C.E. Moriarty has served as a keynote speaker, panelist, judge, and facilitator for a variety of organizations from universities, to community groups, to incubators and government agencies. Her passionate delivery, storytelling, and sense of humor keeps audiences engaged and hosts inviting her back again and again.
Available Presentations:
#1 - Ideation Workshop: Challenge Accepted
This workshop has been delivered and is applicable to aspiring innovators from college students, to intrapreneurs within organizations, to aspiring small business owners and growth company founders. Learn and apply the process of recognizing opportunities, creating problem statements, and brainstorming solutions to whichever challenge you accept or have been assigned to solve. Ideal group size for brainstorming portion is 5-8 people.
#2 - Curiosity: Prerequisite for Successful Leadership and Innovation
Successful leaders and innovators display authentic curiosity and apply the Evolutionary Theory of Creativity balancing ongoing iterations between variation and selection. Personally, they are curious about themselves which leads to the self-awareness needed to work in teams and manage relationships with employees, partners, investors, customers, etc. Professionally, they are curious about others which allows them to better recognize opportunities and take the time to complete crucial customer discovery.
#3 - I'm Hangry: Why Entrepreneurship is Not for Everyone
"Starting my own business" is one of the top bucket list goals of individuals. This candid talk covers some of the neuroscience and environmental factors that impact creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship and why it can be so hard. Takeaways include how to increase self-awareness, apply Positive Affect Theory, why and how to develop weak and strong ties, practice self-compassion and self-care, set realistic expectations, and some of the realities of inequity. For any fellow highly sensitive introverts, those surviving with one nostril hair above their debt and bills, & anxious, risk-averse achievement addicts, this one's for you...
Previous Clients:
Syracuse University iSchool
SUNY Oswego
Syracuse chapter of Women in Machine Learning and Data Science
OASIS State of the Union Series
The Setnor Singers
Fuzehub
SUNY Oswego
Syracuse chapter of Women in Machine Learning and Data Science
OASIS State of the Union Series
The Setnor Singers
Fuzehub
Testimonials:
"Caitlin is an eloquent and insightful speaker with a clear passion for civic engagement. Her knowledge of business startups and social entrepreneurship is thought provoking in any context, to audiences of graduate students, practitioners, and faculty alike. At the iSchool's graduate seminars, Caitlin has been a wonderful adviser for collaborative student projects, and a key facilitator of discussions on how to foster creativity, curiosity, and entrepreneurship in communities."
- Margaret Craft, Syracuse University iSchool
- Margaret Craft, Syracuse University iSchool
