{"id":2169,"date":"2023-01-25T12:24:52","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T12:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.myspeaker.fr\/profiles\/cathy-odowd\/"},"modified":"2023-01-25T12:24:52","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T12:24:52","slug":"cathy-odowd","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/myspeaker.fr\/en\/keynote-speakers\/cathy-odowd\/","title":{"rendered":"Cathy O\u2019Dowd"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"my-10 block-text block-text--columns-one lg:my-12\"><div class=\"block-text__body\"><div class=\"block-text__text-wrapper\"><div class=\"block-text raw\">\r\n<div class=\"block-text__body\">\r\nCathy O\u2019Dowd is the first woman in the world to climb Mount Everest, the world\u2019s highest mountain, from both its north and south sides. Her first ascent of Everest happened in the midst of the chaotic events that form of the basis of the \u2018true story\u2019 behind the Hollywood movie Everest.\n<blockquote>\u201cThe first woman to conquer both the north and south sides of Everest\u201d<\/blockquote>\nCathy, who grew up in South Africa, was completing her Masters degree in Journalism, while working as a university lecturer, when she saw a newspaper advert for a place on the 1st South African Everest Expedition. Six months later she was the first South African to summit Everest and three years later she became the first woman in the world to climb the mountain from both sides. Finally she made one last expedition to Everest to try a new route on the Kangshung face. Cathy was also part of the team that did the first ascent of Nanga Parbat via the Mazeno ridge. Cathy is a Fellow of the Professional Speaking Assoc. who has given her their highest award, the Professional Speaking Award of Excellence.\n\nCathy O\u2019Dowd shares her insights about individuals and teams under intense stress in the face of overwhelming challenge with her corporate audiences. Her stories touch on themes of importance to anyone trying to run successful projects and get the best out of people. Cathy also helps businesses to tackle an uncertain world by learning to think like an explorer and she utilises the latest technology to gain audience participation in the expedition decision making process.\n\nCathy is a passionate speaker, who combines humour and drama, weaving a spell-binding story out of which she subtly draws her metaphors for achievement. Her inspirational presentations entertain and motivate while reinforcing key principles of best business practise.\r\n\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n<p>Sujets populaires: Reaching New Heights: Teamwork &#038; Leadership from the Slopes of Mount Everest |\u00a0Think Like An Explorer: Doing What Has Never Been Done Before |\u00a0Goal Setting |\u00a0Motivation &#038; Inspiration |\u00a0Overcoming Obstacles |\u00a0Leadership in Uncertainty |\u00a0Change Management<\/p>\r\n<div class=\"my-10 block-text block-text--columns-one lg:my-12\"><div class=\"block-text__body\"><div class=\"block-text__text-wrapper\">\r\n\r\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cathy O\u2019Dowd is the first woman in the world to climb Mount Everest, the world\u2019s highest mountain, from both its&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1301,"menu_order":178,"template":"","profile_category":[282,274,159,145,111],"profile_tag":[269,211,186,125],"profile_language":[],"class_list":["post-2169","profile","type-profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","profile_category-communication-interaction-speakers","profile_category-attitude-change-speakers","profile_category-growth-development","profile_category-leadership","profile_category-keynote-speakers","profile_tag-attitude-change","profile_tag-communication-interaction","profile_tag-growth-development","profile_tag-leadership"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cathy O\u2019Dowd - MySpeaker France<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Cathy O\u2019Dowd is the first woman in the world to climb Mount Everest, the world\u2019s highest mountain, from both its north and south sides. 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