Karen Post awakens teams, leaders and organizations with courage, creativity, and experience-rich brands.
If your event needs a business expert that empowers positive change from a keynote, workshop, or panel facilitation, Karen gets results.
Her expert programs address: Corporate and product branding - inside and out, personal branding for professionals, entrepreneurship, women's business issues, social networking and new media, the creative class and marketing to them.
Karen Post is an international speaker and business expert on branding and new media. She is also CEO and founder of Oddpodz, an online community for the creative class.
Branding enthusiast
Trusted authority
She's known by many as the Branding Diva®. Her wit and style are both inspiring and insightful. She reignites excitement in her audiences, realizing that operational aspects of business often suck dry the brand and awesome customer experience spirit. Post has worked with diverse organizations to develop their unique story -- and firmly plant it in the minds of their buyers. Over the course of her career, Post has helped build memorable brands that sell products, moved audiences with compelling advocacy, and persuaded public opinion. Her work has benefited Fortune 500 organizations and emerging businesses in both consumer and business-to-business sectors.
Since 2004, Post has been a regular contributor to FastCompany.com covering sales, marketing and branding matters.
She started her first business at the age of 22, built two successful companies—an award-winning ad agency and a legal communication firm specializing in high-stakes litigation—and in 1999, raised millions for a start-up she'd like to forget. But, like she preaches, “what does not kill you adds to your value,” she got bit again in 2006 by the start-up bug and founded Oddpodz, an online community for the creative class. She’s more than a great speaker. Post is on the front line of business and branding practice. Today, she leads her social media venture and shares current intelligence with her audiences. • Affiliate marketing • Strategic partners • Blogging • Podcasting • User-generated content • Social networking • Online user behavior
Practitioner/entrepreneur
She is also the author of best-selling business book Brain Tattoos: Creating Unique Brands That Stick in Your Customers' Minds (AMACOM).
Post has been featured in business and marketing print, broadcast, and online media outlets including: Bloomberg TV, Brandchannel.com, CBS’s The Early Show, The New York Times, The New York Post, NPR, Fast Company, and The Boston Globe.
Keynote speaker • Moderator • Breakout sessions • www.brandingdiva.com • 713-828-0691
Karen Post gets great reviews from diverse business audiences.
“Branding Diva ROCKED! Thank you so much for your fantastic presentation during TDAgency® Summer Camp. The feedback from our customers has been tremendous–a nearly unanimous “excellent” rating on our post-event surveys.”
“Just wanted to thank you for coming to Chicago and impressing everyone with your presentation.”
“Karen Post was excellent! We can get technical information anywhere–competitive intelligence and performance dynamics are scarce.” “We need more speakers along the lines of Karen Post.” “That was one of the best speakers I have seen in a long time. She was very, very good and kept my attention during the entire time. I've seen quite a few speakers while I was at Ingram, Zig Ziglar and others, but she matches up, an inspirational speaker. Good job!” “Your presentation was the perfect kick-off to a very successful marketing event. Thanks again!” Ginger Galloway Tech Data Corporation
“Heard from several people that they thought yours was the best presentation we've had in the three years we've been doing the Mobium New Paradigm Series. And that includes presentations from the likes of Al and Laura Ries, Emanual Rosen, Don Schultz and Douglas Atkin. We especially appreciate all the extra effort you put in to make it b-to-b friendly.” Gordon Hochhalter, Partner
Mobium Creative Group
Other client experience includes: • ACNielsen Your presentation • American Meat Institute was terrific and • American Express among the best of the RAC conference. • Chevron • Beauty and Barber Supply Association Dave Thorpe • Bank of America Director of Marketing • Nevada Restaurant Association Giant Tiger Stores • Pepsi • Procter & Gamble • Sara Lee • San Francisco Convention and Visitors Bureau • National Association of Consumer Shows Retail Advertising Conference, Chicago, IL. Over 1000 in attendance. Shared stage with Marlo Thomas, Magic Johnson and Mark Burnett, producer of • Florida Association of Convention & Visitors Bureaus
The Apprentice.
Keynote speaker • Moderator • Breakout sessions • www.brandingdiva.com • 713-828-0691