Keynotes, Breakouts, Emcee Hosting, And Fundraising Asks That Move A Room To Action.
Margie Haywood brings energy, honesty, humor, and practical tools that audiences actually remember and use. Whether she's opening a conference, leading a breakout, hosting a gala, or delivering "the ask," she helps people feel something, learn something, and do something with it.
Best fit for conferences, nonprofit fundraisers, leadership events, women's events, education, civic organizations, and teams navigating burnout, culture, leadership, or change.
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AI For Real Life
Your team doesn't need another abstract presentation about AI. They need to know where it can help this week — without losing judgment, trust, creativity, or the human connection that makes their work matter.
Leaves with: three practical ways to use AI in their own role, and one clear shift in how they think about the work.
Available as: keynote, training session, breakout, leadership session, nonprofit team training, or interactive employee experience.
Build Your First AI Specialist
A live build — not a slide deck. A usable tool by the time they leave.
From Chaos To SOP
"It's all in my head" becomes a tested, repeatable process.
Reclaim Your Week
Time back, on purpose — not just more availability for more work.
Ways To Bring Margie In
Keynotes
For conferences, summits, annual meetings, and audience-wide sessions that need energy, clarity, and a memorable takeaway.
Breakouts
For smaller groups that need a practical, interactive, and applied experience.
Emcee / Host
For galas, awards, conferences, celebrations, and multi-speaker events that need flow, warmth, timing, and audience connection.
Fundraising Ask
For nonprofit breakfasts, donor events, luncheons, and galas where the message needs to move both the heart and the giving.
What I Speak About
You leave every training with one clear shift and one practical tool you can use in real life.
AI For Real Life
A people-first session on using AI in ways that actually help with work, time, and stress.
Undoing Cultural Norms™
The unspoken rules that shape how we work, lead, parent, relate, and carry too much. Teams don't burn out because they lack another wellness tip — they burn out when the culture rewards overfunctioning, silence, self-neglect, and carrying everything alone.
Best for: leadership teams, HR and L&D, employee resource groups, schools, nonprofits, parent communities, and women's events.
Leaders Who Last
A keynote or workshop on sustainable leadership, boundaries, and protecting energy without losing impact.
Donors Who Stay
Stewardship that turns a one-time gift into a lasting relationship — for boards, development staff, and giving circles.
Build Your First AI Specialist
A live build, not a slide deck about AI — done in the room, in real time.
The ABCs Of Transformation
A powerful framework built around adversity, breakthrough, and capacity. This session helps audiences see how struggle can become clarity, growth, and movement.
Boards That Actually Work
For boards and nonprofit leadership teams that need more clarity, alignment, and shared ownership.
Couples Who Mingle™
Real relationship experiences that teach while people laugh, connect, and practice — for staff appreciation nights, community events, or dedicated couples programming.
What Rooms Say
"I asked Margie once again if she would do the honors of doing 'the ask' at our annual breakfast fundraiser, which raised nearly $1 million. The event drew more than 1,400 attendees and was described as the Westin Seattle's largest post-pandemic event. You did a fabulous job."
"Thank you for taking time from your work to share your expertise with our providers. This helps us to improve the lives of young people in our community."
"Thank you for always bringing the energy, always showing up, and being willing to contribute your ideas and voice in a way that meets people where they are — and for being inspirational to the leaders and donors we serve."
"Margie gave us a great realization to wake up to, knowing that she is advocating for our events and all who attend and the youth we serve. Wow! So good, so good."
An organizer or client speaking
on camera about the experience.
2–3 more event images,
gallery-style.
Not A Canned Speaker Delivering The Same Message Twice.
Margie brings lived experience, strategic clarity, cultural fluency, humor, and practical tools that help audiences trust her quickly and leave with something they can use.
She works especially well for rooms that need more than inspiration alone. Her style blends truth, warmth, and strategy in a way that helps people feel seen, challenged, and equipped.
What It Takes To Bring Her In
Margie Haywood is available as a keynote speaker, live-training facilitator, emcee, event host, panel moderator, and fundraising "ask" leader.
Speaking and training engagements start at $4,997.
Nonprofit and community rates are available. Based in Seattle and available for local and travel bookings.
Available for keynotes, breakouts, workshops, facilitation, panels, emcee hosting, and fundraising asks — for conferences, galas, employee appreciation nights, board retreats, and community gatherings alike.
Share your date, audience, location, and event goals.
Confirm availability and best-fit format.
Align on topic, expectations, timing, and logistics.
Finalize agreement and event details.
Deliver a room that leaves with something real.
Frequently Asked
Conferences, leadership events, nonprofit fundraisers, annual meetings, team trainings, women's events, civic and community events, education spaces, and curated leadership gatherings. She can serve as a keynote speaker, breakout facilitator, emcee, panelist, workshop leader, or fundraising host.
Yes. Margie tailors her message to your audience, event theme, goals, and the outcomes you want people to walk away with.
The best place to start is with your date, audience, venue or location, expected attendance, event format, and what you want the room to walk out holding.
You'll receive follow-up to confirm availability, event fit, and next-step details. From there, the process moves into a planning conversation, agreement on format and expectations, and confirmation of logistics, timing, and deliverables.
Yes. Margie is available for keynotes, breakout sessions, workshops, facilitation, emcee hosting, panels, and fundraising asks.
Yes. Margie is available for fundraising breakfasts, donor events, galas, and nonprofit gatherings where the goal is to move both the heart and the response.
Yes. Margie is based in Seattle and is available for local and travel bookings.
Speaking and training engagements start at $4,997. Nonprofit and community rates are available depending on scope, format, and event needs.
Yes. A pre-event conversation is recommended so audience profile, timing, AV setup, room goals, and expectations are aligned in advance.
Typical needs include a clear session time, AV details, event contact, audience context, and any expectations around Q&A, staging, recording, or event flow.
Yes. Margie can provide a speaker reel, one-sheet, and additional proof assets to help your team evaluate fit.
Bring Margie In For A Room That Feels Alive And Leaves With Something Real.
Tell us your date, audience, location, and what you want people to walk out holding.
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