Carrie Vanston

Carrie Vanston shares practical, fun, easy ways for shifting your audience out of the alligator pit of too much stress, demands, and expectations to an energizing mindset in her fun and motivational leadership presentations and workshops. With inspiring examples and lots of interaction, she helps audiences deepen relationships, open up opportunities, and move successfully forward in their lives and businesses.

Carrie is co-author of the award-winning book “MiniTrends: How Innovators & Entrepreneurs Discover & Profit From Business & Technology Trends” with Dr. John Vanston. Her Energizing Your Leadership Presentations and Programs help executives increase engagement, improve productivity, and drive growth

In Carrie’s signature presentation/workshop, “The 3 Secrets for Getting Out of the Alligator Pit – And Moving On!” she shares how to: Secret #1: Get Out of the Pit by significantly raising your energy and decreasing stress quickly and effectively; Secret #2: Stay Out of the Pit by easily shifting the other person’s energy to match yours for true win-win outcomes; and Secret #3: Move On From the Pit by inspiring others to follow you by turbo-charging your ‘whys”

Carrie has shared her leadership and motivational presentations with such highly-respected groups as World Futures Society, IEEE, University of Texas SAGE, World Affairs Council, Six Square, Business Success Center, RISE, HIREDTexas, West Point Society, Morgan Stanley, Laurea University, Finland, BiGAUSTIN, Product Camp, Texas Women’s Chamber, and many more.

Inspire your audience to take their best steps forward in their business and lives by contacting Carrie now.

Carrie Vanston focuses on getting business leaders out of the “alligator pit” of too many demands and frustrations by increasing their leadership and energy levels so they can reach their goals quicker and with less stress. Her popular “Energizing Your Leadership Programs” help people move on from the “pit” with energized thinking, "win-win" interactions, and leading with your “whys” to increase engagement, improve productivity, and drive growth.

Carrie’s award-winning book "MiniTrends: How Innovators & Entrepreneurs Discover & Profit From Business & Technology Trends," co-authored with Dr. John Vanston, focuses on the importance of an growth-oriented, energizing mindset for success, happiness, and fulfillment. Carrie also directed the MiniTrends Project and the popular MiniTrends Conference Series for Technology Futures Inc. (TFI).

More recently, Carrie led Corporate Cultures That Rock (CCTR) where she helped business leaders build engaged, innovative, and transformational organizations. Her article "Five Keys to an Engaged and Innovative Culture" was one of the top 5 most read articles of the year in Texas CEO Magazine. Her "Crucial Keys to a Thriving Business Culture" was included Austin's National Speakers Association anthology.

She is presently a Board Member at TFI, where previously she held the position of Vice President of Communications and Marketing and Media Director.

Carrie enjoys speaking on being a more self-aware, connected, and visionary leader. She has presented at the World Futures Society, IEEE, University of Texas SAGE Program, World Affairs Council, Six Square, Business Success Center, RISE, HIREDTexas, West Point Society, Morgan Stanley, Laurea University, Finland, BiGAUSTIN, Launch Pad, Product Camp, Texas Women's Chamber, and several others.

She is Vice President of Ambassadors at the Association of Corporate Growth; a National Adviser at the Academy of Culture Ambassadors; an Academy member at National Speakers Association; an Affiliate at the International Coaching Federation, and a member of the Austin Technology Council.

Carrie is a Certified Professional Executive Coach and Energy Leadership Master Practitioner through the 9-month, top-rated Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching in association with The University of Texas at Austin. She is also a Radyx Certified Consultant and a Khorus CEO Performance Software Certified Consultant. She received her Geography degree from The University of Texas at Austin.

On the personal side, she loves to dance, travel, and spend time with her two children.