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Leadership • Adversity • Resilience • Purpose • Leading Under Pressure

Dave's professional background allows him to speak from real-world leadership experience, while his personal experiences allow him to address adversity and resilience from a deeply personal perspective.

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Keynote speaking

Keynote Speaking Grounded in Real Experience

Dave's professional background allows him to speak from real-world leadership experience, while his personal experiences allow him to address adversity and resilience from a deeply personal perspective. Every message should feel honest, relevant, practical, and tailored to the people in the room.

  • Leadership
  • Adversity
  • Resilience
  • Purpose
  • Leading Under Pressure
David A. Ogden speaking at a community event

The keynote

A Voice Shaped by Pressure, Purpose, and Perspective

David speaks from real-world leadership experience and deeply personal adversity. His keynotes connect leadership, resilience, purpose, and the human side of leading under pressure in a way that is honest, practical, and built to stay with an audience after the event ends.

Nearly four decades of public-service leadership

  • Police Chief
  • SWAT Team Leader
  • High-Risk Incident Commander
  • Intelligence Director
  • Trainer
  • Executive Leader
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Who Dave serves

The experience was forged in public safety. The principles reach far beyond it.

  • Law enforcement
  • Fire and EMS
  • Dispatch and corrections
  • Emergency services
  • Military and veterans
  • Government agencies
  • Businesses and leadership teams
  • Nonprofits and ministries
  • Other high-stress professions

Keynote formats

Programs Available as a Keynote

Seeds of Leadership

Building Leaders Worth Following

Practical, experience-driven leadership development for people entrusted with leading when trust, culture, communication, and decisions matter most.

Keynote • Half-Day • Full-Day

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Seeds of Resilience

Preparing People for the Battles They Don't See Coming

A deeply personal and practical program helping people prepare for adversity, understand cumulative stress, strengthen the relationships that sustain them, and grow through the storm.

Keynote • Half-Day • Full-Day

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Not Sure Which Experience Fits Your Audience?

Share your audience, goals, event format, and timing. Dave can help identify the message or training experience that best serves your people.

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