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Empowering and Inspiring Teams
Kate McKenzie specializes in empowering and inspiring teams. Invest in your team’s professional development by hosting Kate for a keynote address or lunch and learn. Want to dive deeper? Invite Kate to host a 90min - 3 hour workshop for your team to develop a winning strategy to achieve breakthrough results.
Check out Kate's TED Talk: Power of Positive News
KEYNOTES
The Secret Marathon: Story of Hope & Gender Equity Through Sport
Inspire your team to consider how they can be more gender equitable by hearing the story of the first women to run a marathon in Afghanistan. Kate shares her story of documenting the Marathon of Afghanistan in the award winning film The Secret Marathon, meeting these inspiring women and the global movement for equality that it has sparked creating the Secret 3K with participants joining from 27 countries around the world.
Tie Ins: International Women’s Day, World Refugee Day, Active Living, Global Impact, Gender Equality, Sustainable Development Goals, War & Conflict
Prevent Burnout: Embedding Wellness & Resiliency Tools into Daily Culture
Learn and practice key strategies to keep yourself and your team strong and high functioning. Kate has coached over 400 businesses to help them grow and sustain their leadership through daily practices that improved mental health, resiliency and effectiveness. As a high functioning leader who deals with mental health challenges herself, Kate speaks first hand to her own experiences and the tools that helped her avoid burnout. Learn to use wellness language and mental health check-ins during team meetings. Empower your team through daily resiliency practices that help them consistently be at their best.
Tie Ins: Mental Health, Wellness, Resiliency, Leadership, Company Culture, Human Resources, Team Bonding
Own Your Story: Harnessing Effective Brand Storytelling
Empower your team to become confident brand ambassadors through simple and effective storytelling techniques. As a documentary filmmaker, author and professional speaker, Kate provides guidance to teams about leveraging key networking opportunities to share compelling company stories in a personal and authentic way. Her proven storytelling tools enable teams to assess and strengthen company messaging to better resonate with customers and other stakeholders for breakthrough results.
Tie Ins: Communication, Storytelling, Brand Story, Networking, Culture of Sales, Prospecting, Digital Communication, Branding, Marketing, Stakeholder Communications, Customer Service
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CONTACT INFORMATION
Kate McKenzie
Email: worldviewsproductions@gmail.com
Website:www.worldviewsproductions.com
Twitter: @Kate4Hope
Bio
Kate McKenzie is the Director and founder of Worldviews Productions, a digital media production company that specializes in sharing stories of innovation and solutions across sectors through film, events and community engagement projects. Her production company recently completed a feature length film called The Secret Marathon Co-Directed and Produced by Kate which shares the story of the first women to run a marathon in Afghanistan. She is also the Co-founder and current Director of Story & Culture for the Secret 3K an international run/walk hosted in 24 countries that supports every person's right to run freely in their community. As a business strategist, Kate has worked with over 400 businesses coaching them to achieve growth both in Alberta with ATB X and in Toronto with the Transmedia Zone business accelerator programs. Kate has her Masters in Digital Media from Ryerson University as well as a Bachelors in Education with a specialization in experiential learning. She is passionate about sharing stories across a variety of mediums and is a published author, professional speaker and exhibiting fine artist.
Awards
Top 40 Under 40 - Avenue Magazine
Top 30 Under 30 - Alberta Council for Global Cooperation
Red Deer College Distinguished Alumni
Alberta Government Flood Hero
WORKSHOPS
TOP PERFORMING CULTURE
Embedding Purpose & Values
Onboarding Employees
Performance Reviews
Supporting Remote Teams
User Testing & Iterative Design
Conflict Management
Supporting Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Effective Storytelling
Social Media Strategy
Website Audits
Creating a Culture of Sales
Campaign Development
Crowdfunding
Working with Media
Hosting Virtual Events
Speaker Training
Wellness & Leadership
Mental Health Tools
Goal Setting (OKR/KPI)
Annual Strategic Plan
Owner to Team Leader
Gender Equity
What do clients say?
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As a former public school teacher, Kate is always delighted to adapt presentations for younger audiences.
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Interested in screening The Secret Marathon along with a talk? No problem, Kate will walk you through how to set up a great overall experience.
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Planning your budget? Please note that most talks and workshops require a minimum of 8 hours to prepare plus the actual delivery and follow up materials. Customization requires additional time. Kate does offer a sliding scale for those working with vulnerable sectors, schools and community groups however, presentations are not given for free. Please be transparent about your needs and budget and Kate will work with you to find a solution.
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Interested in having Kate speak on a panel? Please note that Kate only speaks on panels where organizers have ensured representation from a diverse group of thought leaders. Please consider gender, racial, religious, cultural, ability and age diversity when selecting your panel participants. Need suggestions to help make your panel more balanced? Let Kate know and she will be happy to mark a recommendation.