Kansas 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 Kansas associations, hospitals, long-term care providers, and employers.
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He already knows this labor market. It is next door.
Kansas and Nebraska share the same hiring pool. The same traveling nurses, the same rural administrators trying to keep a schedule covered, the same competition from Kansas City and Wichita pulling people off small-town rosters. Chris runs national healthcare staffing organizations that fill roles on both sides of that line, so he is not learning the Kansas situation from a report. He is working it.
He has keynoted state association conferences in eleven states, including LeadingAge Illinois and health care associations in Iowa, Montana, South Dakota, and Colorado. Those are neighboring-state audiences with facilities that look a great deal like the ones Kansas associations represent.
Drive Market
Topeka, Wichita, and Kansas City are drivable from Fremont, which can remove flights and hotel nights from the budget entirely.
Operator, Not Consultant
President and COO of national healthcare staffing organizations, still making the hiring calls he speaks about.
Regional Track Record
Keynotes delivered for the health care associations of Iowa, South Dakota, Montana, and Colorado, all Plains and Midwest audiences.
Groups Chris speaks for.
The kinds of Kansas organizations that book a workforce and leadership keynote for an annual conference, an in-service day, or a member education session.
- Kansas Hospital Association, the nonprofit organization providing leadership and services to community hospitals, health systems, and health care organizations across the state
- Kansas Health Care Association and Kansas Center for Assisted Living in Topeka, founded in 1951 and representing more than 260 long-term care providers, the largest association of its kind in Kansas
- LeadingAge Kansas, representing nonprofit aging services providers and a regular voice on the state’s aging services landscape
- Community Care Network of Kansas, the statewide association of community health centers and clinics serving rural, suburban, and urban Kansas
- Kansas Rural Health Association and the Association of Community Mental Health Centers of Kansas
- State and local SHRM chapters, chambers of commerce, school districts, and universities including Kansas, Kansas State, and Wichita State
Kansas industries with the same problem.
Healthcare is where Chris operates, but small-town employers across Kansas are competing for the same shrinking pool of workers.
Aviation and Manufacturing
The Wichita aviation cluster and manufacturers statewide holding safety meetings, leadership days, and all-hands events.
Agriculture and Food Processing
Producers, cooperatives, and processing plants where turnover on the floor is the largest operational cost.
Logistics and Distribution
The I-70 and Kansas City corridor, where warehouse and driver roles turn over faster than they can be filled.
Public Sector and Education
State agencies, counties, school districts, and universities holding in-service days and leadership development.
Kansas cities and venues.
- Topeka, the capital and home to most state association headquarters
- Wichita, the state’s largest city and main corporate and conference market
- Overland Park and the Kansas City metro for association and employer events
- Manhattan and Lawrence for university and regional audiences
- Salina and Hutchinson, common central-state conference locations
- Dodge City, Garden City, and western Kansas for rural hospital and community audiences
Kansas 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 rural facilities that carry most of the state’s geography.
Corporate and Annual Meetings
All-hands gatherings, sales kickoffs, and employee appreciation events for Kansas employers.
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 Kansas 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 Kansas
Has Chris spoken in Kansas before?
Does Chris travel to Kansas?
Does Chris only speak to healthcare audiences?
What kinds of Kansas organizations book Chris?
Is Chris available for our date?
What does a Kansas keynote cost?
Can Chris speak virtually to a Kansas audience?
Bring Chris to your Kansas event.
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