Speaker & Business Strategist

Helping Professionals
Articulate Their Value
and Lead With Strategy

Certified Meeting Professional with nearly two decades of experience helping planners, suppliers, and business owners move from tasks to outcomes—and from insight to execution.

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Corrine Statia Thomas
"Across this industry, we are often responsible for the work that makes everything else possible—yet we struggle to communicate our value."

— Corrine Statia Thomas, CMP

What I Do

Two Paths. One Mission.

Whether I'm on stage or in a one-on-one strategy session, my focus is the same: helping people clearly understand and communicate the strategic impact of their work.

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Speak

Industry-relevant keynotes and workshops that help planners, suppliers, and corporate teams articulate their value with clarity and confidence.

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Strategize

One-on-one coaching to help business owners turn vision into a focused, executable 90-day growth plan—with clarity, intention, and momentum.

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Build

Helping leaders step out of day-to-day reactivity and into strategic decision-making that drives real, measurable business growth.

Where Would You Like to Start?

Find Your Next Step

For Event Organizers & Associations

Signature Keynote & Workshop

Book Corrine to speak at your conference, association event, or corporate meeting. Her signature talk is practical, engaging, and designed to shift how professionals think about their work.

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For Business Owners & Consultants

8-Week Business Growth Coaching

A focused, premium strategy sprint for business owners ready to step out of the day-to-day and build a clear, executable roadmap for sustainable growth.

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Ready to articulate your value
and lead with strategy?

Schedule a complimentary strategy call to explore whether we're a fit. No pressure — just clarity.

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Signature Talk

Communicating Your Value:
From Tasks to Outcomes

A practical, engaging session for meeting professionals, suppliers, and corporate teams who want to shift conversations from cost to impact.

About the Talk

In the meetings and events industry, critical work often goes unnoticed—until something goes wrong. As a result, talented professionals across the ecosystem struggle with pricing confidence, internal influence, and being recognized as strategic partners rather than task executors.

Drawing on her corporate leadership background and 19 years of independent entrepreneurship, Corrine Statia Thomas delivers a highly relevant session that helps professionals articulate their value clearly, credibly, and in outcome-focused language that decision-makers understand.

This session is not motivational fluff. It is professional skill-building that delivers immediate, usable language and frameworks—for planners, hoteliers, and suppliers alike.

What Participants Will Learn

  • How to translate day-to-day responsibilities into business outcomes decision-makers understand
  • How to communicate value confidently in pricing, partnership, and internal conversations
  • How to avoid being reduced to tasks, rates, or line items
  • Language they can put to use immediately—on stage, in meetings, and in proposals
  • How to position themselves as strategic contributors within the meetings ecosystem

Talk Formats

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Keynote

45–60 minutes. Full delivery with interactive exercise.

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Workshop

90 minutes+. Deeper facilitation with team-specific examples.

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Corporate Session

Custom delivery for internal teams, procurement, or ops groups.

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Ideal For

  • Meeting & event planners
  • Hoteliers & industry suppliers
  • Corporate meetings & procurement teams
  • Industry conferences & associations
  • Independent planners & consultants

You Will Walk Away With

  • Value language you can use immediately
  • A shift from task-thinking to outcome-thinking
  • Stronger pricing & partnership conversations
  • Greater confidence in your strategic role

Ready to Book?

Corrine is available for conferences, associations, and corporate events. Let's talk about your program goals.

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8-Week Business Growth Coaching

Turn Insight Into a Clear,
Executable Growth Plan

A premium, focused strategy sprint for business owners ready to step out of the day-to-day and lead with clarity, confidence, and intention.

The Challenge

You Already Deliver Value.
Let's Build the Strategy Behind It.

Many talented business owners stay busy but feel stuck. They know they're capable of more—yet they struggle to set priorities, articulate their value, and translate vision into action.

The Problem

  • Difficulty clearly articulating your value in pricing conversations
  • Staying reactive instead of leading strategically
  • Feeling busy without making real forward progress
  • No clear framework for setting strategic priorities
  • Uncertainty around growth decisions and direction

What the Program Delivers

  • A clear long-term vision you can lead from
  • 3–4 strategic growth pillars aligned to your goals
  • A practical 90-day action plan ready to execute
  • Confidence in pricing, positioning, and decisions
  • Tools for ongoing quarterly strategic reviews
Program Structure

8 Weeks. One-on-One.
Built Around You.

Every session is a focused, 45–60 minute 1:1 coaching call. No generic content. No group cohorts. This is your strategy, built for your business.

Week 01

Vision & Purpose

Define your long-term direction and clarify what you're ultimately building toward.

Week 02

Strengths & Gaps

Assess your internal foundation — what you do well and where you have room to grow.

Week 03

Opportunities & Risks

Evaluate your external landscape and identify your highest-leverage growth opportunities.

Week 04

Strategic Pillars

Identify 3–4 priorities that will drive meaningful, sustainable growth in your business.

Week 05

Value & Positioning

Sharpen how you communicate your value—in pricing, proposals, and partnerships.

Week 06

90-Day Action Plan

Translate strategy into focused, achievable actions you can start executing immediately.

Week 07

Scenario Planning

Stress-test your strategy against real-world conditions and sharpen your decision-making.

Week 08

Review Rhythm & Momentum

Establish your quarterly review process so strategic thinking becomes a lasting habit.

Program Outcomes

What You'll Walk Away With

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A Clear Long-Term VisionA defined direction that anchors every business decision you make going forward.

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Strategic Growth Priorities3–4 focused pillars that tell you exactly where to invest your time and energy.

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A 90-Day Action PlanConcrete, executable steps organized around your priorities — ready to implement.

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Value Language That WorksThe ability to articulate your value in pricing, proposals, and client conversations.

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Tools for Quarterly ReviewsA repeatable framework so you stay strategic — not reactive — as your business grows.

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Confidence in LeadershipThe clarity and conviction to lead your business intentionally, not just react to it.

Who This Is For

Is This Program Right for You?

This is a premium, focused program for a specific kind of business owner. It may be right for you if:

Program Investment

8 weeks. 1:1 coaching. Fully personalized to your business.
Payment plans are available.

$2,500–$5,000 Based on business size & scope
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About Corrine

A Speaker and Strategist Built From the Inside Out

Corrine Statia Thomas

18+

Years in the Industry

CMP

Certified Meeting Professional

19+

Years as an Entrepreneur

360°

Corporate + Independent Lens

Certified Meeting Professional

Corrine Statia Thomas

Corrine Statia Thomas is a Certified Meeting Professional with nearly two decades of experience spanning corporate leadership and independent entrepreneurship.

Before becoming a business owner, Corrine led meetings teams in a corporate environment — overseeing housing, registration systems, conference materials, and on-site execution. It was in that role that she first noticed a dangerous belief taking root in talented professionals: that they were "support," not strategic. That their work was a function, not a contribution.

She spent years changing that narrative. Then she left the corporate world and found the exact same problem waiting for her on the other side — independent planners unsure how to price their work, suppliers reduced to line items, consultants delivering outcomes no one could fully articulate.

That pattern became the foundation of everything she does today.

As a Speaker

Corrine delivers keynotes and workshops that help meeting professionals, hoteliers, suppliers, and corporate teams communicate their value clearly — in pricing conversations, partnership discussions, and internal advocacy. Her signature talk, Communicating Your Value: From Tasks to Outcomes, gives professionals immediately usable language grounded in real industry experience.

She is known for her calm authority, practical insight, and ability to raise the professional self-concept of an entire room without a single word of motivation fluff.

As a Business Growth Strategist

Through her 8-Week Business Growth Coaching Program, Corrine works one-on-one with business owners to clarify their vision, define strategic priorities, and build a 90-day roadmap they can execute with confidence. Her approach is precise, practical, and grounded — because her clients don't need more ideas. They need a clear strategy and someone to help them build it.

Currently

In addition to her speaking and coaching work, Corrine serves as a Global Project Manager with ConferenceDirect, a full-service meeting solutions company. Through ConferenceDirect, she assists clients with site selection, contract negotiation, housing, registration, conference management, and mobile application technology — helping organizations maximize ROI, minimize risk, and increase attendee engagement.

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Let's Start With
a Conversation

No pressure. No pitch. Just an honest conversation about whether working together makes sense for where you are right now.

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