About Kathy B. Dempsey, CSP
Kathy’s powerful shedding message ignites people and organizations globally with the practical skills to lead and master change. She draws from a deep well of over 25 years of health care, corporate education and organizational development experience. Kathy's 'signature story' is her transformation as an ER/trauma nurse who became the first health care worker in America to be diagnosed positive for AIDS as a result of workplace exposure. She received national attention as a result of this life-altering hospital-based event that 'made her a poster child’ for the Center for Disease Control (CDC). The diagnosis, a death sentence in the mid-80s, was confirmed with multiple positive tests. Months later, all tests returned negative. A miracle or medical error? No one is able to explain. The 3 months that Kathy lived with that traumatic diagnosis was a life-altering experience.
Her presentations reach far beyond that experience, to build a touchstone with each member of the audience. Her dramatic account provides focus, inspiration and practical tools for people to lead and master change in their personal and professional lives.
"Kathy's story is inspiring … let it inspire you to get the results you want!"
— Zig Ziglar, CEO
Ziglar Training Systems and Hall of Fame motivational speaker
Kathy's Accomplishments
- Author of Shed or You're Dead®: 31 unConventional Strategies for Growth and Change.
- Awarded with Writer's Digest International Book Award for Shed or You’re Dead®.
- Co-author of books Irresistible Leadership & Thriving in the Midst of Change.
- Contributing author for Chicken Soup for the Nurses Soul: 2nd Dose and Chicken Soup for the Christian Soul 2.
- Voted Showcase Speaker of the Year for the Georgia Speakers Association (GSA).
- Named Trainer of the Year, Bob Pike's Creative Training Techniques International.
- Led Memorial Health Care System's strategic organizational development efforts to become one of the Top 100 Hospitals in America.
- Awarded Master of Influence Award for her work with the National Speakers Association (NSA), Georgia Chapter.
- Honored with Leadership Award, National Speaker Association, Philadelphia (Mid-Atlantic) Chapter.
- Past President, National Speaker Association, Philadelphia Chapter.
- Active member of the National Speakers Association (NSA), the American Society of Training and Development (ASTD), and has served on the board of the Georgia Speakers Association (GSA).
- Founder of The Keep Shedding Educational Foundation 501(c)(3) which sends African AIDS orphans to school.
- Achieved the highest earned speaker’s designation in the world, the Certified Speaking Professional (CSP).
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