Wake Up West Coast

Wake Up West Coast is designed for individuals across industries who value continuous learning, meaningful connections, and actionable insights they can bring back to their teams.

Our signature breakfast series blends intentional networking with high-impact conversations led by leaders shaping the future of business. Start your morning with coffee and connection, enjoy a full breakfast buffet, and engage in a keynote presentation focused on real-world application.

You'll leave feeling not just inspired, but equipped!

In a world full of noise, the leaders who rise above are the ones who truly listen.

In this dynamic and thought-provoking session, David VanderMolen challenges us to rethink the way we show up in conversations — and equips us with practical, people-centered habits that strengthen trust, deepen connection, and elevate leadership impact.

Through compelling stories and actionable insights, you’ll discover how small shifts in communication can create powerful results. By embracing three intentional listening habits, you’ll unlock potential in others, strengthen collaboration, and foster a culture where conversations lead to clarity, confidence, and meaningful progress.

This isn’t about talking less — it’s about leading better.

• Avoid the Anti-Listening Actions: Discover unhelpful and potentially harmful so-called listening habits that everyone should cease and desist.
• Apply the Three People-Helping Habits: Offer acceptance, express empathy, and practice listening to help people successfully solve their problem.
• Develop Listening Superpowers: Listening is an art and science of learned skills that, once mastered, will enable you to mark lives for good.

With over 30 years of experience in learning, leading, and listening, David VanderMolen founded a unique change agency, Inspired 2 Change, in 2022, to equip leaders, empower people, curate organizational cultures, and elevate educators. As an organizational change agent, David designs customized learning experiences, facilitates transformative moments, and delivers motivational keynotes through storytelling and self-disclosure to provoke profound personal and professional growth. A proud Southwest Michigan native based in Fennville, David aspires to be a catalyst for change while enjoying adventures on his Harley-Davidson, behind his camera, or on the pickleball court.

Program Questions? Email our Program Manager, Hannah Bowen.