Kate Holgate

About Kate Holgate

My team and I manage established professional speakers and we help new speakers get…

Experience

1. Owner

   Alliance For Success Speaker Management

   Nov 2007 — Present · Sarasota, FL, US

   Our Alliance for Success Speaker Management family of speakers all have something in common - the passion to engage and transform their audiences throughout the world while making sure that our meeting planners/bureau partners receive the highest praise from their attendees. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines the word Alliance as \"a union between people, groups, etc; a relationship in which people agree to work together; the state of being joined in some activity or effort.\" Our alliances include a dedicated team and a hand-picked group of speakers who have amazing life stories that will take your breath away; and other speakers whose humor will take your breath away too - through laughter. We work with speakers whose insight and expertise will give audiences the tools to become an exceptional leader, to close more sales, to create the best possible corporate culture, to be more productive, more skilled and more entrepreneurial. All of us here at AFS are committed to the success of our meeting planners/bureau partners. Our goal is always to provide them with the best speaker possible for their event. We are also committed to the success of each of the speakers we choose to bring into our family. And because each speaker\'s needs are different, we provide customized levels of management and support. Our speaker management services range from marketing, positioning and image branding; presentation creation and platform skills coaching; website development, graphic design and search engine optimization; event logistics management; client/bureau relationship building; opportunity identification, lead follow-up, negotiation and closing; accounting and tax servcies; CSP application processing; public relations; videography; inbound marketing and social media management; and publishing support.

Education

• Central Piedmont Community College

  American Sign Language (ASL)

  1977 — 1979

Skills

• Speaker Management
• Certified Speaking Professional Application Processing
• Csp Application
• Public Speaking
• Speaking Engagements
• Speech Writing
• Speech Coaching
• Speakers
• Motivational Speaking
• Conference Speaking
• Presentation Skills Coaching
• Creativity Coaching
• Presentation Coaching
• Leadership Communication
• Teleseminars
• Spokesperson Training
• Workshop Delivery
• Event Programming
• Workshop Leader
• Professional Growth
• Publishing
• Book Promotion
• Book Proposals
• Self-Publishing
• Website Development
• Search Engine Marketing
• SEO
• Social Media Strategist
• Social Media
• Social Media Consulting
• Branding & Identity
• Public Relations
• Relationship Cultivation
• Media Interviews
• Cultural Awareness
• Keynote Speakers
• Entrepreneurship
• Workshop Facilitation
• Leadership
• Interviews