Bring Transferable Capital to Your Stage or Your Organization
David Edgerton Jr. speaks to the moment professionals are living right now — displacement, reinvention, and the urgent need to build value that travels. Whether you’re booking a keynote or licensing a curriculum, the framework is the same. The impact is yours to own.
The Speaker
David Edgerton Jr.
Creator of the Transferable Capital™ Framework and author of Laid Off to Lift-Off, David speaks from the intersection of executive search, corporate leadership, and entrepreneurship. His talks don’t just inspire — they shift how people think about what they own and what’s at risk.
→Creator of the Transferable Capital™ Framework
→Author of Laid Off to Lift-Off
→30+ executive placements in nonprofit and social-impact organizations
→Former corporate diversity leader and electrical engineer
→Speaks at HR conferences, ERGs, nonprofit convenings, and universities
Three Talks. One Framework. Tailored to Your Audience.
Keynote 01 — Flagship
Value That Doesn’t Travel With You Is Not Yours In The First Place
Best for: HR conferences • Nonprofit convenings • Corporate all-hands
The flagship Transferable Capital keynote. Introduces the six capitals framework and challenges audiences to audit their own portability. Professionals leave knowing exactly what they own — and what they only thought they did.
This talk works for any professional audience, at any career stage, in any sector. It’s the entry point to the full TC ecosystem.
Keynote 02 — Transition
When Your Title Vanishes: Building Capital That Survives Disruption
Best for: ERGs • Outplacement programs • University career centers • Alumni associations
Built for professionals in transition or organizations navigating layoffs and leadership gaps. Reframes displacement as a capital-building opportunity — not the end of a story, but the beginning of a more portable one.
Particularly powerful for audiences who have recently experienced or are anticipating workforce disruption.
Keynote 03 — Entrepreneurship
Build What Travels With You: The Entrepreneur’s Capital Stack
Best for: HBCU business schools • Entrepreneurship programs • Accelerator cohorts • Founder events
Entrepreneurship-focused. Applies the TC framework to founders and solopreneurs building businesses around their portable assets. The entrepreneurs who build durable businesses aren’t just skilled — they’re deliberately capitalized.
Connects directly to the TC Growth Lab and other entrepreneurship programming for organizations wanting to extend the experience.
The Transferable Capital framework is designed to be taught, facilitated, and embedded — not just heard once. If your organization delivers career development, workforce programming, or coaching at scale, licensing TC gives you a proven curriculum with a proprietary framework behind it.
Lift-Off Workshop — Org License
$500–$1,000/cohort
Facilitator guide, workbooks, and slides licensed to workforce organizations to run the Lift-Off curriculum with their own populations.
Bulk orders of Laid Off to Lift-Off start at 25 copies and include branded bookmarks with a QR code driving to your registration page, community, or a custom landing page. Give your audience something they’ll actually use after the event ends.
