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Speaking · Keynotes · Training

Speaking & Training

Built for mainstage and breakout. Tailored to serve the moment with your audience, and the conversations your organization needs to have.

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Signature Talk

Consumer Hat Moments

Business lessons hiding in your everyday errands

You spend time looking for the next big idea in books, conferences, and strategy sessions, but some of your most valuable business lessons are hiding in your everyday errands. In this keynote, Renee helps leadership teams and entrepreneurs put the consumer hat back on and learn from the moments they're already living. From the car wash and the coffee run, to the checkout line and the service call, attendees will see how being fully present in "consumer hat moments" can reshape the service they provide. Attendees walk away with a simple way to spot LB's and NT's, and a framework for turning daily life into clearer communication, better client experiences, and smarter business decisions.

Key takeaways

  • How to recognize "consumer hat moments" in everyday errands and translate them into concrete business improvements
  • How to spot LB's, NT's, and other small signals that reveal friction, trust gaps, and missed opportunities in your customer experience
  • How to use simple questions in the wild to turn daily life into better communication, clearer expectations, and more aligned service
  • How to build the "presence is a gift" observation that keeps you closer to what your customers actually feel, remember, and talk about after they interact with your brand
  • How to lead by example, bringing consumer hat moments back to your teams so observation, reflection, and real-world lessons become part of your culture, not just a one-time exercise

02

Signature Talk

Being Better Than Your Fee Starts Here

The 6 Questions Turning 1st Calls into Clients

The first call is where most sales pros have untapped opportunity, and where much of it is lost. Not because agents don't care, but because the wrong questions are asked at the wrong time. This training gives sales professionals tools to implement from day one. No robotic scripts. No memorizing. Just a better way to leverage curiosity and conversation.

Key takeaways

  • 6 questions for the first call that immediately position pros differently
  • How to lead the first call with clarity, saving time for everyone
  • Why longer calls cost agents the relationship, and what to do instead
  • How to stop the sea of sameness and create a 'market of one'
  • The #1 question most agents ask incorrectly that's quietly costing them clients

03

Signature Talk

Not Another Meeting

Reframe How Teams Meet & Move Work Forward

Meetings consume more time, energy, and attention than ever, yet many organizations struggle with unclear communication and meetings that fail to move work forward. 76% of professionals report feeling drained by meetings, 54% leave without clear next steps, and 60% say a misunderstood message caused hours of distraction. This session shares the modern framework helping teams rethink how communication happens before another meeting is added to the calendar.

Key takeaways

  • Strategically choose modality: email, text, phone, Zoom, voice note, or in-person
  • Why default communication habits create unnecessary fatigue and distraction
  • The #1 strategy to reduce unclear 'got a minute' communications
  • Structure meetings that create clarity, accountability, and action
  • The meeting reset to correct meetings drifting off track
  • Improve follow-through and next-step ownership after conversations

04

Signature Talk

Protecting Relationship Equity

With Care, Consistency & Community

As businesses race toward AI-automated communication and mass-produced marketing, customers are experiencing a rapid recession of trust. This session explores how to protect the trust you've earned through intentional relationship strategies rooted in care, consistency, and community.

Key takeaways

  • Protect customer trust in an AI-saturated world
  • Stay top-of-mind without becoming transactional or noisy
  • Create consistent relationship visibility year-round
  • Turn experiences into reviews, testimonials, and advocacy
  • Create memorable customer appreciation moments
  • Reduce dependence on paid lead sources through stronger relationship equity
  • Build repeatable systems that increase retention and referrals

Serving the Moment

Every room. Every size.

Keynote Speaker

45-60 minutes. Full mainstage.

Half-Day Workshop

Roll up the sleeves with frameworks & implementation.

Fireside Chat

1:1 & Panel Conversations

Custom Certifications

Multi-session, in-person or virtual.

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Upcoming Events with Renee

Where is Renee Next?

See where Renee is speaking next, upcoming in-person and webinar trainings on the calendar.

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Trainings · Workshops

One day on stage is a moment. A program is the muscle.

Cohort-based trainings, certifications, and workshops designed to install the language and systems your organization will still be using for years to come.

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Investment

What is Renee Funk's Speaking Fee?

Most events and organizations have unique goals, which is why speaking investments are customized based on format, audience size, travel, preparation requirements, and level of involvement.

Renee Funk's speaking fee typically ranges from $2,500 - $15,000+, depending on the scope of the event or training.

When hiring Renee, organizations are not simply booking a presentation. They are investing in real-world business leadership, communication strategy, and relationship-driven experience designed to create meaningful audience impact.

Renee is known for delivering keynote presentations and training, helping leaders and sales professionals strengthen communication, earn and keep trust, elevate presence, improve adoption, and share more intentional conversations in moments that matter most.

Speaking formats include

  • Keynote Presentations
  • Leadership & Corporate Trainings
  • Sales Communication Workshops
  • Breakout Sessions
  • Panel Speaker
  • Masterminds & Private Customized Team Trainings
  • Podcast Guest Speaker
  • In-Person & Virtual Experiences Available

Scope of each event can vary and is customizable. The speaking fee & availability is provided upon inquiry submission.

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In the wild, unprompted.

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The promise

Real-world. Repeatable. Retainable.

Every program is grounded in two decades of running a relationship-driven real estate organization, not a slide deck. We don't ship inspiration with no instructions.

You leave with the words, the systems, and the manager rituals to make new behavior stick, measured against the metrics you already report on.

Certified · Phil M. Jones

Exactly What to Say.

A certified trainer of the world's best-selling sales methodology by Phil M. Jones, Renee delivers the language patterns that move conversations from polite to closed.