Dan Gingiss
Dan Gingiss is an international keynote speaker and customer experience expert with a dynamic and engaging speaking style that has captivated hundreds of audiences around the globe.
Believing that a remarkable customer experience is your best competitive advantage, Dan shares insights from his 20-year professional career that included leadership positions at McDonald’s, Discover, and Humana. His speaking engagements are enriched by real-world examples and effective strategies that inspire immediate action.
Dan is the author of The Experience Maker: How To Create Remarkable Experiences That Your Customers Can’t Wait To Share and Winning at Social Customer Care: How Top Brands Create Engaging Experiences on Social Media. He earned a B.A. in psychology and communications from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. in marketing from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Dan is also a licensed bartender, a pinball wizard, and he once delivered a pizza to Michael Jordan.
Most Requested Programs
Signature Keynote: A Remarkable Customer Experience Is Your Biggest Competitive Advantage
Competition is tougher than ever these days. Competing on price is a losing game—just ask the two gas stations across the street from each other. And competing on product is getting harder and harder as almost everything can be copied—just ask your favorite ride-share company.
So what’s left? How can we stand out in a crowded marketplace that is constantly evolving?
In this fun and engaging keynote, customer experience speaker and former Fortune 500 executive Dan Gingiss will teach your audience how customer experience can be your company’s ultimate differentiator, creating a competitive advantage that cannot be copied.
Your business CAN compete on customer experience. When you create a remarkable experience for your customers, they become your best marketers and salespeople. The result is more customers who spend more, are loyal longer, and recommend your company to others.
You’ll walk away from this keynote with the inspiration and the tools to go back to work and create a deeper connection with your customers. And Dan Gingiss doesn’t just talk about experience, he creates one for the audience too!
Dan’s audiences:
- Learn the types of experiences people share most often and why.
- Apply an easy, 5-step framework for creating remarkable, shareable experiences.
- Leverage examples from many other companies across industries that have been successful with these simple, practical, and inexpensive ideas.
AI Meets Customer Experience: Expect the Unexpected
AI is revolutionizing businesses everywhere, but how can it be leveraged to further enhance the customer experience?
In this captivating keynote, customer experience expert (and former VP of Customer Success and Marketing at AI leader Persado) Dan Gingiss explores the transformative power of AI to go way beyond chatbots.
From hyper-personalization and predictive analytics to advanced virtual reality and next-generation customer service, discover how leading companies are using AI to delight customers and stay ahead of the competition.
Dan’s engaging demonstrations, real-time audience interactions, and compelling stories, including a memorable opening and finale (hint: check out the promo video!), will leave you inspired and equipped to harness AI’s full potential to elevate your customer experience strategy.
Key Takeaways:
- Unlocking Hyper-Personalization: Learn how AI can anticipate customer needs to create seamless, personalized experiences.
- Harnessing Predictive Analytics: Discover how AI can analyze customer behavior to optimize your operations.
- Exploring Cutting-Edge AI Applications: Witness how AI-driven experiences can redefine customer interactions both today and in the future.
Why Every Employee Is in the Customer Experience Business
We all know that support staff are at the forefront of driving great customer experiences. But the one thing that customer-centric companies understand well is that great CX is not the job of customer-facing teams alone—everyone has an equal role to play.
This session will explore how all teams in your organization are in the “customer experience business,” and how driving such a culture forward is key to organizational success.
Your customers don’t care about your organizational chart or which department handles what. They look at your company as a single entity and expect that everyone—from the front-line customer service agent to the legal department to the custodial staff—is focused on making their experience remarkable.
Dan’s audiences:
- Learn how different teams such as marketing, finance, and legal shape the customer experience.
- Discover real-life examples of the impact of non-customer facing teams on the end customer.
- Realize how a company-wide commitment to CX improves customer loyalty.
Testimonials
"Dan was an amazing speaker and addition to our conference this year. The time he took to familiarize himself with our attendees was made apparent in the way he connected with the audience. Beyond the scope of speaking, Dan made himself available for the full course of the conference and participated in all aspects of the event. He was an outstanding speaker, but even more, our attendees raved about the connections made with him off stage. He helped us deliver a fantastic experience for our attendees this year and we hope to continue collaborating with him in the future." - Kelley Blanchard, Executive Vice President, Career Education Colleges and Universities
"I have never seen a business speaker get a standing ovation from our group until Dan spoke to them about Customer Experience. He laid out a ton of principles in a relatable and funny way that got our sales reps thinking more deeply about the experiences that they give their customers." - Lindsay Pross, Event & Travel Manager, Benco Dental
"Not only was the content 100% on point for our Franchisees and for us as the Franchisor, Dan also invested the time to break bread with our Franchisees at two group meals, to listen and learn more about our business. I strongly recommend Dan as either a speaker for your business or as a customer experience expert to advise how you can elevate your company." - Michael Barrette, Chief Marketing and Sales Officer, Dippin’ Dots & Doc Popcorn
"His keynote featured some peak emotional moments that resonated with our audience, while also offering easy-to-implement tactics for them, no matter what size business they owned or worked for… Every experience we had with him deepened our trust and confidence." -- Vice President of Education, Marine Retailers Association of the Americas
"Dan’s presentation literally inspired our teams to create highly attainable, immediately actionable, delightful experiences for our guests. We received feedback from many attendees that Dan’s session was one of the highlights of our entire conference.” - Deb Mattes, Vice President of Property Management, Starwood Retail Partners