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KELLY RIPPON

Author   *   Speaker   *   Coach

Author, inspiring speaker, Olympic parent, and accomplished leadership consultant, Kelly is a relatable and humorous storyteller. She weaves together her years as a successful corporate trainer, college instructor, and healthcare consultant into dynamic presentations that prompt us to rethink what authentic leadership means and how we can lead more effectively with simple changes.   Kelly leaves participants motivated, with heightened awareness, and a better sense of themselves.   Whether it's a keynote, panel discussion, or a conference breakout session, Kelly engages every audience member in a call to action and makes the most of every moment. 

Kelly Rippon, MA, CPXP

  • Customer & Patient Experience 

  • Leadership Development

  • Empathy  Awareness Training

  • Women's  Empowerment 

  • Parenting 

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ABOUT KELLY

Kelly Rippon started her consulting company, Authentic Change, Inc., in 2006 with the mission of “Changing the world one conversation at a time.”  She has traveled extensively across Asia, Europe, and throughout the United States, speaking to and interviewing hundreds of people about how the influences they met have shaped their perspectives. Those conversations combined with her work as a college instructor, corporate trainer and single mother of six incredible children, including her oldest son, Olympic medalist, Adam, prompted her to write, "PARENT UP" (Sourcebooks 2020) an empowering book about developing an effective leadership perspective, while building resiliency, empathy and optimism. 

 

While Kelly wrote her book from the perspective of a parent, she adapts the concepts to meet the needs of the audience, noting that living each day as an effective leader elevates personal competency and can be a gateway to the next level of success. She shares stories that offer a fresh outlook, linking the reader to their own positive, influential power. Kelly also offers actions and behaviors that increase credibility and foster positive habits, while helping us recognize the need to discard negative influences that work against us. 

 

Kelly fills her presentations with authentic charm and influential motivation, breaking down complex issues into understandable pieces. Whether Kelly is speaking at a college parent orientation, a sports coaching conference, or a corporate leadership convention, her expertise, from the boardroom to the classroom, makes a positive impact, activates cooperative thinking, and brings out the best in people.

 

Contact us for a customized presentation.  

  • Corporate Training, Workshops, Seminars, and Retreats

  • Keynote Speaker 

  • Conference  Breakout SME Presenter 

  • College Guest Speaker (Orientations / Professional Development) 

  • Panelist: Leadership/ Parenting / Patient Experience/ Women's Issues / LGBTQ+ Ally  

  • Women's Conferences  and Retreats

  • Private coaching sessions ​​

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TOPIC EXAMPLES

  • Corporate Workshops That Optimize Talent and Maximize Efficiency 

  • Parenting

  • Optimizing Healthcare Communication

  • Women’s Empowerment  

  • Mindfulness & Optimism 

  • Kindness, Empathy & Leadership 

 

Corporate Workshops, Seminars, In-service Sessions, and Retreats

Empathy, Leadership, Team Building, Customer Service, Patient Experience, Business Communication, and Language Tools 

Clarifying our communication creates language that invites success, elevates trust, and develops a positive collaborative culture. Small changes can bring big results. You can tailor presentations from one-hour to full-day interactive workshops, as well as weekend retreats. Investing in professional and personal development is a worthwhile investment that yields rapid, noticeable results. 

 

Parenting

“From T-ball to the Olympics, Optimizing the Sport Experience”

How much activity is too much? How will I know when they need higher-level training? How will I know if my child has special talents? When does a parent's support become a distraction? What are the best ways to communicate with other parents and coaches? How can coaches and teachers motivate more effectively? These are just some of the questions covered in this popular topic. For coaches and teachers, effective communication is crucial in translating expectations into a clear, goal-oriented strategy. Parents should maintain a perspective that encourages but doesn't signal expectation of results. This presentation shares empowering awareness tools that help parents maintain a positive influence for long-term character building, while offering unconditional support to their child that raises confidence. Success in sports, academics, or performance activities is more likely when the child's or student's support team works in tandem and supports one another. When that happens, the experience for everyone is optimized. 

“Good Parents Make Great Leaders!”

Want to know the secret to raising kids or leading a classroom of students who are patient and actively listening? Kelly takes her corporate training experience and integrates the tenets of Disney World to transform any place into the happiest place on earth! She shares her four-point plan with parents, students, teachers, or coaches that increases patience and the likelihood of a successful outcome. She outlines the preventative steps leaders can take to erase the waiting worry, keep spirits up, and make every moment count.  

“Once a Parent, Forever a Parent for All Children”

Forever parents have an unspoken pledge. They believe that parents are called to protect all children, not just their own children. A forever parent is an advocate for children’s safety and well-being who uplifts those marginalized by their socio-economic circumstances. They fight for the rights of the LGBTQ+ community and for the protection of the environment to ensure a safe planet for tomorrow’s child. Good parents, regardless of their geographic location, political leanings, or age, share one primary mission: to raise the next generation to be better. Get inspired, feel the enthusiasm in the room during this passionate conversation session, and become a forever parent.  

“Parents, Kids and College: Extra Long Sheets, Homesickness & Letting Go”

One of the most significant transitions for children and their parents is the transition to college. It can also be one of the most stressful. This popular presentation is a favorite at college orientation events. Kelly speaks from experience and credibility, having attended over a dozen orientation programs as a parent herself. When parents hear workable strategies from someone who has actually executed them successfully, they listen. Increase your university's student retention by captivating their parents' attention with this engagingly humorous and advantageously informative college prep presentation. 

 

Communication 

“Communication Styles: Are You a Rock, Paper or Scissors?”

Effective communicators recognize their messaging style and can quickly assess the dominant style of the people with whom they communicate. Those who understand the various messaging styles have an enormous advantage in today’s hectic world. If you’re a rock, you are a kinesthetic communicator and utilize gestures. You message and connect with feelings. If you’re a paper communicator, your style is visual. You maximize eye contact and notice details like size, shape, color, and position. If you’re a scissors, you are influenced by the auditory components of tone, tenor, and the volume of a message. The best communicators can translate English into English. Once you reveal your Rock, Paper, or Scissors style, you’ll gain confidence that you can understand others and are being understood in turn. Enhance your knowledge of various styles and cross-train to achieve greater flexibility and versatility.  

“Your Resting Face: Influence of Non-verbal Communication"

Kelly explains the importance of body language and the influence our verbal

delivery has on our communication. The attached video clip was taken from a

keynote presentation Kelly gave to an academic team at a university 

professional development event. In the clip, she demonstrates the effect

tone has on our communication. She emphasizes that communication is a

two-way street; one individual delivers the message, and another receives it.

Whether you are selling an idea, motivating a team, or creating your self-talk,

clarity in your communication makes getting what you want more probable.

It makes inspiring the people in your life more possible. 

 

 

Women’s Empowerment

“Power Up: Recharge Your Spirit without Reinventing Your Life"

Ladies, recharge your spirit, align your assets, and stop apologizing for your awesomeness! Uncover your best self and learn to embrace her!

Power Up is a full-day seminar filled with opportunities to uncover your true passions, grow the confidence to ignite them, and restore your optimism to be grateful for what you have. Women leave this empowering workshop with a wider perspective, a detailed success plan, and an energized purpose to follow through on it. If you’re tired of getting in your own way, tired of feeling guilty, and tired of getting more pressure than support from the team around you, then it’s time to Power Up!  

Join us for shame-free empowerment conversations that promote uncluttered thinking and offer the communication toolset so you can finally say what you want without excuses.   (You can customize the Power Up event to be an all-day retreat workshop or tailored to be a keynote or breakout

 

Mindfulness

“The Power of a Single Minute”

A great book grabs your attention in the first few paragraphs. By utilizing the power of the first minute, you’ll gain the commanding tools that script your day, heighten the engagement of your relationships, and increase the efficiency of every task you start. Learning to properly present the tone and expectation sets you up to obtain the most effective result. Practicing the power of the first minute in any situation can help you enter a cycle of success.  

“The Magic of Transforming Loss into Love”

Are unexpected interruptions interfering with your progress? Kelly gives you the toolset to develop an optimistic outlook. It's far more than positive thinking it's energized positive doing! Knowing how to reframe a situation allows you to see the potential in disappointments by collecting the possibility and filtering out the negative bias. Transforming loss into love and perceived failure into success is exercising your perspective. While health experts encourage people to hit the gym for maximum fitness, people shouldn’t forget the importance of a good mind workout with perspective training. 

 

Empathy & Leadership 

 "The ABCs of EQ and Emotional Intelligence”

Are you curious what makes you tick, and also wonder what you may do that ticks others off? Emotional efficacy is the hottest topic in today’s business development arena. The IQ (intelligence quotient) will get you the job, the EQ (emotional quotient) will get you promoted at that job. Understanding human emotional triggers, managing their expression, and having the ability to respond authentically to others fosters honest relationships. When people feel understood and respected, they contribute more. Leading with the empathy skills explained in the ABCs of EQ results in reduced conflict, increased value, and productive, trusting negotiation.  Learning the ABCs of EQ is as simple as one, two, three!  

 

 

 

Keynotes & Interviews 

   

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Kelly and Adam Rippon | Bear to Make a Difference 2018
Keynote: Matthew Shepard Foundation
Adam Rippon and his mom share three stories for Mother’s Day
The Player's Tribune Interview
How do motivational speakers stay optimistic?
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How do motivational speakers stay optimistic?
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Adam Rippon & His Mom Reflect On His Coming Out Experience
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Adam Rippon On His NBC Figure Skating Comedy Show & Love for His Mother
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Adam Rippon’s mom celebrates National Coming Out Day with a special letter to Adam l GMA
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Kelly Rippon, mother of Adam Rippon, talks about her new book, ‘Parent Up’ l GMA
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Kelly Rippon “What is an Ally?”
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Kelly Rippon, Parent Up book interview with Good Day Washington.
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Kelly Rippon interviewed by Gay Sons & Mothers
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Kelly Rippon, Parent Up book interview Fox 17 TV Interview
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