The Care Team Is Bigger Than the Chart Shows.
Chris Sund speaks at allied health conferences for therapists, technologists and the professionals who keep healthcare running: physical and occupational therapy, respiratory care, lab, imaging and rehab. His sessions cover the patient experience with The Power of Small Moments, and culture and retention with You Are Capable of a Better Culture.
Where Allied Health Groups Book Chris
Allied health professionals spend real time with patients and rarely get the spotlight. Chris speaks to their role in the patient experience and to the culture that keeps them in the field.
State and National Associations
An opening keynote for PT, OT, respiratory, lab or imaging conferences.
Rehab and Therapy Organizations
A culture and retention session for clinic and company leaders.
Hospital Departments
For allied health teams during professional weeks and staff days.
Healthcare Leadership Tracks
Leading clinicians who were promoted for their clinical skill.
What Do Allied Health Teams Need From a Keynote?
Most allied health conferences fill the agenda with clinical education. The keynote is the one session that speaks to the whole profession: why the work matters, how to keep doing it well on hard days, and how to build teams people stay on.
Chris brings the CARE framework for the patient experience and the SPARK drivers for culture, both grounded in running healthcare staffing companies in one of the hardest labor markets there is.
- The small moments that shape how patients experience therapy and testing
- The CARE framework for intentional patient interactions
- The five SPARK drivers of a team people stay on
- Leading clinicians after a clinical promotion
- Protecting energy on a full caseload
- One change each person makes this week
Proof: Healthcare Rooms Across the Country
Chris has spoken at the SIA Healthcare Staffing Summit, NATHO, LeadingAge Illinois, NAHCR and state health care associations in Iowa, Montana and South Dakota.
He serves on the NATHO Board of Directors and chairs NAHCR’s Membership Committee.
Chris consistently brings knowledge, insight, and practical advice. At our NAHCR Conference he led two impactful sessions and left everyone with tools they could use immediately.
Chris was an outstanding speaker and a highlight of our 2025 Patient Experience Recognition Dinner. He took the time to deeply understand our organization, our culture, and our specific goals, and thoughtfully personalized his presentation.
Programs for Allied Health
Every session is customized to your profession.
The Power of Small Moments
Turning good care into great experiences, with the CARE framework for healthcare teams.
You Are Capable of a Better Culture
Build a workplace people never want to leave, with the five SPARK drivers.
You Are Capable of More: Leadership
How great leaders unlock the people around them. Chris’s leadership workshop, also available as a keynote.
You Are Capable of More
The signature keynote: people are capable of far more than they realize, and the gap closes when they stop waiting and take ownership.
Formats
Most associations book a keynote; many add a leadership breakout for managers.
Keynote
An opening or closing keynote for the whole conference.
Breakout
A smaller session for clinic owners, managers or students.
Virtual
The same session live online.
Who Books This Session
Related pages: Healthcare Keynote Speaker · Patient Experience Speaker · The Power of Small Moments · Healthcare Conference Themes 2027 · CE Credit Keynote Speaker · Employee Retention Speaker
What Planners Ask About an Allied Health Speaker
Can the session carry continuing education credit?
Often, when the association submits it to its accrediting body. Chris provides the description, learning objectives and outline. See CE credit.
Is Chris a clinician?
No. He is a healthcare executive who runs staffing companies. He speaks on patient experience, culture and leadership, not clinical technique.
Does Chris speak virtually?
Yes. In-person sessions are his preference, and he also delivers keynotes and breakouts virtually.
How much does it cost to book Chris?
Chris quotes the speaking fee and travel together in one proposal, so the total is clear up front. Send your date, city and audience through the contact form and you will have availability and a quote within one business day.
You Are Capable of More
The bestselling book behind the keynote, and the 2026 Paris Book Festival winner in the How-To category. Ten principles for closing the gap between what a team is producing and what it is actually capable of.
Many hosts give every attendee a copy of You Are Capable of More so the message keeps working after the event. Bulk pricing and signed copies are available.
He Still Runs the Companies
Chris is President and COO of Uniti Med, GQR Healthcare and Nebula. He has spent the past decade in healthcare staffing, a business that runs on people, pace and morale, and he speaks two to three times a month alongside running his companies.
He took Uniti Med from startup to one of the largest healthcare staffing companies in the US: 10x revenue growth on the core brand, #3 on the Inc. Regionals list of the fastest-growing companies in the Midwest, and a Fortune Best Workplaces award along the way.
He is the bestselling author of You Are Capable of More, winner of the How-To category at the 2026 Paris Book Festival and built on original research with more than 200 working adults, 92% of whom said they were capable of more than they were doing. He writes for Inc. and Forbes.
Stages I Have Spoken On
Where Audiences Have Heard Chris
Conferences, company meetings and kickoffs where Chris has spoken.
SIA Healthcare Staffing SummitArlington, TXNATHO Annual ConferenceNationalLeadingAge IllinoisPublished the LAARC MethodNAHCR 2026 Annual ConferenceMilwaukee, WINAHCR 2025 Annual ConferencePalm Springs, CAPOWER ConferenceOmaha, NEAlso: Healthcare Keynote Speaker · The Power of Small Moments · All Speaking · See all speaking engagements →
Give Your Profession Its Keynote
Tell Chris about your association and your event. You’ll get a fast, straight answer on fit and availability.
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