NFBA Conference & Expo 2027 — Columbus, OH | Chris Sund

Upcoming · February 2027 · Columbus, OH

NFBA Conference & Expo

Take Back Your Time with AI

A live working session. Builders bring the tasks they would rather not be doing, and Chris hands as many of them as possible to tools any contractor can afford.

Date
February 8–10, 2027
Location
Columbus, OH
Venue
Greater Columbus Convention Center
Session
Take Back Your Time with AI
Keynote SpeakerAuthor of You Are Capable of MorePresident & COOInc. Regionals #3 Fastest-Growing in the MidwestFortune Magazine Best Workplaces Award10x Revenue GrowthMaxwell Leadership Certified CoachKeynote SpeakerAuthor of You Are Capable of MorePresident & COOInc. Regionals #3 Fastest-Growing in the MidwestFortune Magazine Best Workplaces Award10x Revenue GrowthMaxwell Leadership Certified Coach
About the Session

Bring the work you hate doing.

Not a lecture about artificial intelligence. A working session where post-frame builders leave with fewer hours spent on the parts of the job nobody got into this business for.

Every contractor has a list. The bid follow-ups that never get written. The proposal that takes three hours because you start from scratch every time. The job descriptions, the safety documents, the customer emails you answer at ten at night because the day belonged to the crew.Chris runs this as a live session. Members bring the actual tasks they would rather not be doing, and he works through them in the room, handing off as many as possible to tools that cost less than a tank of fuel. No enterprise software, no IT department, nothing that requires a consultant to set up. Practical tools a builder can use on Monday.
◆ Why It Lands with Contractors

Chris runs three companies and competes for talent in one of the tightest labor markets in the country. He is not demonstrating AI as a futurist. He is showing what he actually uses to get hours back in a week that does not have any spare. The examples come from running a business, not from a product demo.

What You Walk Out With

Three things you can use on the next job.

01A short list of free or low-cost tools that handle the administrative work eating your evenings, with no setup beyond an account.
02A way to decide which tasks are worth handing off and which still need you, so the time you save goes somewhere useful.
03Your own task, worked through live in the room, so you leave with something already done rather than something to try later.
Bring the task you keep putting off. We will deal with it here.
Chris Sund
About the Association

National Frame Building Association.

For more than fifty years, NFBA has represented builders, suppliers, distributors, manufacturers, academics and code and design professionals serving the U.S. post-frame construction industry. It is the nation’s primary source of post-frame resources, education, research and standards, and it publishes the Post-Frame Building Design Manual.

The annual Conference & Expo is the single largest event dedicated purely to post-frame, drawing more than 2,000 professionals along with the industry’s leading exhibitors. The 2027 event is NFBA’s 59th, returning to Columbus.

For Associations & Event Planners

Bring this session to your members.

Chris runs this as a breakout, a half-day workshop, or a working session built around the tasks your members actually carry.

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