Dr. Dennis Cummins: Sales Communication
Inspirational speaker and sales communication expert Dr. Dennis Cummins equips audiences with real-world strategies, mindset shifts, and his Invitational Selling™ process to elevate performance, leadership, and resilience.
Quick Facts:
- Highlights:
- International speaker, trainer, and #1 bestselling author of Turning Terrible into Terrific
- Expert in sales communication, leadership, mindset, and personal performance
- Known for his engaging blend of humor, inspiration, and real-world solutions
- Former lead trainer for a global personal development organization
- Formats: Keynote speaker, sales communication trainer, leadership consultant, workshop facilitator
- Audiences: Entrepreneurs, business owners, sales teams, leadership groups, professional development audiences, and organizations seeking improved communication, resilience, and performance.
- Outcomes:
- Practical tools to strengthen communication and leadership effectiveness
- Actionable mindset strategies for overcoming challenges and elevating performance
- Proven frameworks to improve sales results through Invitational Selling™
- Travels from: Scottsdale, AZ
- **Fee range: $10,001 - $20,000
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Keynote Topics:
INVITATIONAL SELLING
If you believe that everyone in your organization should be an amazing sales and brand ambassador, then this is the keynote they must attend!
In any interaction, someone is trying to sell something to someone else.
Whether your company is selling a product/service to your customers or your managers are “selling” the company’s mission/vision to their direct reports, the results depends on how well the offer is presented.
Dennis’ high energy and great sense of humor will engage and entertain your entire audience as he shares the powerful strategies of his Sales Talk Formula™.
This program will show you why being able to explain the value of what you are offering in a clear, concise and competent manner is critical to improving your sales Increasing your influence, and building your company’s brand.
As of a result of this program Your audience will:
- Know how to instantly connect with your customers
- Acquire a system to craft powerful and engaging sales messages
- Confidently be able to managing customer objections
- Gain Confidence by discovering how to overcome the #1 limiting belief in sales.
This program is perfect for:
- Corporations
- Associations
- Network Marketing Organizations
- Management Groups
- Sales Teams
How to Experience this Program
- 45-90 min Keynote
- 120 minute Masterclass
- Full day or Multi Day Training
THE LANGUAGE OF SALES AND SUCCESS
Great success depends on great communication.
It is critical to realize that communication is about connection. It’s not just about being heard, it’s about being understood and communicating in a way that influences others to buy into your objectives.
Communication and Public Speaking are the “MUST HAVE” skills needed to establish INFLUENCE.
In this presentation, Dennis blends the perfect balance of interaction, storytelling, humor and high value information to help Stake Holders and Sales Teams develop and master the skills of effective communication.
Attendees will walk away with skills to:
- Connect for Maximum Impact,
- Cultivate Customer Loyalty
- Massive confidence
- Wield Greater Influence
- Overcome common roadblocks to effective communication
How attend this program:
- 45-90 min Keynote
- 60-120 min Breakout/Master Class
- 1/2 day – Multi-day Trainings
This program is perfect for:
- Association and Corporate events
- Professional development events for executives and managers
- Hospitality Organizations
- Non-profit organizations seeking to improve fundraising and donor communication
- Project Managers
- Sales Teams
SHIFTING YOUR MINDSET FOR SALES SUCCESS
In Sales and in life, Success often depends on how quickly you can adapt to challenge and change.
Since 2020 many organizations have faced incredible obstacles. Pick your favorite: COVID-19, Supply chain disruptions, the shift to remote work, Labor shortages, cybersecurity threats, hurricanes, floods, wildfires, and Increased competition due to globalization and technology.
Overcoming obstacles isn’t a matter of intelligence or resources – Smart people get stuck all the time and financially stable companies get stuck too.
The key to handling any challenge is to generate optimism and maintain a Resilient Mindset.
But how do you manage that? Where does it come from? And what stops people from taking the action necessary to create success?
Those are the questions that Dennis answers in this High Octane Audience Favorite.
Here’s what you will learn:
- How to identify the limiting elements to change
- How your nervous system determines your ability achieve anything
- The 1 thing to avoid to achieve results quickly – especially in sales
- The critical importance of focus
Format:
- 60 -90 minute Keynote
Talent Short Bio
Dr. Dennis Cummins is an internationally acclaimed speaker, trainer, and #1 bestselling author known for transforming the way individuals and organizations approach communication, leadership, and personal success. His bestselling book Turning Terrible into Terrific reflects his core philosophy: challenges are inevitable, but the attitude we choose determines our outcomes. With more than a decade of global stage experience, Dennis delivers programs that combine practical strategy, energizing storytelling, and memorable humor—empowering audiences to achieve exceptional results.
Known for his quick-witted, no-nonsense style, Dennis brings a refreshing blend of honesty, insight, and heart to every presentation. He has traveled the world as a lead trainer for one of the largest personal and professional development seminar companies, sharing expertise in sales, marketing, leadership, motivation, and communication on nearly every continent. His unique ability to simplify complex ideas and make them immediately actionable has earned him a reputation as both serious and seriously funny.
In addition to his keynote speaking and consulting work, Dennis teaches his proprietary Invitational Selling™ process, a powerful communication framework that helps entrepreneurs, business owners, and teams increase influence,
Read Full Bio
Dr. Dennis Cummins is an internationally-acclaimed speaker, trainer, and #1 Best Selling Author of Turning Terrible into Terrific. He has been sharing his real-world strategies for business mastery and leadership communication from the stage for more than a decade.
His quick-witted, straight-talking, no-nonsense style offers an entertaining dose of reality with heart.
Despite his successes and usually cheerful disposition, Dennis has not been immune to dealing with adversity. He has come to realize that with any challenge, it’s not what happens to you in life, but rather the attitude you take and how you respond to it.
His unique ability to blend Real-World Solutions with Inspiration, Storytelling, and Humor will Engage, Excite and Empower your audience to achieve unparalleled success.
Forget the fact that he is a Sales Communication Expert, Best-Selling Author and World Class Inspirational Speaker. In the words of his past clients, the best way to describe Dennis is that he is “SERIOUS AND SERIOUSLY FUNNY!”
For over a decade, Dennis traveled internationally as lead trainer for one of the largest personal and professional seminar companies in the world sharing his expertise on Sales, Marketing, Leadership, Motivation, and Communication on every continent except Antarctica.
In addition to a full calendar of Keynoting and Consulting, Dennis Cummins is also focused on sharing his proprietary Invitational Selling™ process at virtual and live events to help entrepreneurs, business owners and teams achieve greater levels of success.
He brings this experience to your group, teaching the importance of four main things:
- Creating and maintaining motivation
- Establishing focus on what it takes to create success
- Building excellent communication skills
- Utilizing leadership strategies create influence and build successful teams
Dennis Cummins credits his success to his authentic communication style, the ability to create winning teams, and his knack for finding the positive in any situation.
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