About Me
Kim Marie McKernan, MBA, MS, is a brand strategist, international marketing leader, and presenter. She left a career as a marketing executive at Moog Inc. to found Inspired Outcomes Now, in order to help fellow entrepreneurs and business leaders bring their vision to life and maximize their full potential.
With an MBA from SUNY at Buffalo, an MS in Creativity and Change Leadership from SUNY Buffalo State, and a certification as a facilitator in Appreciative Inquiry, Kim continues to develop the concept of Positive Creativity. She combines academic knowledge with 30 years of experience in marketing, branding, and strategic planning. Kim’s deep background working with manufacturing, professional services, and technology companies helps her create strategies for even the most complex products and services. Kim is a mentor with Shift/Co and Collective Brains and works with conscious businesses around the globe.
Presenter, Trainer, and Facilitator
Kim is a creative, strategic, and kind marketing leader who can light a fire under a client to stimulate excellence, bring out the best in any group, and spark new opportunities using proven best practices.
Her extensive experience as a corporate executive and startup founder uniquely enables her to provide Fractional CMO (Chief Marketing Officer) services to organizations that need an expert, objective point of view to go to the next level.
Acting as an ally to support business owners and individuals
Making the experience positive, easy, and enjoyable, yet meaningful and human
Fostering collaboration, acknowledging talents, and making co-creation and consensus productive
Ensuring transparency, kindness, and positivity while we gently push outside the box
Virtual & In-Person Presenter
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Approachable
Always interactive and engaging, constantly finding ways to better communication
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Versatile
Range of topics and durations, everything from 1 hour to 1 day
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Valuable
Vistage Resource Speaker who offers valuable insights to leaders and organizations
The Story of Inspired Outcomes Now
Learn why I founded Inspired Outcomes and how you can benefit from a new approach to bringing your vision to life with a true brand.
Music performed by Paradigm Shift and composed by Gerry Youngman.
Affiliations
Co-Host on Creative Flow: Thinkers and Change Agents Podcast
Hosted by Kim Marie McKernan and Anthony Billoni, the Creative Flow Podcast Series features discussions with thinkers and change agents important to the Science of Creativity. We invite you to tune into the series to hear experts actively applying creativity, creative problem solving (CPS), innovation, and more to help change the world. New episodes monthly on your favorite platforms.
Shift/Co Mentor
Shift/Co is a platform for entrepreneurs focused on growth and making a positive difference. Building a conscious business needs new ideas, skills, and strategies. Shift/Co provides training, coaching, and mentoring for personal leadership and business expansion. Our community connects like-minded entrepreneurs to collaborate and increase our impact.
What are they saying
Stanley A. Wyner
CMS
Principal, Executive Coach, Strategic Planner, Vistage Master Chair, Vistage Chair Excellence Award Winner – Williamsville, New York
“Before booking speakers, I vet them for content, presentation skills, and other factors. Kim wowed the members of both of my groups. Her knowledge of and comfort level with her content enabled her to deliver a very interactive, engaging presentation that gave the audience plenty of “take-away” useable tools and techniques. I am very comfortable in recommending her to any organization interested in helping its members have better business and personal lives”
