Jay Jaboneta · Founder & AI Strategist, Kenzo AI
Talks that move people
to take action.
I speak about the work I am actually building — especially through Kenzo AI, where we help educators, schools, NGOs, and SMEs turn AI from buzzword into practical capability. My keynotes combine story, usable frameworks, and real implementation, so people leave with something they can do next — not just something they remember.
I have spoken on four TEDx stages across three countries, and deliver keynotes, workshops, and leadership sessions for corporations, governments, universities, nonprofits, and community organizations across the Philippines and Southeast Asia.
AI fluency · responsible AI · education · leadership · social entrepreneurship · innovation
Stage + field credibility
Speaking Topics
What I speak about.
Every talk is tailored to the room. The through-line is the same: translate a complex idea into something people can understand, believe in, and act on.
AI Fluency: From Buzzword to Working Capability
AI is already inside classrooms, offices, and organizations. The question is whether people are using it with skill, judgment, and clear guardrails. Drawing on Kenzo AI's work with educators, schools, NGOs, and SMEs, I make AI practical: what to delegate, how to brief the tool, how to judge what comes back, and how leaders move from scattered experimentation to responsible organization-wide adoption.
Start with HOPE: From a Single Post to a National Movement
In 2010, one Facebook post about children swimming to school sparked what became the Yellow Boat of Hope Foundation. I use that story to show how attention, courage, and consistent action turn an ordinary starting point into extraordinary impact — and introduce the HOPE framework for building something that matters.
Web3, Blockchain & the Future of the Internet
A plain-language look at how decentralization, digital ownership, and emerging internet infrastructure are changing the way value, identity, and communities work online. Best for audiences that want the implications without the jargon.
Youth Leadership & Nation Building
Leadership is not a title; it is a repeated decision to show up for others. Drawing from more than a decade of work with student leaders, schools, nonprofits, and communities, I challenge young audiences to redefine what is possible with the tools already in their hands.
Social Media for Social Change
Before social media became a default marketing channel, I was using it to build movements and public institutions. From the Office of the President to Yellow Boat of Hope, this talk explores how digital platforms can be used with intention, ethics, storytelling, and impact.
Innovation Labs & Ecosystem Building
How do you create conditions where good ideas survive beyond the launch event? I share lessons from building innovation hubs, incubation programs, founder communities, and cross-sector initiatives — with a focus on systems, incentives, and the relationships that make ecosystems last.
Watch
See me on stage.
Here are some of my earlier talks.
TEDxMontpellier — Yellow Boats for children
TEDxBritishSchoolManila — The Yellow School Boat
Kenzo AI · Ways we work together
For organizations that want
more than an AI talk.
A keynote can create the spark. Kenzo AI can also stay for the work that follows — helping a team turn interest into practice, and practice into institutional capability.
Best fit: schools, leadership teams, NGOs, associations, and SMEs that want people to leave with a shared language, practical workflows, and a clear next step for responsible AI adoption.
Vendor stance is neutral. Whatever is already in your stack stays in your stack. Nothing is sold from your platform.
Discuss a Kenzo AI engagement →Four depths, one speaker
Chosen by what the room needs to do afterwards — not by how long you have on the programme.
Keynote
45–60 minutes built for the specific room, not a generic future-of-work audience. Leaders leave with a checklist, not an impression.
Spark the conversationWorkshop
A half-day or two half-days, hands-on with the team's own real work. Capped so everyone builds something they keep.
Build working capabilityProgramme
Multi-session cohorts with follow-up clinics at day 30 and day 60 — so the method is practised, not merely heard once.
Make the change stickAdvisory
Ongoing counsel on where AI creates value, what needs governing, and what to build next as capability compounds.
Scale responsiblyFor an AI-focused engagement we scope the format around your audience, your existing level of AI use, and the result you want after the event.
Other Speaking Formats
Built around the moment.
Keynotes and workshops are covered in the Kenzo AI pathways above. For other events, these formats can be tailored independently.
Commencement Address
15–30 minutes. Graduation talks that connect personal story to the graduates' moment in history.
Panel & Moderation
As speaker or moderator. Brings structure, energy, and direction to multi-speaker formats.
Leadership Retreat
Multi-session conversations for teams, student leaders, or executives over one or more days.
Virtual / Hybrid
Designed for online delivery with the same structure, interaction, and clarity as an in-person session.
As seen and heard in
CNN
Yellow boats bring hope and education in the Philippines
Al Jazeera
Foundation coverage for education access and community impact
HuffPost
Featured contributor and social innovator
TEDx
Montpellier · Kinnaird College · British School Manila · Youth@MGCNLCA
Yahoo! Southeast Asia
7 Modern Day Pinoy Heroes
Apple
Leadership Academy Ambassador 2026
Past Clients & Audiences
From boardrooms to classrooms.
The room changes. The job stays the same: make the idea relevant to the people sitting in front of me.
Book Jay to Speak
Let's build the right session
for your room.
Tell me who will be in the audience, what you want them to understand or do differently, and where your organization is today. I can recommend whether the right answer is a keynote, workshop, programme, advisory engagement, or a custom combination.
Speaking rates available upon inquiry · Philippines, Singapore & international
What to include
Event name and date, audience type and size, preferred topic or challenge, location or platform, and any budget range you can share.
Lead time
Ideally 4–6 weeks ahead for local events. International engagements benefit from 8–12 weeks for travel logistics.
Coverage
Philippines and Singapore, with international engagements available with appropriate travel arrangements.
Beyond the stage
For AI engagements, Kenzo AI can extend the keynote into workshops, cohorts, governance support, or advisory work so the learning continues after the event.