Speaking topics
A Message for Every Audience.
A Solution for Every Stage.
Kristen's speaking style is raw, relatable, refreshing, and relevant. She delivers keynote speeches and interactive workshops for a wide variety of audiences: from intimate executive retreats to large-scale conferences and student rallies. Every topic is customized to the specific needs of the client and their audience.
Keynote | 60-90 minutes
The Generational Handoff: How Your Organization Should Prepare for the 2026–2036 Global Shift
Kristen delivers a powerful look at the largest generational transfer in history that's already underway. By 2036, the Silent Generation, Baby Boomers, and half of Gen X will retire, taking decades of institutional knowledge with them. Kristen helps audiences understand what they must do now, including what companies must do in the first 30 to 130 days to onboard, engage, and retain Gen Z and Gen Alpha talent and become an employer the next generation wants to build their career with.
perfect for
corporate executives, HR leaders, hospital leadership, school administrators, nonprofit boards, government agencies, family-owned businesses, trade associations, chambers of commerce
Keynote | 60-90 minutes
From Working in Silos to Designing Unified Approaches: The 5 Influential Roles Every Region Needs Its Citizens to Play
Kristen breaks down why communities struggle, and why the answer isn't one sector working harder. Every adult in a community plays one of five influential roles in the lifespan of a child: raising, teaching, mentoring, employing, and serving. Kristen shows audiences how to stop pointing fingers and start lifting hands.
perfect for
state and national conferences, nonprofit coalitions, community foundation leaders, workforce development boards, civic leaders, faith-based networks, regional economic development teams
Interactive Workshop | 90 Minutes–3 Hours
Conscious Reset: Seven Classroom Routines to Boost Student Engagement and Decrease Behavior Issues and Anxiety
Kristen shares the seven interactive routines she designed and tested with first-generation college students, disengaged youth, and school communities across three states. These are practical tools any educator can implement immediately to shift culture, reduce anxiety, and help students find their place before they fall through the cracks.
perfect for
teacher conferences, school counselor conventions, educator professional development days, principals' associations, alternative education programs, youth development organizations
High-Energy Assembly or Workshop · 45–90 Minutes
Your Future Requires Your Participation: Never Too Young to Start Shaping It
Kristen speaks directly to young people and holds nothing back. She challenges Gen Z and Gen Alpha to stop waiting for permission, understand the moment they're in, and step into the career and community roles that the next decade desperately needs them to fill.
perfect for
school counselors, youth program directors, nonprofits serving middle and high school students, college student life offices, graduation ceremony planners, teen leadership conferences
Interactive Workshop · 90 Minutes–3 Hours
When We Bring Our Light to Work: Reconnecting with Purpose to Reignite Teams
Based on Kristen's book Like StreetLIGHTS, this highly interactive session helps teams reconnect with the purpose that brought them into their work, before burnout steals it. Kristen facilitates a room-wide experience where every person in the room rediscovers what it looks like to be the light in their environment, not just a role on an org chart. The audience gets glow sticks. The room changes.
perfect for
education conferences, healthcare summits, nonprofit gatherings, corporate retreats, government employee development, manufacturing leadership, hospitality leadership, any organization navigating burnout or high turnover
Interactive Workshop · 90 Minutes–3 Hours
When AI Meets Human Brilliance: The Tools Your Team Needs to Boost Productivity and Culture
Kristen demonstrates live how AI becomes a co-pilot (not a replacement) for the humans doing essential work across every sector. Practical, accessible, and designed for non-technical audiences who need to understand AI tools now to stay competitive through the generational shift.
perfect for
corporate training departments, healthcare operations teams, nonprofit administrators, school district leadership, small business development programs, administrative professional conferences
Keynote or Workshop · 60–90 Minutes
Building Mission-Driven Businesses with Low Burn Rates and Minimum Burnout
Kristen has built three ventures simultaneously (a nonprofit, a tech platform, and a ranch development project) while earning a doctorate and teaching college. She shares what it actually takes to master your time, multiply your impact, and lead multiple initiatives without losing the mission, the team, or yourself along the way.
perfect for
entrepreneur conferences, business leadership summits, faith-based business gatherings, startup accelerators, women entrepreneurs networks, social enterprise forums, nonprofit founders