Joel G. Block, CPA, CSP
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Hedge fund manager, venture capitalist, and futurist, Joel’s journey began as a card player, beating Las Vegas casinos on a team of expert blackjack players. It's no coincidence he became a professional investor, betting on companies, real estate, and recently on crypto currency.
Joel's predictive skills combine baffling intuition, rapid-fire analysis, and the right social circles where Joel listens carefully., It’s why colleagues say Joel is highly connected, but deliberately under-the-radar.
30 years of reading the “tea leaves” makes one good at predicting the future. He's fearless, lightning-fast, and smart. A risk-taker. He makes assessments and predictions - then he bets on people, companies, and opportunities that make the cut. He also helps companies predict their future and prepare for it. He'll tell you what he thinks whether you like it or not.
A veteran dealmaker, his sniffer for flaws, soft spots, and BS is pretty amazing – and he uses it to protect clients from landmines, booby traps, and the irreversible nuclear assault.
Unlike most futurists, he's not a theorist, philosopher, or Ph.D. If conjecture and gobbledygook work for you, keep looking. But if you want the guy who tells the Emperor what he thinks of his clothes, Joel is your guy. He cuts to the chase - and with decades of insights - reveals what few people ever find out. Just be prepared for a mind-bending experience.
Keynote Program
Navigating Disruptive Business Trends
How to Get and Stay Ahead of the Competition
Borrowing from his firm’s notable annual business trend report developed for his clients, Joel lays out the major trends in leadership, sales, marketing, finance, HR and more in this critical and insightful program. Every business leader must stay on top of the trends that are likely to affect your business most, including Work from Home, Subscription Revenue, Social Media, and Markets. Understanding these trends may be the difference between your company being the dynamite instead of the rock.
P.S.: Leaning on his experience as a professional blackjack player, Joel may even share an advanced move or two to help you “beat the dealer.”
Afternoon MasterMind Session
What is the Future of Our Industry?
And What are We Going to Do About It?
This private session is for the most senior executives of our member companies to collectively work through some specific industry issues with Joel. We are under assault by competing technologies, government bureaucrats, regulators, and more. Where are we going as an industry and how to we position ourselves to be the torpedo instead of the target? What steps can we take both individually and together to regain an offensive position and be the dynamite instead of the rock? Your company and your industry need your input, facilitated by a master, futurist and hedge fund manager, Joel Block.
Dr. Edmond Seifried
Over the years, Dr. Ed Seifried, a renowned Economist, has touched the hearts and minds of almost every director and CEO of community banks across the nation. While recognized for his keynote speeches, Dr. Ed is a valued educator for community bank directors, CEOs, senior management, and up-and-coming community bankers.
Carrying on his tenure as Professor Emeritus of Economics and Business at Lafayette College, Dr. Ed has led the educational programs as Dean for the West Virginia Banking School and the Virginia School of Banking. He has been on the faculty of many banking schools, including Stonier and the Graduate School of Banking at LSU.
Most recently, Dr. Ed is the Executive Director of the Sheshunoff Affiliation Program. This highly acclaimed program provides high-performance education and idea exchanges for community bank CEOs, lenders, and Technology/operations Officers.
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