Krish O’Mara Vignarajah

#MeToo.2: What comes next?

The #MeToo movement is a historic and timely moment for businesses to affirmatively close the gender gap. As an expert who has worked with leading activists like Ashley Judd and Gloria Steinem to propose real solutions to harassment, Krish delivers a lively talk on how women and men can work together to address sensitive issues like workplace harassment. She draws from a career working at the highest levels of government, business and the law to provide her unique (and sometimes surprising) insights on issues ranging from unconscious bias to childrearing. This is a must-hear talk for any employer serious about implementing concrete strategies to create a safer, harassment-free workplace (while avoiding man-bashing).

Marketing to the “Me” Generation: A Millennial’s Insight into Marketing to and Engaging Millennials

With an intergenerational perspective, Krish brings both her policy and branding expertise to provide insight into how social, cultural, and technological shifts require a complete retooling for how we attract and capture the attention and engage more activist, tech-savvy and ambitious millennial audiences. This speech offers a critical roadmap that can be tailored to industries from financial institutions and healthcare companies to advocacy organizations and nonprofits to given audiences valuable and operative insight into what invites and incites millennials’ engagement.

Shattering the Glass Ceiling – Women & Executive Leadership

Drawing both from Krish’s experiences running for Governor of Maryland as the only woman in the field and from working for powerful female leaders like Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton, this timely speech highlights the current trends, challenges, opportunities, and innovative strategies to advancing female talent and guaranteeing gender parity in critical areas like education, employment & the environment. This inspiring keynote addresses why women have hit a glass ceiling of less than 20% leadership roles across all sectors of the economy and offers advice to women on how to get out of their own way and to both women and men on how to build coalitions based on common ground.

Please note that this keynote can be tailored to be entirely contemporary and US-focused or global and based on Krishanti’s international travel as an American diplomat working to support the causes of other female leaders like Queen Rania, President Johnson Sirleaf and Laura Bush.

Trump Doctrine & Your Bottom Line

The actions taken during the Trump Administration’s first 100 days will impact every company operating on the global stage. As organizations and audiences desperately try to navigate this radically new world order, this speech provides unique insights that only a former senior Administration official serving at the White House and State Department could provide. Analyzing President Trump’s initial executive orders, the Administration’s incoming cabinet secretaries, initial conversations with global leaders, and the President’s campaign promises, Mrs. Vignarajah explains the far-reaching implications on everything from business regulations, taxes, and trade, to immigration, healthcare, and climate change.

Bringing About Change from the East Wing – The Role of the First Lady’s Office in Presidential Administrations

First Ladies, though not publicly-elected or Senate-confirmed, have often wielded incredible political power and been intimately involved in policy and politics since the days of Abigail Adams. This speech centers around Mrs. Obama’s transformative role as First Lady, including her national campaigns, use of pop culture, and ultimate service as a surrogate for Secretary Clinton, but contextualizes her role alongside previous First Ladies who very publicly championed sometimes controversial political positions from the East Wing, including Eleanor Roosevelt’s fight for civil and women’s rights, Mary Todd Lincoln’s support for freed African-American slaves, Nancy Reagan’s war on drugs, and Laura Bush’s advocacy on gay marriage, abortion and international human rights.

Please note that these speeches can be customized for consumer products, retail industries, education, healthcare, and government/public policy audiences.

Additional speech topics
Managing Millennials in the Marketplace

Cause Marketing & Employee Engagement: Mainstreaming Charitable Giving Beyond Corporate Social Responsibility

Countering Violent Extremism in the Age of Globalization