Carrie Vanston
Prof Speaker-NSA, CPC, PCC, ELI-MP
TX, USEnergize your leadership, exceed your goals! Carrie's fun, interactive keynotes focus on mindset and intentional travel to give audiences strategies to be more effective and fulfilled leaders.
With her interactive and inspiring keynotes, Carrie Vanston supports executives, business owners, and professionals to connect with their passion, power up their mindset, and supercharge their impact so they can meet and exceed their goals with more success and fulfillment.
She has incorporated one particularly powerful tool to professional and personal transformation--intentional travel, also known as conscious or mindful travel—into her speaking and coaching practice as well.
Carrie has a long history of helping organizations thrive. She co-authored the award-winning book MiniTrends and her articles have appeared in such publications as Texas CEO Magazine, Austin Business Journal, and Austin's National Speakers Association anthology.
Carrie previously led the Minitrends Project and directed the popular MiniTrends Conference Series at Technology Futures, Inc (TFI). She is presently a TFI Board Member and an Advisor with its non-profit Art 84.
She is a popular keynote speaker on being a more energized, visionary leader and has made presentations around the world including.
—Fortune 500: Unilever, Morgan Stanley
—Leading Organizations: VMware, Product Management Institute, IEEE; Texas Women's Chamber,
—Government: TSABAA, TDLR, Executive Women in Texas, World Affairs Council
—Human Resources: Association of Talent Development, Austin SHRM, Business Success Center
—Health and Wellness: Nurses Organization of Veteran Affairs, National Association for Health Care Recruitment,
—Financial: Morgan Stanley, CPATX Central Texas
—Universities: University of Texas at Austin, Laurea University, Finland
Carrie is a National Speakers Association (NSA) Austin Board Member and a 2024 Austin Business Journal Women in Business Honoree. She founded and led the Austin/San Antonio Association of Corporate Growth’s C-Suite Roundtable for two years. She was also a National Adviser and Austin Board Member of Cultures in Action.
Carrie is an Energy Leadership Index Master Practitioner (ELI-MP), Certified Leadership Coach, Certified Travel Coach, Accredited ICF Coach, and a Professional Speaker with NSA.
On the personal side, she loves to dance, travel, and spend time with her two teenage sons.
Carrie's Speaker Reel: https://youtu.be/ZoX2gDiv39U
Carrie's One-Page: http://tinyurl.com/carrievanston
Raves for Carrie!
Carrie's presentation was very energetic and covered the topic of travel in ways that I hadn’t thought about in the past. Very informative and gave a lot of good ideas for me going forward!
~~Hudson Marek, TFI Technology Conference
Recently we had Carrie Vanston keynote on our Speakers Series. Carrie came with some great ideas and some great strategies to power up our mindset. I am so excited that she came to present to us. I can't wait to use the strategies she shared with in my everyday life. Thank you, Carrie. You rock!
~Tiffany Rhodes, Professional Development Director, Austin Association of Talent Development
We just heard Carrie Vanston keynote at our TSABAA Summer Conference. She gave us some great tips and strategies to change our mindset. It was a really great presentation and we look forward to using her tools in our everyday jobs. Thank you!
~Megan Sanchez, Programs, Texas State Agency Business Administrators’ Association
If you are doing a session for the leaders or teams, Carrie would be a great asset to help people shift their thinking towards a positive mindset and how to achieve their goals…whether they be personal and/or professional.
~Farhan Mahmood, Sr. Global Inside Sales Manager, VMware, Inc.
Carrie’s presentation was a smashing success! I was so impressed with the level at which she was able to engage the attendees by asking open ended questions and providing a series of three critical thinking exercises. Her delivery was high energy and she made the attendees feel comfortable to share.
~Dawn McKnight, Education Director, National Association for Health Care Recruitment (NAHCR)
Carrie Vanston's keynote was very informative. She's got great charisma. We learned a lot about how to shift our midset from a fixed mindset to an energized mindset. Also how to really care about the why of what we're doing and how that brings out the best in people. A really, really great presentation.
~Luis G. Pena, Chair, Opportunities, Project Managers Institute (PMI)
With her interactive and inspiring keynotes, Carrie Vanston supports executives, business owners, and professionals to connect with their passion, power up their mindset, and supercharge their impact so they can meet and exceed their goals with more success and fulfillment.
She has incorporated one particularly powerful tool to professional and personal transformation--intentional travel, also known as conscious or mindful travel—into her speaking and coaching practice as well.
Carrie has a long history of helping organizations thrive. She co-authored the award-winning book MiniTrends and her articles have appeared in such publications as Texas CEO Magazine, Austin Business Journal, and Austin's National Speakers Association anthology.
Carrie previously led the Minitrends Project and directed the popular MiniTrends Conference Series at Technology Futures, Inc (TFI). She is presently a TFI Board Member and an Advisor with its non-profit Art 84.
She is a popular keynote speaker on being a more energized, visionary leader and has made presentations around the world including.
—Fortune 500: Unilever, Morgan Stanley
—Leading Organizations: VMware, Product Management Institute, IEEE; Texas Women's Chamber,
—Government: TSABAA, TDLR, Executive Women in Texas, World Affairs Council
—Human Resources: Association of Talent Development, Austin SHRM, Business Success Center
—Health and Wellness: Nurses Organization of Veteran Affairs, National Association for Health Care Recruitment,
—Financial: Morgan Stanley, CPATX Central Texas
—Universities: University of Texas at Austin, Laurea University, Finland
Carrie is a National Speakers Association (NSA) Austin Board Member and a 2024 Austin Business Journal Women in Business Honoree. She founded and led the Austin/San Antonio Association of Corporate Growth’s C-Suite Roundtable for two years. She was also a National Adviser and Austin Board Member of Cultures in Action.
Carrie is an Energy Leadership Index Master Practitioner (ELI-MP), Certified Leadership Coach, Certified Travel Coach, Accredited ICF Coach, and a Professional Speaker with NSA.
On the personal side, she loves to dance, travel, and spend time with her two teenage sons.
Carrie's Speaker Reel: https://youtu.be/ZoX2gDiv39U
Carrie's One-Page: http://tinyurl.com/carrievanston
Raves for Carrie!
Carrie's presentation was very energetic and covered the topic of travel in ways that I hadn’t thought about in the past. Very informative and gave a lot of good ideas for me going forward!
~~Hudson Marek, TFI Technology Conference
Recently we had Carrie Vanston keynote on our Speakers Series. Carrie came with some great ideas and some great strategies to power up our mindset. I am so excited that she came to present to us. I can't wait to use the strategies she shared with in my everyday life. Thank you, Carrie. You rock!
~Tiffany Rhodes, Professional Development Director, Austin Association of Talent Development
We just heard Carrie Vanston keynote at our TSABAA Summer Conference. She gave us some great tips and strategies to change our mindset. It was a really great presentation and we look forward to using her tools in our everyday jobs. Thank you!
~Megan Sanchez, Programs, Texas State Agency Business Administrators’ Association
If you are doing a session for the leaders or teams, Carrie would be a great asset to help people shift their thinking towards a positive mindset and how to achieve their goals…whether they be personal and/or professional.
~Farhan Mahmood, Sr. Global Inside Sales Manager, VMware, Inc.
Carrie’s presentation was a smashing success! I was so impressed with the level at which she was able to engage the attendees by asking open ended questions and providing a series of three critical thinking exercises. Her delivery was high energy and she made the attendees feel comfortable to share.
~Dawn McKnight, Education Director, National Association for Health Care Recruitment (NAHCR)
Carrie Vanston's keynote was very informative. She's got great charisma. We learned a lot about how to shift our midset from a fixed mindset to an energized mindset. Also how to really care about the why of what we're doing and how that brings out the best in people. A really, really great presentation.
~Luis G. Pena, Chair, Opportunities, Project Managers Institute (PMI)
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