Wendee Lee Curtis

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Wendee Lee Curtis

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Why Book

Wendee Lee Curtis, Event Host, Emcee, and Moderator, is a Veteran News Anchor and Broadway Performer bringing the art of news-level production, live entertainment, and the magic of connection to your virtual events.
Her experience in both the corporate and theatrical worlds makes her an ideal presenter for hybrid events that need to reach all attendees, virtual or in-house, to be memorable.
Wendee will teach you the S.P.E.A.K. formula and camera techniques she’s successfully used to help clients confidently execute, connect and captivate.

Biography

Wendee Lee Curtis is a keynote speaker who transforms rooms and rewires culture. A Broadway veteran and former TV news anchor, she blends performance presence with real-world leadership facilitation to create interactive, high- impact experiences. Her signature keynotes, The Broadway Blueprint: Building Belonging and Connected Confidence, are designed for organizations that want more than a speech.

In The Broadway Blueprint, she translates the way Broadway actually works—where full effort is expected, no one waits to be asked to contribute, and performers are rewarded for showing off rather than shrinking. That shared agreement creates the psychological safety required to sustain excellence under pressure. In Connected Confidence, she teaches leaders how to turn anxiety into executive presence when the spotlight is on.

Wendee has worked with Fortune 500 companies like Synchrony, Eli Lilly, and Thomson Reuters, and facilitates leadership programs at Cornell University. With dynamic delivery and unforgettable frameworks, Wendee brings a shift, a strategy, and a standing ovation.

Programs

The Broadway Blueprint™

Most organizations are filled with talented people. Smart people. Experienced people. Capable people. And yet, when I ask a room to close their eyes and consider whether they are bringing every ounce of their talent to their work, typically only 10–20% raise their hands. That gap is not about skill. Talent is present.

Belonging must be built.

What Broadway Knows:

Broadway is one of the most demanding performance ecosystems in the world.

Eight shows a week. Live audience. No safety net.
On Broadway: Excellence is rehearsed at full energy. Brilliance is not suppressed…
“I don’t personally know another industry that operates with that level of ensemble acumen.”
Corporate environments often default to cliques, guarded expertise, and quiet cronyism.
Broadway cannot afford that vacuum.
The show must go on.

This keynote gives leaders a blueprint that makes people want to:
Offer more. Share more. Mentor more. Step forward.
They begin to perform full out. Together.

In This Program, Attendees Will Learn How To:

Unlock talent that’s already in the room but isn’t showing up
Build the connective tissue that turns individual excellence into ensemble power
Create standards and structures that make people WANT to contribute more
Recognize when disconnection is actually a structure problem, not a people problem
Implement practical Broadway frameworks that translate directly to corporate teams
Diagnose and shift the culture barriers that keep high performers from performing together

Ideal Audiences:

Leadership teams navigating culture challenges. Organizations after mergers, restructuring, or strategic shifts. Sales organizations and customer-facing teams.
Executive leadership at Fortune 500 companies. Any team with good talent but a
belonging problem.

CONNECTED CONFIDENCE™ Move from Anxiety to Executive Impact

The Challenge

Your people have the credentials.
They’ve earned the seat at the table.
But when the camera turns on…
when the stakes rise…
when senior leadership is watching…
Something tightens.
The message gets rushed.
The presence shrinks.
The impact doesn’t match the expertise.
In today’s hybrid and on-camera world, that gap costs visibility, influence, and advancement.

In This Program, Attendees Will Learn How To:

Move from anxiety to executive presence using a behavioral reappraisal technique
Command the first 7 seconds of any high-stakes moment (on camera or in person)
Deliver your message with clarity, pacing, and conviction—without sounding rehearsed
Diagnose what’s actually happening in your presence (what lands, what doesn’t, why)
Build authentic authority that doesn’t require you to become someone else
Apply performance-informed tools to influence at the level your expertise deserves

Ideal Audiences:

Emerging executives and high-potential leaders. Sales leadership stepping into visibility. Women in leadership programs. Customer-facing teams preparing for high- stakes presentations. Professionals whose presence isn’t yet matching their capability.

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Wendee Lee Curtis Reviews

“Wendee was our Emcee at a National Sales Meeting for a well-known pharma company. It was a two-week meeting and Wendee started each day with the most amazing energy, poise, humor, class, and effectiveness. She was loved by all the presenters she interacted with as well as over 600 attendees. If you are looking for a wonderful Emcee/Host for your event I would highly recommend without ANY reservations Wendee Lee Curtis.”

— Pinerock

“Wendee is AMAZING!! From the first time we spoke, and throughout the process of working together, she was approachable, flexible, and responsive. She did a great job emceeing 2 programs for the same client (they loved her so much the first time, they asked her back for another program 6 months later!)”

— InVision Communications