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OVERVIEW

Kaitlin is available for speaking engagements, workshops, and consultation in her areas of specialization for organizations in the private and public sectors with a focus on the fields of healthcare, education, tech, and conservation.

Offerings can be delivered in person or virtually.

Speaking, Workshops, and Training

Kaitlin addressing an audience of visiting students at Harvard Summer School in July 2026.

For ORGANIZATIONS

Kaitlin Smith is available to deliver interactive lectures, workshops, and extended leadership development programs to mission-driven organizations across sectors including healthcare, education, tech, and conservation.

Leading from Alignment is a four-module series of leadership development programs designed to build essential leadership capabilities through Kaitlin’s unique approach to transformational education. Programs utilize historical case studies, the best humanistic insights, and invitations to deep introspection to drive transformation within teams from the inside out. Organizations can invest in a single leadership module up to a four-part arc of learning as illustrated in the example below:

One-Off Lectures

Kaitlin is also available to deliver interactive lectures that help teams think critically about questions impacting your industry (e.g., healthcare, education, conservation) through a combination of historical case studies, humanistic insights, and invitations to deep introspection.

Potential programs include:

  • Wielding Clinical Knowledge for Equity: Lessons from History to Today

  • Science for Equity: Lessons from History to Today

  • Rethinking Intelligence for Equity: Lessons from History to Today

  • YOU are the Answer: How to Stop Being AI Slop

For COLLEGES

FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS

Kaitlin Smith is available to deliver interactive lectures to college students.

Offerings get students excited about humanistic inquiry, empower them to deploy new skills in their lives, and inspire them to use knowledge to make the world a better place.

Programs include the following:

  • YOU are the Answer: How to Stop Being AI Slop

  • History Under the Hood: How Historians Really Make History

  • Science: What Do Race and Gender Have to Do With It?

For High SchoolS

FOR High School TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS

Kaitlin Smith is available to deliver interactive lectures and workshops to high school teachers and administrators.

Engagements build faculty and staff members’ capacity to understand the scholarly research methods that shape historical knowledge, equip participants with actionable implementation strategies, and inspire participants to marshal their new knowledge to drive positive transformation.

Programs include the following:

  • Rethinking Intelligence for Equity: Lessons from History to Today

  • The Transformative Power of Teaching with Primary Sources

  • Got Science?: Tools for Driving Equity in Science Education

FOR High School STUDENTS

Kaitlin Smith is available to deliver interactive lectures to high school students.

Offerings get students excited about humanistic inquiry, empower them to deploy these insights in their lives, and inspire them to use knowledge to make the world a better place.

Programs include the following:

  • History Under the Hood: How Historians Really Make History

  • Science: What Do Race and Gender Have to Do With It?

  • YOU are the Answer: How to Stop Being AI Slop

CLINICAL CONSULTATIONS

Kaitlin Smith, MSW is available on a limited basis for clinical case consultations with trained mental health professionals and coaches seeking the professional opinion of a colleague in her areas of specialization (i.e., giftedness, BIPOC, multiracial, and/or women-related themes). Potential services include offering an alternative clinical opinion; offering sociohistorical context for presenting concerns; and recommending resources for further learning, direct client support, and/or advocacy.

FOR HELPING PROFESSIONALS

Kaitlin Smith, MSW is available on a limited basis for one-time consultations with individuals seeking an alternative clinical assessment of concerns that may intersect with giftedness. This can look like exploring the appropriateness of a particular mental health diagnosis vis-a-vis giftedness; sharing resources for deeper learning and reflection; or developing a plan and/or list of tailored resources you can use to advocate for yourself with your health care team, employer, family members, and/or other parties.

FOR GIFTED / HIGHLY CREATIVE / INTENSE PEOPLE