Workshops

Planning on offsite, onsite, or virtual meeting for your team? I lead workshops on workplace allyship and women’s leadership. I love teaching by combining stories from my books and my tech career with strategies, best practices, and small group breakout discussions.

Contact me to find out more about the following workshop offerings, which I can deliver in-person or via video conferencing:

Leadership Power Camp for Women + Allies

Help your mid-level talent thrive. Mid-career women working in tech are key drivers of innovation, collaboration, and team culture — but too often, they don’t get the support they need to grow into leadership. They might be underestimated and overlooked.

This high-impact, interactive day-long workshop combines practical tools, peer connection, and industry-tested strategies to accelerate career growth and strengthen retention.

Participants will learn the skills and confidence to:

  • Boost their visibility and showcase their impact.
  • Discover their unique brand and how to leverage it.
  • Influence across teams, even without formal authority.
  • Navigate change and ambiguity with resilience and clarity.

Participants take away leadership skills they can apply immediately while strengthening their network within your company. Both have lasting impacts on their careers.

Length: 6 hours

The Better Allies® Leadership Lab: Creating Better Workplaces

During this interactive workshop, I explore the challenges employees can face, along with everyday actions that attendees can take to be better allies and create a high-performing culture where everyone can do their best work and thrive. Topics covered include:
• Getting to know talent
• Creating more effective and engaging meetings
• Providing equitable and effective feedback
• Sponsoring talent
• Defining your action plan

This workshop is based on my book, Better Allies®: Everyday Actions to Create Inclusive, Engaging Workplaces.

Optional prework includes reading selected chapters from Better Allies and reflecting on prompts that will be discussed in the workshop. (Estimated prework time: 1 hour)

Length: 2 hours

Endorsements

I’ve led workshops for Adobe, Bloomberg, eBay, Grace Hopper Celebration, EDUCAUSE, Intel, LinkedIn, Salesforce, SAP, Thomson Reuters, and others. Here’s what they say:

“I can’t stop raving to everyone about how great you were!”
Participant in Karen’s workshop

“We were thrilled with the Diversity & Inclusion Power Camp that Karen Catlin led for our team. She delivered an engaging, interactive workshop where we learned everyday actions to create a more inclusive culture where everyone can thrive. Because of her extensive background working in tech, Karen was able to distill the research in this field and make it relevant to our workplace. It was eye-opening, and we immediately saw results.”
Lise-Lotte Cajback, eBay

“We’re thrilled with the half-day Leadership Power Camp that Karen organized for our women’s group at Adobe. She’s a dynamic speaker, storyteller, and workshop facilitator, and the Power Camp was informative, fun, and inspiring. Her experience and techniques resonated with the entire audience, and participants started applying what they learned immediately. Our post-event survey results prove she had a major impact.
Hire her today!”
Donna Kolnes and Jackie Lincoln-Owyang, co-leaders of Adobe&Women

“Karen’s workshop not only sparked edgy dialogue on some very daunting issues, it also created a connection among us in a very short time. And it was super fun! Karen is a warm, engaging, intelligent facilitator. I highly recommend her workshop to any group/organization.”
Elena D., Member of the Programming Committee, The Women’s CLUB of Silicon Valley

“I attended Karen’s ‘How to Give Your First Lightning Talk’ workshop at the Grace Hopper Celebration. She helped me craft a story to showcase my background, which started with ‘Imagine you were at your first hackathon, …’ That story did wonders for me! It got me my first tech internship with a company I love, and it helped me connect with wonderful women during the conference. I felt natural and confident when people asked me, ‘Tell me a little bit about yourself.’ I am extremely thankful to Karen.”
S Mall, Computer Science Student, UCSD

“Karen’s half-day Women’s Power Camp was very impactful! As a young, new professional the advice Karen gave was amazing and priceless. Her presence and tips resonate with people of all ages and backgrounds. It was an amazing event where we could all be open with each other and learn from each other.”
Luci Buda, Associate Legal Counsel, Adobe

“For the last couple years, women in tech have been told to lean in. Although this is a great idea, it is still overwhelming and hard to know where to start. I like how Karen took this approach but broke it down into manageable steps. She gave us tools that are easy to execute and as someone who is starting out in the tech field I appreciate being able to take small steps that will lead to bigger results.”
Kimberly, Student at MotherCoders