What Dialog Consulting Group does

Dialog Consulting Group is a sole-proprietor professional speaking and technology consulting firm founded and operated by Dave Nelsen from Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania. The company delivers keynote presentations, workshops, and advisory consulting to business executives, with a thematic focus on technology adoption spanning generative AI, mobile productivity, future technology trends, and leadership lessons drawn from Steve Jobs' turnaround of Apple. Nelsen, a five-time technology entrepreneur whose prior startups attracted over $70 million in venture capital, positions the firm around the tagline "Apps to AI: Elevating Executive Effectiveness." The company has delivered presentations to more than 2,000 audiences since 2000 and speaks to over 100 groups annually.

The firm's product portfolio consists of four signature keynote talks (Future/Technology Trends, Generative AI Productivity, Mobile Productivity, and Steve Jobs Leadership), a paid workshop on presentation technology ($495 per attendee), and advisory consulting engagements. Beyond speaking services, the company launched The Locator in 2025, a standalone free file-finding desktop application for PC and Mac available at locatorlocator.com. Nelsen is also developing a proprietary content library including a curated directory of more than 1,700 AI tools and 23 video segments distributed through KiwiLive.com.

Revenue is generated through three professional services streams: keynote speaking fees (quote-based, not publicly disclosed), paid workshops and webinars, and consulting engagements on social media strategy, mobile technology, and technology leadership. The Locator application is offered free of charge with no advertising. Customer segments span business executives across virtually all industries, members of Vistage Worldwide and TEC Canada CEO peer advisory groups, and not-for-profit organizations. The firm operates as a horizontal-segmentation business with global reach despite its single-employee structure, relying entirely on Nelsen's personal brand, speaking credentials (including E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year and Vistage Speaker of the Year awards), and direct client relationships for customer acquisition.

Name

Dialog Consulting Group

Legal name

Dialog Consulting Group

Website

https://dialogconsulting.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Dialog Consulting Group is a sole-proprietor technology speaking and consulting firm founded by Dave Nelsen, delivering keynote presentations, workshops, and advisory services on AI adoption, mobile productivity, and technology leadership to business executives and not-for-profit organizations worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Speaking & Technology Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (541611), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Other Management Consulting Services (541618)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Digital & Technology Transformation Consulting (BPAHACAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Performance Management & Productivity Consulting (BPAHAGAL), Data, Analytics & AI Consulting (BPAHAEAF)

Keywords

• Professional keynote speaking
• Technology consulting services
• Executive workshops training
• Generative AI training
• Digital transformation advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Cranberry Twp

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Operations

Revenue model

1. Speaking Fees: Professional keynote speaking engagements at corporate events, conferences, and executive retreats worldwide.
2. Workshops and Webinars: Paid workshop sessions such as 'Technology To Make It Like Being There' priced at $495, and Inbound Marketing sessions.
3. Consulting Services: Advisory consulting on social media strategy, mobile technology, and technology leadership including Steve Jobs lessons.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Dialog Consulting Group delivers professional keynote speaking engagements, paid workshops, and advisory consulting for business executives on technology topics including generative AI productivity, mobile/tablet productivity, future technology trends, and leadership lessons from Steve Jobs. The firm also offers a free file-finding desktop application called The Locator as a supplementary product.

Product overview

Dialog Consulting Group, led by Dave Nelsen, offers professional technology speaking services and consulting under the theme 'Apps to AI: Elevating Executive Effectiveness.' The primary offering consists of four keynote talks covering future technology trends, generative AI productivity, mobile device productivity, and Steve Jobs leadership lessons. Additionally, the company has launched The Locator, a standalone file-finding application for PC and Mac. Services are delivered through speaking engagements, workshops, and consulting engagements focused on helping business executives improve productivity through technology adoption.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Locator: A file-finding application for PC and Mac designed to help business professionals locate files faster. Private, no ads, free to use.

Products and services

• Dave Nelsen Keynote Speaking Professional keynote speaking on technology topics for corporate events, conferences, and executive retreats, covering AI, productivity, future tech trends, and leadership themes.
• The Future and How to Prosper in IT Keynote presentation guiding business audiences from the leading edge of technology forward into the next decade, covering exponential acceleration in computing, AI, AR, 3D printing, IoT, and other technologies.
• Unleashing Productivity with Generative AI Keynote presentation exploring the transformative impact of generative AI on workforce productivity, covering ChatGPT, Copilot, and practical AI applications for business functions.
• Doubling Productivity Using Tablets, Apps, and Smartphones Keynote presentation sharing practical tips and tricks for using tablets, apps, and smartphones to double business productivity, covering Evernote, email management, Slack, Microsoft Teams, and other tools.
• Leadership and Innovation Lessons With Steve Keynote presentation parsing the lost 1995 Steve Jobs BBC interview to extract leadership and innovation lessons from Apple's turnaround strategy.
• Technology To Make It Like Being There 2-hour paid workshop ($495 per attendee) teaching presentation technology skills including OBS software for virtual studios, animation techniques, and interactivity tools for business professionals.
• The Locator A free file-finding desktop application for PC and Mac designed to help business professionals locate files faster. Private, no ads, and offered free of charge.
• Technology & Social Media Strategy Consulting Advisory consulting services on social media strategy, mobile technology, digital marketing, and technology leadership for corporations and not-for-profit organizations.

Quantifiable outcome

• 40% of US workers have potential to significantly enhance productivity by integrating generative AI (Goldman Sachs study cited in presentation)
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Locator (locatorlocator.com)minorOthersDave Nelsen's startup product - a file finding application for PC and Mac designed to help business professionals find files faster. Offered free to users, private with no ads.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Guy Kawasaki (Garage): Guy Kawasaki is a venture-backed tech executive turned professional keynote speaker and author, offering paid keynotes plus advisory services on innovation and technology adoption. Highly comparable to Dave Nelsen's founder-with-operator-credibility positioning.
• Mitch Joel (Six Pixels Group): Mitch Joel's Six Pixels Group is a founder-led digital marketing and technology keynote/consulting firm targeting business audiences, with keynote topics overlapping Dave's productivity/AI/tech tracks. Direct peer in operating model and end customers.
• Brian Solis: Brian Solis is a digital transformation keynote speaker and analyst serving corporate audiences on technology, innovation, and human-machine collaboration. Comparable keynote positioning to Dave's executive technology track.
• Mari Smith: Mari Smith is a top-billed keynote speaker and consultant on social media strategy, Facebook marketing, and digital adoption for business audiences - directly overlapping Dialog Consulting's historical social media/technology consulting work since 2007.
• Jay Baer (Convince & Convert): Jay Baer runs a digital marketing/speaking/consulting firm that monetizes a keynote circuit on marketing technology, content strategy, and customer experience. Identical operating model to Dialog Consulting: founder-led keynote, workshops, advisory, and content publishing aimed at business executives.
• Michael Hyatt: Michael Hyatt runs a personal-brand speaking, coaching, and content business targeting business leaders on productivity, leadership, and platform-building. Comparable founder-led GTM and customer overlap with Dialog's executive audience.
• Mark Schaefer: Mark Schaefer is a digital marketing keynote speaker, author, and consultant serving enterprise audiences - comparable founder-led keynote, content, and consulting model to Dialog Consulting Group.

Emerging players

• Rohit Bhargava: Rohit Bhargava is an author, keynote speaker, and consultant on marketing, AI, and brand innovation, targeting very similar executive buyer personas. Comparable keynote content style, but smaller current book-of-business scale.

Broad incumbents

• Gartner: Gartner is the leading large-scale IT research and advisory firm providing executive briefings, consulting, and events on technology strategy. A broad incumbent in executive technology advisory where Dialog Consulting competes for the same enterprise tech-budget wallet.
• Deloitte Digital: Deloitte Digital is a global digital transformation consulting practice serving enterprise clients on technology strategy and adoption. Not a direct competitor (price/scale differ), but competes for the same corporate digital-transformation consulting budget that funds Vistage/TEC keynote spending.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/LocatorTeam
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dialog-consulting-group

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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