Speaking
Talks that don’t evaporate by lunch.
Keynotes and workshops for school and district leaders, education and EdTech teams, and the event organizers who are tired of booking the same motivational fog. Real conditions. Useful, uncomfortable, and built to stick.
The talks
Three keynotes. One throughline.
Read the Terrain
Leadership Under Real Conditions
Most leaders are trained to act fast. Almost none are trained to read the conditions first. This one’s about the difference… and why the leaders who last are the ones who read the ground before they commit to it.
Bring this to your eventYou Don’t Have a Performance Problem
Look closely at the person who keeps falling short, and you’ll usually find a system that set them up to. We call it accountability. Most of it is weight nobody meant to add, landing on the people least able to set it down. This talk names it (and your best people already feel it).
Bring this to your eventThe Tool Was Never the Decision
Accidental vs. Intentional Design
Every room argues about the tool. Buy it, ban it, mandate it. But the tool was never the real choice… the design around it was. You leave with four questions that cut through the noise, so you stop debating the thing and start designing the decision (you’ll use them by Monday).
Bring this to your eventTrack record
I didn’t start last year.
First national conference in 2007. Still at it… across ed tech, leadership, equity, and corporate rooms.
I also served on the board of CUE, now CALIE, from 2020 to 2026. Four of those years as Board President. Same organization whose stages I’ve been standing on since the beginning, which means I’ve seen this work from in front of the room and from behind it.
What people say
Laura Spencer is bringing thoughtful design to the topic du jour: how teams actually integrate and scale AI inside their organizations.
Her talk and framework are exactly the kind of thing every leadership team should be walking through right now. Not in a vague, “we should probably figure out AI” kind of way, but in a practical, strategic, human-centered way.
I’d endorse both the talk and the framework, but even more, I’d endorse Laura as a guide for this crucial conversation. She has a rare ability to help teams move beyond hype and hesitation, and into clear, grounded decisions about what AI should look like in their real-world context.
If your organization is trying to make sense of AI, this is a conversation worth having, and Laura is exactly the kind of person you want leading it.
Watch me speak
Hear me before you book me.
Two recordings, neither of them mine. Watch them and you’ll know exactly what you’re getting.
As I’m revisiting your presentation I am floored at how the design of your slides invites us to re-arrange the thought process in adopting new tech. It’s like looking at Scandinavian architecture, sparse with depth and clear purpose.
Juventino G. Attendee Spring CUE, March 2026
Let’s get it on the calendar.
Tell me about your event and the room you’re trying to move. I’ll tell you straight whether I’m the right fit.