Karen Porter
Publisher – Bold Vision Books
Karen Porter is an international retreat and seminar speaker and a successful businesswoman. She is the author of ten books, including If You Give a Girl a Giant and Amplify!
Get To Know Karen
Karen Porter is an international retreat and seminar speaker and a successful businesswoman. She is the author of ten books including If You Give a Girl a Giant and Amplify!
Karen served as Vice President of International Marketing of a major food company in Texas for more than 30 years. Today she and her husband, George, own Bold Vision Books, a traditional Christian publishing company.
Karen is a coach of communicators in both writing and speaking and serves on numerous boards of national ministries.
Karen says her marriage to George is her greatest achievement, but she’d love to talk to you about her five grandchildren! In her spare time, Karen continues her life-long quest to find the perfect purse. Karen is a people person, plain and simple and you will love to laugh with her and maybe even cry a little as she shares her joys and struggles.
Pre-Conference Session
UP YOUR SPEAKING 2.0
Ditch the notes, own the stage, and stop sounding like a lecture and start sounding like a legend
Join speaker and coach, Karen Porter, in a completely new workshop Up Your Speaking 2.0.
Why settle for “good” when you can be unforgettable?
In this hands-on intensive, speaker and coach Karen Porter unveils a bold upgrade to her timeless speaking system—packed with fresh strategies and practical breakthroughs.
From building a presentation that sizzles with clarity, passion, and punch, to stage performance skills (body language, pacing, presence), to the elusive ability to speak authentically, powerfully, and free—without notes, your next presentation will be far beyond anything you dreamed possible.
Imagine stepping up to the mic brimming with confidence, speaking straight from your heart, and watching your God-given message land with every listener. If you are ready to raise the bar and unlock your best speaking self, It can happen if you UP YOUR SPEAKING.
Breakout Session
THE TOP TEN BEST SPEAKING TIPS
Ten proven secrets to hook your audience, hold their attention, and end with impact.
Want to grab attention in the first 30 seconds and keep it until the last word? These ten insider tips will change the way you speak forever.
Speaker coach, Karen Porter, explains the ten tips with humor and clarity and shows you how to use each one in your next presentation. Learn more than you thought one workshop could offer.
Packed with humor, real-world examples, and memorable takeaways, this workshop will equip you with practical tools you can use in your very next talk.
Lose the Notes. Keep the Audience.
Let’s be real—your notes are holding you hostage. When you cling to that written script, your eyes are glued down, your energy is trapped, and your audience feels it. In this workshop, Karen Porter will show you a brand-new and simple tool to build your talk so it sticks in your brain (no memorization marathon required). Once you’re free from those notes, you’ll finally lock eyes, spark emotion, and deliver a message that lands with power. No more boring read-alouds—just you, your story, and a room full of people leaning in. Gain freedom from notes and power on stage.
15-Minute Appointments
Bold Vision Books is a small traditional Christian publisher looking for non-fiction and fiction with a compelling Christian message. Bold Vision offers high-quality personal publishing & distribution through the nation’s best distribution companies. We are a boutique publisher producing a small number of books each year, so bring your best ideas to wow our editors. Our subsidiary publisher, Stone Oak Publishers, partners with you, the author, financially and creatively pulling in all the professional expertise of Bold Vision’s experts to bring your book to life. Other services are offered through our coaching company, Kae Creative Solutions, including content analysis, book development, editing, and ghostwriting. We can help you design a powerful marketing plan, write your tagline, build your brand, produce promotional items, and create your pitch.
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