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Capture the Engagement – From Onstage to Online with Kara D. Kelley
If your last keynote didn’t produce photos and short clips you’re proud to post, that’s not a “photo problem.” It’s a revenue problem. In 2026, your on stage presence needs to live beyond the ballroom. This session shows how to make sure every event creates usable, credibility building content, not just applause.
Kara Kelley is a working speaker who also captures content for speakers. She takes you behind the lens and shows how small, intentional choices on stage determine whether your visuals become premium marketing assets or forgettable files. You’ll learn how aligning the stage setup, technology, and delivery – along with small, intentional choices in movement, timing, and audience interaction – can make even modest venues produce content that reflects a top-tier platform.
Next, we shift from engagement capture to conversion. Kara outlines practical ways to select, package, and deploy event media to build authority, maintain consistent visibility, and improve how you’re discovered in an AI-driven search landscape.
This is a visibility strategy session for professional speakers at every level who want each keynote to work twice – once for the people in the room, and again for the decision makers who find you afterward.
Key Takeaways:
- Recognize the on-stage behaviors that prevent photographers from capturing marketable images (and how to adjust delivery without losing authenticity).
- Use staging, movement, and audience engagement in ways that produce usable video clips, not chaotic footage that can’t be repurposed.
- Build a “shot list” to collaborate more effectively with event photographers and AV teams to ensure your best material is actually captured.
- Repurpose one speaking engagement into weeks of strategic content without feeling performative or promotional.
About Kara
Kara D. Kelley, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, is a nationally-recognized HR strategist, speaker, facilitator, and CEO of Clinical HR. She works with healthcare leaders to turn complex people challenges into practical business strategies that strengthen culture, reduce risk, and improve performance.
A committed member of the National Speakers Association since 2021, Kara actively serves the speaking community through leadership and mentorship. Her roles have included Chapter President, Chapter Leadership Committee member, Co-Chair of NSA Millennials+ community group, and New Member Cohort Advisor.
Kara has been capturing moments for more than 15+ years and has a particular passion for providing photography and videography support to fellow speakers and performers. Known among her peers as the unofficial photographer – or, “speaker with a camera,” as she likes to say – Kara is always willing to lend a lens in support of community groups and attendees at NSA conferences, documenting the connections and experiences that make the event memorable.
LOCATION:
The Foundation Room at OnPath FCU
3131 North I-10 Service Road
Metairie, LA, 70002
Please RSVP and let us know if you plan to attend!