Kate O'Neill

Kate is absolutely one of the best keynote speakers I've ever worked with. She engaged with us well in advance to understand our event, our message and what was important to our audience. At the event, Kate took the time to attend the opening sessions, and to interact and talk with attendees and other speakers… and then she linked her keynote to the issues and themes previously discussed and to what was coming up. She even took the time to creatively match components in her presentation slides to our event color scheme. Kate's presentation style is dynamic and engaging. And her message is positive and relevant in today's data and tech-driven world. Her keynote was clearly a highlight of our event.

Kate is extremely empathetic, she pulls enthusiasm and ideas on stage, a true pleasure listening to her!

It was great to hear and see Kate as the keynote speaker at the HCD Expo. This is the first time I have heard Kate speak and it was uplifting and positive — felt a little like watching a Ted Lasso episode! Thanks to Kate for being involved; there were many in the room who needed to hear that message to better understand that technology in the healthcare built environment is about making it a component of the delivery, not a container for it. If you ever get the opportunity to listen to Kate, I highly recommend you take it.

We contracted Kate for a fireside chat on the future of the workplace and could not have been more thrilled with the results! From the beginning of the process, Kate was accessible, thoughtful, communicative, and obviously very capable. Kate easily developed a strong rapport with our internal interviewer and from the beginning of our 1 prep call, I was confident we would have a great result. The result was a really thoughtful conversation that was timely, very natural, and a huge value add for the prospects/customers attending our event. I would contract Kate again in an instant and certainly recommend her to anyone looking for a thought leader in her area of expertise.

Kate is an excellent and engaging speaker. Her insightful perspective made her stand out from the crowd in a conference setting. She is ahead of the curve in terms of her approach to the subject matter and it was really pleasing to hear her way of approaching the discussion around digital experiences from the humanist perspective.

Kate provided the Keynote at the CIVSA conference. She was easy to work with and interested in learning more about our organization so that she could tailor her remarks to our audience. We received comments that she was passionate, enthusiastic and engaging.

I heard Kate speak in front of the Irish Business Organization of New York - a group of which I've been a member for about 2 years now. It was a mixed crowd of established business owners, entrepreneurs, salespeople & job-seekers. Everything Kate said addressed many of the modern needs of all of the attendees. Where Kate said something like: "The data you look at every day in & around your business represents human beings & their behavior. Remember that as you make your decisions about that 'data.'" She was on-point, incisive & insightful. I have already recommended her to a few other groups!

Kate is a great speaker. She spoke for us to a senior level group - you could have heard a pin drop. She really made us think - but also gave us concrete takeaways we could use in our business.

Kate just gave a very engaging and informative presentation at the College of Business in my University. It covered a lot of related topics - on leadership, sustainability, ESG, and the role of technology on the various business aspects. It definitely added a lot of value and expertise to our faculty. We would be very happy to invite her again for another presentation.

I first came across Kate's work two or three years ago on Twitter, initially on a blog about the merits and potential issues around Blockchain. I'm always interested in people with a slightly left-field take on subjects, or those who see beyond the obvious and to the true heart of an issue. What's more, Kate offered up a good dose of humour and plain-speaking on subjects — tech and our human interaction with it — that could otherwise be fairly dry. I asked Kate to be one of our keynote speakers at our P2P Transformation Summit, an annual event at The Hurlingham Club, London in June 2019 and was pleased to see that she delivered to a spellbound room. A captivating presenter who I'd be happy to recommend to anyone.

Kate was our Keynote Speaker at the LPA Annual Meeting and she was amazing. Her presentation was full of insightful content and she really gave us a lot to think about. She had great energy and really kept us engaged which is so important, especially at the end of a conference. Our theme for this meeting was “Adapt and Adjust” and her content was right in line with that theme, again, keeping us thinking and engaged at the same time! I would highly recommend Kate as your Keynote Speaker, you won’t be disappointed!

My 1 hour encounter with Kate O' Neil as keynote speaker at Healthcare Design in Cleveland, OH 2021 was revitalizing! I've been working in healthcare for 15+ years, been to countless conferences and encountered numerous keynote speakers. Her delivery in dosing out humanitarian advice based on her global lessons learned & best practices made me feel like I was having a 1:1 conversation with her and not surrounds by hundreds of other guest. In a world driven by so much technology, innovation and digital transformation, remembering what makes us human and keeping the human experience connected with emerging technology will truly be a key ingredient for our future. As she stated "it's not utopia or dystopia, it will be what we make of it". I walked away from her keynote address believing and feeling we have "A Future So Bright"

I had the pleasure of hearing Kate speak. She was captivating in telling her story while offering key insights. Kate has the ability to identify / adapt her audience, ask key questions and develop engaging relationships with every person in the group. I would highly recommend Kate O'Neill for public speaking engagements. I look forward to hearing her speak again soon.

Thank you for the amazing Keynote presentation. You have a brilliant vision for how society and business can innovate and mature data creation, ownership and use. Your perspective on dystopian and utopian analysis in deploying new solutions or technology was eye opening and provides clues to help resolve opposing views that have previously been elusive. I connected with your messages and your call for us to own what we put into code and how we use data! Well done!

I hired Kate to speak at Belmont University to a large group of entrepreneurship and business students. Her commanding presence, combined with her sense of humor, was well-received. She inspired the students with details of her entrepreneurial journey, and also shared creative fresh ideas on what makes data meaningful. I have also had the privilege of hearing Kate speak at various prestigious events around Nashville. I definitely recommend Kate as a keynote or breakout speaker at any type of professional event. Her experience creates an arsenal of expert subjects in which she can share and inspire a variety of audiences.

Kate was a highlight speaker at An Event Apart: Seattle. She gave a talk about making tech good for humans. It's an important conversation. She highlighted examples of absurdity finding its way into design and technology. Designers worry about "scope creep", but "absurdity creep" should be even more top of mind. I recommend Kate as a public speaker and guiding light.

Kate leads necessary discussions on responsible and representative technology. She opens up the conversation to provide an understanding into what this means for humans in an ever-increasing technological world combined with the aspect of unavoidable human biases. I saw her presentation at the Adobe Experience Makers event engaging with her audience and providing succinct summaries in the following Q&A. As a young woman establishing herself in a technological workforce, Kate's work provided me with guidance into the reality of technology's future.