Understand the vehicle.
Learn what to look for, which questions to ask, and what requires verification.
The StopPlayn Speaking Tour
Don’t Sign Blind.
Discipline. Structure. Respect.
Practical Auto Education for colleges, universities and corporations.
Preparing to launch alongside Auto-Cation.
Concept brand illustration
Clarity your audience can use.
Understand the deal.
Break down the price, financing, fees and fine print before committing.
Own the decision.
Practice making informed choices with Discipline, Structure and Respect.
Designed for your audience
Choose the experience.
Bring a practical conversation about discipline, accountability, and informed decisions to your next campus program, leadership event, or team gathering.
For Colleges
& Universities
Student leadership. Personal accountability. Decisions beyond the classroom. Explore a program shaped around your students and the next chapter of their lives.
For Corporations
& Organizations
Leadership begins with ownership. Bring your team together around responsibility, clearer decisions, and the structures that turn intention into action.
The message. Put into practice.
Explore Auto-Cation.
Bring practical vehicle-purchasing questions into an interactive learning experience.
Workshop activities will use features available and verified for each engagement. Licensed history, valuations and other planned connections remain future capabilities until activated.
Vehicle. Deal. Decision.
Clarity before commitment.
Programs & Pricing
Build your StopPlayn experience.
Choose a focused keynote, a practical Auto Education workshop, or an extended learning experience. Build your program and request a tailored proposal.
01 / Keynote
StopPlayn Keynote
45–60 minutes + audience Q&A
From $2,500
Responsibility, informed choices, and clarity before commitment.
02 / Workshop
The StopPlayn Plan
90–120 minutes
From $4,000
Guided Auto Education exercises using Auto-Cation and practical questions participants can apply.
03 / Half-Day
Half-Day Experience
Up to 4 hours
From $6,500
The message, guided practice, and facilitated discussion in one extended program.
Starting program fees. In-person travel, ground transportation, and hotel accommodations are quoted separately. Virtual programs have no travel or hotel charges. Final scope, availability, and investment are confirmed in a written proposal; an inquiry does not reserve a date.
The experience behind the message
Experience isn’t claimed.
It’s earned.
Since 1980, Lee V. Putney has built automotive experience across sales, finance, dealership leadership and lender negotiations.
Through StopPlayn, he brings practical lessons in informed decisions, personal accountability and Discipline, Structure, Respect to students, professionals and communities.
“What you don’t understand… you still pay for.”
From the personal archive · 1980The foundation behind the movement
1980
Where it began.
Before the brands.
There was the work.
Sales floors. Finance offices. Lender negotiations. Contract structuring.
Lee’s automotive journey began in 1980. The experience became a responsibility: help the next person ask better questions, understand the commitment, and move forward with clarity.
“Experience isn’t claimed. It’s earned.”
Discipline. Structure. Respect.
Why Auto-Cation began.
“A dealership deserves to earn a fair profit. A customer deserves to understand the commitment.”
“In one month, I sold 23 vehicles and earned $53,000 in commissions. I understand the business from the inside—the incentives, the negotiations, and the questions consumers often don’t know to ask. That’s why I created Auto-Cation: to help close the information gap before people sign.”
Understanding the commission figure
The $53,000 month averaged approximately $2,304 in commission per vehicle across 23 vehicles. Commission describes the founder’s compensation, not dealership profit. This figure alone does not establish whether a particular customer overpaid.
Beyond the stage
The StopPlayn world.
A shared appreciation for detail, identity, and the standards we choose to live by.
The StopPlayn Model Car Collection
Automotive passion.
In miniature.
Explore the collector model vehicle experience.
Signature Apparel
Wear the movement.
The StopPlayn signature, carried beyond the conversation.
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to your audience.
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