Karen's diverse background in business, marketing, curriculum development, website design, coaching, webinar production, and graphic design gives her a real edge in assisting communicators and entrepreneurs. Karen worked with thousands of speakers, authors, and event planners across the country as the founder and owner of a speaker bureau for 14 years. She has been providing technology support and promotional services since 1994 to speakers, authors, entrepreneurs, and business leaders. Karen's passion and purpose are to help communicators and business owners share their messages and products by creating innovative solutions. She has helped them connect with their audience, grow their platform base, find new speaking opportunities, raise the bar, and increase their customers, paid enrollees, products and book sales by using various delivery methods and strategies.
Karen started at the age of 11 as a drummer and later as a bass guitar player in local and regional music bands. She has been on virtually every side of events and the stage as a musician, songwriter, speaker, author, event planner, concert promoter, coach, book tour manager, speaker bureau owner, and booking agent.
Her expertise in the area of marketing, technology, and curriculum development helped her work with clients in the development and launch of a national parents support group and network, development and production of hundreds of online live webinars, creation of websites, and design of promotional materials and print and digital books.
Karen started Power Communications in 1994 developing promotional materials and websites for small businesses.
In November 2004, Classervices, Inc. hired Karen to as Speaker Services Manager where she booked speakers such as Florence Littauer, Lauren Littauer Briggs, Ann Downing, Sandra P. Aldrich, and others. She served as faculty for their speaker and writer conference in Gorieta, NM (2005-2006).
In January 2007, Karen started her own speaker bureau agency representing speakers such as Thelma Wells, Darryl Strawberry, Kathi Macias, Cecil Murphey, Michele Pillar, and others.
She also managed virtual book launch tours for eight years for New York Times best-selling and top authors such as: Francine Rivers, Cecil Murphey, Carol Kent, Thelma Wells, Kathi Macias, and more. She has served as faculty for Writers Conference in the Dallas-Fort Worth, TX area (2008-2011), Ann Downing’s Middle Tennessee Women’s Retreat (2009), and Personality Principles’, Advanced Personality Trainers Conference (2007).
While Karen has been focused on helping speakers and authors take their messages to the world, she has also written several stories that appear in the following books: Your Spiritual Personality by Marita Littauer, Making the Blue Plate Special by Florence Littauer, Marita Littauer, and Lauren Littauer Briggs, and The Authentic You by Anita C. Lee. She has written instructional books and programs specifically for the professional development of speakers and authors.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Completed Take Your Message to the World program, Women's Empowerment University (2014 & 2015)
Completed Speaker training, Florence and Marita Littauer’s CLASSeminar (2004)
Completed The Personalities Systems training, CLASServices, Inc. (2003)
Completed leadership development training, CDM, Atlanta, GA (1999-2003)
Certified in the instructional design process, Practical Management, Inc. (2001)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Established CSS Speaker Bureau to work with event planners and book speakers (2007-2021)
Coach, trainer, and consultant for speakers and authors (2004-2021)
Website developer for speakers, authors, and other businesses (1998-present)
Social Media Manager & Website Developer for Ronald Gray, International Speaker & Author (2016-2019)
Creator, Producer, Social Media Manager & Website Developer for Fridays with Florence Littauer (2016)
Social Media Manager and Webinar Designer & Producer for Women's Empowerment University (2014 to 2015)
Office Manager, Social Media Manager & Website Developer for Lynda Randle, international singer (2012-2013)
Virtual Book Launch Manager (2007-2015) for New York Times bestselling authors: Francine Rivers and Cec Murphey; for award-winning authors such as: Kathi Macias, Carol Kent, Thelma Wells,, Sandra P. Aldrich, and many more
Faculty and Consultant for the NTC Writers Conference and Writing for Excellence Seminar (2008-2011)
Faculty for Ann Downing’s Middle Tennessee Women’s Retreat (2009)
Contributing author and course developer/designer, and website developer for “Setting Boundaries: 6 Steps to SANITY and 12-Weeks to Freedom” program for the SANITY Support Group Network (2007-2008)
Faculty for Personality Principles, Advanced Personality Trainers Conference (2007)
Contributing author to Your Spiritual Personality by Marita Littauer, Making the Blue PlateSpecial by Florence Littauer, Marita Littauer and Lauren Littauer Briggs, and The Authentic You by Anita C. Lee
Faculty for Glorieta Writers Conference (2005 & 2006)
Faculty for New Sales Manager Training and EDGE Leadership Training for Pitney Bowes Employee Development & Performance (2001-2006)
Course developer for Pitney Bowes National Sales Training. (2001-2006). PBNST was ranked in the Top 100 training organizations in the United States (2005)
Established Power Communications (1994-2004) - Website Development, Graphic Design, Promotional Material Development for small businesses
Marketing Manager, Computer Department Manger, and Loan Department Supervisor in the credit union industry working in various capacities, Tallahassee, FL (1980-1997)
Musician (drums and bass guitar) in several regional music bands and songwriter (1971-Present)
WHAT CLIENTS ARE SAYING
Karen Power is a gifted coach and speaker advocate. Her services have led to a significant increase in the number of speaking engagements I secure yearly. Her speaker training has covered everything from platform building to building better talks, audience engagement, and how to make meeting planners love you. I highly recommend her services to anyone serious about expanding their ministry reach.
Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith: Physician, Speaker & Author
Your expertise and experience in coaching, has helped me hone my message and become the speaker I am today. You've been with me for many years. I can't wait to share this with many men and women I know who are looking to hone their message.
Janell M. Rardon, Speaker, Author, Marriage & Family Coach