Picasso Speaks

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Picasso Speaks.

Every room has the same question: what do we do with what we have? Dr. Picasso Nelson, a former NFL player, Ph.D., 13-year professor, pastor, and real estate investor, helps schools, churches, businesses, and conferences reinvent from the inside and build things that keep paying off.

  • Education
  • Ministry & Preaching
  • Business & Leadership
  • Real Estate
  • Keynote
  • Master of Ceremonies
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Keynotes & workshops

Talks built for your room.

Keynote · Reinvention

Reinvent From the Inside

Make the best of the hand you’ve been dealt.

It’s the fourth quarter. You can’t sign new players or bring in outside help. You have what you have. Dr. Nelson leads audiences through an honest look at their strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, then builds action steps to make the most of their situation, even when the hand is a bad one. He has reinvented himself from the football field to the classroom to the pulpit to real estate, and he shows how change starts from the inside.

If this is youYou’re stuck, and no new help is coming.

Best forSchools and universities, athletic programs, organizations ready for an honest evaluation, career-transition audiences.

Keynote · Entrepreneurship

From Employee to Entrepreneurship

Make money in your sleep, not on your feet.

For anyone working someone else’s clock, from the locker room to the break room. A practical talk on leaving the paycheck mindset behind and building residual income. Dr. Nelson started buying houses while he was still drawing a paycheck. Today he has purchased more than 500 and owns and manages 104 rentals. He walks through the whole path, from the first purchase to a rental portfolio that pays whether you clock in or not.

If this is youYour income stops when you stop working.

Best forStudents and athletes moving into business, employees ready for their next step, real estate associations and investor meetups, community and workforce groups.

Keynote · AI & Automation

Let AI Do Your Busywork

Use AI to multiply yourself, not replace yourself.

If you’re doing the same task over and over, AI can probably do it for you. This is a practical session for business owners, pastors, coaches, CEOs, and anyone whose day is eaten up by repetitive work. Dr. Nelson shows exactly how he uses AI and automation across his rental portfolio, his sermon preparation, his bookkeeping in QuickBooks, and his study in Logos. You’ll leave knowing which tasks to hand off first, so you get your time back for the work you love.

If this is youYou’re busy all day, and the work that matters keeps getting pushed to tomorrow.

Best forBusiness owners and CEOs, churches and ministry conferences, coaching staffs and schools, chambers and professional associations.

Workshop · Communication

Speak With Power

Bring your words to life.

People don’t move from words. They move from what they feel. Anybody can pull talking points off the internet, but a message only lands when it has passed through you first. For teachers, coaches, preachers, drill sergeants, and anyone who stands up to lead, Dr. Nelson teaches delivery that connects emotionally, from a strong opening to stories that stay with people long after you sit down. Every session is tailored to the room, and for churches it becomes Preach With Power.

If this is youYou know your material, but it isn’t landing.

Best forSchools and teacher in-services, coaching staffs, churches and ministry conferences, military and workplace trainers.

Also available as workshop leader and master of ceremonies for schools, churches, business events, and conferences.

About Dr. Nelson

Four careers. One direction.

Athlete

NFL and CFL. SWAC Player of the Year at Jackson State, 1995.

Professor

Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi. 13 years at Jackson State University.

Pastor

12 years leading South 28th Avenue Baptist Church in Hattiesburg.

Entrepreneur

500+ houses purchased. 104 rental properties owned and managed.

A standout at Jackson State University, Dr. Nelson was named SWAC Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year in 1995, then played professional football in the NFL with the New York Giants and Houston Oilers, and in the CFL with the BC Lions and Edmonton Eskimos.

After football he earned his Ph.D. and spent two decades in education, from 6th grade science teacher to 13 years as a professor at Jackson State. He has pastored South 28th Avenue Baptist Church for 12 years, and has spent more than 20 years building a real estate business, with a growing focus on ground-up development.

He learned these lessons the hard way, reinventing himself again and again. Now they’re second nature, and he teaches audiences to reinvent from the inside and build things that keep paying after the work is done: the Multiplier Mentality.

Background

The résumé behind the mic.

On the field

  • SWAC Player of the Year, 1995
  • SWAC Defensive Player of the Year, 1995
  • NCAA interception leader, 1995
  • Eddie Robinson Award, 1995
  • Senior Bowl Award, 1996
  • Jackson State Sports Hall of Fame

Pro football

  • NFL: New York Giants1997
  • NFL: Houston Oilers1996
  • CFL: BC Lions1998 to 1999
  • CFL: Edmonton Eskimos1999 to 2000

In the classroom

  • Ph.D., University of Southern MississippiHuman Performance, 2003
  • M.S. and B.S., Jackson State University
  • Professor, Jackson State University13 years
  • Instructor and coach, Jones County Junior College

In the pulpit

  • Pastor, South 28th Avenue Baptist Church12 years, Hattiesburg
  • Teaches communication and delivery to teachers, coaches, and pastorsSpeak With Power, and Preach With Power for churches

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Picasso Speaks · Picasso Nelson Agency Dr. Picasso Nelson

Serving Hattiesburg and the Pine Belt. Available for travel.

Prefer to talk? Call 601-408-7156.