Kathy McAfee

Effective communication and creativity are essential to foster innovation and growth in an organization. After all, it takes 3,000 ideas to arrive at one commercial success and only one boring presentation to kill it.

There is the growing epidemic of presentation mediocrity as more and more professionals surrender their public speaking power to PowerPoint or other types of presentation slideshows. The result is boredom, inaction, and waste of time, money, energy, and opportunity....

Take charge of your career and expand your leadership influence at work by becoming more proficient at networking. In this seminar, you will learn how to build a framework for networking and use it as a career development strategy. Learn to play to your strengths and position yourself for success online and in person with your Defining Paragraph. Increase your confidence and social savvy by honing your conversation skills in the speed networking exercises. Prepare to have fun, meet new people...

It is well known that people do business with people they know, like and trust. So, it stands to reason that if you want to grow your business, you need more people to know you, like you and trust you. Building productive and positive relationships inside and outside the organization is the key to making this happen.

In this keynote talk, Kathy McAfee demonstrates that networking is more than an event or activity, it is a strategy for a successful career, business, and life. Effective...

One of the greatest strategies for personal and professional development is believing in your own significance. We all wear so many different hats in our lives. Some hats have been discarded as they don't serve us any longer, and some are on a shelf for "someday". Using hats as a metaphor of the roles we play, Kathy invites audience members on stage to select a hat and:

1. Understand the different hats they wear and the roles they play
2. Identify the "traps" that keep you...

Adding energy and personal conviction to volunteer leaders of the Diversity & inclusion movement within organizations, Kathy McAfee's keynote speech re-energizing the group by increasing self-awareness, allowing for self-expression, and understanding the important role that communication plays in the D&I movement. 

Getting ahead in your career as a professional woman requires more than just hard work--you will need many people on your side advocating for you. You must build a robust network of mutually beneficial relationships that you have created and maintained over time so that they are in place when you need them. That's networking.

Motivational speaker and author Kathy McAfee will empower the women in your audience to actively increase their visibility and value to the people in their...

Vocal Power and Body Language Intelligence will make you a more powerful commuincator!

Professionals must not only strive to be articulate, but also to be more aware of, and in control of, their body language and vocal delivery. Research studies indicate that over 90 percent of what's being communicated in face-to-face situations is influenced by visual and vocal factors.

In this program, you will learn how to leverage the full range of your vocal dashboard and how...

Positivity is a powerful healing drug that can help cancer patients and their caregivers combat cancer while maintaining your spirit.

Ovarian cancer surviver Kathy McAfee shares her experience and creative strategies for surviving chemotherapy and the inevitable emotional, physical, and spiritual highs and lows of the healing process.

From HairRaisers to Theme-o-Therapy Parties to Kale, Kathy's talk Alive and Kicking Cancer has something for everyone.

Audience...