Speaking Engagements

Keynote Addresses

  • 2025 — GAF Build and Vibe – Call for Honor

  • February 2024ASB Unplugged: Ecology Diversity and Mapping Power, Mumbai, India

  • 2023Ecology of Diversity, Diversity and Inclusion Professions (DAIP) & Amica Insurance

  • 2022 – Pinnacle Health System Annual Conference

  • 2021ACE (American Council on Education)

  • 2020Inclusive Excellence and Signature Work Revisited, 106th AAC&U Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.

  • 2019Reckoning with the Past to Build Inclusive Futures, Color Magazine’s Chief Diversity Officer Summit, Boston, MA

  • 2019 – Executive Session Keynote, Blue Cross Blue Shield Chief Diversity Officer Summit

  • 2018Discovering STEM Diversity at Amherst College, STEMM Equality Congress, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Invited Talks & Presentations

  • 2017Making a Difference Panel, Value Proposition for CDOs in Canadian Higher Education, Toronto, Canada

  • 2017Redistributing Responsibility: Critical Stakeholders and Student of Color Success, AAC&U 103rd Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA

  • 2016Redistributing Responsibility: Critical Stakeholders and Black Male Success, International Colloquium on Black Males in Education, Southampton, Bermuda

  • 2014Diversity Across the Spectrum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

  • 2013Diversity in Nonprofit Governance, TFEC & Temple NEST, Harrisburg, PA

  • 2012The Art of Execution, Carlisle Regional Medical Center

  • 2012Unapologetic Standard Setting: Success for Undergraduate Men of Color, AAC&U Student Success Conference, Seattle, WA

  • 2011Leading Change, Carlisle Regional Medical Center

  • 2011Transfer and the Liberal Arts, LADO, Carlisle, PA

  • 2010Aligning Expectations: Mutual Systems of Support, Jack Kent Cooke Annual Conference, Washington, DC

  • 2010Leadership in Small Groups, Carlisle High School, Carlisle, PA

  • 2007The Role of the Mentor in Student-Led Dyad Meetings, Posse Foundation, Los Angeles, CA

  • 2007Taking the Lead in the College Admissions Marathon, Philadelphia Futures

  • 2006Ethics in K-12 Education: Historical Perspectives, Leadership Cumberland

  • 2006Understanding Race and Leadership, Dickinson College

  • 2006What You Should Know About Effective Mentoring, Dickinson College

  • 2005Finding Your Way: Navigating the First Year Experience, Philadelphia Futures

  • 1999Understanding African-American Male Learning Styles, NABSE, Nashville, TN

Dr. Norm J. Jones is an experienced speaker and facilitator known for bringing clarity, warmth, and thought-provoking insight to his audiences. Whether addressing a national conference or guiding an internal leadership retreat, Norm draws on real-world experience to help people reflect, reframe, and take action. His talks make complexity actionable—equipping audiences with clarity, tools, and renewed momentum. Each keynote is tailored to the setting, designed to meet participants where they are and move them forward.

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