Conversation on Networking
Booksignings Wednesday, April 26
Kay and her co-author Steve Smolinsky
Chester County Book & Music Company
975 Paoli Pike, West Goshen Center, West Chester PA
610-696-1661

Kay will be with the MidAtlantic Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association, Thursday, May 11, 2006.
Successfully Managing Dramatic Change in your Career:
An Interactive Discussion with Women Executives and Entrepreneurs who have:
- Launched their own company
- Diversified their functional area
- Navigated their own course
Hosted by: DuPont Country Club
President's Room, 1001 Rockland Road, Wilmington, DE  19803
302-654-4435 
Invitation and details here .

Kay and her co-author Steve Smolinsky
Wilmington West Rotary lunch, Wednesday, May 17, 2006.
Feed your body and your brain.
University & Whist Club, 805 North Broom Street, Wilmington DE
302-658-5125

A Conversation on Networking for the Philadelphia Chapter of Qualitative Research Association

A smashing success based on the reviews of Kay and Steve Smolinsky. This session held on May 13, 2005 included a number of people that were seeing Kay and Steve for a second time.

“Lessons Learned by a Woman Entrepreneur” was Kay Keenan’s custom presentation designed for students at Temple University Entrepreneurs Club in November 2004. The program was declared to be “Absolutely on target for the audience, you listened to what we wanted and delivered it in a compelling manner” declared organizer Phonecia Williams, Vice President of the Temple University Entrepreneurs Club

“Organizational Savvy”, custom designed to help Sunoco Leadership live their core competencies was Kay’s topic in October of 2004. She was the keynote speaker for the series that month.

“Relationship Building Without Golf – 15 Fun Options”
Kay Keenan, President of Growth Consulting, Inc., conducted an interactive seminar for non-golfers (while a golf event was in progress) for the Philadelphia Senior Executive Group Sales and Marketing Leadership Roundtable members in June of 2004.

“Mingling with a Mission: Expanding Your Network” was presented for Wilmington Women in Business at their dinner meeting on Tuesday, February 24, 2004 This talk was recognized for being both humorous and helpful even for the most seasoned networker. One of the key premises in the presentation is that almost everyone faces personal fear at some level as they walk into a room full of people. Kay's emphasis is having some top of mind topics can reduce the fear level and even make "Mingling with a Mission" fun!

“Integrating Market Intelligence into Market Strategy Development”. Kay spoke at the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP) Summer Symposium in Lansdowne, Virginia, on Sales and Marketing Intelligence on June 9-10, 2003.

“Driving New Product Development in a Merger Environment”. Kay spoke at the Mid Atlantic Product Development and Management (PDMA) meeting. She based her talk on her personal experience and those of her clients. Growth Consulting, works with top management of businesses to develop and execute profitable growth strategies. She has been involved with over 35 acquisitions and mergers from a marketing perspective.

Also speaking was be Bruce Sauter, Baldwin Hardware on “Positioning NPD for the Economic Upturn” and Jeff Walters, AstraZeneca on “Driving Success of a Mature Brand through Product Development.”

Internal and External Relationship Building for the W. L. Gore Women’s Leadership Team

was presented on March 16

Pennsylvania's Delaware County Commission for Women and the Friends of the Delaware County Commission for Women

On Tuesday, April 19th, 2005 for Pay Equity Day, Kay participated in a panel on the day when women's wages catch up to men's wages from the previous year. This disparity costs the average American woman and her family an estimated $523,000 in lost wages, impacting Social Security benefits and pensions. Kay participated on an interactive panel to talk about this inequity, but more importantly, to discuss how we can improve our professional negotiation and development skills – and ultimately get our piece of the pie! Kay was joined by Carol Vallone Mitchell, a founding partner of Talent Strategy Partners, and Elva Bankins, Managing Partner Lee Hecht Harrison. The panel was moderated by Carol Staubach.