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Nina  Sossamon-Pogue

Nina Sossamon-Pogue

Motivator & Author on Resilience, Adversity & Achievement

Nina Sossamon-Pogue

Motivator & Author on Resilience, Adversity & Achievement

Biography

Nina Sossamon-Pogue is an inspirational thought leader who emboldens audiences to take on change with confidence. A former USA Gymnast, Emmy award-winning TV News Anchor, Successful Tech executive, and Best-Selling Author, Nina is known for constantly adapting, evolving, and reaching new levels of success.

Nina gives audiences the motivation, mindset, and tools to ‘Navigate Change Like a Pro’.

Her powerful framework for resilience is delivered through a dynamic blend of emotional insights, science, stoicism, and storytelling, that emboldens audiences to reignite their drive, tackle a challenge, and reach new levels of success.

A master communicator with a great sense of humor, Nina is instantly likable, intelligent, and inspirational. Her Keynotes arouse the mind and emotions with clever ideas and stories that move people to act. Her message elevates individual well-being, fosters collaboration, and drives sustained success.

As a professional emcee, her blend of intelligence and expertise enables her to engage every audience and smoothly manage any event, from intimate gatherings to large ballrooms.

Nina and her husband Ben have three adult children and an old Jack Russel named Lulu. She lives in Charleston, South Carolina, and speaks throughout the United States helping organizations turn ‘Change’ into something their people expect and feel confident about, instead of something they fear and feel stressed about.

Speaker Videos

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Quick Clips of Nina’s Keynote Message

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Nina Sossamon-Pogue, Resilience, Women in Tech

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Nina Sossamon-Pogue, Master of Ceremonies, Defense Contractors Summit

How you Handle the This's, Nina Sossamon Pogue

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Nina Resilience Keynote, Concepts

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You get one life story. What will yours be?

Nina Sossamon-Pogue, Keynote Speaker 2023

Speech Topics

You’re Wired for ‘THIS’: Navigate Change Like a Pro

Empowering High Achievers to Sustain Productivity and Thrive Through Challenges and Change.

Welcome High Achievers! If you’re in this room, you're built to do more, excel, embrace hard work, push boundaries, and master your craft. It’s a thrilling journey.

This presentation delves into the mind of a high achiever, and the hyper-competitive environment of today's workforce. Nina unpacks the stress we create in our work and daily lives, and why high achievers are uniquely susceptible to ‘Excellence Exhaustion’; A condition marked by a relentless drive to surpass previous achievements, exacerbated by the perpetual demands of modern technology and constant connectivity.

Nina reminds today’s workforce of the inherent power they possess while helping them gain perspective, improve problem-solving, leverage support from others, and transform their internal dialogue.

By integrating Nina’s ‘Resilience Route Navigator’ framework into their strategies, organizations are helping their employees manage stress and foster a supportive community.

THIS presentation is a fun, Aha! experience into personal strength. Using the word ‘THIS’ to represent challenges of all sizes, Nina shows audiences how to efficiently put ‘THIS’ in its place, take control of the anxiety and stress that ‘THIS’ creates, and confidently keep moving forward.

Your team gains the tools to manage stress, maintain perspective, and foster collaboration—driving sustained success and innovation.

Mastering Resilience: Navigating a Lifetime of Success

Empowering your Top Talent to Maintain Exceptional Performance

Tough times don’t last AND no one stays on top forever. Nina challenges high achievers to rethink success from a ‘goal’ to a lifetime of achievements and gives them tools to confidently navigate the often grueling journey to reach their own definition of success.

Nina delves into the cycle of continuous ambition and chronic stress that can undermine even the most dedicated professionals. (this is an excellent presentation for leadership teams)

Addressing the relentless drive to surpass previous achievements, compounded by modern technology’s perpetual demands and constant connectivity, Nina takes audiences on a journey into their own successes and failures, then introduces insights on achievement and lifetime success, empowering individuals to boldly keep raising their bar.

A session for all the smart, ambitious, humans working hard in today’s constantly connected comparison culture to help them unleash unwavering confidence and give them a framework to handle any challenges ahead.

This powerful time together is packed with actionable insights to improve mental well-being, increase productivity, and improve culture. 

Resilience 101 (College)

You’re in the game! Success comes with challenges and achievements, and young people have a lifetime of those ahead of them. A session for today’s high-achieving students feeling the pressure to succeed.

Students are struggling with mental wellness and today’s digital overload, constant connectivity, machine learning, FOMO culture is throwing fuel on the fire.

Unless students plan to sit on the sidelines and watch others succeed, they’re in the game. Nina prompts young audiences to rethink achievements and challenges, demonstrating that knowing how to navigate both the highs (Now what?) and lows (Now what?) is like having a cheat code!

The session is relevant, actionable, uplifting and delivers lasting impact. Using her own stories as a D1 student athlete, her years being ‘popular’ on TV, and decade as a ‘successful’ Tech executive, Nina shares the failures and challenges that accompanied her success and takes young audiences into their own possible futures full of successes and failures.

Nina transforms young audiences, from stressed and overwhelmed to empowered to take control of their future, and their mental health, so they can confidently be themselves in today’s competitive, comparative culture.

Emcee/Host

Nina is an experienced event host/emcee. With a passion for preparation, she blends your corporate messaging, corporate culture and event themes into her delivery so your event is on message and your audience is engaged. She is a professional you can trust with your audience and she gracefully controls a room to ensure your event stays in track.

Moderator/’Fireside Chat’ Host

Nina is an expert interviewer or panel moderator who connects with your participants and makes everyone feel comfortable, confident and heard. Her award winning journalism skills, plus 12 years in corporate meetings, make Nina uniquely qualified for this role. You can trust her to diligently prepare and ensure your session delivers the message you need and ensure your session wraps up on time and on a strong note.

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