Annual meetings, employee appreciation days, lineman rodeos, statewide association conferences and board retreats. Clean comedy and leadership from a speaker the cooperative industry keeps rebooking.
A cooperative annual meeting is three audiences in one room — members who came for the door prizes, employees who have heard every speaker, and directors who have to sit through the business session first. Jody plays to all three.
He has keynoted for Georgia EMC, TVPPA, the Alabama Rural Electric Association, Alabama Power, Grand Valley Power, Cooperative Response Center, Caney Fork Electric, Hopkinsville Electric System and rural water and propane associations across the Southeast and Midwest. He grew up in a small Alabama town, spent 24 years in uniform, and talks like the members — which is why the members listen.
Annual meeting entertainment, employee appreciation, statewide association keynotes and board or manager retreats — each customized on a call with your team.
Get the members laughing after the bylaws vote.
A 30–45 minute clean comedy set for the member meeting, with the co-op’s name, service territory, storm stories and staff worked in. Works for morning, luncheon and evening formats.
Resilience for the people who restore power at 2 a.m.
Employee appreciation days, safety weeks and all-employee training events. A veteran and lifelong stutterer on perspective, gratitude and bouncing back — funny, honest and useful for a crew that runs on adrenaline.
Connection is the skill that scales a cooperative.
Statewide and regional association conferences, manager meetings and director training. Communication and leadership principles for CEOs, boards and rising managers, delivered with humor that keeps a ballroom awake after lunch.
Final Minutes and a Standing Ovation6 minutes. The close of an association keynote — the standing ovation starts before he leaves the stage.
Leadership insights, humor, and real-life lessons that resonate across the cooperative industry.Georgia EMC
Authentic humor, strong audience connection, and consistently outstanding attendee feedback.TVPPA
A professional, relatable presentation praised by more than 450 members and guests.Grand Valley Power (Colorado)
That is where he is at his best. He arrives early, sits through the business meeting, and opens with what just happened in the room — the director election, the door prizes, the CEO’s slide count. Members who were reaching for their keys sit back down.
Yes. No profanity, no politics, nothing you would not want a nine-year-old or a ninety-year-old to hear. Jody’s Dry Bar Comedy special is the standard; every clip on the Videos page is the same material.
He knows it. Jody has performed for statewide electric, rural water, propane and natural gas associations and dozens of individual co-ops. He will still ask for your storm stories, retirements, service territory and staff names so the set is about your co-op, not co-ops in general.
A wireless handheld or lavalier microphone, a stage or clear area, and decent lighting. No slides, screens or props are required. He travels from Atlanta or Columbus, GA, and can drive to most events in the Southeast.
Send your meeting date, town and expected attendance. Jody will confirm availability and a quote within one business day.
Clean comedy and real leadership from a speaker the cooperative industry rebooks. Response within one business day.
