About John
John Livesay, known as "The Pitch Whisperer," is a sales keynote speaker who helps companies transform their sales teams by turning ordinary case studies into compelling case stories, driving more business wins. Drawing from his award-winning career at Conde Nast, John shares valuable lessons that turn sales teams into revenue rockstars. His popular TEDx talk, "Be The Lifeguard of Your Own Life," has garnered over 1 million views.
John's clients appreciate his continued support after his keynotes, which includes helping them apply storytelling techniques from his best-selling book Better Selling Through Storytelling and his online course "Revenue Rockstar Mastery." His latest book, The Sale Is in the Tale, is a business fable set in Austin, TX, where a sales rep must adopt new selling strategies.
John is also a guest lecturer on storytelling in sales at renowned universities, including UT Austin, Chicago Booth, and Pepperdine Graziadio Business School.
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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.
Clients love working with John because of his ongoing support after his talk which includes implementing the storytelling skills from his best-selling book Better Selling Through Storytelling and online course "Revenue Rockstar Mastery." His current book, The Sale Is in the Tale, is a business fable set in Austin, TX, and is about a sales representative whose old ways of selling are not working anymore.
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.
Reviews
energetic, inspired, thoughtful
- Andrew Waitman
John delivered during our 2023 Sales Kick-Off an energetic, inspired and thoughtful presentation to the Assent Sales team of the why/where/how to create/leverage real memorable narratives in telling the story of value that Assent brings to our Sustainability value premise. John's warmth, authenticity, and attention to detail (he had really done his homework) made his presentation one of the bright highlights of our sales kick-off. I really enjoyed meeting John and he has continued to invest time to help team Assent make valuable connections. Having John come present for your team will really add to any company event, in particular a Sales kick-off.
appREciate your energy!
- Ravi Tanna
We appreciate your energy, the interesting stories that you've told. I had a little tear in my eye when you were talking. We're going to take what you taught us and integrate that into our storytelling and our sales process, and we'll build on all the good things that you've shared with us in this session.
rock star + superhero
- Keith Griffis
John you are a rock star and superhero of storytelling. Thanks for the many times you made me smile and laugh during your virtual keynote and workshop to our team. You have changed us all for the better. Be proud that you made more than a client, you made a family.
left feeling motivated
- Christel Kozar
John’s dedication to customizing and delivering a high quality, accurate, and engaging presentation gave us the reassurance that he would not disappoint. What we didn’t foresee was the level of enthusiasm, motivation and likability that John exudes that took his presentation beyond our expectations. Our team of 200 people connected with him immediately and left the meeting inspired by their new skills for success. John truly hit it out of the ballpark and we will definitely be working with John again in the future.
outstanding job
- Bob Piwko
John did an outstanding job learning about our business and tailoring his keynote/workshop to our sales team. The content was interesting and relevant and John's presentation style was engaging. The program was very well received and we are looking forward to the follow-up elements. Great job!
Strongly recommend
- Katherine Twells
John Livesay impressed me with his passion and preparation around the Coca-Cola topic of “Exploring The New World Of Technology” for our annual CMO Summit. He was diligent in ensuring his message would resonate by thinking about what would be important to our particular audience and connecting his knowledge and experience to their concerns. John has great energy and enthusiasm.
excellent motivator
- Dan Carney
Any company with a sales force needs to have John come to speak. I told our CEO that John was the best speaker we have had in my 13 years with the firm.
great speaker
- Jim Zarkadas
John's message and content connected with our audience. We were fortunate enough to have John Livesay as our keynote speaker. John's message and content connected with our audience as he used his technique of storytelling and delivering the “WHY”! His 5/5/5 thinking is a gamechanger.
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