Speaking, Workshops, + Facilitated Conversations
Tristan brings the house down with their wisdom, love, earnest drive for change, modeling, and highly skilled facilitation and teaching. Their work is truly transformational.
CASEY CARROLL
co-owner + creative director BWBrands
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I bring a lifelong commitment to human rights and a decade of intentional study, mentorship, and practice in intersectional anti-oppression, trauma-informed, and equity-centered leadership.
Whether I’m facilitating a workshop, delivering a keynote, or holding space for hard conversations, I support teams, businesses, and communities in navigating the intersections of power, identity, marketing, and inclusion—with care, nuance, and accountability.
Speaking Topics
We collaborate to ensure the content meets your needs—whether that means foundational knowledge, strategic application, or space for deeper integration.
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→ EQUITY + INCLUSION: Culture Shift in Action
All offerings can be tailored as:
+ Keynotes
+ Interactive workshops
+ Guest lectures
+ Multi-session training series
+ Facilitated conversations or panels
Designed for teams, classrooms, conferences, and organizations ready to move from performative allyship to transformative change.
CREATING SAFER SPACES
Why “safe space” isn’t enough—and what it looks like to move toward trauma-informed, accountable environments.
TRANS + NONBINARY 101
A foundational workshop on gender beyond the binary, pronouns, and inclusive practices.
THE SPECTRUM OF ALLYSHIP
From intention to action—what solidarity can look like in real life and daily actions, relationships, and communities.
UNPACKING PRIVILEGE + POSITIONALITY:
A look at identity, power, and the social location wheel—and how they show up in our work and relationships.
HARM, REPAIR, + ACCOUNTABILITY
For when intention doesn't match impact; navigating missteps with courage and relationality.
→ CONSCIOUS MARKETING: Messaging That Serves, Not Sells
Built for entrepreneurs, values-driven businesses, marketing teams, and creative communities.
MARKETING WITH INTEGRITY
Rethinking messaging, visibility, and strategy through a social change lens.
SUSTAINABLE CONTENT CREATION
Ways to market without burning out—or selling out.
BUILDING AN ECOSYSTEM BEYOND INSTAGRAM
Creating a web of connection that doesn’t rely on algorithms.
UNPACKING PRIVILEGE + POWER IN MARKETING
How whiteness, capitalism, and cisheteronormativity show up in your copy—and what to do about it.
CENTERING RELATIONSHIP OVER TRANSACTION
Using marketing as a tool for care, community-building, and consciousness.
SHORT DOCUMENTARY INTERVIEW
GENDER AFFIRMING CARE: It saves more lives than you would think.
Made by Ani Ceccacci in Royal Oak, Michigan as part of a CSPAN StudentCam Competition, in association with PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs. January 2025.
Bios + Links
long bio.
Tristan Katz (they/he) is a nationally recognized speaker, facilitator, and consultant with a lifelong commitment to human rights and justice. Their work is rooted in an intersectional, anti-oppression, and trauma-informed lens that integrates decades of study into culturally competent marketing and business and LGBTQIA+ Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB).
Tristan offers strategic consulting, equity-centered trainings, and keynotes that move audiences from awareness to action—with clarity, depth, and care.
They have had the honor of presenting and facilitating for programs with Stanford University, HubSpot, Portland Public Schools, LoveYourBrain, Williston Northampton School, and the Iyengar Yoga National Association of the U.S., among others, and they regularly consult with authors, educators, movement leaders, and change-makers—folks whose work is often featured in NPR, NBC, The New York Times, and USA Today.
Tristan is currently working on their first book—We are the Message: Practices for Embodied Visibility and Cultural Responsibility in an Online World, which will be available in March 2027 from North Atlantic Books. This is a book about digital life, power, and culture-making. It’s not another guide to visibility or strategy—it’s an invitation to see more clearly the systems shaping our digital lives… and to move through them with greater discernment, solidarity, and imagination.
Tristan’s work meets the moment by offering practical, principled tools for building culture, strategy, and systems that reflect the world we’re not just dreaming of, but actively co-creating.
short bio.
Tristan Katz (they/he) is a nationally recognized speaker, facilitator, and consultant with a lifelong commitment to human rights and justice. Their work is rooted in an intersectional, anti-oppression, and trauma-informed lens that integrates decades of study into culturally competent marketing and business and LGBTQIA+ Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB).
Tristan has had the honor of presenting and facilitating for programs with Stanford University, HubSpot, LoveYourBrain, and the Iyengar Yoga National Association of the U.S., among others, and they regularly consult with authors, educators, movement leaders, and change-makers—folks whose work is often featured in NPR, NBC, The New York Times, and USA Today.
At the core of everything Tristan offers is the belief that marketing can be a tool for connection, truth-telling, and cultural change—not just sales.
They’re currently working on their first book—We are the Message: Practices for Embodied Visibility and Cultural Responsibility in an Online World, which will be available in March 2027 from North Atlantic Books.
links.
EVENTS: https://www.katz-creative.com/events
ARTICLES: https://www.katz-creative.com/articles
FREE RESOURCES: https://www.katz-creative.com/free-resources
INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/tristankatzcreative
PODCAST: https://www.joinfruition.com/podcast
PLATFORM: https://www.joinfruition.com/