Customized, interactive workshops & retreats.
Mallory Whitfield creates high-energy, engaging workshops and breakout sessions that are customized to each audience. She pairs personal stories with actionable takeaways and interactive activities that are custom designed for your attendees. Below are her primary workshop topics:
We Are The Weird Ones: Embrace Your Weird for a Kinder, More Inclusive World
Belonging & inclusion, PERSONAL GROWTH
Embrace Your Weird: Cultivating Your Creative Voice & Building Your Personal Brand
Creativity, branding & marketing
Marketing Without Social Media
Evergreen marketing, small business
“Mallory’s infectious energy, multi-faceted expertise and evolving presentation style make her that rare type of speaker that you want back year after year. With Mallory, the material and the way she shares it always feel fresh and relevant. Her welcoming air of acceptance creates an atmosphere of community and love that can draw even the shyest attendee out of their seat to dance. ”
Mallory Whitfield blends her high-energy, entertaining speaking & performance style with actionable takeaways and interactive activities that are custom designed for your audience. These customized workshops are perfect for breakout sessions or as a follow-up program to her keynotes. She can also design half-day, full-day, or multi-day trainings or retreats for your organization.
We Are The Weird Ones: Embrace Your Weird for a Kinder, More Inclusive World
TOPIC: BELONGING & INCLUSION, ANTI-BULLYING, PERSONAL GROWTH
RECOMMENDED AUDIENCE: CONFERENCES, ASSOCIATIONS, HIGH SCHOOLS & UNIVERSITIES
As our workplaces, schools, and communities become overwhelmed by negativity, trolls, bullying and violence, how might we create a kinder, more inclusive world? The path towards together lies in embracing our own unique strengths and differences - our "weird" as Mallory Whitfield calls it. She offers a sequin-filled, inspirational exploration of how gratitude, self-compassion, allyship and loving kindness can help you be a better team member or leader in a technology-driven world. Mallory offers empowering alternatives, delivered in an entertaining format that's part stand-up, part TED Talk, part dance party and all fun.
Typical format: 1 hour keynote - 1/2 day workshop
Your custom speaking program can include book copies for attendees, and an in-depth workshop can be offered as an add-on extension of Mallory's signature keynote We Are The Weird Ones.
Length can be adjusted as needed. Learning objectives are customized to the needs of your audience and can include:
How fostering inclusion & belonging in workplaces, schools, and communities is beneficial for everyone involved
Specific tools and resources for a 4-part foundation for creating a more inclusive world: curiosity, compassion, authenticity, and action/allyship
Guided exercises for attendees to reflect on the ways in which they have felt judged and have been judgmental towards others, to increase awareness of negative behaviors and bullying of others
Embrace Your Weird: Cultivating Your Creative Voice & Building Your Personal Brand
TOPIC: CREATIVITY, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, BRANDING & MARKETING
RECOMMENDED AUDIENCE: MARKETING CONFERENCES, ENTREPRENEURS, SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS
In a world where everyone is an influencer, how can you stand out? The answer lies in embracing your unique strengths and differences (your "weird" as Mallory calls it), cultivating your authentic creative voice, and building your personal brand in an intentional, thoughtful way. Discover how to refine your voice and personal brand in a way that reflects your authentic self and be more deliberate about the messages you convey to the world via your social media, online marketing, and other communication tools.
Typical format: 45 minute - 1.5 hour workshop
Length can be adjusted as needed. Learning objectives are customized to the needs of your audience and can include:
What a personal brand is and why it is essential to develop an authentic brand in order to reach your professional career goals
Exercises and techniques for tapping into your "weird" in order to refine your personal brand in a way that reflects your authentic self
How you can be more deliberate about the messages you convey to the world via social media and other communication tools
How to leverage your unique strengths and personality to unlock networking and career opportunities
Marketing Without Social Media
TOPIC: EVERGREEN MARKETING, ENTREPRENEURSHIP
RECOMMENDED AUDIENCE: ENTREPRENEURS, SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, CREATIVE CONFERENCES
Social media got you down? In this interactive & educational class, you’ll discover & discuss ways to leverage evergreen marketing channels like SEO, blogging, and Pinterest (it’s a search engine!), as well as email marketing plus local publicity & direct outreach to market your products and creative business.
This session is ideal for creative entrepreneurs and small business audiences. Founded in 2017 by Mallory Whitfield, Badass Creatives serves up business, marketing & life advice for high-achieving, multi passionate creative weirdos.
Typical format: 45 minute - 1/2 day workshop
Length can be adjusted as needed. Learning objectives are customized to the needs of your audience and can include:
What evergreen marketing is and how it offers a more peaceful alternative to the never-ending “hamster wheel” of social media
Examples of artists & creative business owners leveraging evergreen marketing tools like SEO, blogs and Pinterest
Actionable takeaways and tips on how to use long-form evergreen content to promote your products or services
Actionable & Engaging
Drawing from a background in creative problem solving and design thinking, as well as decades of experience in theatre, improv, and movement, Mallory creates custom-designed interactive workshops that keep attendees engaged.
“It was honestly one of the BEST sessions we’ve personally attended; I learned so much to take-away and implement immediately, and know other attendees did as well.”