Speaking & presentations

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Al has delivered more than 500 presentations to building and corporate audiences. Every program is customised to the client.

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Upcoming · February 2, 2027

Builders Show 2027

Las Vegas, NV

Al will be speaking at the 2027 NAHB International Builders Show

Details coming soon.

Registration
20–40 minKeynote
1–3 hrsIndustry program
4–6 hrsWorkshop

Home building industry programs

The business of building, without the boilerplate.

These programs have reached more than 50,000 builder professionals.

Beyond the Base Price: Maximizing Profitability Through Strategic Pricing

KeynoteIndustry program

Pricing as a strategic tool for improving profitability, strengthening market position, and communicating value. Covers logical, competitive and consistent pricing; buyer psychology and market intelligence; and practical approaches to pricing homes, lots, options, upgrades, bundles and promotions while balancing customer appeal, sales velocity and healthy margins.

Sales Are About…

Industry program

The key elements that work together to drive new-home sales. Explores generating traffic, establishing competitive and logical pricing, delivering genuine customer value, offering appealing and functional products, maintaining the right inventory, selecting strong locations, and supporting it all with effective salesmanship and a clear understanding of the target buyer.

Product-Pricing-Sales: The Keys to Success

Workshop

A three-part program on how product development, pricing and sales must work together to create value, strengthen market position and improve profitability. Covers buyer-focused product design and research, strategic and market-based pricing, and disciplined sales practices — emphasising alignment among all three to deliver more predictable results.

10 Practical Ways A.I. Can Help Home Builders

KeynoteIndustry program

Practical ways home builders can use artificial intelligence to improve everyday operations and profitability. Covers applications from research, writing, training and human resources to pricing, market analysis, customer engagement and sales, while emphasising effective prompting, experimentation, and the growing importance of adopting A.I. as a competitive tool.

From Feeble Financials to Exceptional Earnings

Workshop

Practical ways home builders can improve profitability through stronger pricing, cost control, overhead management and increased sales. Explains the key financial concepts while exploring how better market intelligence, product decisions, purchasing, inventory, marketing and sales practices can produce meaningful improvements in overall financial performance.

Scaling Your Business Growth with Purpose

KeynoteIndustry program

How builders, trades and suppliers can grow without sacrificing profitability, culture or personal satisfaction. Examines the motivations and risks of growth and provides practical guidance on leadership, organizational structure, financial discipline, systems, technology, staffing, partnerships and performance measurement to help businesses scale intelligently and sustainably.

Dynamic Thinking

KeynoteIndustry program

How home builders can adapt their thinking and business strategies in an environment of continual change. Examines the cognitive biases that inhibit good decision-making, and focuses on the practical areas requiring greater flexibility — overall strategy, technology, construction constraints, inventory, sales and customer selections.

The 15 Functions of a Successful Home Building Company

Industry program

A comprehensive look at the 15 essential functions that drive a successful home building company. Emphasises how leadership, land, product development, finance, marketing, sales, construction and warranty are interconnected, and how builders can strengthen overall performance by identifying weaknesses, improving coordination, and managing each function effectively.

Al Trellis is the best national speaker on home building and sales that I’ve ever seen.

Chris Kemmerly · Miramonte Homes

Corporate presentations

Not just for builders.

20 Club facilitation

Candid advice among non-competing peers.

Al facilitates builder groups that share financial data, best practices, and hard-won lessons. Each meeting combines benchmarking, operational deep-dives, structured problem solving, and individual coaching.

15–20 builders. Different markets. Shared accountability.