Speaking & Advisory
Keynotes, Workshops & Advisory
Your people are already using AI. The question is whether it's making them sharper or making them lazy. Liz B. Baker equips organizations with a tested framework for using AI to develop critical thinking, wisdom, innovation, strategy, and ethics.
Engagements
Three Ways to Work With Liz
Every engagement is built on the same framework. The depth and duration change. The mission doesn't.
Signature
Keynote
A high-impact talk that reframes how your audience thinks about AI, marking a fundamental shift in how your people relate to the most powerful thinking tool ever built.
- Why unconfigured AI weakens thinking, backed by current research
- The five capacities that turn AI from a shortcut into a development tool
- How to configure any AI platform to coach you toward better thinking
- Strategies your audience can implement the same day
60–90 minutes · In person or virtual
Deep Dive
Workshop
Two formats, one mission: teach the framework, then deploy it. Your team leaves with configured AI coworkers, adopted and working.
- AI Thinking Model Workshop: the framework unpacked for your context
- Double Your Team Without Adding Headcount™: full deployment
- Role-specific configuration strategies across departments
- Real transformation. No consultant speak. Results on day one.
Half-day or full-day · In person preferred
Ongoing
Advisory
For organizations that want more than an event. Advisory embeds the AI Thinking Model into leadership development, talent strategy, and workflows over weeks or months.
- Executive coaching on AI-augmented leadership and decision-making
- AI strategy development aligned to your mission and values
- Team-level configuration and deployment across departments
- Ongoing partnership with measurable outcomes
Monthly retainer or project-based
Signature Topics
What Liz Speaks On
Topic 1
The AI Thinking Model™
The Frame
Unconfigured AI creates cognitive offloading, leading to weak judgment and generic output whether it shows up in a classroom, a congregation, or a boardroom.
The Impact
Configure AI as an intellectual coach that tests assumptions, surfaces blind spots, and elevates the worker and the work.
Delivered to: state agencies, community colleges, chambers of commerce, and faith networks
Topic 2
Double Your Team Without Adding Headcount™
The Frame
Most organizations are leaving significant AI capability unused, driving a Ferrari like a four-cylinder sedan.
The Impact
A step-by-step roadmap for building and managing a team of personal, on-demand, and semi-autonomous AI coworkers.
Delivered to: CPA firms, chambers of commerce, and operations teams
Topic 3
The Human Imperative in High-Tech Futures
The Frame
As algorithms automate routine tasks, ethics, empathy, and strategic judgment become the rarest, highest-value assets.
The Impact
Equip your institution to lead through technological disruption without losing your mission, culture, or integrity.
Delivered to: state government, higher education, and faith-based institutions
Track Record
Full Engagement History
Every keynote, workshop, panel, and media appearance since the first church visit in 2023.
2026
Aug 4
Breakout speaker, “Practical Tools for Sales Leaders & Business Owners”: Legacy Leaders Conference, Fatherhood Foundation of Virginia
Jul 14
Guest, “Don't Let AI Dumb You Down”: Virginia This Morning, CBS-6 WTVR Richmond
Jul 1
Author Spotlight: Ippon / RVA Data Enthusiasts
Jun 22
Guest: Mike King Radio Show, Richmond
Jun 17
Author Spotlight: Black Iris Social Club
May 26
Book Launch: The AI Thinking Model
May 22
Virtual workshop, “Using AI to Architect Your Career Move”: VCU Alumni Career Week
Apr 22
Guest speaker, “Double Your Team in One Day”: Chesterfield Chamber of Commerce, Dominion Payroll, Richmond
Apr 21
2026 Foundation President's Conference, Inn at Virginia Tech
Apr 8
Finalist, Community Impact Award: rvatech/ Women in Tech Awards, Richmond
Apr 7
Keynote: Virginia Auditor of Public Accounts Statewide Annual Meeting, Science Museum of Virginia
Apr 1
Exhibitor: AI Ready RVA Power of Possibility, Science Museum of Virginia
Mar 25
Guest interview, “Media Events & the Public”: VCU Class
Mar 11
Guest speaker: ARMA, Tuckahoe Library
Mar 5
Founder & Organizer: Women & AI Cohort, Winter 2026 Session
Jan–Feb
AI Enablement Workshops: Keiter CPAs
2025
Nov 14
AI Breakout Facilitator: Community Engagement Conference (Connect 2025), VCU
Nov 14
Panelist: InfluencHer Women's Cohort, Needle's Eye Ministries
Nov 13
AI Keynote: Hire Education Conference, Virginia Community College System (VCCS)
Nov 12
Guest speaker, “Richmond's AI Moment: From Awareness to Action”: Richmond First Club, Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens
Oct 29
AI Co-Presenter, “Equipped to Lead” (with Will Willis): AI for Owners – CPG Breakfast, Needle's Eye Faith & Work Community
Oct 17
AI Panelist: AI Skills for College Graduates, AI Teaching Summit, VCU
Oct 14
Keynote: Founders Day Celebration, Brightpoint Community College
Oct 10
AI Panelist: Women Who Mean Business Summit, Metropolitan Business League
Oct 1
AI Speaker, “Practical Application & Theological Implications of AI”: Collegiate Leadership Retreat, BGAV
Sep 30
Cohost & Sponsor: RVA Nonprofit Social
Sep 23
AI Speaker, “AI Coworkers + AI as a Leadership Multiplier”: Midtown Mastermind
Sep 23
AI Speaker: Forest Leadership Retreat, Virginia Forestry Association, Wintergreen Resort
Sep 19
Special Guest: RVA Faith & Film Forum
Sep 16
Founder & Organizer: Women in AI Cohort, AI Ready RVA
Sep 11
AI Guest Speaker, “Equipping Leaders in the Age of AI”: African American Fellowship of Virginia, Henrico
Aug 13
AI Panelist: Women in AI, Virginia Tech Richmond Center
Jul 24
AI Keynote, “Fanning the Flame – Equipping Leaders in the Age of AI”: BGAV (virtual)
Jun 25
AI Keynote & Panel: Henrico County Emerging Leader Retreat
Jun 10
AI Guest Speaker: Project Management Institute of Central Virginia
May 22
AI Panelist: DigitalRVA AI Panel, Workshop Digital
May 15
Founder & Organizer: AI Ready RVA Women in AI Cohort, Dominion Payroll
May 1
Leadership Guest Speaker: Dominion Payroll Top Gun Series
Apr 28
Guest, “Beyond Headcount: The Power of AI Coworkers,” Ep. 23: Inspire AI Podcast, AI Ready RVA
Apr 24
Panelist, “Muse + Machine: Exploring the Intersection of AI & Human Creativity”: Robinson Theater, Richmond, hosted by CultureWorks Richmond, Belltower Pictures & Richmond International Film Festival
Apr 16
AI Panelist & Co-Moderator, “AI and The Supply Chain”: ASCM
Apr 8
AI Leadership Guest Speaker: BGAV Field Strategist Retreat
Mar 20–22
Guest Speaker: WAGE Assembly, Charlotte, NC
Mar 19
AI Speaker: rvatech/ Data + AI Summit
Mar 12
AI Presenter: AI-Augmented Executives
Mar 6
Nominee & Finalist, Impact on Community Award: rvatech/ Women in Tech Awards
Mar 4
Event Organizer, Board Member & Exhibitor: The Power of Possibility, AI Ready RVA
Feb 27
AI Guest Speaker: AI for Nonprofits
Feb 26
Founder, Organizer, Emcee & Presenter: AI Ready RVA Women & AI Cohort
2024 & Earlier
Mar 2024
Featured: Christianity Today, on visiting 52 churches in 52 weeks and AI's intersection with pastors. Read the article
Oct 2023
Gloo 1st Annual Hackathon, Boulder, CO
Honest Answers
Common Questions
What size audience can Liz speak to?
Keynotes scale from intimate leadership retreats to conferences with several thousand attendees, in person or virtual.
Does Liz customize each talk?
Yes. Every engagement is built on the same core framework, then tailored to your audience, industry, and objectives during a pre-event strategy call.
What does the booking process look like?
Submit the contact form with your event details, and Liz will follow up personally to discuss fit, format, and fees.
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