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Bring AI Fluency to Your Stage
Lodestone Digital founder and Chief Learning Strategist Josh Cavalier delivers keynotes and sessions that give L&D audiences more than inspiration — they leave with frameworks, clarity, and a practical path forward. Grounded in over 31 years of practitioner experience and informed by the realities of how organizations actually adopt AI, every presentation reflects the depth of our team’s ongoing research, client work, and field-tested methodology.
What Sets Lodestone
Digital Apart on Stage
There are plenty of voices in the AI space right now. Most of them are technologists explaining AI to a general audience. Josh Cavalier is an L&D professional explaining AI to L&D professionals — and behind every presentation stands our team’s research, curriculum development capability, and enterprise consulting insight. That distinction changes everything.
Your audience doesn’t need another overview of what ChatGPT can do. They need a speaker who understands their workflows, their stakeholders, their organizational politics — and can show them exactly how AI fits into the work they’re already doing. Our engagements are backed by the same frameworks and methodologies we deploy with enterprise clients across industries.
Popular Speaking Topics
The Human-Machine Performance Analyst™ — The Future of L&D Roles
The L&D profession is at an inflection point. AI isn’t replacing instructional designers — it’s redefining what the role looks like. This keynote, developed through Lodestone Digital’s ongoing research into AI-driven role transformation, maps the evolution from content creator to strategic performance partner, introducing the Human-Machine Performance Analyst™ as the next evolution of the L&D professional.
From Literacy, Building AI Capability Across Your L&D Organization
Most organizations are stuck at AI literacy — they know AI exists, they’ve tried a few tools, but nothing has fundamentally changed. This session provides a practical blueprint, drawn from our enterprise consulting engagements, for moving from surface-level awareness to genuine fluency, where AI is embedded in workflows, not bolted on.
Prompt Design for Learning Professionals — Beyond the Basic
Everyone’s using ChatGPT. Almost no one is using it well. This hands-on session goes beyond “write me a course outline” and into the strategic prompt design techniques that produce consistent, high-quality L&D content — storyboards, video scripts, assessments, scenarios, and complete learning journeys. The methodologies presented have been refined across hundreds of client implementations.
The AI-Powered Learning Journey — Integrating AI Across Every Stage
AI isn’t just a content creation shortcut. When integrated strategically, it transforms every stage of the learning journey — from needs analysis and audience profiling through content development, delivery, performance support, and measurement. This session maps the complete AI-integrated learning journey using frameworks developed through our client engagements and curriculum design practice.
AI Strategy for L&D Leaders — From Experimentation to Implementation
Your team has been experimenting with AI for a year. Now what? This session is designed for L&D leaders who need to move from ad-hoc tool testing to a coherent AI strategy that aligns with business objectives, addresses governance concerns, and produces measurable results. The strategy frameworks presented reflect Lodestone Digital’s direct experience guiding organizations through this transition.
Custom Topic
Have a specific theme or challenge in mind? Our team develops custom presentations tailored to your event’s goals, audience, and industry context. Josh Cavalier leads the content development process, working with our curriculum and research teams to build everything from deep dives on specific tools to broad strategic overviews — if it’s at the intersection of AI and L&D, we can build it.
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Formats & Logistics
Upcoming Events
No events listed? Our speaking team is currently booking for Q3–Q4 2026 and beyond.
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Great for Your Audience
Our events team collaborates with organizers to develop presentations that align with your conference theme, serve your specific audience, and deliver real value — not just applause. Josh Cavalier leads each engagement personally, supported by our content and research teams throughout the development process.
Whether it’s a 45-minute keynote for 2,000 attendees or a half-day workshop for 30, every engagement is tailored to your objectives and audience composition.
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