Keynote Presentations
“When Kelly Croy takes the stage, audiences don’t just listen—they evolve. His keynotes provide a memorable fusion of leadership strategy and storytelling that leaves every attendee feeling empowered and equipped to lead, instruct and make a difference in the lives of others.”
Kelly believes your event deserves more than a canned presentation. He meticulously customizes every keynote to align with your specific audience and goals.
By weaving practical, innovative insights through the power of story and humor, Kelly ensures that every attendee leaves with essential takeaways they can put into practice immediately.
Kelly’s Presentations:
Ambassador of Awesome: It’s Not Me, It’s You
The most powerful thing a leader can do is make the people around them better. This keynote flips the script on leadership. It’s not about you. It’s about what you make possible for everyone else. Audiences leave with a clear framework for becoming the kind of leader people actually want to follo
Be Careful What You Label a Weakness:
We use a lot of acronyms and labels in education, but every single person is needed for a district to be great. Quite often the very qualities that we mistakenly perceive as our weakness, either personally, in another, or as an organization turn out to be the very opportunity we need to make a difference. I walk everyone through how to turn what at first looks like a mess into a masterpiece. Fun presentation! Transformational presentation!
Teachers Are Legends:
Opening Day keynotes for school district staff are my favorite days of the year! This presentation highlights and emphasizing the impact adults in education have on students’s lives. It’s funny. It’s heartwarming. Eveyone leaves ready to start the year and BE THE ONE to make a difference. I help teachers see the greatness in every child, in every colleague, and themselves.
Lead Every Day: Level-Up Your Personal & Professional Leadership
Leaders are not born, they are built. Learn the six tenets of leadership and how they work together to serve others and create improvements at any level in any environment. Learn how to apply the Leadership Matrix to truly grow as a leader. Kelly shares his wit, wisdom and insight from his book Along Came a Leader: A Guide to Personal and Professional Leadership.
The Power of a Permanent Beta Growth Mindset: Design a Dynamic Life
You will not accidentally bump into the best version of yourself, you will find it with intention. Don’t leave your life to chance; lead it with choice. Learn the power of Permanent Beta and how small, consistent improvement is the key to implementing personal and organizational improvement. Permanent Beta works for Google and Apple, and it will work for you! This is a fun presentation that transforms and delivers results.
Recognize and Reward Your Team!
Does your organization host a recognition night or banquet? Kelly’s recognition and reward presentation is fun and truly a spectacle of wonder and joy.
Vanquishing the Myth of The Digital Native Learner:
Students know how to use devices, but they do not know how to maximize them for learning. This presentation will deliver what your district needs in what exactly technology should be doing with instruction and learning.
The Wired Educator Experience:
As host of The Wired Educator Podcast, Kelly shares what he has learned from interviewing more than 200 of the most influential educators on the planet. Kelly’s insight on current trends and proven results will give your district an edge in instruction, engagement and learning.
Unthink Before Bed:
Kelly shares his ten secrets on how to put an end to anxiety, build the coping skills everyone needs, foster a love of reading and creation and a life full of fulfillment, purpose, peace and confidence. This is the “unfair” advantage every child, adolescent, teen and adult should receive. Don’t hope students and adults learn the coping and leadership skills they need, teach them. Kelly will teach them.
Selected International Conference Presentations
Kelly travels the world as a speaker, educational consultant, and leadership coach.
2025 Jeffrey Powell Mobile Learning Conference, July 2025 Norhtheast Mississippi Community College. Educators from Around the Globe.
OSIRIS World Education Summit, 2023 (3 Presentations as Featured Speaker), 2021, Conference Speaker
Mexico LearnFest Conference, 2021, Speaker
Keynote Speaker for Moscow School of Economics, 2021
Keynote Speaker Iceland, UTIS Edu Conference, 2020
International Learning Networked Conference, 2019, Holy Child College of Davao, Davao City, Philippines
“Start a Podcast, Teach The World” ADE Global Institute, Berlin, Germany 2014
“Challenge Based Learning” ADE Global Institute, Cork, Ireland 2012
Selected National Conference Presentations
2025 Eastern Shore of Maryland Educational Consortium Conference (ESMEC) Keynote speaker for all superintendents and their leadership Teams. July 2025, Ocean City Maryland
2025 Jeffrey Powell Mobile Learning Conference, July 2025 Norhtheast Mississippi Community College. Educators from Around the Globe.
2024 Ohio School Board Association (OSBA) Captial Conference, (Superintendents, Treasurers, School Board Members, and Central Office) Columbus, Ohio
2024 Ohio Career Technical Administrators Fall Conference (OETC) Dublin, Ohio
2023 Conference for the Consortium of State School Boards Associations (COSSBA) Tampa, Florida.
2022 Ohio Association of Elementary & Middle School Administrators (OAESA) 2022 Annual Professional Conference, Keynote Speaker
What Great Educators Do Differently Conference, October 2019, Houston, Texas, Featured Speaker
Keynote Speaker for Wisconsin Wired Conference, August 2019
“Everyone Can Create” International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Conference Philadelphia, 2019
100th Anniversary of the Eagle Scout, Keynote Speaker and Emcee, Boy Scouts of America’s, National Eagle Scout Association, 2012 Lansing, Michigan
Keynote Speaker for Iowa Conference: United Methodist Church 2009-2014
Selected State Conference Presentations
2025 Ohio Association of Administrators of State & Federal Education Programs (OAAFSEP), Keynote Speaker for Fall Conference
2025 OASSA Administrative Assistants Conference, Keynote Speaker
2025 OSBA Capital Conference, Featured Speaker
2025 Bishop Hoffman School District, Keynote
2025 Showcase for AcceleratED Leadership & Learning hosted by Ohio Leadership Advisory Council and The Ohio Department of Education & Workforce. We were awarded the Outstanding District of the Year Award and presented a feature session.
OSBA Capital Conference Speaker on opening day! November 2024 for the Ohio School Board Association (Superintendents, Treasurers, School Board Members and Central Office Staff for the entire state of Ohio.)
Ohio Career Technical Administrators Fall Conference (OCTA) Keynote Speaker, October 2024
Wisconsin’s DC Everest School District, Keynote Speaker for Entire District Staff, February 2024.
North Central Ohio Educational Service Center, Keynote Speaker for Opening Day Administrative Retreat, August 2023
NJECC 2023, Keynote Speaker for New Jersey 37th Annual State Wide Technology Conference at Montclair State University in New Jersey, March 2023
Opening Day Speaker, Fairfield School District, All Staff Kick-off, Fairfield, Ohio, August 2022
Featured Speaker, Ohio Educational Technology Conference, OETC, 2020, Columbus, Ohio, Ohio Department of Education
Buckeye Association of School Administrators (BASA) featured speaker to all first year superintendents two years in row, 2018, 2019
Ohio School Board Association (OSBA), 2019, 2020
Toledo Islamic Academy, Toledo, Ohio, Four-time keynote speaker, Ohio, 2012-2018
Keynote speaker for Bowling Green State University’s NWO Educational Conference to over 300 first year educators
Ohio School Board Association Presenter, recognized as the only speaker to receive a perfect rating, ever. 2012
Northwest Ohio Excellence in Education Conference, 2012
eTech Ohio Speaker and Presenter, Finalist for eTech Ohio Teacher of the Year, 2009
Educational Conferences
Kelly speaks at several educational conferences each year on the topics of innovation in leadership and instruction & learning. The presentations are fun and packed with numerous takeaways to reduce frustration & burnout in the education field and increase passion and joy. Kelly’s presentations are incredibly well-received and he is invited back frequently.
School Presentations:
Kelly speaks at numerous school districts each year for opening day keynotes, inservices, leadership trainings, and student assemblies.—Kelly is the author of the nonfiction books: Along Came a Leader: A Personal & Professional Guide to Leadership, What Everyone Needs to Know About Bullying: How to Get on with your Life When a Bully Steps Into It, and The Greatest Year of Your Life: Designing a Dynamic Life Plan. He is also the author and illustrator of the children’s book Unthink Before Bed which explores how mindfulness to erase stress, anxiety and worry and build self-esteem.
Kelly speaks at schools, educational conferences, corporate organizations and churches throughout the year.—“It is a challenge at times to motivate a sales organization, especially one with a global reach; Tuthill Corporation chose Kelly Croy. Kelly’s presentation was captivating and inspiring! His words on communication, vision, leadership, and most importantly ATTITUDE, have been a wealth of insight for our corporation. With the uncertainty in today’s economic outlook, keeping people focused, fulfilled and motivated is always a challenge. Thank you Kelly for an enjoyable and fruitful meeting!”