Julie Holmes

Technology and Innovation Strategist: Rethink, Reframe and Retool for Success

Nancy's Note:

“Highly inventive - and an inventor! - Julie is whip-smart and solution-oriented. Her programs are lively and chock full of ideas, showing how anyone can think like an inventor to solve problems, grow their business and make more meaningful connections. I think the world of her. . . she’s brilliant.”

Julie Holmes

Technology and Innovation Strategist: Rethink, Reframe and Retool for Success

Nancy’s Note
“Highly inventive – and an inventor! – Julie is whip-smart and solution-oriented. Her programs are lively and chock full of ideas, showing how anyone can think like an inventor to solve problems, grow their business and make more meaningful connections. I think the world of her. . . she’s brilliant.”

Julie Holmes

Technology and Innovation Strategist: Rethink, Reframe and Retool for Success

Nancy’s Note
“Highly inventive – and an inventor! – Julie is whip-smart and solution-oriented. Her programs are lively and chock full of ideas, showing how anyone can think like an inventor to solve problems, grow their business and make more meaningful connections. I think the world of her. . . she’s brilliant.”

Expertise

Technology, Innovation, Adaptability, Leadership, Team-building, Customer Service, Sales, Women in Business

Travels From

London, England

Speaking Style

Inspiring, Actionable, Entertaining

About Julie...

An inventor, app developer, pragmatic technologist, and innovation expert, she’s way smarter than her smart phone and a master of how to TECH IT OFF YOUR LIST.

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Presentation Topics

In the blink of an eye everything changed. Your plans. Your forecasts. Out the window.

Cancellations, postponements, and a dose of high-octane panic leave you feeling overwhelmed, confused, and uncertain about what’s next.

Business as usual is over. It’s time to get creative. Time to rethink, reframe and retool. And the good news is, you got this. All you need is some fresh thinking and innovation strategies and you’ll go from reactive to proactive.

In this quick response innovation program, we’ll walk through specific activities and approaches applied to YOUR BUSINESS. You’ll analyze and rethink your organization. You’ll take stock of your assets and relationships. You’ll discover opportunities. And you’ll walk away with a list of actionable ideas, next steps and a newfound sense of hope.

Plus, you’ll have a valuable set of tools to get you through these challenging times and whatever comes next.

Program Results:

  • Understand the crucial role of innovation, especially in times of change and crisis
  • Apply a structured, repeatable approach to innovation and problem solving
  • Build your prioritization checklist so you know where to invest your efforts to the best results as quickly as possible

Ideal For: C-Suite, Leaders, Entrepreneurs, Small Business Owners

“Heads down” conversation is the new normal. From text messages to video voicemail, our ability to connect with others on a personal level is being challenged every single day by sheer distance. Our knee jerk reaction is to REJECT THE TECH and demand more real, in-person interactions. But what if our ability to communicate meaningfully with others isn’t degrading but is instead EVOLVING?

The way we interact with others – especially in business – is at a tipping point. We can either stay shackled to the old ways of doing business or embrace progress, meeting our colleagues and customers where they already are. By getting creating, being informed and embracing new technology, you’ll be more connected to the people you serve.

Program Results:

  • Understand why those cat videos are so addictive and what that means for your own on-screen messages
  • Leverage the three dynamic dimensions of communication to make your messages irresistible
  • Be ready to experience, practice, and scale your new-found communication expertise with Julie’s top tool recommendations

Ideal For: C-Suite, Leaders, Sales, Marketing, Entrepreneurs, Small Business Owners, Mixed Audiences

Sample Options:

  • Tech to Connect for Leaders
  • Tech to Connect for Sales Professionals
  • Tech to Connect for Small Business

Have you lost an employee that was really valuable to your business (and to you)? What if you could have prevented that by thinking outside the box? What if you could become the leader that everyone wants to work for because you think differently, connect better and inspire them?

It’s time to light the fuse on your creativity and generate the little big bangs that will make your teams reach for the stars and celebrate together.

In this interactive keynote, you’ll master a key innovation strategy, be challenged to share real-world leadership challenges and then we’ll crowdsource innovative, realistic Little Big Bangs to address them. Everyone will leave with relevant and practical ideas that can be leveraged right away.

The best part, however, is that the strategies you experience during this program can be repeated back at your office to continually up your leadership or to share with your teams to encourage creative thinking and problem solving.

Program Results:

  • Cultivate the 10 attributes of an innovative leader in yourself and your team
  • Solve real-world leadership challenges with strategies for generating new, innovative ideas
  • Be a more effective and inspiring leader when you capture the inexpensive, fast ideas that impact engagement, skill development, influence, and productivity

Ideal For:  Leadership Conferences/Retreats, Professional Development Programs, Company Events

Sample Options:

  • Little Big Bangs for Leaders
  • Little Big Bangs for Sales Leaders
  • Little Big Bangs for Women Leaders

From prospecting to qualifying, contracting to closing – all eyes are on you to deliver the revenue. But how much money are you leaving on the table by doing the same things you’ve always done? It’s time to get creative and apply the principles of innovation to sales.

Little Big Bang innovations are all about speed and impact. For example, how could you get prospects to call YOU instead of the other way around? Maybe you need a clever strategy to restart that stalled sales cycle. Or you’ve relied on the same handful of customers as references and now you need to grow that pool.

Julie shows you how to spot the easy places where you can improve your sales process. As a result, you’ll close more deals, get more money and create happy customers that stay longer.

In this interactive keynote, you’ll leverage the hidden highs and lows of your prospect’s journey, find the gaps in your sales process and apply proven innovation techniques to keep your prospects and customers loving you (and buying from you) every single day.

From prospecting to qualifying, contracting to closing – all eyes are on you to deliver the revenue. But how much money are you leaving on the table by doing the same things you’ve always done? It’s time to get creative and apply the principles of innovation to sales.

Little Big Bang innovations are all about speed and impact. For example, how could you get prospects to call YOU instead of the other way around? Maybe you need a clever strategy to restart that stalled sales cycle. Or you’ve relied on the same handful of customers as references and now you need to grow that pool.

Julie shows you how to spot the easy places where you can improve your sales process. As a result, you’ll close more deals, get more money and create happy customers that stay longer.

In this interactive keynote, you’ll leverage the hidden highs and lows of your prospect’s journey, find the gaps in your sales process and apply proven innovation techniques to keep your prospects and customers loving you (and buying from you) every single day.

Program Results:

  • Understand your prospects’ and customers’ journey, how that impacts your sales and where you should be innovating for the most impact
  • Learn the precise moments to connect with clients and what you could be adding for more sales
  • Connect with prospects, increase conversions and sell more when you break down the innovation opportunities

Ideal For: Sales and Revenue Focused Conferences, Company Sales Kick-off Events

Sample Options:

  • Little Big Bangs for Sales Pros
  • Little Big Bangs for Sales Account Managers

K.I.S.S.ing Customers for Love and Money: Increase Customer Retention. Lower Support Costs. Innovate Your Service. (with Almost No Effort)

(Alternate Title Option: Little Big Bangs for Service)

How many of your customers are considering switching to your competition right now?

You know it’s expensive to replace a lost customer and that it damages your team’s morale every time it happens. But there’s an easy (and fun) way that you can keep more customers, make them happier and also empower your people to become creative service superstars.

By embracing innovation for the rest of us, you unleash an army of problem solvers and opportunity spotters. With Little Big Bangs for Service, you’ll be giving them the tools and skills to find powerful and profitable innovation opportunities in every interaction.

Using the Customer Emotion Map™, you’ll get to know your customers’ experience in a whole new way and find the touchpoint gaps and opportunities that are just waiting to be addressed with your innovative solutions.

Your customers – and your bottom line – will love you for you it!

Program  Results:

  • Find painful gaps and powerful opportunities in your service when you Master the Customer Journey Map™
  • Use the K.I.S.S. strategies to help your customers feel the love
  • Add revenue when you spot upsell and up-serve opportunities

Ideal For:  Customer and Professional Service Conferences, Customer-centric Organization Events

Sample Options:

  • Little Big Bangs for Service
  • Little Big Bangs for Professional Services (Who Grudgingly Sell)
  • Little Big Bangs for Meeting & Event Planners

Think Like an Inventor: Mindset and Motivation to Spot Opportunities, Take Initiative, and Embrace Change

“It’s not my problem.” “It’s not my job.” “I wouldn’t know where to start.” “I can’t.” “I won’t.” “I quit.”

Imagine inventors saying these kinds of phrases. What if those inventors STOPPED thinking, creating and solving? Terrifying, right?!

But this is exactly what’s happening in YOUR teams, organization and maybe even in your own mind every single day. Whether it’s problem-solving around product development, improving customer service, a time-saving process that leads to better productivity or trying a different way to attract and retain employees –thinking like an inventor changes the game for all of these and so much more!

Finding opportunities to “invent” starts with just one little word and it ends with collaboration, teamwork and an attitude of ownership. Learn how you and your organization can turn the tables on your performance by simply knowing how to think like an inventor.

This highly motivational and inspiring keynote engages and enlightens while empowering your people with the kind of thinking that creates solutions (and an attitude) that is truly inspiring. We’re all inventors at heart; some of us just don’t know it yet!

Program Results:

  • Personal initiative will soar when you learn the secret to spotting any problem or opportunity waiting to be solved
  • Increase that sense of ownership by understanding how invention is fun, easy and (almost always) free
  • Inspire an unlimited supply of ideas and opportunities when you see the world through inventors’ eyes
  • An audience that is eager to learn for the rest of the day and the rest of their lives

Ideal For: Team Building Events, Company-wide Conferences, Cross-industry Conventions (e.g. User Groups, Product Conferences, etc.), Professional Development Sessions

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