Signature Keynote ProgramsPick a Program — or Let Jody Build One for You
Every program runs 45–75 minutes and is adjusted to your theme, audience, and event format: opening keynote, closing session, awards banquet, or after-dinner entertainment.
LeadershipLeadership That Lasts
Leadership isn’t a position — it’s a daily practice.
In this engaging, high-energy talk, Jody blends proven leadership principles with real-world experience from 24 years of military service and national stage performance.
Through clean humor, practical insight, and relatable storytelling, audiences learn how to lead with influence, build stronger teams, and create cultures rooted in trust, accountability, and growth.
Key Outcomes
- Strengthen leadership influence at every level
- Improve communication and team connection
- Navigate conflict with clarity and confidence
ResilienceLaughing Through Life: Turning Trials into Triumph
Life doesn’t always go according to plan — but adversity doesn’t have to define the outcome.
Jody combines clean comedy with powerful storytelling to show audiences how resilience, gratitude, and perspective can transform even the toughest challenges.
Drawing from his experience as a lifelong stutterer, small-town Alabama kid, and U.S. Army veteran with three tours in Iraq, Jody delivers an unforgettable keynote that is heartfelt, hilarious, and deeply encouraging. Audiences leave energized, hopeful, and reminded that their story still matters.
Key Outcomes
- Reframe adversity as preparation, not punishment
- Use humor as a healthy leadership and coping tool
- Strengthen resilience in both professional and personal life
- Renew motivation for individuals and teams facing fatigue or transition
- Recognize the power of influence in everyday roles
CommunicationListen, Learn, Lead: The Heart of True Communication
In a world full of noise, real leadership begins with one simple skill: listening.
Jody blends humor, personal story, and proven leadership principles to show how meaningful connection drives influence, trust, and impact.
As a lifelong stutterer, U.S. Army veteran, TEDx speaker, and John Maxwell Certified Speaker, Jody brings a powerful perspective on communication that goes beyond talking points. Through clean comedy and practical insight, audiences learn how to move from merely communicating to truly connecting.
Key Outcomes
- Strengthen influence through intentional listening
- Improve team communication and collaboration
- Use humor to build trust and disarm tension
- Apply practical connection principles immediately
- Create cultures where people feel seen and valued
CustomGeneral / Flexible Presentation
Every audience is different — and every event deserves a message that feels intentional, not generic.
Jody specializes in crafting customized keynote experiences built around your theme, goals, and audience culture.
Drawing from 24 years of military leadership, Master Resilience Trainer certification, Maxwell leadership principles, and a national clean comedy career, Jody adapts seamlessly to corporate teams, educators, healthcare professionals, civic organizations, military units, and community groups. Whether your team needs leadership development, resilience training, communication improvement, morale building, or pure inspiration, Jody designs a presentation that delivers exactly what your event requires.
Key Outcomes
- A fully customized keynote aligned with your mission and theme
- Practical insights tailored to your audience’s real-world challenges
- Clean, engaging humor that connects across generations and professions
- Actionable takeaways that extend beyond the event
- A memorable experience that feels personal and intentional
Clean ComedyThe After-Dinner Clean Comedy Show
Thirty to sixty minutes of stand-up you can play in front of your board, your pastor, and your grandmother.
The banquet headliner. Stories about small-town Alabama, Army medics and motor pools, stuttering through the drive-thru, and the joys of a big family — with your organization’s people, acronyms and running jokes worked into the set.
This is the same material Jody performs on Dry Bar Comedy and for church congregations: no profanity, no politics, no punching down. Available as a stand-alone show or as the comedy half of a keynote-and-comedy evening.
Best For
- Awards banquets, annual meetings and holiday parties
- Fundraising galas — warms the room before the ask
- Employee and volunteer appreciation nights
- Church comedy nights and men’s/women’s events
- Emcee-plus-headliner formats
