Clients
Five hundred organizations, and an unusually federal roster
More than 2,500 paid presentations, over 500 organizations, and 90 percent of them rebook him or refer him. Forty years working out of the Washington DC region explains why a communication speaker has this many federal agencies on the list.
The full roster
Corporations, associations and government agencies
These are named as text on purpose. Their logos are their own trademarks, not Arnold's to reproduce, so the organization name is the credential here, not a badge wall.
Federal government
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- NASA
- National Institutes of Health
- Homeland Security
- U.S. Department of the Treasury
- U.S. Department of Justice
- U.S. Department of Energy
- U.S. Department of Transportation
- U.S. Department of the Interior
- U.S. Geological Survey
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- Office of Personnel Management
- Comptroller of the Currency
- U.S. Small Business Administration
- U.S. Army
Corporate
- Kaiser Permanente
- Lockheed Martin
- Bristol Myers Squibb
- Pfizer
- Lexus and Toyota
- Chrysler Corporation
- Xerox
- Booz Allen
- CBRE
- British Telecom
- Choice Hotels
- Precision Tune Auto Care
- Forrester Construction
- Cobham
Associations and institutions
- National Automobile Dealers Association
- International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans
- Society of Financial Service Professionals
- National Association of Counties
- National Association of Credit Management
- Project Management Institute
- Georgetown University
- Stratford University
- American College of Physicians
- Aspen Institute
- Embassy of Australia
- Inter-American Development Bank
- Alzheimer's Foundation of America
- Public Broadcasting Service
What the engagements actually looked like
Not a logo list. Twelve specific rooms he has actually been in
A client name on its own does not tell you what was delivered. These twelve do: the format, the size of the room, and in a few cases what the organization said about it afterward.
Stratford University
Commencement address to 450 graduating students and 1,900 guests in the audience. A single keynote, built for a room that size and a moment that specific.
Bristol Myers Squibb
A keynote for interns on building rapport and relationships, aimed at people just starting a career rather than veterans of it.
Lexus
Multi-day workshops delivered across the USA for field representatives, repeated in multiple cities rather than a single one-off session.
U.S. Department of Energy
A two-day program, Communication for Leaders, built for people managing other people rather than a general audience session.
Lockheed Martin
An after-dinner keynote for the Business Management Division. Meeting Coordinator Amy Shannon wrote that Arnold kept the room engaged at 7:30 in the evening after a long work day and a full meal, which she called not an easy task.
Homeland Security
Winning Presentation Skills, delivered eight separate times for the agency rather than once, which is its own kind of evaluation.
National Institutes of Health
One-day programs and 1.5-day retreats, both formats used depending on the group and the goal.
NASA
Half-day sessions, built for a technical audience without diluting the material to fit the shorter format.
Pfizer
General sessions plus separate facilitation work for staff and for doctors, two different audiences inside the same client relationship.
Embassy of Australia
More than 20 sessions over time, the kind of repeat relationship that only happens when the first one goes well.
American College of Physicians
A three-hour presentation-skills workshop, built for physicians who present but are not professional presenters.
Chrysler Corporation
An all-day session for minority dealership owners, a business-development audience rather than a general staff one.
Why so many federal agencies
Forty years in the Washington DC region, and word travels inside government
Sanow Professional Development has been based in Vienna, Virginia since 1985, inside the same metro area as the agencies on the list above: the FBI, NASA, the National Institutes of Health, Homeland Security, and the Departments of Energy, the Treasury, Justice, Transportation and the Interior. Federal training offices talk to each other, and a program that works for one agency's leadership tends to get recommended to the next. That is a different sales channel than a corporate speaker relies on, and it is the reason the roster on this page reads the way it does. The same discipline that gets him rebooked by corporations, tailoring the material to the specific group before he shows up, is what keeps him coming back to government audiences that have very little patience for a generic session. See the full speaking programs or the coaching work behind these engagements.
In their own words
What these organizations said after the fact
“Arnold was a big hit this week! He was full of energy, had great stories, related well to our group, and was funny. The group walked away with specific ways to connect with our customers. Thanks for making both of us look good!”
“Arnold, Just wanted to say a quick thank you for presenting to our team on Tuesday night. Everyone was still talking about it the next morning. You did a fabulous job engaging everyone and keeping the presentation interesting and useful… Not an easy task after a long work day, a full meal, and at 7:30 in the evening!”
“I can speak confidently for our entire group in saying that your delivery, pace, content, style, and especially the on-target videos and examples were just what we needed to accomplish our goal.”
“The comments were very positive as you reinforced listening and communication skills in a good interactive session. Many were pleased, and I thank you so much!”
About the roster
What planners ask about the client list
Check a date
Tell him about your group, not just the date
Vienna, Virginia, booking nationwide, in person or virtual. Every one of the twelve engagements above started with a first call, the same one you would be making.