Barbara’s Keynote

Define and Grow Your WHY
Know Your Value and Self-Advocate

  • Your story matters.
  • Align your story with your future self.
  • Move from feeling stuck to becoming an unstoppable advocate.
  • Discover your value and lead with clarity and confidence.
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Speaking Topics

  • Passion, Purpose, and Story
  • Build Your Personal Brand
  • The Power of Listening
  • Self-Advocacy and Agency
  • Human Skills in an AI World
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To Book Barbara:

Interview & Workshop Topics

Discover Who You Are

Clarify who you are and how it aligns with your vision of your future self. Follow the passion that lights your purpose.

Your Personal Network

Identify colleagues and friends who can support you on your journey. Choose and invite accountability partners who help you grow.

Purpose Shift™ Framework

Learn Barbara’s signature 6-Step blueprint to move from being stuck to becoming an unstoppable self-advocate.

Showcase You and Your Story

Be coached to live the life you love—write that book, start that podcast, or fully step into your passion and purpose. Be the best YOU.

Your Story Matters

Uncover the story behind your story that reveals your uniqueness. Learn how to amplify your voice through storytelling.

Build Your Brand

Be propelled to a new level of value with heart-centered, purpose-driven strategies that help you grow your WHY your way.

Selected Speaking Engagements

  • “Listen to Your Why” – University of Maryland (ILA Keynote)
  • “Define Your Why” – What School Could Be, Hawaii (Webinar)
  • “Define Your Why” Massachusetts District (Workshop)
  • “Humanize Personalize Learning” – Kentucky (Keynote)
  • Personal Learning – 3-Day Workshops, HighScope Indonesia
  • MASA – Minnesota Association of Superintendents (Keynote)
  • “Future Focused Learning” – New Zealand (Keynote)
  • “How to Personalize Learning” – NEA Webinar (Speaker)
  • Learning and the Brain (Guest Speaker)
  • “Define Your Why” – SXSW EDU Workshop (100+ attendees)
  • Human Intelligence Movement: The WHY (Guest Speaker)
  • “Why Stories Build Caring Classrooms” (Webinar)
  • “Empower Learner Agency” (Webinar)
  • “Define Your Why Through Stories” (CEduAD Panel)
  • “4 Ways to Define Your Why” (Featured Speaker)
  • “Passion and Purpose: What is Your WHY?” – SXSW EDU

“Barbara is more than a thought leader — she is a light.
Anyone who gets the opportunity to work with her is better for it.”

 

Jerri Kemble Speaker and Author of Badass Firefly Effect

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