showtimeOwn it. Move on it. Bring someone with you.
Angelica Rosas McDaniel brings to the stage the same energy she brings to launching shows, transforming iconic brands and leading teams at CBS, Hearst and Warner Bros: big ideas, sharp instincts, great stories and a clear expectation that something should happen next.
Her keynotes are about the moments that shape who we become and what we do next: owning what makes us powerful, acting before permission arrives, and using what we've built to create opportunity for someone else.
No podium. No corporate-speak. No 47-slide deck. Just great stories, real laughs, hard-won lessons and a next move.
THREE TALKS. ONE PROGRESSION.
Own who you are. Act before you feel ready. Use your power for someone else. Each keynote stands on its own. Together, they form a body of work about what becomes possible when people stop making themselves smaller, stop waiting to be chosen and start using their influence to move others forward.
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BEST FOR: Leadership conferences • Company-wide events • Women's leadership • Colleges & universities • Culture & inclusion programs
Too ambitious. Too direct. Too emotional. Too intense. Too much.
Most of us learn early which parts of ourselves are welcome and which ones would be easier for everyone if we turned them down. So we edit. We soften an opinion. Shrink an ambition. Hide an emotion. Make ourselves a little easier to understand, accept or approve of.
And sometimes we get so good at editing ourselves, we forget what we left out.
Angelica knows the cost of that editing firsthand. She also knows that some of the qualities people tried to temper in her became the very qualities that helped her build a life and career on her own terms.
In this funny, personal and deeply practical keynote, she gives audiences a simple test for the messages and feedback they receive. Some make you better. Take them. Some just make you smaller. Leave those behind and leave yourself in.
And by the end, the whole room is yelling it back at her.
AUDIENCES LEAVE READY TO:
Recognize where they've learned to edit themselves for other people's comfort or approval.
Separate feedback that helps them grow from feedback that simply makes them smaller.
Reclaim qualities they've been taught to see as “too much” and use them with intention.
THE QUESTION: Is this making me better, or making me smaller?
THE MOVE: LEAVE IT IN.
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BEST FOR: Leadership & company events • Colleges & universities • Innovation & growth events • Career & life transitions • Teams navigating change
We spend a remarkable amount of our lives waiting. For certainty. For the perfect plan. For someone to tell us we're ready. For permission to make the move we already know we want to make.
Angelica spent her career in an industry built around one question: Does this get the greenlight? She's pitched ideas, bought them, produced them and made the call on which ones were worth the bet.
Now she takes audiences behind the velvet rope and hands them Hollywood's process for moving an idea from “what if?” to “we're making this.”
Development. Package. Pitch. Notes. Greenlight.
Then she turns it back on them.
Because whether you're considering a career move, starting something of your own, chasing an ambition or simply wondering what's next, the challenge is often the same: we think we need to know exactly how it ends before we're willing to begin.
Hollywood never does.
You don't need to greenlight the whole dream.
Greenlight the next step.
AUDIENCES LEAVE READY TO:
Move an idea, ambition or next chapter out of “someday” and into development.
Identify the people and resources that can help make the next move possible.
Put what they want into words, gather useful input and keep ownership of the decision.
Commit to one concrete next step before they leave the room.
THE QUESTION: What are you waiting for someone else to greenlight?
THE MOVE: GREENLIGHT WHAT'S NEXT.
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BEST FOR: Leadership & company events • Colleges & universities • Women's leadership • Talent & people events • ERGs • Organizations building stronger pipelines
Some of the biggest decisions about our lives happen in rooms we're not in.
Who gets the opportunity? Who gets introduced? Who gets invited in? Who gets another look?
And when you're not in the room, somebody else may have to say your name.
That's the difference between mentorship and sponsorship. A mentor can help you find your way. A sponsor uses what they have to help create an opportunity you couldn't create alone.
And for talented people whose potential isn't always recognized by the people with power, especially women, that distinction can change a life.
Through stories of the people who put her name in rooms she'd never been in, and the people she later had the chance to raise, Angelica challenges audiences to rethink what power actually looks like and what it's for.
Because power isn't only a title. You don't have to be the CEO to have it.
And when you do gain more access, influence or success, getting there isn't the end of the story.
It's what you do once you're there.
The keynote ends with a moment audiences don't forget.
AUDIENCES LEAVE READY TO:
Understand the difference between mentorship and sponsorship, and why both matter.
Recognize the knowledge, access and influence they already have, regardless of title.
Get more intentional about finding people who will advocate for their own potential.
Take one action within 24 hours to create possibility for someone else.
THE QUESTION: Whose name belongs in a room they're not in yet?
THE MOVE: SAY THE NAME.
WHY ANGELICA
Angelica doesn't speak about leadership from the sidelines.
She became the youngest Head of Daytime in network television history at CBS, leading a 1,400-person organization reaching 34 million viewers weekly and a lineup that included shows like The Talk, The Price Is Right and The Young and the Restless. During her tenure, the business delivered 20X+ profit growth.
At Hearst she built a new business from the ground up, creating the team, strategy and operating model, and developing projects for some of the biggest buyers in entertainment.
She is also the founder of Raise Women, an organization built to connect ambitious women with the people, access and advocacy that can change the trajectory of their careers.
She started in radio at 15. She has hired, developed, championed and occasionally argued passionately for talent ever since.
These aren't leadership theories. They're lessons earned in the room.
FORMATS
Keynote: 40 to 45 minutes, with optional Q&A.
Fireside chat or moderated conversation: Candid, high-energy conversations on ambition, leadership, reinvention, making bold moves, building what’s next and bringing others with you.
Workshop or extended session: Available on request and developed around the keynote, audience and event goals.
Custom: Keynotes can be tailored with relevant stories, examples and takeaways for your organization or event.
Available in person and virtually.
BRING ANGELICA TO YOUR STAGE
Whichever talk you choose, the goal is the same: Don't just leave inspired. Leave knowing what you're going to do next.
