Kate and Carrie - Childcare Conversations
Helping childcare leaders ditch the chaos, own their confidence, and laugh along the way.
Travels from Austin TX, USA
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Speaks on:
Leadership Development
Budgeting
Burnout Prevention
Marketing Strategy
Prioritization
Speaks to:
Small & Medium Businesses (SMBs)
K-12 Education
Startups & Entrepreneurs
Formats:
Workshop
Training
Keynote
Breakout
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Key Audience Outcomes
Participants gained actionable strategies for improving communication with employees and parents.
Attendees felt empowered with increased confidence in their roles as directors and educators.
Many participants developed a clearer understanding of how to expand their childcare programs effectively.
Attendees learned practical time management skills to prioritize tasks and manage their workload more efficiently.
Kate and Carrie's Bio
Kate Woodward Young, M.Ed., and Carrie Casey are industry veterans with over 55 years of combined experience supporting early childhood leaders and business owners. As co-founders of a director credentialing program launched in 2002, they’ve trained thousands of childcare directors and developed programs for teachers and parents alike. Hosts of a popular podcast with over 250 episodes and authors of six books, Carrie and Kate are passionate advocates for the childcare community, offering practical training and resources to help early learning leaders build sustainable, thriving programs. Learn more at www.kateandcarrie.com
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Kate and Carrie Offers the Following Talks
I Got This: The Leadership Blueprint for Childcare Directors
Identify their leadership strengths and blind spots so they can lead with greater self-awareness, confidence, and intention.
Recognize common sources of overwhelm and burnout in childcare leadership and apply practical strategies to protect their time, energy, and decision-making capacity.
Use emotional intelligence to improve communication, conflict resolution, and team trust with staff, families, and leadership partners.
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30 - 90 minutes
How to Put Butts in the Seats: Smart Budgeting for Childcare Marketing
You'll walk away with a clear, actionable budget tailored to your program's size and goals—so you know exactly how much to spend, where, and why.
Cut through the noise and discover which marketing channels truly work for childcare—so you can stop wasting money and start seeing consistent enrollment growth.
Learn how to measure the impact of your marketing spend with easy-to-use tools—so you can make smarter decisions every month and scale what’s working.
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Get Your Ducks in a Row
Recognize when they’re chasing someone else’s monkey — and how it derails their leadership.
Apply the Six Rules of Monkey Management to delegate more effectively and protect their priorities
Shift from reactive to intentional leadership — leading with clarity, confidence, and accountability.
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Frequently Asked Questions on Working With Kate and Carrie
What's included in your fee?
Our fee includes our keynote and we are happy to do book signings, or an additional workshop if it works with the event.
Can you customize your presentation for our specific audience and event theme?
Absolutely, this is our favorite part of working with your organization.
What kind of promotional support do you offer to help market the event?
Childcare Conversations is a media platform that includes 42000 impressions each week with newsletters that drop when new episodes drop. 2x a week. All speaking arrangements are share on our social media.
How do you engage audiences post-event?
We are speakers who prefer to be part of the event. If travel arrangements are in the budget to support us multiple nights, we enjoy spending time with the participants.
Do you offer extras (book signings, meet-and-greets)?
Yes, we are happy to do book signings, meet and greets, and additional workshops.
My organization has a limited budget. Do you have any flexibility in your pricing?
Yes.
What is your policy on event recordings and media rights?
Written permission from us for recordings is necessary. We are ok with live stream and use for promotion. If recorded for internal training rights required if based on book publications. If we get a copy of the recordings - we are more likely to approve recording rights.