable engine for results.
Contact:
[email protected]
(920) 328-5598
Presenter: Bill Ostrum – Owner, Career Climbers LLC
Description:
Beyond the Paper: Build Your Brand So It Precedes You!
On average, a recruiter looks at a resume for about 6 to 8 seconds during the initial screening process. The way I see it, before a recruiter ever opens your resume, they should already know your name. This session is designed for those tired of being “just another applicant” in a digital stack. We are shifting the focus from passive application to active presence.
True professional standing doesn’t happen in a Word document; it happens when you live your value out loud. We’ll explore how to “build yourself forward” by cultivating a reputation that precedes you. This isn’t about catchy fonts or cover letter templates, it’s about radical authenticity and visible expertise.
I’m here to help you learn how to:
Stop waiting for permission to be noticed. Learn how to embody your value so brightly that the resume becomes a formality, not a gatekeeper.
Contact:
[email protected]
(630) 962-0260
Presenter: Amanda Van Den Elzen – Founder & Facilitator, BetterWork Training
Description:
What do high-performance motorsports marketing teams and unforgettable learning experiences have in common? They both know how to grab attention, keep people engaged, and drive behavior — fast.
In this high-energy, hands-on session, you’ll explore how the same principles that fuel viral social media content and fan-favorite marketing campaigns can transform your learning strategy. Whether you’re designing onboarding, compliance, or leadership development, the key to impact is simple: Entertain first, inform second.
You’ll walk away with a fresh framework for creating learning content that learners actually want to engage with — and remember.
Contact:
[email protected]
(920) 328-5598
Presenter: Julie Johnson – Race Director, Fox Cities Marathon
Description:
The Fox Cities Marathon organization is a full year, and a full-time job to bring a large-scale event to our community. What it takes is our community to make it happen along with keeping track of the many details for a safe, successful, and fun participant experience. In this presentation, reviewing of the logistics, operation and execution will reveal how this premier event has been going for 35 years.
Contact:
[email protected]
(920) 882-9499
Presenter: Aaron Johnson – Managing Member, Transworld Business Advisors of Northeast Wisconsin
Description: Most business owners wait until they’re ready to sell before thinking about what their business is worth, and by then, it’s often too late to move the number. The decisions you make in the three to five years before a sale have more impact on your final selling price than anything that happens during the sale itself.
In this presentation, attendees will learn:
Contact:
[email protected]
(920) 305-7247
Presenter: Rhonda Dohms – CEO, Dohms Metabolic Health & Business Coaching
Description: When an individual creates the best version of themselves in body, mind and spirit, that flows into their business and builds a business that is healthy in customer service, employee relations and financially. How personal health and development affects one’s business.
Contact:
[email protected]
(920) 205-6007
Presenter: Logan Ferguson – CEO, Your Future Career
Description: Most keynotes on imposter syndrome treat the feeling as the disease and confidence as the cure. This talk argues the opposite. The feeling is a symptom. The actual disease is the quiet, compounding misalignment between how a professional describes themselves and how the world around them has been consistently seeing them for years. The cure is not a switch but instead tangible.
Contact:
[email protected]
(920) 383-1992
Presenter: Matthew Rabe – Founder/Owner, Kingdom Training
Description: You’re not stuck because you lack strategy. You’re stuck because of what you believe. Most people don’t have an execution problem, they have an identity problem. In this session, attendees learn to spot the hidden belief loops and internal narratives quietly running your results, and understand exactly how learned helplessness forms without your awareness. Because you can’t change what you can’t see. From there, we’ll break down how a single shift in meaning can immediately change your emotional state, your decisions, and your output, not in 90 days, but in real time. You’ll experience it in the room. Finally, we’ll expose the identity-performance connection most high performers completely miss: behavior doesn’t drive identity, identity drives behavior. When you change who you believe you are at the root level, consistent action stops being a grind and starts being automatic. No theory. No fluff. Just the framework that makes real change finally stick.
Contact:
[email protected]
(920) 224-5949
Presenter: Maria Pascente – Director of Operation – Occupational Health, Ascension
Description:
This presentation outlines the value of Occupational Health services and the important role they play in helping organizations build and maintain a healthy, productive workforce. It emphasizes that long-term success depends not only on hiring the right people, but also on supporting employees’ health and well-being throughout their employment.
We review Occupational Health best practices that help reduce workplace injuries, ensure regulatory compliance, and support timely, effective care when incidents do occur. These services also focus on prevention, including screenings, early intervention, and workplace health strategies that help minimize risk and reduce downtime.
A key theme is the importance of taking a holistic approach to employee health and wellness. This means addressing physical, mental, and emotional well-being so employees can show up as their best selves at work. When organizations invest in comprehensive wellness support, they often see improvements in engagement, retention, and overall productivity.
Ultimately, the presentation reinforces that healthy employees are essential to a thriving organization. By combining strong hiring practices with proactive Occupational Health and wellness initiatives, employers can create safer workplaces, support employee success, and drive stronger organizational performance.
Contact:
[email protected]
(414) 708-2320