Wendee Lee Curtis | SpeakerHub

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Wendee Lee Curtis, Broadway Keynote, Emcee, and Moderator, is a Veteran News Anchor and Broadway Performer bringing the art of news-level production, live entertainment, and the magic of connection to your in-person, hybrid, and virtual events.

Her experience in both the corporate and theatrical worlds makes her an ideal presenter for hybrid events that need to reach all attendees, virtual or in-house, to be memorable. With her expert knowledge and powerful presence, Wendee will keep your audience engaged from beginning to end.

Highlights of on-camera celebrity interviewing include Joe Jackson (Father of The King of Pop, Michael Jackson) for the documentary "Making Michael"; The EPIC Conference with Billy Porter, Misty Copeland, Lilias White, and Douglas Lyons; Individual interviews with well-known personalities such as MLB Hall of Fame Inductee Derek Jeter, Liza Minnelli, Donald Trump, Wayne Brady, Al Green, Tony Danza, Miranda Lambert, Kelly Pickler, Jerry O'Connell, Len Goodman, and EXTRA co-hosts Dayna Devon and Mark McGrath.

Additional hosting experience includes live events for WeTV, Disney Family’s Chick Chat: a Girl's Guide to Life with Teri Hatcher; Tone Network’s “Tone Talks” with Rachel DeAlto, Joyce Marter, and Tara Stiles; and CCA Live with Liz J. Simpson.

Wendee's moderator and emcee experience includes live events for numerous pharmaceutical and Fortune 100 companies: AstraZeneca, GE Healthcare, Pfizer, Eli Lilly, Moderna, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Sanofi, Roche, Genentech, Pepsi, Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Grant Thornton, Thomson Reuters, iCIMS, CrowdStrike, BMC Software and many, many more.

Wendee's love for entertainment is matched only by her love of adventure and global travel with visits to more than 32 countries and 36 of the 50 United States.

Current position (1)

Executive Presence Instructor

Cornell University

Degrees (1)

English

Vanderbilt University

1987 to 1989

Presentations

Presentations (2)

Building Community Thru Broadway: How Teams Can Unite & Thrive Thru Broadway's Inspired Lessons

Are you ready to explore the theater of team building? Join veteran Broadway performer Wendee Lee Curtis for a captivating keynote on creating strong team cultures by leveraging lessons from the Broadway stage! You'll learn & use UNIQUE tried-and-true theatrical principles to QUICKLY build strong teams within your organizations.

Learning Outcomes:

•Learn how the ethos of musical theater can serve as a roadmap for people to come together & develop creative approaches for collaboration & community.
•Experience the power of theater-inspired exercises to strengthen team cohesion and identity.
•See how choreography & vibrant storytelling can produce powerful team-building results.

With fun exercises & thought-provoking reflections, you'll discover how Broadway-inspired techniques can be used to turn a group of people into a passionate community of performers; raising the curtain and taking teams to the next level – together.

Connected Confidence

Connected Confidence is a 45-minute interactive Keynote Workshop for professionals ready to up their virtual presentation skills.

This captivating workshop provides a comprehensive way to help legacy leaders & entrepreneurs become confident, connected, & captivating on camera. This workshop sets up participants to move from feeling anxiety & avoidance to excitement & excellence for their next virtual presentation.

By the end of this learning experience, participants will be able to:

•Express an authentic way to stop chasing perfection & start sharing in a way that connects. (“Keep it 100”)
•Apply simple formatting codes to scripts, to deliver with energy & authenticity. (“Pimp your prompter”)
•Identify needed equipment and value-added environmental adjustments to maximize their audio/visual comfort (“Set the stage”)

Each participant will learn how to master the art of video storytelling creating a lasting impact that drives results for every kind of online communication.

Past talks (5)

Emcee / Moderator

Thomson Reuters National Conference

Washington DC

November 16, 2022

Emcee

iCIMS Inspire 2022

Santa Monica, CA

November 2, 2022

Beyond The Bio

Dallas, TX

September 7, 2022

BMC Exchange 2022

BMC Software

Miami, FL

October 23, 2022

Fal.Con 2022

CrowdStrike

Las Vegas, NV

September 20, 2022

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Eli Lilly, AstraZeneca, GE Healthcare, Pfizer, Moderna, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Sanofi, Roche, Genentech, Pepsi, Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Grant Thornton, Thomson Reuters, iCIMS, CrowdStrike, BMC Software and many, many more.