Healthy Community Builders:

Why People - And Parks - Change Lives

Healthy communities don't happen by accident. They are built every day through thousands of decisions, conversations, and interactions made by people who often underestimate their impact.

Whether you're leading an agency, developing staff, maintaining facilities, coordinating programs, or serving families, your ability to think clearly, respond intentionally, and lead yourself first influences every experience you create. The most successful organizations understand that exceptional communities begin with exceptional people.

In this engaging and highly interactive keynote, Julie Jones combines the science of mental performance with the power of human connection to show how our thoughts, emotions, attention, and behaviors shape the culture around us. Through humor, memorable stories, audience participation, and practical demonstrations, attendees will discover that the greatest impact they make isn't through the facilities they manage or the programs they offer, but through the people they influence every single day.

Participants will leave energized with practical, research-backed tools to strengthen their own performance, build stronger teams, create meaningful connections, and become more intentional leaders in their communities.

About the Speaker:

Julie Jones is a nationally recognized mental performance coach, leadership consultant, university professor, Hall of Fame softball coach, and founder of SSB Performance. For more than three decades, she has helped leaders, organizations, coaches, athletes, educators, and teams perform at their best by translating cutting-edge research into practical strategies that create immediate results.

Known for her engaging storytelling, humor, audience interaction, and evidence-based approach, Julie's presentations inspire audiences while providing practical tools they can use long after the conference ends. Whether she's speaking to executives, educators, coaches, healthcare professionals, or community leaders, Julie's mission remains the same:

To help people become the best version of themselves so they can bring out the best in others. Simple Tools. Extraordinary Impact.