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Keynote Speaker

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Proudly introducing our 2026 Keynote Speaker

Alan Stein, Jr.


Alan Stein, Jr. teaches proven strategies to improve organizational performance, create effective leadership, increase team cohesion and collaboration, and develop winning mindsets and routines. Alan shares real-world lessons, illustrated by powerful stories, so that you can immediately put these new ideas into action. He has a passion for helping organizations create high-performance cultures, and his clients include American Express, Pepsi, Under Armour, Starbucks, Charles Schwab and numerous college athletic programs such as Penn State Football and UConn Men’s Basketball.

As an acclaimed basketball performance coach, Alan spent 15 years working with the highest-performing athletes on the planet (including NBA superstars Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, and Kobe Bryant). He transfers that knowledge to reveal how leaders and teams can utilize the same approaches in business that elite athletes use to perform at a world-class level.

Alan is author of the newly released book, Next Play, the foundation of his keynote presentation. Grounded in powerful storytelling and backed by decades of performance coaching, Next Play is the ultimate handbook for anyone who wants to stop overthinking the past and start focusing on what matters most.

The Next Play Mindset is the ultimate guide for closing the gap between where you are and where you want to be.


Alan’s book offers:

  • 34 powerful strategies and 35 practical exercises for simplifying success
  • A framework for letting go of mistakes and moving forward with clarity and speed
  • Tools for improving performance, productivity, accountability, and culture
  • Insights that apply across business, sports, and personal life


Grounded in powerful storytelling and backed by decades of performance coaching, Next Play is the ultimate handbook for anyone who wants to stop overthinking the past and start focusing on what matters most.

To learn more about Alan and his other books, please visit alansteinjr.com.