Do you want a speaker who connects with her audience? Do you want someone who is smart and thinks on her feet? From Marketing and Customer Service to Business Communications and Leadership, Carolyn's widespread background and experience as a business connector allows her to offer insight in a range of areas and deliver expertise that is relevant and relateable. As a sought-after international speaker, trainer, and facilitator with over 20 years of experience in the corporate world and over 10 years as a business owner, Carolyn has spoken to over 1200 audiences as she entertains and teaches with humor and humanity. Carolyn will take your group where you want them to go. Book Carolyn today!
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Van
March 30, 2017I recently attended a SCORE seminar on how to price services. Carolyn was enthusiastic and well spoken. Her impressive experience provided great examples that complimented the content of the work shop. She was very attentive to each attendee's questions and even offered to provide some business advice after the seminar. I definitely want to attend more of her workshops, so much so that I'm even considering one of her leadership talks!
Hired as: Industry Expert
Michael G.
March 14, 2017Carolyn Ortman spoke at my recent conference and wowed the audience. She brought high energy and lots of fun. She wove humor throughout her presentation. My members loved her stories and she brought out the best in the audience. If you want a speaker to bring up the energy in your program and get your meeting off to a resounding start, or cap off a learning day, Hire Ms. Ortman!
Hired as: Business Motivational Speaker
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Carolyn Ortman is a sought-after international speaker, trainer, and marketing specialist with acclaim from industry experts in the U.S., Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. She has developed, presented, and facilitated programs for corporate executives, managers, employees, entrepreneurs, and business owners.
She is CEO of CKO Marketing Group—a firm that focuses on marketing and branding strategies through coaching, training and formulating business alliances. CKO has a 95 percent performance rating in quality, customer service, and effective facilitation skills.
Having spoken to over 1200 audiences in the areas of marketing, branding, business communications, leadership, and customer service, Carolyn consistently offers insight and practical tools for immediate application.
Carolyn has an MBA and draws from more than 20 years of business expertise—including a decade of corporate management. Her audiences and clients come from a variety of industries: nonprofit, education, and Fortune 500 companies, including Boeing, Edwards Air Force Base, Budweiser, Baxter International, Oakley, the Internal Revenue Service, among others.
Carolyn is an authentic connector who enjoys hosting business functions for B2B and B2C matching. As a master business hostess she has boosted customer streams for her clients.
She is a recipient of awards for business excellence from institutions like Citibank, the Inland Empire Women’s Business Center, the University of California at Riverside and the Riverside County Private Industry Council.
Carolyn comes from a family of public speakers, professors and entrepreneurs. As the daughter of an artist, she has a sensibility for creative thinkers in the exacting world of business. She creates ways to market and brand toward a changing world.
She specializes with businesses eager to generate faster revenue while breaking through marketing blocks. Carolyn coaches clients into action, toward their vision—ultimately, exceeding sales goals and growth. She resonates with business owners and applies tactics that create solutions.
Carolyn is sensitive to the fears of the business world and gently pushes clients past their limited thinking. Businesses facing low client/customer streams, poor company communicating, and conflict can breakthrough toward growth. Plus, as a former Dale Carnegie Instructor, she uses humor and empathy to encourage audiences to stretch beyond what they believe they can achieve!
As a former Marketing Director with 20 years of experience within the corporate world, she is savvy to the challenges of those currently working and leading within the business arena.
Seeing her clients prevail drives her passion. “I create a space for clients that helps them apply a few marketing principles to make big strides.”
Serving as an agent for change, she volunteers as a business mentor and teaches workshops through SCORE Association and the local Small Business Development Center.
As an adjunct instructor at the University of California Riverside Extension, Carolyn teaches and mentors international students and business professionals in the areas of customer service, business communications, and presentation skills. Carolyn is an award-winning Toastmasters speaker.
She is a once-a-year scrapbooker, a yoga enthusiast and spin fanatic. She is a disciple of Dale Carnegie, Jack Canfield, and Louise Hay…. among others. She’s currently prepping for this year’s Race The Lake Century Ride in Wisconsin.
Business Motivational Speaker