Speakers

The Alan Katz Group is dedicated to helping you both inform and entertain your audience. The Alan Katz Group, not surprisingly, represents Alan Katz, our principal, but we can also arrange for other speakers or direct you to quality bureaus to assure you have the speakers who meet your needs. Whether you need a workshop leader, keynote speaker or even a master of ceremonies, we can help you find the presenter you need.

As for Alan, he offers audiences meaningful insights on important topics through a combination of substance and laughter. Alan has delivered keynote addresses before thousands of convention attendees, moderated expert panels and served on panels as an expert, led planning sessions and workshops, and more.

Topics

Alan rarely gives the same speech twice, customizing the content to meet the unique needs and interests of his audiences. His presentations generally focus on:

  • Health Care Reform
  • Understanding the Political Process
  • Sales Strategy
  • Channel Conflict Management
  • eDistribution
  • Strategic Planning

Most significantly, Alan is available to present the findings of the Alan Katz Group's Trailblazed Sales Project Study which identified the practices, attitudes and processes shared by successful sales professionals. An accompanying book Trailblazed: Proven Paths to Sales Success, is also available. For specific information concerning the Trailblazed Sales Project please visit that site.

Testimonials

"Alan provided an entertaining and informative talk about health reform that captivated everyone’s attention and kept us laughing. With his background, Alan provides a unique and well-informed perspective of the political chaos surrounding health reform. A+ presentation. We look forward to working with Alan again soon." 
   -- Edward O'Malley, President, Coporate Client Group, a division of National Financial Partners, regarding a health care reform presentation at NFP's Benefits Partners Spring Conference

"Alan’s delivery is just perfect for such a sensitive topic as ‘Health Reform’. He neatly side steps the political rhetoric and gets right into the meat of the matter of what will help agents succeed when change comes. I’ve hosted dozens of speakers at Norvax University, and Alan Katz has been one of the finest we’ve had, with rave reviews from the audience. I’m eagerly looking forward to the next time he can speak at our events.” 
   -- Jeremiah Desmarais, Dean of Norvax University, a Live Health Insurance Training Event regarding presentations at Norvax University events

"Thanks again for a great Trailblazed Sales workshop. It was more than I could have hoped for. This was an unbelievably valuable investment."
     -- Michael Lujan, Director, Small Group Sales -- Northern Region, Blue Shield of California, regarding a Trailblazed presentation for sales managers 

"This was great. I feel like I have more to talk about when I meet with my agents.

"This will really help me with my seminars and provides a way to break the ice with new agents or agents who have not seen me in the past.

Wow!. This was excellent.
      -- Comments from participants at the Trailblazed Sales Workshop for Blue Shield of California

Alan Katz was fabulous as a presenter on Strategic Planning. I have attended many such presentations, but Alan's was the most informative and motivating. I actually wound up doing this for my business and it has produced a renewed sense of optimism. Please have Alan do more of these (he has a fabulous sense of humor)!"
-- from attendee survey, National Association of Health Underwriter's Annual Convention in San Diego, California 

"Mr. Katz's presentation [on health care reform] was a success with conference attendees, receiving strong scores in post-conference evaluations. Written comments following the conference included praise such as "Wonderful speaker!" and "Great! Really let us know our role in legislation!" It was a pleasure to have Mr. Katz as part of our educational faculty and we would welcome inviting him as a returning speaker in future years.   
      -- Shane Robinson, Manager, Association Services, Emergency Department Practice Management Association, at EDPMA's national conference on the Health Care Reform Debate