Heather Mason: Business Speaker
- Highlights:
- An experienced, dynamic speaker, Heather Mason is a straight-talking, self-made entrepreneur who will energize and inspire your attendees.
- Travels from: Los Angeles, CA
- **Fee range: On Request
Keynote Topics
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
TOPICS INCLUDE:
- Systems-thinking for Smarter Working
- Overprice Your Way to Success
- Diamonds are not a girl’s best friend, delegation is
POWER UP YOUR CAREER
TOPICS INCLUDE:
- Positioning Yourself for Power
- Getting More Respect – It’s Logical
- Project Manage Your Career
- Let’s Talk Money(and getting more of it)
PUBLIC SPEAKING LIKE A PRO
TOPICS INCLUDE:
- The Posture of Powerful Speaking
- Learn the Dance to Give a Good Speech
- Make Your Body Your Best Prop
EVENT INDUSTRY INSIDER
TOPICS INCLUDE:
- Changing the World One Event at a Time
- Think Like a Producer
- Want More Money? Budget Backwards
- Question Your Way to Boss-dom
Read Full Bio
Heather Mason is the founder and CEO of Caspian Agency, now in the 3% of women-owned businesses that earn over $1 million in annual revenue.
She founded the agency based on her own Caspian 10 Essentials™ methodology – a system that maps event strategy to real business objectives.
Her expertise in the innovation and social good business space has led to successful projects with the Skoll Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, United Nations, Keurig Coffee, San Diego Zoo, and Participant Media, among many others.
Heather is a board member of Social Venture Network, and past board member of CORO Northern California. She is a member of MPI and SPIN and has been featured in Collaborate and Successful Meetings magazines.
An entirely self-made “girl from Idaho,” Heather grew her Caspian Agency into the elite 3% of women-owned businesses in the US with over $1 million in revenue. She’s worked with world leaders, enterprising billionaires and the United Nations, and has earned the wisdom that comes with building a business from nothing but grit and vision.
Now she’ll share it with you.
Luck may help people get ahead, but Heather Mason’s advice is far more reliable – and more engaging as well. A self-powered success, Heather rose through the ranks of marketing, film and event producing before stepping out on her own.
Now CEO of a global agency, she shares the stories and solid advice she’s gathered along the way.
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