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StopPlayn • Institutional Speaking

StopPlayn

Clarity before
the commitment.

Practical conversations about discipline, informed decisions, and personal accountability.

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High SchoolsColleges & UniversitiesCorporationsNonprofits
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The perspective

Experience at the table.
Lessons for what comes next.

StopPlayn draws on its founder’s more than 45 years in automotive sales, finance, and business leadership to explore how people prepare, ask questions, and make decisions under pressure.

The DSR philosophy—Discipline, Structure, Respect—offers a practical foundation for conversations about careers, leadership, and consequential commitments.

Read the founder’s biography →

Built around your audience

Different audiences.
A shared need for clarity.

Colleges & Universities

Prepare for the
decisions ahead.

For student leadership programs, career preparation, financial awareness initiatives, and campus events.

  • Recognize pressure and pause before committing.
  • Ask questions about costs, obligations, and consequences.
  • Connect personal accountability to decisions beyond the classroom.
Discuss a campus program →
Corporations & Organizations

Ownership behind
every decision.

For leadership development, team gatherings, and professional learning events.

  • Examine how pressure and incentives influence choices.
  • Clarify expectations before making commitments.
  • Apply discipline, structure, and respect to professional responsibility.
Discuss your team →
Nonprofits & Community Organizations

Clarity that serves
your community.

For nonprofit programs, community groups, faith-based organizations, and workforce initiatives.

  • Recognize the full cost of a vehicle commitment.
  • Practice questions about financing, fees, and ownership.
  • Build confidence through practical Auto Education.
Discuss a community program →
High Schools

Build informed habits
before the first deal.

Age-appropriate Auto Education for senior students preparing for vehicle ownership and adult responsibilities.

  • Understand the difference between price and total cost.
  • Identify information to check before signing.
  • Practice asking for explanations without pressure.
Discuss a school program →

Program themes

Choose the conversation
your audience needs.

Don’t Sign Blind.

Questions to ask before agreeing to a consequential purchase, contract, or obligation. Intended takeaway: a habit of checking the structure before committing.

Discipline. Structure. Respect.

Preparation, accountability, and understanding the people affected by a decision. Intended takeaway: a practical language for personal and professional ownership.

Decisions Under Pressure.

How urgency, emotion, and incentives can shape judgment. Intended takeaway: ways to pause, clarify, and consider alternatives.

Explore starting fees and select your preferred format in the program planner. Final scope, travel, and fees are confirmed in a written proposal. Educational content does not replace individualized legal or financial advice.

The learning experience

See it. Question it.
Understand it.

Know the vehicle.

Practice checking identity, available history evidence, suitability, and questions about condition.

Understand the deal.

Work through a sample transaction: price, fees, financing, trade position, protection products, and ownership costs.

Ask before signing.

Use Auto-Cation as a guided teaching platform and build a personal checklist of questions before commitment.

Planning your event

For interactive sessions, plan for reliable internet, participant phones or tablets, a shared display, and suitable audio. Tell us about accessibility needs and alternatives for participants without devices. App activities, available features, materials, Q&A, and technical requirements are agreed in your proposal.

What happens next?

Send your inquiry → discuss your audience and goals by email → review a written proposal with scope, availability, fees, and any travel costs. An inquiry does not reserve a date.

For event planners

A clear starting point.

Include in your inquiry

  • Organization and audience.
  • Preferred date, location, and delivery format.
  • Estimated attendance and session length.
  • Desired audience takeaways.
  • Planning budget, if available.

Speaker resources

Lee V. Putney is the founder of StopPlayn and Auto-Cation. Drawing on more than 45 years in automotive sales, finance, and business leadership, he speaks about informed decisions, personal accountability, and his guiding philosophy: Discipline, Structure, Respect.

Open speaker portrait →

For approved event copy, a longer biography, or technical requirements, email Info@StopPlayn.com.

Plan your program

Bring StopPlayn to
your audience.

Tell us about your event. An inquiry starts a conversation; it does not confirm a booking.

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