Alabama keynote speaker for conferences and corporate events.
Chris Sund is a keynote speaker, Maxwell Leadership Certified Coach, and sitting executive who leads national healthcare staffing organizations. He speaks on workforce motivation, leadership, retention, and human potential for Alabama associations, hospitals, long-term care providers, and employers.
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The people in that room are not each other’s competition.
Alabama has unusually complete association membership. The Alabama Nursing Home Association, founded in 1951, represents the large majority of the state’s licensed skilled nursing centers, which means an annual convention here is not a segment of the profession. It is close to all of it. That changes what a keynote should do. Facilities in that room are not really fighting each other for staff. They are all losing people to the same place, which is out of caregiving altogether, into retail, logistics, and plant work that pays similarly and asks less. A talk aimed at winning a recruiting war between members misses. A talk about why this work is worth staying in does not.
Chris runs national healthcare staffing organizations and has keynoted state association conferences in eleven states, including LeadingAge Illinois and health care associations in Iowa, Montana, South Dakota, and Colorado.
Operator, Not Consultant
President and COO of national healthcare staffing organizations, still making the hiring calls he speaks about.
Senior Care Experience
Keynotes delivered for LeadingAge Illinois and state health care associations representing skilled nursing and assisted living.
Regional Pairing
A Southeast trip can often cover more than one engagement, which improves the travel economics for everyone.
Groups Chris speaks for.
The kinds of Alabama organizations that book a workforce and leadership keynote for an annual conference, an in-service day, or a member education session.
- Alabama Nursing Home Association, founded in 1951 and the oldest long-term health care association in the state, representing the large majority of Alabama’s licensed skilled nursing centers along with assisted living and specialty care facilities
- Alabama Hospital Association in Montgomery, founded in 1921, the statewide trade organization serving member hospitals and health systems through advocacy, representation, education, and service
- LeadingAge Alabama, representing nonprofit providers of senior living and aging services
- Alabama Primary Health Care Association in Montgomery, the association for the state’s community health center network
- Alabama AHEC Network and the Alabama Office of Healthcare Workforce, both focused on supply and distribution of the state’s health workforce
- State and local SHRM chapters, chambers of commerce, school districts, and universities including Alabama, Auburn, UAB, and Alabama in Huntsville
Alabama industries with the same problem.
Healthcare is where Chris operates, but Alabama employers are competing for the same workers healthcare is trying to keep.
Automotive and Manufacturing
Assembly plants and suppliers across the state, holding safety meetings, leadership days, and shift-wide all-hands events.
Aerospace and Defense
The Huntsville corridor, recruiting technical and engineering staff against national competition.
Logistics and Distribution
The Birmingham and Mobile freight corridors, where warehouse and driver turnover runs highest.
Public Sector and Education
State agencies, counties, school districts, and universities holding in-service days and leadership development.
Alabama cities and venues.
- Montgomery, the capital and home to most state association headquarters
- Birmingham, the state’s largest conference, hospital, and corporate market
- Point Clear, Orange Beach, and Gulf Shores, common host sites for Alabama association annual meetings
- Huntsville for aerospace, defense, and technology employer events
- Mobile and Tuscaloosa for regional, hospital, and university audiences
- Dothan, Florence, and rural Alabama for community hospital and civic events
Alabama events Chris speaks at.
Association Conferences
State and regional association annual meetings and general sessions, the format Chris works in most often.
Long-Term and Senior Care
Skilled nursing, assisted living, and continuing care conferences and in-service days.
Hospital and Health System Events
Leadership days, nurse recognition events, and system-wide meetings across Alabama.
Rural and Critical Access Healthcare
Hospital leadership days for the facilities serving the state’s rural counties.
HR and SHRM Chapter Events
Human resources conferences and chapter meetings on hiring, retention, and employer brand.
Banquets and Recognition Nights
Athletic banquets, awards dinners, chamber events, and community recognition evenings.
Keynote topics for your Alabama event.
Every session is customized for the audience, the format, and what you are actually trying to change.
See what conference organizers and HR leaders have said after booking Chris.
Booking a keynote speaker in Alabama
Has Chris spoken in Alabama before?
Does Chris travel to Alabama?
Does Chris only speak to healthcare audiences?
Our members are losing staff to industries outside healthcare. Does the session speak to that?
Is Chris available for our date?
What does an Alabama keynote cost?
Can Chris speak virtually to an Alabama audience?
Keynote speaking by Alabama city.
Each city page covers local employers, the venues Chris speaks in, and the specific workforce pressure leaders there are working on.
Bring Chris to your Alabama event.
Send your date, location, and audience. You will get availability and a quote back within one business day.
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