Practical AI keynotes, conference breakouts and hands-on workshops, tailored to your industry. No jargon, no hype. Every attendee leaves with prompts they can use straight away.
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Adam Franklin delivers AI keynotes, conference breakouts and hands-on workshops for professional services firms across Australia. His three core sessions are AI for Professionals: add 10 hours a week (his flagship keynote), AI-Powered Marketing and Social, and a hands-on Set up AI in a day workshop. Each is tailored to the audience's profession, jargon-free, and sends the room away with industry-specific prompt stacks they can use straight away. Keynotes start from $10,000 +GST.
Also delivered as: AI for Financial Advisers · Accountants · Brokers · Lawyers · Property
Adam's flagship session. The promise is simple: put 10 hours back in your week with AI, without losing the personal touch.
A marketing & leadership lens, for professionals who aren't marketers
Most professionals know they should do more online, but "post every day and go viral" doesn't suit them. This takes a different, authentic approach.
Often booked as a same-day add-on to the keynote
The keynote plants the seed. The workshop does the installation, a hands-on session where the room leaves with AI actually set up and running, not just notes.
Each keynote can be delivered as a main-stage keynote or a conference breakout. The workshop goes deeper.
Because the session is built for your profession and its compliance world, it is honest about where AI helps and where it does not, and the room leaves with prompts, workflows and templates, not just notes. Adam is practical, not a futurist.
Yes, always. Every session is shaped before Adam walks on stage. He researches the industry, the conference theme and the room's typical AI experience. The framework is consistent; the examples, language and case studies are specific to your audience.
The keynote is the main-stage session (20–60 min) that shifts thinking and sends the room away with prompts. A breakout is a shorter, focused concurrent session for a smaller room. The workshop is hands-on, where participants install and use the tools during the day. Many organisers book a keynote plus a workshop.
Keynotes run 20–90 minutes, breakouts are typically 30–45 minutes, and workshops run half-day (3 hours) or full-day (6 hours). Adam works within whatever suits the event.
Yes. The focus is always practical application and clear thinking, not coding or configuration. If someone can use email, they can apply what Adam teaches. Sessions are designed for mixed experience levels.
Adam is based on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, and speaks nationally across Australia and internationally. Travel is factored into the booking.
Custom, industry-specific prompt stacks, workflows and templates they can use straight away, not slides to file and forget. Most attendees report meaningful time savings within the first week of applying what they learn.
Yes, and it works well. A common format is a keynote on the main stage followed by a half-day or full-day workshop for a smaller group the same or following day. Adam can advise the right format on a brief call.
Yes: finance and broking, accounting and advisory, legal, property, insurance and wealth, plus consultants and professional services firms. If your sector isn't listed, get in touch and the session can be shaped to suit.
The simplest way is the contact form or a brief call. Keynotes start from $10,000 +GST; breakouts start from $8,000 +GST and workshops are priced on format, with travel quoted on top. Most events book around six months ahead, with one to two months the practical minimum, so it is always worth asking.
"Amazing session. I'm now streets ahead of other professionals in my field and can finally step away from the admin that bogs my team down."
"He provides the AI tools and prompts and helps apply them to my platform in a simple way. Very helpful and time-saving."
"Highly recommend for any business navigating AI. We built an end-to-end workflow. Presented perfectly."
He'll advise the right format and respond directly.
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