INSPIRATION for today’s hard working human!

Popular 2024 Keynotes

You Got ‘THIS’

Motivational, Energizing, Lasting Impact

Welcome High Achievers! If you are in this room, you're already wired to handle change. This presentation is an unapologetic wake-up call to remind today’s workforce of the inherent power they possess and ignite their passion to be all they can be.

Jumping into our world already in motion, with technological advances, innovation, and global interconnectedness, we look at how we are feeling about all this change and then flex some mental muscles to become pros at handling anything that comes our way.

This presentation is a fun, Aha! experience into personal strength. Using the word ‘THIS’ to represent challenges of all sizes, Nina shows audiences how to efficiently put ‘THIS’ in its place, take control of the anxiety and stress that ‘THIS’ creates, and confidently move forward in their journey.

Audience Outcomes:

Learn their Psychological Response to Change.
Recognize the ‘Success Cycle’ and stress they are creating for themselves.
Learn ‘THIS’ Framework to efficiently navigate adversity of all sizes.
Build a growth mindset towards change.

‘Recalculating Route’

Inspirational, Intriguing, Fun

Challenging times don’t last AND no one stays on top forever. A session for all the smart, ambitious, humans working hard in today’s constantly connected comparison culture to help them unleash unwavering confidence in their path and a framework to handle the highs and the lows on their life’s journey.

Navigating challenges, constantly raising the bar, and comparing our success to others’, creates significant stress and uncertainty within an organization. People are stuck working in a low gear and struggling to make progress. It’s costing organizations millions in people and productivity.

Nina takes audiences from feeling unsure, stressed, some even making themselves physically ill - to confidently embracing where they are in life’s long journey, the path they are on, and ready for anything… even if life’s GPS says, ‘Recalculating Route’.

This powerful time together is packed with actionable insights to improve mental wellbeing, increase productivity, and improve culture.

Audience Outcomes:

Unpack their lifetime timeline to gain perspective.
Uncover their ‘Reverse Resume’ to recognize the high and lows they have overcome.
Learn THIS Resilience framework to navigate challenges and achievements.
Build the resolve to face future challenges with a growth mindset and mental wellness.

**It’s hard to even imagine all the interesting things you may do!**

Resilience 101 (College)

Motivational, Humorous, Thought Provoking

Success comes with challenges, failures and achievements, and young people have a lifetime of those ahead of them. A session for today’s high-achieving students feeling the pressure to succeed.

Students are struggling with mental wellness and today’s digital overload, constant connectivity, machine learning, FOMO culture is throwing fuel on the fire.

Life is long, but it’s hard to see when you are young and so much of your future success seems to be at stake right now. If losing teaches you lessons and winning means setting a new goal, when does it just get easy?

Unless students plan to sit on the sidelines and watch others succeed, they’re in the game. Nina prompts young audiences to rethink achievements and challenges, demonstrating that knowing how to navigate both the highs (Now what?) and lows (Now what?) is like having a cheat code!

The session is relevant, actionable, uplifting and delivers lasting impact. Using her own stories as a D1 student athlete, her years being ‘popular’ on TV, and decade as a ‘successful’ Tech executive, Nina shares the failures and challenges that accompanied her success and takes young audiences into their own possible futures full of successes and failures.

A parent of three recent college grads, Nina transforms young audiences, from stressed in this era of hyper-advancing technology to empowered to take control of their future, their mental health, and be themselves in a competitive, comparative culture.

Audience Outcomes:

Discover their unique approach to handling success and failure.
Uncover their success cycle loop, to embrace the stress continuum.
Learn THIS Resilience framework to navigate the unexpected in the future.
Create their lifetime timeline, to envision their long lives and endless possibilities ahead.

Workshops - Deep Dives into key Resilience Topics

· Resilience/Burnout - You are stronger than you think and you are right where you are supposed to be. You are writing your own success story and your Reverse Resume is already in place. You’ve survived everything up till now, use that to be the hero in the next chapter.

· Resilience/Change – You are going through a change or challenging time, but tough chapters are not your whole story. High Achievers are continually raising the bar and facing new challenges. The tough times don’t last and neither do the wins. Your story is a long one and the pages ahead are blank, so handle this change like a pro and don’t let anyone else hold the pen.

· Resilience/Mental Health – You are a hard worker and the best and brightest can be the toughest on themselves. Through our self-talk, self-sabotage, and social media – we are often causing our own anxiety and depression. Make sure you are writing the story you want.

· Resilience/Teamwork – You aren’t in this alone, to thrive you must embrace the support and connections with others. A look at who’s in this with you, what you bring to the team, and who’s missing? You are the main character in your story, but what character do you play in other people’s story. (This session includes superhero analogies from Marvel and DC)

Nina can be your Emcee/Event Host (seen here at Deltek Projection 2022 hosting a fireside chat with President and CEO Mike Corkery)

Emcee/Host

Nina is an experienced event host/emcee. With a passion for preparation, she blends your corporate messaging, corporate culture and event themes into her delivery so your event is on message and your audience is engaged. She is a professional you can trust with your audience and she gracefully controls a room to ensure your event stays in track.

Moderator/’Fireside Chat’ Host

Nina is an expert interviewer or panel moderator who connects with your participants and makes everyone feel comfortable, confident and heard. Her award winning journalism skills, plus 12 years in corporate meetings, make Nina uniquely qualified for this role. You can trust her to diligently prepare and ensure your session delivers the message you need and ensure your session wraps up on time and on a strong note.