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SPEAKER · WORKSHOP FACILITATOR · KEYNOTE

Practical.
Frameworks.
Real talk. No B.S.

Kaye Bedeau helps creative ops leaders not only understand AI, but also how to integrate it into their workflow without removing the creativity that comes from us. Every session ends with a blueprint your team can actually implement and your creative team can easily adapt.

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20+ Years in Creative Ops
5 Signature Talks
3 Formats Available
Kaye Bedeau Speaker
Kaye Bedeau at Henry Creative Ops Summit

-About the speaker

I don’t talk about AI. I show teams how to actually use it.

After 20+ years running creative operations at agencies like Wunderman, Y&R, Havas, and Apple Marcom — I understand the chaos that lives inside creative teams. The missed briefs. The broken approvals. The tools that multiply instead of simplify.

I built the BRIDGE Framework because I needed it myself. Now I bring it to stages, workshops, and boardrooms where creative ops leaders are trying to figure out AI integration without losing what makes their teams human.

My talks are practical, honest, and leave your audience with something they can actually do. Not just inspired — equipped.

PMP Certified · MBA · Master's in Project Management
Adjunct Professor — PM, Communications, and Marketing
Author — PMP Exam Books · PMNotebooks.com
Speaker — Henry Steward Creative Ops Summit 2025
20+ years: Apple Marcom · Wunderman · Y&R · Havas · Cisco

What Attendees say

“Kaye makes AI approachable and actionable — even for teams that are still figuring it out. She doesn’t talk at you, she thinks with you. Our team walked away with a real plan.”

creative operations leader

Henry Steward Creative Operations Summit 2025

What Attendees say

AI is a tool.

Human creativity is the driver. 

Here’s what I believe: AI is not the future of creative work. Humans are. AI is just the most powerful tool to help us with optimize our creative flow. 

I bring this philosophy to every stage, every workshop, and every client engagement. Because the future isn’t AI-powered. It’s human-powered with AI as the assist. it.

01

AI should make your team more human, not less.

The goal of AI integration isn’t to automate everything. It’s to automate the right things — so your team has more time for the work that actually requires a human: creative judgment, relationship-building, strategic thinking, and the kind of problem-solving that no prompt can replace.

02

The best AI implementation is invisible.

When AI integration is done right, your team doesn’t feel like they’re working with a robot. They feel like they’re finally working the way they always wanted to. Fewer interruptions. Clearer systems. More space to think. The technology disappears into the background where it belongs.

03

Change is only sustainable when people feel safe.

Every AI integration initiative I’ve ever seen fail has failed for the same reason: people felt threatened instead of empowered. My frameworks are built around change management as much as technology. Because the best system in the world won’t work if your team doesn’t trust it.

Signature Talks

Five topics.
Infinite tailoring.

Every session is customized for your audience, industry, and goals. Available as keynote, breakout, workshop, or panel. All topics can be delivered virtually or in-person.

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✦ Signature Keynote Creative Ops × AI Integration: Building Teams by Design, Not by Accident Keynote · 45–60 min · Best for: Creative Ops, Marketing, Agency, and Brand conferences Most creative teams don't fail because of bad people or wrong tools — they fail because nothing was built by design. This talk gives leaders a clear, honest picture of where AI is actually landing in creative workflows, and uses the BRIDGE Framework to show what intentional AI integration looks like in practice. Audiences leave with a concrete blueprint — not buzzwords.
Keynote Strategic AI-Forward Virtual Available
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◈ Interactive Workshop Build Your BRIDGE: A Framework for Integrating AI Without Losing Your Team Workshop · 60–90 min · Best for: Corporate L&D, PM conferences, Brand and Agency teams A hands-on session where participants apply the BRIDGE Framework directly to their own organization. Not a lecture — a working session. Teams arrive with their real challenges and leave with a personalized AI integration roadmap and the confidence to lead change without fear or chaos.
Workshop Hands-On BRIDGE Framework
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◇ Breakout Session From Chaos to Clarity: Project Management Principles for Creative Professionals Breakout · 30–45 min · Best for: Advertising Week, Design, Creative Agency conferences Creative professionals resist project management because they've only ever seen it done badly. This session reframes PM not as bureaucracy — but as the architecture that lets creatives actually do their best work. Honest, practical, and unexpectedly fun.
Breakout PM Methodology Creative-Focused
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◉ Fireside / Panel AI Learning Out Loud: How to Future-Proof Your Creative Career Fireside / Panel · 30–60 min · Best for: AfroTech, CultureCon, Women in Business, DEI events A candid, personal conversation about what it actually feels like to learn AI in real time — the wins, the embarrassing failures, and the unexpected community it creates. Deeply relatable for audiences navigating career uncertainty in the age of automation. No polished answers. Just honest exploration.
Fireside Career Personal Brand DEI Events
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◆ Keynote Human-Centered Design in an AI World Keynote · 30–45 min · Best for: UX, Product, Innovation, and Tech summits As AI handles more of the doing, the most valuable skill in any organization becomes the ability to design experiences that feel deeply human. This talk explores what that means for creative teams, product teams, and operations leaders — and why the leaders who get this right will define the next decade.
Keynote UX / Design Innovation
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Who books kaye

Right audience. Right stage.

Kaye speaks at conferences, corporate events, and leadership summits across three primary audience categories.

Primary Audience

Creative Operations & Marketing Leaders

Creative ops directors, marketing operations managers, agency project managers, and brand-side production leads navigating the shift to AI-integrated workflows.

Conference Examples Henry Steward Creative Ops Advertising Week Adobe Summit MAICON
Secondary Audience

Project Management & Tech Professionals

Project managers, operations strategists, L&D teams, and technology leaders building the next generation of AI-integrated project and operations systems.

Conference Examples PMI Global Summit INBOUND POSSIBE Miami Tech conferences
Primary Audience

Women, Black, and Multicultural Business Leaders

Professionals navigating career growth and AI disruption at the intersection of identity and industry — looking for honest, relatable, experience-driven guidance from someone who gets it

Conference Examples AfroTech CultureCon Women in Project Management Black Enterprise Summit

Who books kaye

Let’s talk about your event.

Fill out the form and I’ll personally get back to you within 48 business hours. Come with your goals — I’ll bring the framework. Every engagement is tailored to your audience.

My commitment to you

Every inquiry gets a personal response from me — not a VA, not an auto-reply. I’ll tell you honestly whether I’m the right fit for your event and what we can build together.

Available for keynotes, breakouts, workshops, panels, and virtual events
All formats available in-person and virtually
Custom talk development for unique event themes
Speaker one-sheet and asset kit available immediately
Currently booking 2026 through 2027

I personally respond within 48 business hours. No auto-reply, no ghost.