Tell us about your event and we’ll tailor the right session. Formats available: Keynotes · Breakout sessions · Half- and full-day trainings · Panels · Virtual sessions.
Annette Eberhart is a keynote speaker, trainer, and facilitator who brings together lived experience, research-informed practice, and an unmistakable warmth.
Her sessions move audiences from insight to action — whether she’s energizing a conference ballroom, training observers, or facilitating an intimate leadership workshop.
“Unlocking potential through knowledge and compassion, my mission is to ignite passion and drive positive change.”
She speaks to conferences, associations, agencies, and provider networks across early childhood education and beyond.
Each signature topic below is available as a keynote, breakout, workshop, or virtual session and can be tailored to your audience and time slot. The formats and durations listed are typical starting points; Annette will adapt any session to fit your event.
Annette weaves together the three threads that define her work — caring for yourself, speaking up for the profession, and bouncing back stronger. She shows educators and leaders how personal wellness and professional advocacy reinforce each other, and why resilient practitioners are the ones who sustain quality over a full career. Attendees leave with a personal wellness baseline, language for advocating in their own communities, and concrete habits that turn everyday pressure into resilience rather than burnout.
Audience: educators, family child care providers, leaders, advocates · Format: keynote or breakout
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Life's greatest challenges often become our greatest opportunities for growth. In this inspiring keynote, Annette Eberhart shares her journey of resilience, purpose, and leadership, encouraging participants to reflect on their own path, embrace change, and lead with confidence. Through authentic storytelling and practical insights, attendees leave empowered to move forward with clarity and purpose.
Audience: educators, family child care providers, leaders, advocates · Format: keynote or breakout.
When values, daily practice, and program goals all point in the same direction, the work gets easier — and when they don’t, even hard-working teams stall. Annette helps leaders and educators spot where their intentions and their day-to-day actions have quietly drifted apart, and how to bring them back into line. Attendees leave with a simple framework for checking alignment across mission, environment, and relationships, plus practical first steps to close the gaps they uncover.
Parenting has changed dramatically across generations, yet the core needs of children — safety, connection, and encouragement — have not. With warmth and humor, Annette contrasts how earlier generations raised children with the realities families navigate today, from screens and schedules to shifting expectations. Attendees leave with a clearer sense of what to hold onto, what to let go of, and practical ways to partner with families across generational divides.
Audience: parents, caregivers, family-engagement staff, educators · Format: keynote or community / family event.
Accreditation is more than a designation—it is a commitment to continuous quality improvement. Drawing on years of national leadership and accreditation experience, Annette shares practical strategies that help educators create sustainable systems of excellence, strengthen professional practices, and foster high-quality learning environments that benefit children, families, and educators.
Audience: leaders, program directors, educators, teams · Format: keynote, breakout, or workshop.
Family child care providers are business owners, educators, and leaders all at once — often without anyone ever calling them “leaders.” Annette reframes the provider’s role as genuine leadership and shows how to lead a program, influence peers, and step into roles in the wider field. Attendees leave understanding their own leadership style, with strategies for running their program with confidence and a clear path toward broader professional influence.
Audience: family child care providers, emerging leaders, association members · Format: keynote, breakout, or workshop.
At the heart of all of Annette’s work is a single conviction: positive interactions inspire growth — for children, for the adults who care for them, and for whole communities. This session unpacks what a genuinely positive interaction looks like in practice and how small, intentional moments compound into lasting development. Attendees leave with practical techniques for creating these interactions every day and modeling them for the families and teams they support.
Audience: educators, caregivers, family child care providers, leaders · Format: keynote or breakout.
Drawing on her own journey, Annette shows educators and leaders how adversity can become a source of strength rather than a path to burnout. She offers honest reflection paired with practical tools, making the case that resilience is built, not born. Attendees leave with concrete strategies to protect their well-being, support their teams through hard seasons, and model resilience for the children and families they serve.
Audience: educators, family child care providers, leaders · Format: keynote or breakout.
Drawing on her work as a NAFCC Accreditation Council Chair and national observer trainer, Annette demystifies accreditation and frames it as a tool for everyday quality rather than a hurdle to clear. She walks programs through what the process actually asks of them and how to build continuous improvement into normal operations. Attendees leave knowing where to start, how to prepare with far less stress, and how to use quality standards to genuinely strengthen — not just certify — their program.
Audience: providers, directors, and programs pursuing or maintaining accreditation · Format: workshop, breakout, or training.
Advocacy begins with one voice and grows through collective action. This session equips early childhood professionals with the knowledge and confidence to advocate for children, families, educators, and the family child care profession. Participants gain a deeper understanding of how leadership, relationships, and policy work together to create meaningful, lasting change.
Audience: educators, family child care providers, leaders · Format: keynote or breakout.
Strong, positive relationships between parents and children are built in ordinary moments — mealtimes, transitions, play, and even discipline. Annette gives parents and caregivers concrete, doable strategies for turning those everyday moments into opportunities for connection and growth. Attendees leave with specific techniques they can use the very same day, plus a deeper understanding of how positive interactions shape a child’s confidence and development.
Audience: parents, caregivers, family child care providers, family-engagement programs · Format: workshop, family event, or breakout.
The people who care for young children are remarkably good at caring for everyone but themselves — and burnout is the predictable result. Annette makes the case that self-care is a professional responsibility, not a luxury, and offers realistic strategies that fit a caregiver’s actual schedule. Attendees leave with a personal self-care plan, simple tools for protecting their energy, and permission to prioritize their own well-being so they can keep showing up for children.
Audience: educators, caregivers, family child care providers, helping professionals · Format: keynote, workshop, or wellness session.
