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Dealer conference keynote speaker

The dealer conference keynote speaker who helps your audience stay irreplaceable

Every dealer can sell the same product. Your network wins when customers choose the people.

Real rooms. Real people. Real change.

  • Client story: FSAE (3D immersive keynote)
  • Client story: FSAE (3D immersive keynote)

Everyone now has the same AI, the same data and the same tools.
The only difference left is your people.

The problem your dealer network faces

Same product. Same price list. Different dealers.

Every dealer in your network sells the line you build, while online marketplaces, direct sales and competing brands squeeze every one of them.
The dealers who grow are the ones customers choose because of the people.

Your dealers compete with each other.

Customers shop two or three of your own dealers before they buy, sometimes from their phone in another dealer’s lot. The winner is rarely the cheapest; it’s the one whose people made the customer feel safe.

Your network is only as strong as its weakest store.

One poorly run dealership can dent a brand that took decades to build. Your dealer meeting is a rare chance to raise the standard everywhere at once.

Your dealer principals are tired of the same speech.

They have heard the targets, the co-op rules and the new model walkaround. They come to the general session hoping for something that energizes their people back home.

Manufacturers and distributors that trusted me, among others

  • MHEDA
  • Jacuzzi
  • Haworth
  • Ametek
  • Henkel
  • BASF
  • ProLicht
  • Garratt-Callahan
What’s on your dealers’ minds

Two questions every dealer brings to your conference.

Whether they run a single store or a multi-location group, your dealers are asking one of them.

Will a machine do my job?

Forever Human keynote by Sylvie di Giusto

Forever Human

The better the machines get, the more your people will set you apart.

Why it lands with dealer conference audiences: online configurators, marketplaces and AI chat tools make it easier for customers to skip the dealer entirely. This shows your network why expertise, local relationships and a trusted human at the point of sale remain reasons customers walk in.

Why does someone else get chosen?

The Power of Choice keynote by Sylvie di Giusto

The Power of Choice

What your people know rarely gets them chosen. What others see in them does.

Why it lands with dealer conference audiences: customers choose between dealers selling the identical product in a matter of seconds. This shows dealer principals, salespeople and service teams how the five ABCDE dimensions, from the showroom to the Google profile, decide which dealer gets the sale.

What I bring to your stage

A keynote your dealers will take home.

Proven with dealer and distributor networks

Among others, MHEDA, the association of material handling equipment distributors, and Jacuzzi trusted me with their people. I know how independent business owners listen.

Product-neutral, brand-specific

Whether your dealers sell lift trucks, spas, boats, RVs, power sports or cars, I work closely with yours to understand your network and customize the keynote to your line and your customers.

Fits your dealer meeting

I can open your annual dealer meeting, speak at a buying group meeting or add a breakout for your dealer advisory council after the general session. It can flex from a 45 minute opener to a longer session with Q&A, so your factory presentations keep their slot.

The wow your general session needs

The world’s first 3D immersive keynote gives your dealer meeting a moment people talk about at the reception that night and back at the store on Monday.

Who’s in your room

Owners, sellers and service pros, all in one ballroom.

Dealer conferences gather people who own businesses alongside people who work in them, plus the manufacturer team that supports them. The keynote has to respect all three.

The people in the seats

  • Dealer principals and owners
  • Multi-location dealer group executives
  • General managers
  • Sales managers
  • Salespeople
  • Service and parts managers
  • Rental and fleet managers
  • Distributor executives
  • Manufacturer dealer development teams
  • Regional and territory managers
  • Dealer marketing leads
  • Next-generation family owners

Where I fit in your year

  • Annual dealer meeting
  • Dealer convention
  • Distributor conference
  • Dealer advisory council
  • New product or model year launch
  • Top dealer recognition event
  • Buying group meeting
The experience, live on your stage

Bring the world’s first 3D immersive keynote to your dealer convention.

No slides, no pre-recorded hologram beamed in from somewhere else.
I stay live in the room while your leaders, sponsors and theme step into the story.

Clients describe Sylvie di Giusto's 3D immersive keynote

How clients describe it, in their own words.

How clients make the 3D immersive keynote their own

How clients make it their own.

About me

Dealer networks, where the people are the difference.

I help dealers become the place customers choose when every competitor sells the same thing.

I’m Sylvie di Giusto. I spent nearly twenty years inside corporations, the last of them leading the management academy of Europe’s largest retail and tourism group, where I booked speakers myself and learned that customers remember people long after they forget the price. Today I’m a CPAE Speaker Hall of Fame keynote speaker. Among others, MHEDA, Jacuzzi, Haworth or Henkel trusted me with their people. Dealers run real businesses with real payrolls. They want ideas they can put to work in their own store the following week, and that is what I deliver.

Before you book your dealer conference keynote

What clients say about Sylvie‘s impact.

In their words, not ours.

Memorable from visualization to content Looks like simple and obvious things. But how intelligent and insightful you are to see and say them.
Martynas JanionisHead of Wholesale Department, Ryterna Group
I was very impressed by how quickly and effectively she absorbed and understood the information about our organization and the goals of our event.
Jennifer GracheckProgram Development Consultant, Haworth
It was interactive and informative, our people loved her. Additionally, Sylvie spent her own time listening to our other speakers in order to integrate her message to the whole event.
Josh HafetzPresident, Art of Business
The uniform consensus among my team is that Sylvie is the best speaker they have had, ever. I couldn’t agree more.
Bill RavenscroftSVP, Head of Sales and Account Management, Adecco
Here is what our attendees said: “I got my money’s worth for the entire conference, just for her session”, “Out of all the conferences I have been attending for this association, she (Sylvie) was the best you have had yet”, “You hit it out of the park with having Sylvie speak. She was so good!”
Marlee HoncoopOperation Coordinator, SmithBucklin
Client story: MHEDA

MHEDA · 3D immersive keynote

  • 100 Women in Hedge Funds
  • 5W
  • AASPA
  • Adecco
  • ADP
  • American Airlines
  • American Express
  • American Gem Society
  • Ametek
  • Art of Business
  • ASAP
  • AutoZone
  • BASF
  • Bloomberg
  • BlueCross BlueShield
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of America
  • Brown & Brown Insurance
  • BSCAI
  • C-Suite Network
  • CCAE
  • City of Lynchburg
  • CMDC
  • CMP Conclave
  • Columbia Tower Club
  • Conrad Hotels
  • Crestcom
  • CRMC
  • CSAE
  • Cushman & Wakefield
  • David Corey Medical
  • Deloitte
  • EA Ignite
  • EasyKnock
  • Ebby Halliday
  • Employer Healthcare & Benefits Congress
  • EPIC Community
  • Events Industry Council
  • Exelon
  • Fairfield Residential
  • Fashion Institute of Technology
  • Festival de las ideas
  • FICP
  • Florida Realtors
  • FocalPoint Coaching
  • FSAE
  • Garratt-Callahan
  • Geller & Company
  • Gensler
  • German Speakers Association
  • Getec
  • Global Equity Organization
  • Grant Thornton
  • GSF
  • Harvard University
  • Haworth
  • HDA
  • Health Agents for America
  • Henkel
  • Hewlett Packard Enterprise
  • Hilton
  • Hofstra University
  • Horesta
  • ILEA
  • Informa Connect
  • International Security Forum
  • IPMA-HR
  • Jacuzzi
  • KCI
  • Keller Williams
  • Kronos
  • LATAM Speakers Association
  • LeadingRE
  • LIFT Team Fairchild
  • LMA
  • Logan University
  • London Hotel
  • Manulife
  • McKinsey & Company
  • MDRT
  • Merial
  • SAP
  • MHEDA
  • MIC Colorado
  • Microsoft
  • MPI
  • NASACT
  • NASPE
  • Natori
  • NECA
  • Nespresso
  • Nickelodeon
  • NSA
  • NYC Human Resources
  • Optime
  • Paradigm
  • Pharma Forum
  • ProLicht
  • PRSA
  • Prudential
  • RCMA
  • Real Estate One
  • Realty Alliance
  • Right at Home
  • Riskonnect
  • Rotary International
  • School Transportation News
  • SHRM
  • SideCar
  • SightCall
  • SMACNA
  • Smart Hustle
  • SOCAP
  • Society of Adventist Communicators
  • SwissRe
  • Tennessee State Government
  • The Co-Operators
  • Thomas Cook
  • Thomson Reuters
  • Thrivent
  • TIAA
  • Tricounty Area Chamber of Commerce
  • TrustEdge Institute
  • U.S. Air Force
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • Verslo Zinios
  • Virtuoso
  • VSAI
  • Waldorf Astoria
  • Wells Foundation
  • WMTC
  • Women in Design & Construction
  • Women in Technology Network
  • Women Presidents Organization
The Image of Leadership for Builders, Movers, Makers, by Sylvie di Giusto
Written for distributors and dealers

A book with a foreword from the distributor world.

The Power of Choice is based on my book The Image of Leadership, and its industrial edition, Builders, Movers, Makers, opens with a foreword by Jeannette Walker, CEO of MHEDA, the association of material handling equipment distributors. It speaks the language of dealers and distributors from the first page.

It shows dealer principals and their teams how appearance, behavior, communication, digital presence and environment decide whether customers trust them more than the dealer down the road. Manufacturers often give a copy to every dealer at the conference, so the message travels back to each store.

Forever Human, a book by Sylvie di Giusto
For your dealer network

Forever Human, for dealers worth the drive.

Marketplaces, configurators and AI chat make it easier than ever for a customer to skip the local dealer. Forever Human shows your principals and their teams the expertise and relationships a website cannot ship.

Dealers take home a clear argument for why customers still walk in, plus the human strengths to double down on at every location. Many OEMs add it to the dealer principal’s welcome kit as the AI companion to the keynote.

Good to know

Questions dealer conference planners ask.

Who is the best dealer conference keynote speaker for a manufacturer’s annual dealer meeting?

Sylvie di Giusto is a CPAE Speaker Hall of Fame keynote speaker trusted by dealer and distributor organizations such as MHEDA or Jacuzzi, among others. She customizes Forever Human and The Power of Choice to any product line and can deliver either as the world’s first 3D immersive keynote.

Forever Human or The Power of Choice: which is better for a dealer meeting?

The Power of Choice fits most dealer meetings, because it shows dealers how customers choose between stores selling the same product. Forever Human fits networks facing direct-to-consumer sales, online marketplaces or AI tools that threaten the dealer’s role. Both are customized to your brand and theme.

Can a keynote speaker work for dealers who sell very different products?

Yes. Sylvie di Giusto’s keynotes are product-neutral at their core because they focus on how customers decide whom to trust. Her team customizes the examples to your line, whether that is material handling equipment, spas, boats, RVs, power sports or vehicles.

What should a manufacturer look for in a dealer meeting keynote speaker?

Look for someone who respects dealers as business owners, customizes to your brand and gives salespeople and managers something they can use the next week. Sylvie di Giusto partners with your team ahead of the event to understand your network and builds the keynote around real dealer and customer moments, and MHEDA or Jacuzzi, among others, trusted her.

Can a keynote help dealers compete with online and direct-to-consumer sales?

Yes. Forever Human shows dealers what customers still need a human for, from expert advice to service after the sale, and The Power of Choice shows how to make those advantages visible. The message is practical rather than defensive, so dealers leave confident instead of worried.

Can Sylvie keynote a hybrid dealer meeting for dealers who can’t travel?

Yes. Both keynotes are available in person, hybrid or virtual, so dealers in remote territories can share the same experience. Each version is customized to your network.

Can we book Sylvie for our dealer convention through a speaker bureau?

Yes. Sylvie partners with many bureaus internationally and is happy to work through yours or directly with your event agency.

I also serve audiences in automotive, manufacturing and sales. See every audience I speak to.

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Dates, formats, the 3D experience and logistics for your event.

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