You have carved out time to host an event with people important to you — members, customers, partners, or your team. You want them to be inspired and gain practical ideas to grow and achieve their objectives. My goal is to ensure you succeed.
I’ve been speaking publicly for more than 20 years. I’ve headlined as a keynote speaker, served as a host and moderator, sat alongside top CEOs on panels, interviewed senior executives, and led roundtable discussions at professional conferences for businesses, universities, associations, and churches. See what people are saying about my solutions.
These can be presented as a keynote, a workshop, or in a panel setting. Your presentation can be customized to meet your organization’s specific needs.
This topic is ideal for CEOs to managers and will equip any team member to contribute to growth.
This topic is ideal for anyone who wants to grow themselves, their teams and their businesses. When you focus on these investments, it’s a win/win/win. Your audience will receive inspiration and practical advice that benefits individuals, teams, and entire enterprises.
Women have more opportunities to do more and become more when they recognize and seize the opportunities available to them.
Nearly 5 in 10 professional women want to serve on a board, but don’t know how to achieve their goal. In the path to board service, no one size fits all; I offer practical advice and inspiration to help women make an impact through corporate board service.
I demystify the process of joining boards and offer practical advice and inspiration to set more women and men on the path to making an impact through corporate board positions.
Speaking at Independent Women’s Forum on How Entrepreneurs Open Opportunities for Themselves and Others in any Environment
I know firsthand what it takes to create a stellar event for you. As an executive, I led teams that produced exceptional meetings — including Customer Conferences, Executive Roundtables, team offsites with thousands of people, and a variety of meetings and panels.
A key component of your success is selecting speakers who deliver a message that aligns with your goals and the highest aspirations of your audience. As a professional speaker, I will provide you with:
It’s an honor to be considered an expert, and I speak on topics that inspire audiences to grow themselves, their teams, and their businesses.
Helping high performing leaders build meaningful careers: I advise leaders and entrepreneurs who want to grow themselves, their teams, and their businesses.
I’m an entrepreneur, public company board member, advisor, and creator of the Pocket Mentor mobile app. One of my most successful businesses was webMethods, Inc. which I co-founded and helped grow to a global public company with 1,100 people and $200m in revenue.
As co-founder, President and Chairman of the webMethods Foundation, I led teams that made investments in nonprofits which helped lift thousands of low income families out of poverty through education in the Washington, DC region. We also invested in micro-enterprise in East Africa.
Currently, I serve on the boards of several public companies and enterprises overseeing $10b in assets.
I’m a regular contributor at Business Insider, Entrepreneur.com, and SUCCESS Magazine, sharing insights on leadership, entrepreneurship, communications, and personal development with millions. I’ve enjoyed being featured on top podcasts such as Entreleadership, Dose of Leadership, Conversations With Creative Women, and Mixergy.
For more information, please visit my About page.
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Caren Merrick Executive Leaders Radio“Caren’s personal commitment and her willingness to share her been there, done that wisdom, demystifying the process on how to earn a position on a board is invaluable to all who seek her expertise.”
“Don’t stop telling your story. I heard person after person, today, say how much they enjoyed your talk.”
“When you spoke, it energized the room and you made it come alive!”
“Caren gives women leaders been there, done that advice to empower themselves with the right attitudes, mindsets and strategies necessary to create and lead a successful business.”
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