Arkansas 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 Arkansas associations, hospitals, long-term care providers, and employers.
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Some of these places exist because someone refused to quit.
Arkansas has a particular kind of story in it. When the hospital in Corning closed in 1990, a group of neighbors led by a former employee wrote a grant, pursued federally qualified health center status, and opened 1st Choice Healthcare in 1994. She is still the chief executive there. That is not a recruiting story or a compensation story. It is a story about people who stayed because the place mattered to them, and it explains something real about how care gets staffed in this state.
That is the strongest asset an Arkansas employer has, and it is also the one most easily worn down by a bad manager or a stretch where nobody says thank you. Chris runs national healthcare staffing organizations and speaks about exactly that, which is why capable people stay in demanding work and what leaders do that makes them stop. He 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.
Rural Audiences
Much of Chris’s association work has been with members running small facilities in small communities.
Groups Chris speaks for.
The kinds of Arkansas organizations that book a workforce and leadership keynote for an annual conference, an in-service day, or a member education session.
- Arkansas Health Care Association in Little Rock, established in 1951 and the state’s largest organization of long-term care providers, representing more than ninety percent of the licensed long-term care facilities in Arkansas
- Arkansas Hospital Association, which supports member hospitals through education, advocacy, research, and communications and publishes work on the state’s health workforce outlook
- Community Health Centers of Arkansas, established in 1985 to expand access to affordable quality care and to serve as a unified voice for the state’s community health centers
- LeadingAge Arkansas, representing nonprofit providers of senior living and aging services
- State and local SHRM chapters, chambers of commerce, school districts, and universities including Arkansas, Arkansas State, and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Arkansas industries with the same problem.
Healthcare is where Chris operates, but the same commitment question runs through every Arkansas employer outside the metro.
Retail, Logistics, and Distribution
The northwest Arkansas corridor and freight network, where turnover in warehouse and driver roles is the defining cost.
Manufacturing and Steel
Plants across the state and along the river, holding safety meetings, leadership days, and all-hands events.
Agriculture and Food Processing
Poultry, row crop, and processing operations where floor retention drives everything downstream.
Public Sector and Education
State agencies, counties, school districts, and universities holding in-service days and leadership development.
Arkansas cities and venues.
- Little Rock, the capital and the state’s main conference and association market
- Hot Springs, a frequent host city for Arkansas association annual conventions
- Rogers, Bentonville, and Fayetteville for northwest Arkansas corporate and regional events
- Fort Smith and Jonesboro for hospital, employer, and community audiences
- Conway and Springdale for regional conferences and chamber events
- Pine Bluff, Clarendon, and the Delta for rural hospital and health center audiences
Arkansas 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.
Rural and Critical Access Healthcare
Hospital leadership days for the facilities serving Arkansas’s rural counties and the Delta.
Hospital and Health System Events
Leadership days, nurse recognition events, and system-wide meetings across Arkansas.
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 Arkansas event.
Every session is customized for the audience, the format, and what you are actually trying to change.
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Booking a keynote speaker in Arkansas
Has Chris spoken in Arkansas before?
Does Chris travel to Arkansas?
Does Chris only speak to healthcare audiences?
Our people stay for the community, not the pay. Does that change the session?
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What does an Arkansas keynote cost?
Can Chris speak virtually to an Arkansas audience?
Keynote speaking in Little Rock.
The city page covers local employers, the venues Chris speaks in, and the specific workforce pressure leaders there are working on.
Bring Chris to your Arkansas event.
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