Tom Okafor
Rooms that learn
12 verified engagements · more coming
Tom Okafor is a Minneapolis-based speaker on education. The sessions mix story, evidence, and audience practice, and the verified record behind them is public for any planner to check. [1]
Biography
Tom Okafor came to the stage from classrooms, conference rooms, and every kind of audience in between. That work shapes every talk: no theory without a room it was tested in.
On stage, the work is rooms that learn, told plainly and built to be used on Monday morning. Planners book Tom for keynotes, workshops, and conference closers, and can check every verified engagement on the public record before they ever pick up the phone.
Keynotes
Rooms That Learn
Stories first, frameworks second. Tom walks the room through real rooms and real stakes, then turns the lessons into moves the audience can use the same week.
Questions That Teach
A practical session built for this audience: live examples, one simple model the room can repeat, and time for the questions people actually bring.
Verified engagements
12 verified engagements · more coming
5 confirmed by a named person · 6 confirmed by documentary review · 1 confirmed by the speaker.
12 verified engagements · 11 shown in full · 1 shown by category · 0 private.
Repeat bookings: Campus Leaders Conference (3), Lumen Training Days (3), Bright Futures Education Summit (2).
Open the expanded view to see each engagement with its date, event, organization, and role, with the numbered reference for the evidence behind it.
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| Date | Event | Organization | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2026 | Campus Leaders Conference Regional Forum [2] | Campus Leaders Conference | Keynote |
| Jun 2026 | Campus Leaders Conference Regional Forum [3] | Campus Leaders Conference | Keynote |
| May 2026 | Lumen Training Days Annual Kickoff [4] | Lumen Training Days | Keynote |
| Apr 2026 | Bright Futures Education Summit Annual Kickoff [5] | Bright Futures Education Summit | Workshop |
| Mar 2026 | Education [6] | Dallas, TX | External keynote / training |
| Mar 2026 | Campus Leaders Conference Team Summit [7] | Campus Leaders Conference | Training |
| Feb 2026 | Open Door Learning Forum National Meeting [8] | Open Door Learning Forum | Breakout session |
| Jan 2026 | Lumen Training Days Annual Kickoff [9] | Lumen Training Days | Panel |
| Dec 2025 | Lumen Training Days National Meeting [10] | Lumen Training Days | Keynote |
| Nov 2025 | Bright Futures Education Summit Annual Conference [11] | Bright Futures Education Summit | Keynote |
| Sep 2025 | Open Door Learning Forum Team Summit [12] | Open Door Learning Forum | Keynote |
| Sep 2025 | Heartland Educators Institute Annual Conference [13] | Heartland Educators Institute | Workshop |
Every engagement above was confirmed with the organizer or documentary evidence before it was added. The numbered markers open the reference for each one below.
What is a Speaker Packet
A Speaker Packet is a speaker's complete booking profile at one link: bio, sessions, photos, video, testimonials, and the practical details a planner needs to book with confidence. On SpeakerPacket it is a living page the speaker keeps current, not a PDF that goes stale the day it is sent. When a packet is SP Verified, the engagement record in it has been confirmed engagement by engagement, so what you are reading is not only well presented, it is checked.
Help me read this record
A verified record can look like a wall of proof. This guide explains what its facts mean, and just as plainly what they do not mean. It is the same guide, built the same way from the same facts, on every SP Verified record.
What this record proves
- 12 verified engagements are on this record, each one confirmed before it was added.
- Named confirmers: 4 independent source(s) confirmed engagements on this record, including Patrice Vane, Terry Lindros, Robin Ellery, Jo Ferreira. A confirmation means that source put its name behind the engagement.
- 6 engagements rest on documentary evidence reviewed by SP Verified, such as a signed contract paired with a final invoice.
- 1 engagement is confirmed by the speaker and is labeled that way on the record, so you can weigh it accordingly.
- Repeat bookings: Campus Leaders Conference (3), Lumen Training Days (3), Bright Futures Education Summit (2) each hired this speaker more than once. Readers tend to weigh that heavily: the organization had seen the work once and chose it again.
- 11 of the 12 verified engagements are confirmed as paid engagements.
- The most recent verified engagement is from August 2026, so this record is still growing.
Full verification still in process - Not a full list at this time.
What this record does not prove
It does not prove this speaker is right for your event. Fit depends on your audience, your theme, and your room, and no record can judge that for you. It says nothing about fee or availability either. And keep the layers straight: testimonials, photos, and videos are listed material the speaker provided. The verified engagements are the part SP Verified checked.
How readers usually weigh a record
- Recency: is the record still growing, or did it stop years ago?
- Repeat bookings: did anyone who saw the work hire the speaker again?
- Independent voices: how many different confirmers stand behind the record, and who are they?
Decide which of those matters most for your event first. The record will then answer you plainly, and two speakers' records can be compared fact by fact, the same way.
Our promise, and its limit
SP Verified does not recommend speakers. Not this one, not any one, ever. We do not rank speakers, score them, or steer you toward anyone, and no speaker can pay to change a single fact on a record or a single line of this guide. Our job is only to make sure the facts under your decision are real, and then to get out of the way. Choosing the speaker who fits your event is your call, and it should be: you know your event, and we do not.
References
- SP Verified record SPV-W5H8NA: identity and record authenticated by SP Verified since June 2026. spverified.com/verify/SPV-W5H8NA
- SP Verified engagement record: Campus Leaders Conference Regional Forum, Campus Leaders Conference: confirmed by SP Verified documentary review (SP Verified review); evidence class: event_organizer; verified January 1, 1970.
- SP Verified engagement record: Campus Leaders Conference Regional Forum, Campus Leaders Conference: confirmed by Terry Lindros (Meeting planner); evidence class: event_organizer; verified January 1, 1970.
- SP Verified engagement record: Lumen Training Days Annual Kickoff, Lumen Training Days: confirmed by SP Verified documentary review (SP Verified review); evidence class: event_organizer; verified January 1, 1970.
- SP Verified engagement record: Bright Futures Education Summit Annual Kickoff, Bright Futures Education Summit: confirmed by Patrice Vane (Event organizer); evidence class: event_organizer; verified January 1, 1970.
- SP Verified engagement record: Education engagement, Dallas, TX, Mar 2026: confirmed by the speaker (Speaker-attested record); evidence class: event_organizer; verified January 1, 1970.
- SP Verified engagement record: Campus Leaders Conference Team Summit, Campus Leaders Conference: confirmed by Robin Ellery (Program chair); evidence class: event_organizer; verified January 1, 1970.
- SP Verified engagement record: Open Door Learning Forum National Meeting, Open Door Learning Forum: confirmed by SP Verified documentary review (SP Verified review); evidence class: event_organizer; verified January 1, 1970.
- SP Verified engagement record: Lumen Training Days Annual Kickoff, Lumen Training Days: confirmed by SP Verified documentary review (SP Verified review); evidence class: event_organizer; verified January 1, 1970.
- SP Verified engagement record: Lumen Training Days National Meeting, Lumen Training Days: confirmed by Patrice Vane (Program chair); evidence class: event_organizer; verified January 1, 1970.
- SP Verified engagement record: Bright Futures Education Summit Annual Conference, Bright Futures Education Summit: confirmed by Jo Ferreira (Event organizer); evidence class: event_organizer; verified January 1, 1970.
- SP Verified engagement record: Open Door Learning Forum Team Summit, Open Door Learning Forum: confirmed by SP Verified documentary review (SP Verified review); evidence class: event_organizer; verified January 1, 1970.
- SP Verified engagement record: Heartland Educators Institute Annual Conference, Heartland Educators Institute: confirmed by SP Verified documentary review (SP Verified review); evidence class: event_organizer; verified January 1, 1970.
External links
- Full speaker packet: the complete packet, with video, photos, and booking details.
- SP Verified record: the live authentication record for this speaker.
Full verification still in process - Not a full list at this time.