Most Requested Topics
- Straight Talk: Getting Off the Curb
- The Great and Powerful Ah…Think Forward and Get Remarkable!
- Get a Grip. Finding Your Balance without Losing It!
- There’s No Such Thing as a One Person Tango: The Art of Communication
- Motivation through Management: Are You Proactive or Re-Active?
- Does Your Business Have Bounce? Managing Your Career Path and Market Environment
- When Interests Collide: Say What You Mean and Get What You Want
About This Speaker
Karel brings meaning to mayhem with her nothing but the truth approach to business and life. An accomplished author and humorist, Karel has made radio and television appearances and she enjoys local, regional, and national publication of her articles. In addition to Hitting Our Stride: Women, Work and What Matters (http://www.HittingOurStride.net), she is the author of Straight Talk: Getting Off the Curb. Karel is a featured author in Extreme Excellence: Dynamic Interviews with America’s Top 10 Performance Experts, and publishes a monthly newsletter—Think Forward!® read by thousands of subscribers. She is the author of the CPR for Managers Series and has created a weekly podcast series where she interviews industry experts on various topics.
Karel holds a BA in Human Resources and has earned numerous designations and certifications, including the prestigious National Speakers Association CSP (Certified Speaking Professional) and the Real Estate Educators Association DREI (Distinguished Real Estate Instructor). Her resume includes experience as a human resources regional executive of a large commercial insurance firm, as an award-winning sales person, as a manager of a top producing real estate office, and now as owner of Our Branch, Inc., a national and international speaking and training company.
She has received several awards for her community service, including the Blue Springs Missouri Chamber of Commerce Award, and once taught a pig named Nelson to jump rope . . . but that’s another story.
She is a member of the National Speakers Association and a Board Director for the Minnesota NSA Chapter, Meeting Professionals International and has served as a Board of Director member and officer for the National Real Estate Educators Association. As a professional keynote speaker, Karel has had the pleasure of connecting with hundreds of audiences throughout the US and abroad.
When not on the road, Karel can be found in Waterloo, Iowa, with her ever wonderfully patient husband Rick and their attentive brood of four—at last head count—cats and dogs.
What Clients Are Saying
“Karel has the unique ability to 1) listen to what the client wants, 2) structure a program to meet those needs in an informative and fun way, and 3) engage her participants. Our group was a combination of personalities, skill sets and willingness to learn – Karel ensured the program incorporated something for everyone, yet stayed true to the core program desires. Karel Murray is excellent and I would recommend her to anyone who wants to improve their organization.”
Susan Kubiesa, Vice President, Zurich Commercial, Chicago, IL
“Karel is one of the most engaging and energizing speakers I’ve seen. She is brilliant at using humor to convey her messages. She has the ability to make everyone in the room feel like she is talking to THEM! I know that everyone I spoke to thought Karel is wonderful and relates on either a personal or professional level to the topics she presents.”
Rosalyn Lorenz, President, Cedar Falls Business & Professional Women
“Karel is an outstanding speaker. She has a great way of blending humor with giving a serious message. She was the best keynote we have ever had!”
Theresa Beem, Buena Vista Regional Medical Center
Recent Clients
- Alabama Real Estate Commission
- Buena Vista Medical Center
- Central Oregon Board of REALTORS®
- Community National Bank
- Control-O-Fax
- Covenant Medical Center
- DuPont Agricultural Products
- GMAC Global Relocation Services
- GMAC Home Services
- Idaho Association of REALTORS®
- Illinois Hospitality Association
- Midwestern Claims Association
- Minnesota Probation Officers Association
- Nat’l Assoc. of Business Women – Illinois
- National Association of REALTORS®
- Real Estate Educators Association (REEA)
- Royal LePage Canada
- University of Iowa
- University of Northern Iowa
- YMCA of the USA
- Zurich North America Commercial
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