Speaking & workshops

Talks and workshops that help people get known for what they know

On a stage, in a room or on a Zoom, I bring the same thing I bring to my clients: real stories, practical steps and a little borrowed confidence.

Keynote · for founders, consultants and women in business

Say It Out Loud (Before You Feel Ready)

Most of us have an idea in the back of our minds that won't let up. A business, a career move, a thing we know we're meant to put out into the world. And most of us are waiting until we feel ready.

In this talk, I share why the confidence comes after you start, not before, and how to borrow some until yours shows up.

For women's leadership events, women in business conferences, entrepreneurship events, ERGs and alumni groups · keynote, fireside chat or panel · 45–60 minutes

What people leave with

You have more expertise than you think, and how to start seeing it
Why messy beats perfect, and why people want the real you
How to borrow confidence until yours shows up
One small, scary step to take before the week is out

Keynote · for B2B and marketing audiences

Human-Led: Why Real Expertise Wins in an AI World

Anyone can generate content now. That's exactly why most of it gets ignored. People want to hear from real humans with real experience, and search engines are looking for the same thing.

This session explains why human-led content earns more trust with buyers and more visibility in search, and how to get the expertise out of your people's heads and into your marketing, with AI helping in the middle instead of running the show.

For marketing conferences, B2B leadership events, professional associations and marketing teams · keynote, educational session or panel · 45–60 minutes

What people leave with

Why generic AI content is easy to make and just as easy to ignore
What E-E-A-T means (experience, expertise, authoritativeness, trustworthiness) and why search rewards it
Human » AI » Human: where AI helps, and where it can't replace a person
How a recorded conversation becomes months of content only your experts could create
One simple way to start this week

Workshops

Hands-on sessions for cohorts and teams

For founders · incubators, accelerators, launch programs

Start Smart: Launching Your Expert Business

You don't need everything in place to launch. You need to do the right things first. A workshop for founder cohorts who have the expertise and need a clear, doable way to get it out into the world.

60–90 minutes · virtual or in person · participants can keep going with the free Out Loud challenge

Getting clear on what you want to be known for, in one sentence
Talking about what you do so people actually get it (skip how to build the plane)
LinkedIn as your first storefront, before the website, logo or business cards
Your first posts: start messy, before you feel ready
Turning early visibility into first clients, and learning by doing

For B2B teams · leadership teams or your go-to experts

Activating Lanes of Expertise

Your people know more than anyone in your market realizes. In this working session, we map who knows what, find what each person should be known for and plan how to start sharing it, without it becoming a second job. Run it with your leadership team to focus on executive visibility, or with your go-to experts and marketing team to build a content plan around their lanes.

60–90 minutes · virtual or in person · pairs with the free B2B playbook

How buyers check out your people before they ever talk to your company
Why real and human beats polished, and why generic AI content gets scrolled past
Mapping who knows what across your team
Finding the one thing each leader or expert should be known for
Small first steps that don't turn into a second job

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Tell me about your event, cohort or team and what you want people to walk away with. I'll shape the talk or session around them.

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