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For Event Organisers

You’ll find images, bios, introduction script for your host, A/V requirements and suggestions for intro music here.

Speaker Kit

If you’d like everything on this page in one document, you can download Dr Sarah’s full speaker kit for 2024 here.

Speaker One Sheet

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Keynote One Sheet

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Images of Dr Sarah

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  • Black/white headshot

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  • Dr Sarah Whyte holding a microphone and speaking on stage about emotional resilience

    Sarah speaking

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Intro Script

For your emcée or host

Our next speaker is an expert in building psychological safety through tough emotions.

  She’s here to share more about the benefits of leaning into emotions for boosting performance, productivity, and communication.

Dr Sarah has a doctorate in emotional intelligence and is a self-confessed research geek. Her relatable stories distil complex research into practical and powerful takeaways. Alongside her research expertise, she draws on more than twenty years of supporting thousands of people with tough emotions, well-being and resilience

Please give a warm welcome to Dr Sarah Whyte!

Dr Sarah Whyte Bios

Short, medium and long biographies of Dr Sarah Whyte for promotional use.

Short bio
49 words

Dr Sarah Whyte has a doctorate in emotional intelligence and remains a massive research geek. She works with people in high-pressure, high-performance environments to help them understand the power of emotion in psychological safety. Her relatable stories distil complex research into powerful takeaways to boost performance, productivity and communication.


Medium bio
72 words

Dr Sarah Whyte has a doctorate in emotional intelligence, for which she created an emotional intelligence intervention for change, and remains a massive research geek. With over twenty years’ experience of supporting thousands of people with tough emotions, she works with people in high-pressure, high-performance environments to help them understand the power of emotion in psychological safety. Her relatable stories distil complex research into powerful takeaways to boost performance, productivity and communication.


Long bio
125 words

Dr Sarah Whyte has a doctorate in emotional intelligence, for which she created an emotional intelligence intervention for change and gained the specialist skills to create new knowledge and become an expert in her field. She remains a massive research geek, updating her knowledge with emotion, psychology and neuroscience research. With more than twenty years’ experience of supporting thousands of people with tough emotions, first as a teacher then as a speaker and facilitator, she now works with leaders and teams in high-pressure environments which expect peak performance. Dr Sarah helps people understand the power of emotion in building psychological safety. Through relatable stories which distil complex research into simple but powerful takeaways, she supports people to boost their performance, productivity and communication.

A/V Requirements & Suggestions

For in-person events

Dr Sarah Whyte speaking on stage in a red dress. Her logo is visible on the large screen behind her and she has a lapel mic attached

Dr Sarah brings:

  • A MacBook Air

  • HDMI and VGA adaptors

  • Laptop charger plus country-specific adaptor

  • Wireless clicker

  • Presentation with size 16:9 PowerPoint slides

  • Backup of presentation slides on a USB/USB-C drive

Dr Sarah Whyte speaking into a black lapel mic, while gesturing for emphasis

Dr Sarah needs:

  • A wireless lapel or headset microphone

  • A projector with HDMI or VGA input

  • To be able to plug in her laptop

  • A clear stage without a lectern or chairs if possible


A/V Requirements & Suggestions

For online events where Dr Sarah presents from her home office

Dr Sarah recommends:

  • A short technical rehearsal on the event platform at least 3 days before your event

  • One person dedicated to technical support who can be called by phone during the event in case of technical issues

  • She has full control of her slides to enhance the audience’s experience

Dr Sarah uses:

  • A MacBook Air

  • Prezi to share interactive and engaging slides

  • Mentimeter for audience participation

  • Røde Wireless Go with a Røde lavalier (lapel) microphone for consistently high-quality sound

  • High-quality lighting provided by Elgato adjustable key lights

  • Ethernet connection for a reliable, stable and fast Broadband connection throughout every presentation. Internet speed is:

    • Ping 6 ms

    • Download 831.13 Mbps

    • Upload 883.78 Mbps

Intro Music

Safe and Sound

Artist: Capital Cities

Artist: Halsey

Could Have Been Me

Starting at 0.39 seconds

Brave

Artist: Sara Bareilles

Great for Emotional Safety for Feedback