Demi Clark
WBE, Woman in Welding Science, Construction Activist & TedX; Change Agent
Biography
Demi Knight Clark is a C-suite veteran turned startup founder and workforce futurist, with 25+ years of experience scaling billion-dollar companies and launching national workforce initiatives in construction, manufacturing, and automation. She’s the founder of Spark Building Group and the visionary behind Reimagined Rosies: STEM to Space—a national movement empowering girls and Gen Z to choose trades + tech. She has built partnerships with NASA, SpaceX, and Fortune 500s, and raised over $1M in mission-aligned funding. Demi combines blue-collar grit, executive strategy, and a no-fluff delivery that inspires action.
Speech Topics
Igniting Negotiations for Women+ - Creating Sparks of Mentorship, Sponsorship & Launched Career Trajectories
Women+ must have a “high moxie level” to negotiate and advocate for themselves. Organizations need to identify & cultivate these cultures so it doesn’t sit on the shoulders solely of women+. Drawing on a distinguished career in construction & entrepreneurship, Demi Knight Clark facilitates the discussion on mentorship, sponsorship & negotiation tactics for women+ & allies. It takes both sides of the table! When is sponsorship appropriate (getting women+ in the room) vs. mentorship (tactical career training & help?) How can women+ use the resources around them & “scale their squad” to launch longer-term career trajectory conversations and negotiations? In this discussion/facilitation, your team from both sides of the fence will be able to come together with a plan – and a psychologically owned, safe space to discuss even the scariest of needs. Through compelling storytelling, case studies & an action plan, Demi Knight Clark will inspire & ignite the sparks that matter in you or your team! SAMPLE TAKEAWAYS • Create a negotiations checklist/plan of collaboration for both sides of the table • Sponsorship & mentorship checklists • Sparked conversations about open negotiating circles • Role-played open discussions propelling women+ forward • Normalized “money talks” tactics
No One Approved Your No: How to Take On Your Year/Career/Goal w/Boundaries!
In our personal and professional lives, it’s easy to say “no, I can’t do that. SHE or HE can, but not me.” We distance ourselves from big goals because it’s safe to dismiss our power. Demi Knight Clark learned this early in life – how to be smaller to “fit in” to male-dominated spaces in construction and technology. Her incredible journey – from summitting mountains to Guinness World Records and leading a construction company & trade nonprofit – teaches the journey from “no” to “yes with boundaries”! It’s about training muscle memory from the “no” and unpacking those whys – and how to navigate the boundaries when you’re ready to say yes to your goals or team challenges. SAMPLE TAKEAWAYS • Steps to “burning away” limiting beliefs & the “nos” that hold us back from starting something amazing • Action plan for goal setting • Understanding what to walk away from, when & where to laser-focus on your dreams • Tactics to ignite your passion and design your journey with your own permission TAILORED TO THESE THEMES: Imposter Syndrome, Motivation, Positivity, Resilience, GRIT, Achieving Big Goals, Overcoming Obstacles
DEI at Any Seat: Spark Sessions to Ignite Any Team
The ultimate permission to START WHERE YOU ARE. This is about coming together and deciding what we can do as an organization to create an equitable culture for employees, stakeholders, and customers that serves all involved. Everyone, from every seat, has to feel a voice, a safe space & an opportunity to have “crucial conversations” to push the team forward in trust & accountability. These psychologically safe spaces create norms for productive, needle-moving conversations & inclusion in any environment. Demi Knight Clark was one of the only females in the room in construction for 25 years – creating equitable spaces & voices for both allies and marginalized populations in companies, trade associations & nonprofits. These “Spark Sessions” will help your team grow, connect & converse on any topic with ease – helping break through any challenge with emotional intelligence. SAMPLE TAKEAWAYS • Safe space creation template to enable authentic conversations • Checklist for navigating where you are individually or in companies • How to prevent toxic barriers & interactions • How to ensure conversations over silence & acceptance over mitigation • Create a culture that values and respects all team members TAILORED TO THESE THEMES: Psychological Safety, DEI, Organizational Culture, Workplace Diversity, Teamwork
From Fearless to Unf*ckwithable: Stop Auditioning
Women welding engineering know how to throw sparks, & it comes with a “fearless” moniker. Demi Knight Clark built a career on being cleaner, stronger, faster, better as she rose through the ranks of leadership & entrepreneurship. She understands the challenges women+ face when climbing the ladders, & it’s time to set paradigms free. It’s not about being “fearless,” but channeling that natural, innate fear of ignition by transforming it into determined, force-of-nature “unf*ckwithable” energy. This energy helps create healthy boundaries, be curious about opportunity & harness goals. We’ll never be 100% ready – it’s about learning your cues to calculate risks on when to jump. Demi not only ignites an audience – in-person and virtually – with her energy and memorable stories, she punctuates hard-learned lessons with tactics that can be used to quickly adapt to the forces of change impacting your organization. This presentation is perfect for audiences navigating uncertainty, new regulations, unparalleled market forces, or looking to accomplish audacious goals. Give your group the necessary boost to come together as a team and innovate quickly and confidently. SAMPLE TAKEAWAYS • Drop the “audition” of credentials, degrees & accreditations so your team can work ON the business, especially women+ • Fail forward & create group trust through pointed exercises • Set actionable group/individual goals in paradigm-driven spaces • Recognize and harness the skills and talents of everyone around you • Demolish Imposter Syndrome & replace it with Unf*ckwithability TAILORED TO THESE THEMES: DEI, Imposter Syndrome, Women’s Empowerment, Change, Inspiration, Overcoming Adversity, Innovation
Future-Proof: How to Recruit Gen Z & Gen Alpha Into the Trades
Demi Knight Clark delivers a high-impact call to action for business, workforce, and education leaders navigating the skilled labor crisis. With deep experience at the intersection of workforce innovation, automation, and equity, she shares bold insights on how to attract the next generation into the trades, using culture, tech, and storytelling. Packed with real-world examples and actionable takeaways, this keynote helps organizations build talent pipelines that are not only future-ready, but deeply inclusive. Attendees will walk away with: • Proven social media messaging that resonates with Gen Z + Gen Alpha values • Strategies to embed VR, robotics, and automation into recruitment/training • A blueprint to make skilled trades more visible, inclusive, and modern • Tools to partner with schools and community orgs to build the next-gen pipeline • A three-step framework to future-proof your workforce, starting now
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Testimonials
"Our overall experience working with your team was positive and we had no issues. Demi was AMAZING and everyone enjoyed her session. She literally blew everyone away in the best way possible. Very impactful."
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Fee Range: $8,000–$12,500
Travels From: OH
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