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Keynote Presentation I

Presented by Matt Mayberry

Wednesday, October 9, 2024 (During the Opening General Session)

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About Matt Mayberry

Matt Mayberry is a Wall Street Journal bestselling author, acclaimed keynote speaker and renowned thought leader who helps organizations foster winning cultures, improve leadership performance and build teams that drive superior performance.
 
Mayberry’s journey began on the football field as a linebacker for the Indiana Hoosiers and Chicago Bears. This environment laid the foundation for his groundbreaking approach to business and reinforced his belief in teamwork, leadership and peak performance. Since then, he’s brought lessons learned on the gridiron into the boardroom, adapting them to help clients cultivate stronger teams, foster dynamic leadership and spearhead high-impact cultural transformations.
 
With his captivating insights and transformative touch, Mayberry has become one of the world’s foremost experts in his field, gracing the pages and screens of major media outlets such as Forbes, Inc. Magazine, Harvard Business Review, Fortune, Fox News and Business Insider – to name a few.
 
His impressive client list speaks volumes about the quality and impact of his work. Industry giants like JP Morgan Chase, NAPA Auto Parts, DuPont, Allstate Insurance, Autodesk and the Federal Bureau of Investigation rely on Mayberry’s expertise to drive meaningful cultural change and equip their teams with the strategies to win.
 
His recent book, Culture Is the Way: How Leaders at Every Level Build an Organization For Speed, Impact, and Excellence, debuted as a Wall Street Journal bestseller and received the prestigious honor of being named one of the top must-reads for 2023 by Malcolm Gladwell’s Next Big Idea Club.

Keynote Presentation 2

Presented by Alan Beaulieu

Thursday, October 10, 2024 (During the Closing General Session)

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About Alan Beaulieu

For the last time ever, as he is retiring in 2025, we are excited to bring you one of your favorite speakers and most certainly IAPD’s most popular economist, Alan Beaulieu, ITR Economics™. He has made us laugh with his dry and witty sense humor and has held himself accountable year after year with his eerily accurate economic forecasts, Beaulieu has been delivering award-winning economic analysis keynotes to IAPD, and in countries across the world to thousands of business owners and executives for the last 30 years.

He is co-author of Prosperity in the Age of Decline, a powerful look at how to make the most of the US and global trends over the next 20 years. Beaulieu also co-authored Make Your Move, a practical and insightful guide on increasing profits through business cycle changes, and noted by one reviewer as “simple, yet awesome.”

As the result of his years of work with domestic and international associations, it has been remarked that Beaulieu’s “insight into our business, a track record of accurate forecasting and unparalleled knowledge of global markets has earned him the respect and appreciation of key business leaders in our industry.”

Pronouncements from ITR Economics™ and Beaulieu have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Knight Ridder News Services, Business Week, Associated Press, The Washington Times and numerous other outlets.