PR Strategist | Speaker | Creator of EMERGE

FREE LIVE EVENT
EMERGE
Visibility & PR Masterclass
Bring something you need to promote.
Leave with a campaign.
19
SEP
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2026
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Learn how to turn one goal, announcement, event, service or idea into a strategic promotional campaign -- while strengthening the band you are building over time.

HOSTED BY:
Cathy Nedd
PR STRATEGIST | SPEAKER | CREATOR OF EMERGE
BUILD YOUR BRAND | PROMOTE WHAT MATTERS | CREATE OPPORTUNITY
THE VISIBILITY IMPERATIVE
Your expertise already exists.
Your visibility is what's missing.
Being excellent at what you do does not automatically make you visible to the people who can hire, promote, recommend, appoint or partner with you.
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EMERGE helps accomplished professionals clarify their message, strengthen their personal brand and create the campaigns and communications assets needed to promote what matters.
“Every promotion should advance the immediate goal—and strengthen the larger brand.”
SEPTEMBER 19 | LIVE EVENT
What do you need more people to know about
Bring it to the EMERGE Visibility & PR Masterclass.
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A business, service or product
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An event, book or initiative
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A professional accomplishment
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Your expertise or next opportunity
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Clarify the objective behind your promotion
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Identify the audience you need to reach
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Strengthen your central campign message
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Choose the right communications tools
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Connect the campaign to your larger brand
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Turn one idea into coordinated assets
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Use AI without losing your authentic voice
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Build with the EMERGE PR Studio
Clarify your brand.
Put it to work.
THE FOUNDATION
The AI-Driven EMERGE Method
A six-step system for defining what you want to be known for, developing your messaging and becoming visible for growth, opportunity and impact.
ENVISION | MESSAGE | ESTABLISH | REVEAL | EVALUATE
THE ACTIVATION ENGINE
The EMERGE PR Studio
An AI-powered platform that turns a goal into a campaign—complete with strategy, messaging, timelines and coordinated communications assets.
EXPERIENCE THE PR STUDIO
CAMPAIGN STRATEGY
PRESS RELEASE
E-BLAST
SOCIAL CAMPAIGNS
VIDEO SCRIPTS

MEET CATHY NEDD
Experience built the strategy.
AI expands the possibilities.
Cathy Nedd is a marketing communications and public-relations executive, speaker and creator of the AI-Driven EMERGE Method and EMERGE PR Studio.
She previously served as president of the Real Times Media News Group and founded Nedd Worldwide Public Relations, where she led a 17-person communications agency. Today, Cathy combines decades of communications judgment with artificial intelligence to make strategic visibility and PR more accessible.
Cathy Nedd
35+
YEARS OF PR EXPERIENCE
INVITE CATHY TO SPEAK
Strategic visibility for a changing world.
Cathy delivers keynotes, conference sessions and professional-development experiences that challenge accomplished people to stop allowing excellence to become a hiding place.
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Opportunity Can't Find What It Can't See
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From Expertise to Visibility
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Personal Branding as a Leadership Strategy
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The Future of AI-Powered Public Relations
EMERGE CORPORATE EDITION
Build visible leaders. Strengthen organizational impact.
Customized experiences help executives, emerging leaders and high-potential employees communicate their value while aligning their personal brands with organizational goals.
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Leadership and executive workshops
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Corporate retreats and team experiences
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High-potential employee development
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Virtual and multi-session engagements

COMPLIMENTARY REGISTRATION
Bring the Goal.
Build the Campaign
You do not need a PR background or thousands of followers. You need something important to communicate—and a more strategic way to make it visible.
Saturday, September 19, 2026 | 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Equity Alliance of Michigan | 6602 Walton, Detroit, MI
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
