SPEAKING TOPICS AND KEYNOTES

Kat Vellos speaks about the power of cultivating meaningful connection. She is available to speak at companies, community organizations, nonprofits, associations, colleges and universities, TED, retreats, and conferences focused on wellness, community, business, HR and tech.

 

The OTHER L WORD

How To Help Your Employees Thrive and Why You Can’t Afford Not To  

Workplace loneliness can no longer be ignored. At the average national voluntary turnover rate of 25 percent, a company of 100 people with an average salary of $50,000 will spend between $625,000 and $2.5 million dollars on staff replacement costs in one year. Around 60% of Americans report feeling lonely on a regular basis and lonely workers are twice as likely to quit their jobs. Workplace loneliness is bad for people and it’s bad for business. Teams and companies that get it right experience greater productivity, improved decision-making, and a more efficient and happy workforce. In this talk, Kat shares the insights from her book We Should Get Together and highlights why its lessons matter in the workplace more than ever before.

Key Takeaways:

  • Learn how the principles that make communities thrive can be used by companies to create flourishing workplace environments

  • Understand what prevents staff from feeling supported bringing their whole selves to work, and how you can help them connect with teammates in meaningful ways

  • Get the data to make the business case for authentic connection in the workplace

  • Discover how to create healthy teams marked by high levels of authenticity, belonging, and true connection which results in connected and loyal staff while saving your company thousands of dollars 

 

We Should Get Together

How to create thriving friendships during adulthood

What if the cure to the loneliness epidemic came down to one simple thing: high-quality experiences of friendship? If you think friendship doesn’t matter, consider this: The average American hasn’t made a single new friend in the last five years, and the resultant loneliness is causes as much stress and inflammation in the body as smoking 15 cigarettes a day.

In this talk, Kat shares the most galvanizing and insightful takeaways from her new book, We Should Get Together: The Secret to Cultivating Better Friendships. We Should Get Together uncovers the four biggest challenges to creating and maintaining friendships during adulthood, and provides the tools for creating deep, high-quality connections. In the short time since its release, it’s been helping adults around the world form more meaningful and resilient friendship and community.

Want to be a part of the connection revolution?  Bring this talk to your conference, organization, or company to get the scoop on how to create meaningful friendships that last. Join the conversation on social media with the hashtag #WeShouldGetTogether.

Key Takeaways:

  • Learn why the media and the medical community keep calling loneliness an epidemic, and why that really matters

  • Discover why being digitally connected matters less than you think it does 

  • Understand why having too many connections might be the thing that’s making you feel disconnected

  • Explore the four most common challenges of adult friendship and how to overcome them

  • Understand what awkwardness really is, and how to get over it once and for all

  • Learn how to turn surface acquaintanceships into close friendships that are resilient, fulfilling and will stand the test of time