
Speaking Engagements
Bringing Exit Planning Expertise to Your Audience​
Dyanne Ross-Hanson is a dynamic and practical speaker who translates 25+ years of exit planning experience into programs that educate, challenge, and inspire business owners to take action on the most significant financial event of their lives.
Booking & Logistics
Let’s Build the Right Program for Your Audience
Dyanne works closely with event organizers to develop a program that aligns with your theme, your audience, and your time format — from keynote addresses to breakout sessions to half-day workshops.
Flexible Formats
Keynotes, breakout sessions, panel discussions, moderator role, and webinar formats available.
Custom Content
Every program is tailored to the specific audience, industry, and knowledge level of your group.
Regional & National
Available for in-person and virtual engagements throughout the region and nationally.
Program Topics
Programs Tailored to Your Audience
Every program is customized to the specific needs, industry, and knowledge level of the audience. The following represent core topic areas from which a tailored program can be developed.
Exit Planning: A Guide to the Process
Most owners are too busy working 'in' their business to work 'on' their business. A foundational overview of the exit planning process — what it is, why it matters, and how to begin.
The 7 Common Myths of Exit Planning
Every business owner WILL exit their business one day, voluntarily or involuntarily. Most owners think they have plenty of time. This program discusses the myths owners need to know.
Maximizing Business Value Before You Exit
The specific, actionable steps owners can take today to increase the value of their business — regardless of timeline.
Business Continuity: Planning for the Unexpected
Why every business owner owes it to their family and team to have a written continuity plan — and how to build one.
Key Employee Retention: The Win-Win Plan
How to design an incentive and retention plan that keeps your best people engaged and aligned — to grow enterprise value and achieve transition success.
Internal Transitions: Family, Partners & Key Employees
The unique challenges — and opportunities — of transitioning ownership to someone already inside the business.
In Their Own Words
What Speakers Are Saying
The presentation content and your presentation style wowed this long-time group of non-competing local CEOs. Exit planning is an ongoing topic of conversation among the 15 CEOs in this group, and your presentation added measurable value to that discussion. In fact, several members plan to follow up with you regarding their own unique situations. Excellent results from a memorable presentation!
— Vistage Group Chairman
Saint Paul, Minnesota | Topic: Exit Planning
We were kicking off a new Quarterly Educational Seminar Series and wanted both a topic with relevance and a dynamic presenter for our inaugural event — so we contacted Dyanne. She did not disappoint! Our attendance was more than double what we were initially expecting — a testament to the topic of exit planning and management succession — and our attendees were engaged and attentive — a testament to Dyanne's dynamic presentation skills and her topic knowledge. I would highly recommend her to anyone looking to solidify their Business Exit Plan!
— President & CEO, Community Bank
Lakeville, Minnesota | Topic: Exiting Your Business — Lunch & Learn
Dyanne led our Panel Discussion at an inaugural event with 170+ people in the room. Not only did she manage three highly successful family business owners' personalities on the panel, she conveyed a deep knowledge of ownership transition planning issues. She added valuable insights and thought-provoking questions for business owners, their family members, and advisers in the audience. Dyanne is a true professional, can command a room, and even managed to infuse appropriate humor into the discussion. Feedback following the event was extremely positive — much of which was attributable to Dyanne's command.
— Director, University Family Business Center
Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota | Role: Panel Moderator & Subject Matter Expert
Dyanne is clear, concise, practical, and extremely knowledgeable. My group wanted more! She relates to her audience and makes a complicated topic feel completely doable.
— Chapter Chair, Women Presidents' Organization
Plymouth, Minnesota | Topic: Exit Planning
This is the third time we've asked Dyanne Ross-Hanson to speak at one of our Multi-Association Conferences — and once again she delivered as usual. Exit planning is an extensive topic, but Dyanne was able to help our members understand it, the importance of what needs to be done, and why they need to take action. Dyanne brings clarity to a subject that all business owners will one day experience.
— Director, Minnesota Multi-Association Conference
St. Paul, Minnesota | Topic: Exit Planning | Third engagement
Dyanne's material was excellent — a very friendly, interactive presentation. She is very technically knowledgeable about tax laws and the myriad of alternative exit strategies available, and she makes it entertaining with stories and real-world examples. She created several 'Ah-Ha' moments, even for a group of business owners who think they know all there is to know about the subject. Very good presentation style — topic was on point and Dyanne was able to hold the attention of the group as she worked through a complex topic.
— Chair, Vistage Group CE 3234
Mobile, Alabama | Topic: Exit Planning & Ownership Transition
About Dyanne as a Speaker
Practical. Provocative. Immediately Actionable.
Dyanne brings a rare combination to the stage: deep technical expertise in exit planning, delivered with the warmth and accessibility of someone who has spent decades sitting across the table from business owners navigating real decisions.
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Her programs are not theoretical. Every concept, every framework, and every statistic is grounded in real client experience — the kinds of situations your audience members are facing right now, or will face sooner than they think.
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Dyanne is a published author on business exit planning topics and a trusted resource for CEO peer groups, professional associations, and financial and legal advisor networks throughout the region and beyond.
“It is never too early to start planning an exit strategy — and your audience will leave knowing exactly why.”
Audiences & Venues
Vistage International
CEO & Owner Peer Groups
Professional & Trade Associations
Chamber of Commerce Events
Financial Advisory & CPA Conferences
Legal Professional Organizations
Family Business Networks
Private Corporate Retreats & Offsites
University & Entrepreneurship Programs
