Leslie L. Sharp
Marketing Strategist | Communications Specialist | Trusted Partner to Leaders & Executives | Certified AI Strategist | Speak & Facilitator
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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Leslie has spent 16 years blending creativity and strategy to help businesses increase sales. Understanding communications is both an art and a science, she develops brand messaging that isn’t afraid to be bold with customer connection. Known for enhancing digital presences that spark new profits and secure buy-in, she's trusted by corporations and nonprofits to deliver results.
A champion of entrepreneurship, Leslie teaches how she turned her side hustle into a life-time six-figure business through her signature P.L.A.N. Method. She now shares that framework in workshops and keynotes, inspiring new entrepreneurs across the country. Daily, she runs her communications consulting firm, Sharpline Messaging Group, where she transforms businesses and nonprofits into brands that exceed revenue goals, and build lasting customer relationships.
Leslie is a proud alum of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, where she received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration & Marketing. Through her academic excellence she was recognized as a Johnetta Haley Scholar, Dean's List Scholar, and Enterprise Corporation awardee. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the SIUE Alumni Association.
In 2025 she earned a certification in Artificial Intelligence Essentials for Business from Harvard Business School Online. In her career, she's led communications projects for corporations like 3M, Boeing and the American Heart Association, and guided digital growth as Communications Director for the largest church in Madison County, IL.
Originally from Chicago, she now calls the St. Louis area home and enjoys traveling with her husband, Jarrod.
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Your Expertise + AI: Building Agentic Tools That Unlock Growth
We can talk about the agentic future, or we can actually build it.
In this session, attendees learn exactly how I took my proprietary SHARP Messaging Framework and combined it with Base44 to build Comms Guard—an AI-powered diagnostic tool that finds immediate gaps in organizational messaging. The payoff: faster client onboarding, stronger pitches, measurable results from day one.
But this isn't just my story. It's a blueprint for what every builder, entrepreneur, and business leader in this room can do right now.
The shift from AI-that-answers to AI-that-acts starts with this question: What's your expertise worth when it's intelligent enough to scale? You already have domain knowledge that's valuable. You already know your industry's gaps and solutions better than any generic tool. The missing piece isn't smarter AI. It's combining your expertise with the right tools to turn that knowledge into an agent that works for your clients or your business.
This is about human-AI collaboration that actually moves the needle. No buzzwords. No theory. Just the practical choices, the tools that worked, and how you apply this in your own space whether you're building products, consulting, or scaling a service business.
If you're here to learn how builders are actually harnessing AI to create competitive advantage and real impact, this session is for you.
PLAN Method Workshop
Want to help your audience move from employee to entrepreneur? The "Transition P.L.A.N. Workshop" is designed to provide attendees with four key components of a successful business ownership journey. They'll walk away with a clear understanding of how to position their business in the market, learn how to leverage current skills and resources for a smooth transition, learn compelling launch strategies to announce new ventures and craft a relationship-building plan to nurture your business growth. Led by Leslie Sharp, a communications and business strategist who built a six-figure marketing agency from the ground up, this workshop is a must for anyone looking to take bold steps in creating a roadmap for entrepreneurial success.
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Campus to Career PLAN
This session guides students and recent grads on a transformative journey from college to career. With thoughtful insights and practical strategies, they’ll learn to professionally position themselves, leverage their unique strengths, announce their achievements effectively, and nurture professional relationships to create a future of purposeful growth and fulfillment.
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