Sybil Stewart

Keynote Speaker. Events Marketing Strategist. at Staged! By Sybil

Member since January 2023

Event Services

Education: University of South Carolina - Columbia - University of Alabama - Birmingham
Durham, NC, USA

Biography

🎤 Keynote Speaker | Event Marketing Strategist | Event Host

Sybil Stewart helps organizations build what's rare.

As an experience strategist, keynote speaker, and creator of the ART Framework—Anticipation, Reduce Friction, and Thoughtful Design—she helps leaders intentionally design the experiences that shape what customers, clients, guests, and communities believe about their organization.

Her philosophy was shaped through a career spanning customer and client experience, restaurants and hospitality, private dining, catering, wedding planning, and corporate event strategy. Across every role, she noticed the same pattern: organizations often focus on improving products, services, and marketing while overlooking the hundreds of everyday decisions that ultimately determine how people experience their brand.

Today, Sybil works with organizations across industries to help them strengthen trust, increase loyalty, and create meaningful competitive advantage through intentional experience design. Her keynotes challenge audiences to rethink the moments that matter most, proving that in an age of skepticism, believability is the new competitive advantage—and experience becomes evidence.

Passion

Audience feedback
"Sybil has a wonderfully soulful compassionate way of helping women understand their journey, make peace with it and share their story. The world needs more healers like you."

"Working with Sybil as an educator and speaker has been a delight. She is articulate and approachable as an advocate for inclusion and knows her stuff! I have found her to be resourceful, reliable, and on point as an educator. She is one of the most prepared speakers I know… She is driven and yet flexible when problems come up and she rolls with it. You can’t go wrong with Sybil as your next speaker"

Best Story

"You've committed career suicide." That's what I was told. It's amazing how casually we use phrases without recognizing the power and energy of words. Suicide is fatal. Finite. Quitting an organization that is not serving you well does not bring death, and yet that's the message.

Origin Story

I was told "no".
I wasn’t necessarily interested in being seen, but I did feel my story was worth sharing. I set out to open a holistic wellness center with emphasis on supporting the neurodiverse community. Attempting to secure resources provided locally, I was turned away. Told my idea was too big, that I was the "wrong person" for the concept, that I didn't have enough funding, and no investor would take the risk in "someone like me".

Because someone tried to tell me “no”, I now empower women, people of color and the neurodiverse to say yes. To create creative solutions as they embark on building a personal brand that positions them as the expert in the room. Corporations work with me when they are ready to redefine their brand identity for employee recruiting and retention.

My story was featured in Business Insider and since then I've been blessed to host a talk show on the Women Win Network.

Example Talks

The Brand EDGE of Sustainable Fashion

Sustainability is not an eco trend. It is a business discipline that decides margin, market relevance, and brand equity. This keynote shows designers, merchandisers, retailers, and partners how to align creative vision with ethical economics, intelligent design, enforceable guardrails, and a premium end-to-end experience.

The result is a brand that grows cultural capital, reduces waste, and protects profit without greenwash.

Who is it for?


  • Emerging and established designers


  • Merchandising and retail leaders


  • Museum stores and boutique retail buyers


  • Brand, sourcing, and product teams


  • Fashion investors and advisors


Participants will see how sustainability directly drives pricing power, resale velocity, and customer loyalty. They will learn to translate “circular” from buzzword to practice through concrete choices in design, sourcing, repair, and resale.

The Marketing Lesson HR Can’t Ignore: Building Employer Brand

Public sector HR faces a unique challenge: how do you attract and retain top talent when you can’t always compete on salary or perks? The answer lies in branding. The external image to the general public is important, but the internal reputation HR builds with employees creates ambassadors for organizations. In today’s competitive labor market, HR must think like marketers: every interaction, from a job posting to an exit interview, tells a story about who you are as an employer.

Attendees will walk away with practical tools to rethink HR not just as policy enforcement, but as brand stewardship. 

Build Your Own Stage: Brand Architecture 101

What would happen if, instead of waiting for a seat at the table, you built your own stage?

In this empowering keynote, women will learn the foundational principles of Brand Architecture to start building their own platforms—immediately.

Whether launching a business, building a personal brand, or stepping into leadership, Sybil Stewart will guide you through the strategic steps and provide the practical tools to create, own, and amplify your stage. Stop waiting for permission and start building a platform worthy of your vision today.

Prepare to step into your purpose and influence the world on your own terms.

Topics/Keywords

women entrepreneurship holistic business management workshop facilitation author empowering women spirituality game show talk show host entrepreneurship christian speakers christian women speakers christian women in business christian women businessowners event planning event marketing event management

Featured Video

I am willing to travel more than 100 miles
Yes
Everything is negotiable

Best Story

"You've committed career suicide." That's what I was told. It's amazing how casually we use phrases without recognizing the power and energy of words. Suicide is fatal. Finite. Quitting an organization that is not serving you well does not bring death, and yet that's the message.

Origin Story

I was told "no".
I wasn’t necessarily interested in being seen, but I did feel my story was worth sharing. I set out to open a holistic wellness center with emphasis on supporting the neurodiverse community. Attempting to secure resources provided locally, I was turned away. Told my idea was too big, that I was the "wrong person" for the concept, that I didn't have enough funding, and no investor would take the risk in "someone like me".

Because someone tried to tell me “no”, I now empower women, people of color and the neurodiverse to say yes. To create creative solutions as they embark on building a personal brand that positions them as the expert in the room. Corporations work with me when they are ready to redefine their brand identity for employee recruiting and retention.

My story was featured in Business Insider and since then I've been blessed to host a talk show on the Women Win Network.

I am willing to travel more than 100 miles
Yes
Everything is negotiable

Example Talks

The Brand EDGE of Sustainable Fashion

Sustainability is not an eco trend. It is a business discipline that decides margin, market relevance, and brand equity. This keynote shows designers, merchandisers, retailers, and partners how to align creative vision with ethical economics, intelligent design, enforceable guardrails, and a premium end-to-end experience.

The result is a brand that grows cultural capital, reduces waste, and protects profit without greenwash.

Who is it for?


  • Emerging and established designers


  • Merchandising and retail leaders


  • Museum stores and boutique retail buyers


  • Brand, sourcing, and product teams


  • Fashion investors and advisors


Participants will see how sustainability directly drives pricing power, resale velocity, and customer loyalty. They will learn to translate “circular” from buzzword to practice through concrete choices in design, sourcing, repair, and resale.

The Marketing Lesson HR Can’t Ignore: Building Employer Brand

Public sector HR faces a unique challenge: how do you attract and retain top talent when you can’t always compete on salary or perks? The answer lies in branding. The external image to the general public is important, but the internal reputation HR builds with employees creates ambassadors for organizations. In today’s competitive labor market, HR must think like marketers: every interaction, from a job posting to an exit interview, tells a story about who you are as an employer.

Attendees will walk away with practical tools to rethink HR not just as policy enforcement, but as brand stewardship. 

Build Your Own Stage: Brand Architecture 101

What would happen if, instead of waiting for a seat at the table, you built your own stage?

In this empowering keynote, women will learn the foundational principles of Brand Architecture to start building their own platforms—immediately.

Whether launching a business, building a personal brand, or stepping into leadership, Sybil Stewart will guide you through the strategic steps and provide the practical tools to create, own, and amplify your stage. Stop waiting for permission and start building a platform worthy of your vision today.

Prepare to step into your purpose and influence the world on your own terms.

Topics/Keywords

women entrepreneurship holistic business management workshop facilitation author empowering women spirituality game show talk show host entrepreneurship christian speakers christian women speakers christian women in business christian women businessowners event planning event marketing event management