Keynote Speaker & Workshop Facilitator
Katelyn Denning
Your people are burned out, overloaded, and out of bandwidth. Let’s change that.
Katelyn Denning is a certified life and executive coach who helps organizations build cultures where women can lead, perform, and sustain without sacrificing their health, identity, or sanity.
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Your organization invests in its people.
You have leadership development programs, Employee Resource Groups, and initiatives designed to retain and advance female talent. And yet:
Your highest-performing employees are quietly burning out.
Your people are running on empty while the work that actually moves the needles keeps getting pushed aside.
Burnout and the mental load are pipeline problems and it’s your high-potential women who are most at risk.
Your strongest performers are questioning whether they can sustain this pace and some of them are quietly making plans to leave.
This isn’t a personal failing. It’s a systemic gap and it’s costing you…
in employee engagement scores, in leadership pipelines, and in everyday moments that define your workplace culture.
That’s where Katelyn comes in.
MEET KATELYN
Katelyn Denning is a certified life and executive coach, Fair Play Method Facilitator, and a working mom of three who has lived everything she teaches.
After more than a decade in the corporate world managing deadlines, clients, and a full life outside of work, Katelyn knows firsthand how impossible the juggle can feel. She also knows that it can be different.
Her approach is grounded in a simple but powerful belief: you are not a victim of your time. Everyday you make choices about how you spend it and with the right tools, those choices can be more intentional, more sustainable, and more aligned with what actually matters.
Katelyn brings that same energy to every stage and every workshop. Her sessions are practical and research-informed, but never preachy. She combines real-world strategies with genuine conversation and audience interaction, creating experiences that feel collaborative.
Whether leading a keynote at a women’s conference, facilitating a breakout at a corporate event, or running a hands-on workshop with a university team, Katelyn customizes every engagement to speak directly to your audience.
It was a pleasure having you! Thanks so much. I’ve had nothing but positive feedback about your session.
Eboni Preston-Laurent, ELFA
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Ways to Work Together
Katelyn is available for keynotes, breakout sessions, and interactive workshops. She works closely with event organizers to tailor every session to the needs, goals, and culture of your organization.
Keynote Presentations
High-impact, audience-wide sessions designed to inspire and equip. Katelyn’s keynotes blend storytelling, research, and actionable strategy leaving attendees with a new perspective and tools they can use immediately.
Best for: all-hands events, conference general sessions, annual meetings.
Breakout Sessions
Focused, conversational sessions that go deeper on a single topic. Attendees leave with practical tools, peer connection, and a clear plan for implementation.
Best for: conferences with breakout tracks, ERG programming, team development.
Workshops
Hands-on, interactive experiences where participants don’t just listen, they do. Through guided exercises, group conversation, and real-time practice, attendees build skills they can implement immediately.
Best for: team offsites, professional development, ERG series, university departments, associations.
Not sure which format fits your event?
In-Demand Topics
Work Life Management:
Stop Managing Time. Start Choosing How You Use It
Between client demands, deadlines, household responsibilities, and personal wellbeing, it can feel like there’s never enough time and you’re always behind. This session goes back to basics, offering a practical, no-fluff approach to planning your time so the most important things actually get done. No more white-knuckling your week or hoping it’ll all fit. Participants will walk away with a clear, repeatable system for their time and the confidence that they can follow through.
What Attendees Will Walk Away With:
A 3-step planning protocol to identify what needs to get done, when, and how
Tools and strategies that could save an hour or more each week
Real-world examples and peer-shared insights from others in the room
A concrete, personalized action plan to implement immediately
Available as: Keynote | Breakout Session | Workshop
Making the Invisible Visible
The Mental Load is Real and It’s Time to Talk About It
Employees are burning out. Not because they lack capability or drive, but because so much of the work they carry is invisible. This empowering, practical session names the mental load for what it is, explores how it impacts women’s capacity and careers, and equips attendees with language and strategies to protect their time, energy, and leadership potential. Whether attendees are early in their careers or leading teams, this session offers a new lens on what it means to manage well and how visibility changes everything.
What Attendees Will Walk Away With:
An understanding of the difference between task execution and task decisions and why the latter drains more energy
Insight into how the mental load impacts capacity and leadership pipelines
Practical tools for setting expectations and defining standards that prevent resentment
Strategies for making invisible work visible - at work and at home
Note: Katelyn is a certified Fair Play Method Facilitator and weaves this research-backed framework throughout this session.
Available as: Keynote | Breakout Session
Rested
Reclaiming Energy, Capacity, and Sustainable Performance
Rest isn’t a reward. It’s required maintenance for high performers. This research-informed session challenges the productivity culture that glorifies exhaustion and reframes rest as a strategic necessity, not a luxury. Attendees will explore the 7 types of rest, identify where their personal rest deficits lie, and leave with practical micro and macro strategies they can implement immediately, even in the midst of a dull and demanding life.
What Attendees Will Walk Away With:
A clear understanding of the difference between sleep and true rest and why both matter
The 7 types of rest and a framework for identifying personal rest deficits
Concrete, immediately applicable strategies for sustainable energy and performance
A shift in perspective: rest as a professional responsibility, not a personal indulgence
Available as: Keynote | Breakout Session | Workshop
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What to Expect
Booking a speaker should be easy, and working with Katelyn is.
From the first conversation, Katelyn takes the time to understand your audience, your organization’s goals, and the specific challenges your people are facing. Every session is customized. No copy-paste decks. No generic frameworks that don’t fit your context.
Here’s what the process looks like:
Connect
Submit an inquiry and Katelyn will be in touch within 48 hours to schedule a brief call to learn more about your event.
Customize
Together, you’ll determine the best topic, format, and angle for your audience. Katelyn adapts her content to speak directly to the people in the room.
Prepare
Katelyn handles the prep so you don’t have to. She comes ready and she makes it easy to promote the session to your team.
Deliver
Practical, engaging, and energizing… every time. Your attendees will leave with tools, perspective, and a clear next step.
Book Katelyn for Your Event
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Your people deserve more than burnout
Give them the tools to choose differently.