"Angela’s story, the wisdom of her words and the messages that she shared resonated with me and I know from all the personal notes that I received that they resonated with others on the PetSmart team. The feedback has been nothing short of amazing. She set up the week on such a powerful note. One of the most powerful notes received: “…I have never been so personally moved and touched by a speaker like I was this morning. I’m not ashamed to say I shed a couple of tears during the guided visualization portion. This may sound inorganic, but I could actually feel myself letting go of things that don’t serve me.” From the moment we connected with Angela we could tell she understood exactly what we needed to accomplish. She has a strong core message, but worked with us to figure out exactly what our teams needed and partnered with us to tailor her keynote to make sure it resonated with our teams."
-Pet Smart"Angela is an exceptional speaker. Her personality and energy are great. Her professionalism in her preparation and presenting was thoughtful and audience specific. We had a difficult group to please and had extremely positive feedback about her keynote and session. She was a motivational kick off for the rest of the day. Our audience not only enjoyed her story, but she opened everyone up to have more meaningful and connecting conversations. We look forward to seeing her again soon!"
-Executive Women’s Summit"The entire convention was made so much more memorable by the involvement of Angela Chee as an emcee. Angela’s screen presence, her energy, her ability to weave a red thread through the theme of the event, as well as her professionalism was apparent to all our attendees. Angela as an emcee got as many comments as our speakers did. Her presence lights up the screen. She is somebody who is an outstanding professional of her craft and I can’t recommend her work highly enough."
-Asia Professional Speakers Association"Angela’s dynamic energy, personality and insights added so much to our Microsoft Inspire, our largest global partner event of the year. We have heard nothing, but a positive response from our events team. We appreciate her professionalism and time to ensure a smooth experience, and we absolutely look forward to working with her on future events!"
-MicrosoftYOU, Amplified!® Own Your Voice and Power, Step Into Your Leadership
It is more important than ever for people to break through their barriers and step into their leadership for themselves, their teams, and their organizations. The world is evolving, but it starts with their own personal evolutions.
How will we work? How will we make an impact? How will we thrive moving forward? It’s time for deep innovation and transformation.
In this inspirational and interactive keynote, Angela shares her story of breaking through barriers and shows people how to discover, break through, and redefine their own barriers to achieve personal and professional success and fulfillment.
Angela will empower the audience to own their voice and their power to create change in themselves, their organizations, and the world. They will also explore how to define their purpose, step into their leadership, and live their legacy.
By the end of this talk the audience will be able to:
Breaking Barriers and Redefining Leadership
It’s not just about women leaning in anymore, it’s time for all of us to step up, speak up and create change. Creating real change in your organization and our world isn’t just about empowering women, it’s about redefining leadership and creating an inclusive space where people feel safe to talk and shift the collective conversation and culture. Angela helps the audience understand differences and unconscious biases by sharing her own stories of breaking through barriers and stereotypes, recognizing her own biases and shifting from a Type A overachiever facing burnout to embracing and stepping into her YOU, Amplified!® leadership.
By the end of the talk the audience will be able to:
Understand why diversity matters to the organization and how to leverage it
The Power of “The Only”: Leadership Lessons From Those Breaking Barriers, Defying the Odds and Creating Positive Change
Recent studies show being “The Only” (woman in the room) is still a common experience and that it’s not only stressful, but can have a negative impact.
But Angela believes there is power in being “The Only”. Whether some feel like they are “the only” person in the room, in their industry, on stage reaching for their unique dreams or the trailblazer, the black sheep, the unicorn. It doesn’t have to be a burden. It can be an opportunity to shift the conversation and culture.
But how can leaders harness it as strength and what can they learn from other “Onlys” like Angela to help step into their leadership and accelerate their success?
Angela shares her story of challenging stereotypes and carving her own path. She shows audiences how to own their power and voice of being “The Only” and how to create change in themselves, their organizations and the world. Discover the lessons learned from leaders breaking barriers, defying the odds and creating positive change and The Power Of “The Only” principles to help them achieve personal and professional success.
By the end of the talk the audience will be able to:
Workshop/Break Out Session Facilitator
Angela Chee can lead your group through interactive and engaging group workshops to complement her keynote topics related to Communication, Media, Diversity, and Women’s Empowerment.
Host, Emcee and Panel Moderator
As a professional host, emcee and panel moderator Angela can help you showcase your brand and highlight key figures in your organization. She can bring out the event’s message and mission—and make your organization/company stand out from the competition. She knows what it takes to get a message across effectively and package it in way that informs, inspires and moves people.
Angela Chee is a media/communication coach, keynote speaker/emcee, creator of YOU, Amplified!®, and host of The Power Of The Only podcast.
A former TV news anchor and reporter with more than 20 years of media experience, she’s now works with visionary leaders, executives and entrepreneurs who are ready to own their power and their voice and amplify their message and mission through speaking, video and media. Through one-on-one coaching, group workshops and online programs she helps her clients be clear, confident and connected and ready for any opportunity on-camera and off. Her mission is to help people break through their barriers, step into their leadership and live their legacy.
Angela has worked in top TV markets from KCBS/KCAL-TV and KNBC-TV in Los Angeles to Fox 6 and KNSD-TV in San Diego. She has hosted shows for E! Entertainment, HGTV (Home and Garden Television) and helped launch Entertainment Tonight China. She was the featured media mentor/expert on Lifetime’s The Pop Game and has appeared as an expert on a variety of local and national shows including The Today Show, The List, Right This Minute and more. Angela has also made appearances in the film Blades of Glory and TV shows from No Ordinary Family to Heroes.
Her speaking career started at 15, when she was the first Asian American woman to win the title of “Miss California National Teen-Ager.” Now Angela presents inspirational and transformative keynotes and corporate trainings for Fortune 500 companies, universities, and professional associations on topics related to leadership, communication, women’s empowerment, diversity and media. She also serves on the Media Advisory Board of the Asian Culture and Media Alliance and was the founder of The Zen Mom®, an inspirational and informative website for moms.
Born on the East Coast and raised in Southern California by immigrant Chinese parents, she also speaks Mandarin Chinese. She is a mother of two and a healthy foodie, who loves yoga, quotes and all things inspirational.