Blake Fly

Speaking topics

Presentations listed below include in-person and virtual keynotes, as well as workshops, fireside chats, and other presentation formats.

• Future-Proof Your People: Relationships Over Robots, Appreciation Over Automation

  As AI and automation reshape how work gets done, human connection has become one of the most critical leadership skills organizations can develop. This keynote helps leaders future-proof their people by strengthening trust, appreciation, and meaningful connection (without resisting innovation).

  Blake Fly will show leaders how to pair technology with intentional human connection so teams feel seen, valued, and engaged even as work speeds up. The result is stronger culture, better performance, and more meaningful interactions at every level of the organization.

  Key learnings include:

  • Personalization Pathways: Make communication feel human (even at scale).
  • The Technology Triad: Use tools to support human connection (rather than replace it).
  • Raise the Praise: Increase retention through unconventional recognition.
  • Gratitude Games: Practical, powerful, and playful ways to deliver appreciation across teams and to customers.
  • Unforgettable Outreach: Becoming more memorable in every interaction.

  This session is ideal for leadership and sales conferences, culture initiatives, and organizations navigating rapid change.

• Napkins, Cereal Boxes, and Road Signs: The Unconventional Path to More Connections, Clients, and Profit

  In an age of automated outreach and AI-generated communication, standing out requires authentic human connection. This keynote shows how bold, thoughtful, and playful human moments create trust, memorability, and long-term growth.

  Blake Fly will help sales professionals and teams move beyond transactional interactions by using creativity, courage, and connection as a competitive advantage that drives real revenue.

  Key learnings include:

  • Social Media Souvenirs: Human-centered rapport building rituals online.
  • Noteworthy Napkins: Relationship-building moments others are unlikely to create for their clients, customers, and coworkers.
  • Cereal Box Money: Real examples of five- and six-figure deals sparked by creative connecting and whimsical ways of doing outreach.
  • Revenue Generating Road Signs: Turning presence, personality, and play into rich referrals in business and greater retention for teams.

  This session is ideal for sales teams, growth-focused organizations, and sales kickoffs.

• The Thank U Live Custom Experience

  Look back on your year, celebrate your progress, and appreciate your people.

  In increasingly digital workplaces, teams often lose connection to their impact and to each other. The Thank U Live Custom Experience restores human connection in real time through a shared appreciation ritual that creates a powerful emotional and cultural reset.

  Through this custom experience, Blake Fly moves appreciation from concept to action. Teams will have time to pause, reflect, and reconnect through live moments of recognition that strengthen trust, boost morale, and create momentum moving forward.

  Key experiences include:

  • The Lookback: Reconnecting with meaningful moments from the year.
  • The Key Three: Identifying what to double down on moving forward.
  • The Celebration Cycle: Putting a spotlight on progress and counting wins for the team and organization at large.
  • Distributing Delight: Delivering written, audio, and video appreciation messages, during the actual experience.
  • Actionable Appreciation: Translating connection into immediate momentum.

  This session is ideal for year-end events, leadership retreats, team resets, and annual kick offs.