Now Booking · Fall 2026 & Spring 2027 120+ Events · 4 Countries

Keynotes · Assemblies · Workshops

A voice that commands the room.

Jodi Martin — 30-year Army Reserve veteran and former elementary teacher — speaks on leadership, service, and raising the next generation, from school gymnasiums to military family events. No wasted minutes. Every room changed.

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Schools & Libraries·Military Family Events·Educator Conferences·Story Festivals

Signature Talks

Three keynotes. Each one battle-tested.

Conferences · Corporate 45–60 min + Q&A

Duty: Leadership for Kids — What Army Values Teach Our Children

The flagship talk. Thirty years of Army Reserve service and a career in the elementary classroom, distilled into the values children can actually use — duty, courage, and showing up.

Audiences leave with

The 3-question after-action review for teams and families
Why standards without shame outperform both extremes
Simple ways to bring Army values into everyday family life

Schools · K-8 Assemblies 30–40 min, high-energy

Soldier Mom Live: A Story-Time Assembly

The assembly kids talk about at dinner — built around the Soldier Mom books, with read-alouds, call-and-response, and true stories from a real soldier mom. Teachers receive a follow-up discussion kit.

Audiences leave with

The "whisper test" for finding quiet courage
Classroom discussion kit mapped to SEL standards
Signed book for the school library

Military Communities · Family Programs 60 min + extended Q&A

Families Who Serve: The Home Front Story

For the spouses, the kids, and the parents holding the home front. Honest about the cost, generous with the tools, and delivered by someone who has stood on both sides of the deployment goodbye. Bases frequently report it's the best-attended family event of the year.

Audiences leave with

Deployment rituals that make time visible for children
The reintegration conversation script for homecoming week
Free book bundle raffle for attending families

Need something tailored? Jodi also builds custom talks and half-day leadership workshops — mention it in the inquiry form below.

Audiences

Four rooms she knows by heart.

Schools & Districts

K–6 assemblies, staff PD days, and parent nights — from a veteran who taught kindergarten through sixth grade.

Military Installations

Family readiness events, spouse networks, MWR programming. She speaks the language — fluently.

Education Conferences

Main-stage keynotes and breakout workshops for educator and parenting conferences.

Corporate Leadership

Offsites and leadership summits — three decades of service, translated for teams.

We've hosted governors, athletes, and astronauts. Jodi Martin is the only speaker who got a standing ovation from eight hundred middle schoolers — and then another one from their teachers.

— Principal, an Elementary School

"Booked her for 45 minutes. The Q&A alone ran an hour because nobody would leave. Rebooking for next year before she left the parking lot."

Family Programs Director · a Military Installation

"Zero diva energy. She arrived early, learned our staff's names, stayed for every photo. The talk was the best we've had — the professionalism was better."

Events Chair · a Parent Association

"Our engineers don't do feelings. She had two hundred of them writing after-action reviews for their own families by slide four. There were no more slides."

VP People · a Corporate Leadership Summit

The Process

Booking, the military way.

Which is to say: on time, in writing, no surprises.

Send the Inquiry

The form below. Date, audience, and what you're hoping the room feels like when she's done.

20-Minute Call

Within 48 hours you'll have a call scheduled with Jodi's team — availability, fees, and fit, answered straight.

Locked In Writing

One-page agreement, tech rider (it's short — a mic and a water), and a pre-event call with Jodi herself.

The Day Delivers

She arrives early. The room changes. You get the follow-up materials within 24 hours.

Check Availability

Tell us about your room.

Every inquiry gets a personal reply within 48 hours — usually faster. Dates for Fall 2026 are filling; Spring 2027 is open.

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