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Sallie Ogden — Keynote Speaker

Keynote Speaker

AI Strategy.
Business Growth.
Real Results.

AI Strategist CEO · 6 Companies Attorney 21 Years in Business

Sallie Ogden bridges the gap between AI hype and real business results — for non-technical audiences who want to know what AI actually means for their team, their workflow, and their bottom line.

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Why Sallie

Not a tech expert.
A business expert who uses AI.

There's no shortage of AI talks from technologists. What's rare is someone who has actually run businesses — six of them, across six industries — and uses AI as a practical tool every single day to find what's hiding in the data and make better decisions faster.

Sallie has identified over $1M in profit improvements for clients using data-driven strategy and AI implementation. Her talks aren't theoretical. She demos real tools on real data, live on stage. No buzzwords, no slides full of AI diagrams — just a business leader showing other business leaders what's actually possible right now.

Her audiences leave with a specific first step they can take Monday morning. That's the standard every talk is built to.

$1M+
In profit improvements identified for clients
21
Years in business across 6 industries
6
Companies led as CEO
70%
YoY growth delivered as Interim CEO

Formats & Availability

Keynote — 45 to 60 Minutes
High-energy, practical, and built for non-technical audiences. Includes live AI demonstrations where appropriate.
Half-Day Workshop
Deep-dive working session where participants leave with a custom AI roadmap for their organization or business.
Panel Participation
Experienced panel guest on AI strategy, business transformation, women in leadership, and entrepreneurship.
Virtual or In-Person
Available for both formats. Based in Greenville, SC — available to travel nationally.

Ideal for

Corporate Retreats Industry Conferences Leadership Summits Association Events Chambers of Commerce Women's Leadership Events Banking & Financial Services Manufacturing Government

Keynote Topics

Talks Built for Business Leaders,
Not Technologists.

Every talk is customized for your audience and industry. All include practical frameworks your people can implement immediately.

AI Strategy
From Spreadsheets to Strategy: How AI Gives You Your Time Back
Your team spends hours building reports that tell you what already happened. Meanwhile, the decisions that move the needle get pushed to "next week." This keynote shows leaders how AI transforms raw business data into actionable intelligence in minutes — not days. Sallie demos the exact approach she uses to build CEO dashboards and find the "sleeping giants" hiding inside existing operations — live, in real time.

Key Takeaways

How to turn a messy P&L into a strategic decision-making tool using AI — in under an hour
The "restaurant analogy" for finding which parts of your business quietly generate (or lose) the most profit
A live demo of AI analyzing real business data and surfacing opportunities humans typically miss
AI Adoption
AI Won't Replace You — But Someone Using AI Will
68% of businesses are now using AI, but most are just dabbling — a ChatGPT prompt here, an automation there. This keynote closes the gap between casual use and strategic deployment. Sallie shares her own journey using AI to do the work of a team of five, and gives audiences a practical framework they can implement Monday morning. No jargon, no hype — just the playbook for leaders who know they're behind but don't know where to start.

Key Takeaways

The difference between "using AI" and using AI strategically — why most teams are stuck at level one
A 90-day adoption roadmap: one department, one workflow, one tool — then measure before you scale
How to identify the 3 highest-ROI AI use cases hiding inside your existing operations
Reluctant Adopters
AI for the Reluctant Adopter: How to Start Without Breaking Anything
Built for the industries moving cautiously — construction, manufacturing, government, financial services. Compliance requirements, fragmented data, security concerns, and teams that have seen "the next big thing" come and go. Sallie meets skeptics where they are, walking through a realistic 90-day roadmap that starts small, measures everything, and scales only when the evidence says it's working.

Key Takeaways

Why AI-cautious industries actually have the biggest upside — what early movers in banking and construction are already doing
The 3-tier data classification system: what's safe to use with AI, what needs guardrails, and what stays off-limits
A 90-day pilot framework: one department, one workflow, one tool — measure, then decide
Business Growth
Finding the $150K Hiding in Your Business (With AI as Your Co-Pilot)
Every business has a sleeping giant — a profitable growth opportunity hiding in plain sight inside existing data. Sallie tells the true story of discovering a $2.4M opportunity buried in a client's customer database and shows how AI accelerates that kind of detective work across any industry. For banking: underserved client segments. For manufacturing: underperforming product lines. For government: programs delivering the most value per dollar.

Key Takeaways

The "restaurant analogy" for data blind spots — how to disaggregate your numbers to find where profit really lives
How AI turns a 30-day business analysis into a 3-day sprint — with better accuracy and deeper insights
A simple CEO dashboard framework that reveals your highest-impact opportunities every single week
Transformation
The 80/20 Rule of AI: Technology Is Only 20% of the Equation
PwC's 2026 research confirms what Sallie has seen firsthand: technology delivers about 20% of an AI initiative's value. The other 80% comes from redesigning how work actually gets done. For organizations that have bought the tools but aren't seeing the ROI — the problem isn't the technology, it's the workflow. Using real case studies from manufacturing, financial services, and product businesses.

Key Takeaways

Why companies that can't see their own data aren't ready to layer AI on top — and how to fix it first
The workflow redesign framework: map the process, identify the bottleneck, then apply the right tool
Real examples of AI reducing 5 days of reporting to 2 hours across banking, manufacturing, and government
Future of Work
AI Agents Are Coming for Your To-Do List (And That's a Good Thing)
By end of 2026, 40% of enterprise applications will integrate AI agents — autonomous systems that don't just answer questions but handle entire workflows. Sallie breaks down what AI agents actually are without the jargon, which business functions they're transforming first, and how leaders should prepare for the shift from "AI as a tool" to "AI as a teammate that executes."

Key Takeaways

The difference between AI tools and AI agents — explained through a story, no tech background required
Industry-specific examples: compliance in banking, predictive maintenance in manufacturing, citizen services in government
How to prepare your team: new skills, new roles, and why the goal is amplifying people — not replacing them

All topics are fully customizable for your industry and audience. Don't see exactly what you need? Reach out — most of Sallie's best talks have started with a conversation about what the audience actually needs to walk away with.

Past Stages

Hundreds of talks.
Across industries that matter.

Partial list — available for new inquiries nationally.

Corporate & Healthcare

Michelin — Diversity Conference Novant Health — Physicians & All Supervisory Staff, NC Greenville Hospital System — All Staff Lear Corporation — All North American Facilities John Deere — Annual HR Conference Aytu BioPharma — National Sales Meeting

Finance & Professional Services

Pintail Capital Partners — Greenville, SC Risk & Insurance Management Society Ogletree Deakins Breakfast Briefings Association of Legal Administrators American Bar Association — Young Lawyers Division

Entrepreneurship & Retail Conferences

Southern Coterie Summit — Keynote 2020 & 2021 ONEHOPE Wines — North American Conference Stella & Dot — North American Conference Stella & Dot — Directors' Conference Junior League Leadership Institute

Education, Chambers & HR Conferences

Greenville Tech Certificate Series Human Resources Update Conference Chambers of Commerce — SC & Regional Private Corporate Conferences

Brand Partnerships

Three ways to bring Sallie's
audience into your world.

BRIMM's audience is founder-led product and retail businesses doing $500K–$5M — women founders, operator-first, and deeply loyal to voices they trust.

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Podcast Sponsorship

The Sallie Ogden Show has 70+ episodes on Spotify and YouTube. Sponsorships include a host-read segment in Sallie's own voice — your brand endorsed in the same peer-to-peer tone she uses with clients.

The Sallie Ogden Show
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Newsletter Feature

~3,000 engaged subscribers who opted in on purpose. Features are written by Sallie as a genuine recommendation — no banner ads, no generic copy. Your offer fits the conversation or it doesn't run.

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Event Co-Presentation

Bring Sallie to your client event, conference, or annual summit. Talks can be co-branded and customized for your audience. Best fit: financial services, SaaS platforms, franchise groups, and women's leadership conferences.

Available 2026

"Sallie doesn't give you frameworks. She gives you a mirror — and the courage to act on what you see in it."

Event Attendee Women's Business Summit · Greenville, SC

Let's Talk

Book Sallie for
your next event.

Whether it's a keynote, a panel, or a podcast conversation — it starts with a 20-minute Zoom to make sure it's the right fit for your audience.

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Prefer to send details first? Email sallie@growwiththebrimm.com with your event date, audience size, and topic interest.