ABOUT JOHN LIVESAY

Sales Keynote Speaker & Author

John Livesay is the Regional Client Strategy Leader at Gensler where he builds strategy for new business pursuits by working with the marketing team to craft and deliver winning proposals. He also works with the next generation of business builders focused on compelling relationship development through presentation and storytelling skills.

INC magazine calls John Livesay The Pitch Whisperer. He is a sales keynote speaker where he shows companies’ sales teams how to turn mundane case studies into compelling case stories so they win more new business. 

From John’s award-winning career at Conde Nast, he shares the lessons he learned that turn sales teams into revenue rockstars. His TEDx talk: "Be The Lifeguard of Your Own Life" has over 1,000,000 views. He is the author of four books, including his most recent, The Sale Is in the Tale.

John is a guest lecturer on how to leverage the power of storytelling in sales at multiple universities including the University of Texas at Austin (UTLA), Franklin University,  Pepperdine Graziadio Business school, and the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.