Lynn Maria Thompson

How Slightly Changing Your Perspective Can Transform Everything Summary: In this keynote speech, Lynn introduces audiences to the principles detailed in her book, The Feline CEO. It's an entertaining tale, whether or not you like cats. Audience participation includes a series of gentle cat stretches (yes, physical ones!) and thought-provoking questions. Key Takeaways: A fresh viewpoint to tackle their own obstacles, a new appreciation for challenges or difficult team members, and the enthusiasm to move out of stagnation into forward progress. Ideal Audiences: Those who supervise others in the corporate, nonprofit, government, or faith-based environments.

Feline Strategies to Own Your Target Audience in a Competitive Marketplace Summary: This speech explains how we can take cues from a cat’s behavior in defining and defending his territory to guide us toward better claiming our target market within our own field. The audience participates through a series of cat stretches (yes, physical ones!), discussions during the presentation, and with an audience survey reviewing the speech at the end. Key Takeaways: Methods of adopting a cat’s “catitude” and inspiring it in your team. Ideas for aligning your company’s values with those of your target market. Prompts to help you put your company’s best foot forward. Reminders about working events with purpose, protecting everyone necessary for your company to thrive, and basking in the sunshine of your successes. Ideal Audiences: Corporate executives, especially those involved in marketing, strategic planning, sales, and customer service.

Daily Feline-Inspired Habits to Drive Success Summary: This speech describes a cat’s hunting behaviors and explains how those can carry over into our daily practices to improve prospecting and marketplace awareness. The audience participates through a series of cat stretches (yes, physical ones!), discussions during the presentation, and with an audience survey reviewing the speech at the end. Key Takeaways: Prompts to look for prospects in unexpected places, keep skills sharp, use inbound marketing to generate leads, establish follow-up procedures, build relationships, and gather information on prospects. Closing strategies and techniques are also discussed. Ideal Audiences: Corporate executives, sales managers, or sales forces.