Constructive Conflict
The R.E.L.A.T.E. Framework™ gives leaders and teams a practical way to navigate disagreement, communicate clearly, and move toward accountability and repair.
SPEAKING & WORKSHOPS
Practical conversations on relationships, leadership, and survivor support
Katha Blackwell brings direct, experience-based teaching to conferences, professional development, leadership retreats, and community events. Her sessions help people examine how they communicate, handle conflict, and care for those they lead or serve.
Building healthy relationships at home, at work and in leadership.
CORE TOPICS
Conversations worth bringing into the room
These themes can be adapted to the setting, audience, and goals of an event. Discuss the focus and format in a speaking inquiry.
Healthy Leadership & Culture
Sessions on communication, trust, boundaries, workplace relationships, and mission-centered leadership for executives, boards, nonprofit leaders, and teams.
Domestic Violence & Survivor Support
Survivor-centered education on abuse, safety, ethical practice, shelter and housing systems, and the complexities professionals face when supporting people after harm.
WAYS TO WORK TOGETHER
Choose the format that fits the conversation
Whether the room needs a focused talk or time to practice, Katha works with organizers to shape a session around their audience.
Speaking engagements
A keynote or featured session that opens a timely conversation and gives people ideas they can carry into their work and relationships.
Interactive workshops
Facilitated learning with reflection, examples, and practical discussion for teams and professional audiences.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Katha Blackwell, LMSW
Katha is a social worker, author, speaker, and former President & CEO of Partnership Against Domestic Violence. She draws on more than twenty years of direct service and executive leadership in domestic violence prevention, shelter and housing programs, and relationship-focused education.
Her presentations bring that experience into practical conversations about how people relate to one another at home, at work, and in leadership.
Read more about Katha →- Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW)
- Former President & CEO of Partnership Against Domestic Violence
- Led a $6 million capital campaign for a new Atlanta shelter
- Author of two books on healthier relationships
PLANNING A SESSION
Questions organizers often have
Can the topic be tailored to our audience?
Yes. Share your audience and goals in the inquiry so Katha can discuss an appropriate focus and format.
Do you offer virtual and in-person sessions?
Share the proposed format and location in your inquiry. Availability and event arrangements can be discussed before confirming a booking.
How do we invite Katha?
Email the event date, location or virtual format, audience, topic of interest, and a contact person. Katha can follow up about scope and next steps.