THE UNDENIABLE PRESENCE OF BRAND
JD GERSHBEIN TEDx TALK (Full Cut)
Tower Auditorium, Illinois Institute of Technology Campus
Chicago, Illinois
April 12, 2015
THE ART AND SCIENCE OF LINKEDIN
Known for his signature round spectacles, dry humor, and compelling stage presence, JD Gershbein is a one-of-a-kind business speaker. One of the first to speak publicly on LinkedIn, JD leverages his personal narrative, storytelling flair, and the sharp, practical wisdom and directness of his strategic approach to enlighten, entertain, and inspire audiences.
Through the lenses of leadership development, social psychology, neuroscience, and applied improvisation, JD frames LinkedIn not merely as a business “tool” but as a transformational agent of professional growth. He is an agile facilitator of learning who embodies a powerful message of building resilience, achieving self-reliance, forging meaningful human connections, and preserving authenticity in an increasingly automated world.
What makes JD a speaker in such high demand is his giving nature, focus on positive outcomes, and ability to weave complex concepts into compelling stories, creating teaching moments on the fly. He covers all pertinent aspects of LinkedIn, ensuring attendees receive the information they need to energize their businesses and advance their careers.
Through his keynotes, breakouts, workshops, seminars, and roundtables, JD brings a human-centered design approach to communicating LinkedIn’s rich history, current value, and future direction to professionals and organizations across various industries, markets, and verticals. Each talk is immersive, interactive, takeaway-intensive, and resonates long after it concludes.
TALK TRACKS
♦ Attaching significance to LinkedIn accelerates the development of a recognizable professional identity, enabling you to increase your visibility, build a notable LinkedIn presence, and establish yourself as a brand.
♦ Cultivating and refining a LinkedIn style—a distinctive manner of self-expression and interaction—creates intellectual and emotional interest in you, your company, and your offerings, differentiating you in an ever-tightening attention economy.
♦ Making a key mindset shift from mechanically assembling a professional “network” to intentionally leading a professional community powers your interactions, deepens connections, expands your sphere of influence, and drives growth.
♦ Leveraging LinkedIn organically, not through machine-generated personal outreach, chatbots, or artificialized, prefab content, builds authority, establishes trust, and produces sales moments.
BOOK JD TO SPEAK
Whether you are organizing a conference, hosting a private event at your company, or are responsible for programming in your association or networking group, if LinkedIn is a topic you wish to cover and you need an authoritative source, look no further. In JD Gershbein, you get a world-class collaborator who will support your vision and connect your people with new knowledge and new opportunities.