Light Up Ventures

Address: Light Up Ventures
15361 Lupe Rd.
Pine Grove, CA 95665
Website: www.lightupventures.com
Telephone: (408) 891-0266
General Email: jackie@lightupventures.com
Who we are: Light Up Ventures is an award-winning, leadership development firm with a vision for illumination through communication. Our mission is to develop tech leaders and their organizations through certified coaching and training programs that drive measurable business impact.

LUV’s Founder and CEO, Jack Griffin, specializes in elite development programs to help leaders grow with compassionate wisdom and practical guidance based on his ICF accreditation, as well as certificates and coursework from Harvard Business School, Stanford University and the Hogan Institute. In addition to giving Keynote talks and coaching executives, Jack and his team deliver trainings to build communication competence based on guidance from his best selling book, Luminary: Master the Art and Science of Storytelling for Technical Professionals.

Services we offer:
We provide a range of customizable services designed to elevate leadership and communication skills. 
  • Discussion Leader Training (in-person & virtual): enable briefing programs to avoid disengaged attendees, especially executives, by training their discussion leaders with proven curriculum and interactive workshops that provide the following average improvement ratings for participants:
    • 12% for presentation delivery skills
    • 9% for confidence with public speaking
    • 14% for content development competence
  • Customized Development Programs: adapt our core communication curriculum to fit specific use cases for briefing professionals to elevate their programs and improve customer engagement, including tailored training experiences focused on facilitation skills (in partnership with Ellen from EBP Consulting).
  • Executive Coaching: provide data-based, white-glove coaching engagements for select C-Suite leaders to develop their leadership competence for long-term impact with their organizations and beyond.
Some of our clients: We work with select clients across the tech industry, from Fortune 50s to startups, including: 
  • Amazon
  • Meta
  • Google
  • Salesforce
  • Fortinet
  • Genentech
  • Procore
  • Fireworks.AI
  • Yahoo
  • Autodesk
  • Wikipedia
  • Tesla
  • Cognizant
  • Verizon
  • Hitachi


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GACEP (formerly ABPM) gratefully acknowledges the following Sponsors whose generous support contributes to the success of GACEP Conferences and Services throughout the year.
 

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