Award-Winning Author,
Speaker, Advocate
“Katherine is the person you call when you're trying to make sense of a tragedy.” - Audie Cornish, from her CNN award winning podcast, The Assignment with Audie Cornish
Katherine Schweit
Creator of the FBI's
Active Shooter Program
Get an insider look at what we’ve learned and failed to learn about protecting our places of commerce, houses of worship, businesses, and schools while demystifying the language around active shooters, mass killings, threat assessment teams, and more.
Filled with knowledge on the current state of mass shootings in America, you will learn the definitions, statistics, and ultimately, how to be a part of the solution.
We don't need to shy away from the gun conversation. Instead, we can approach the topics of guns with the courage to learn, openness to dialogue, and the willingness to consider the many solutions on the table while discovering new ones that will benefit our communities.
We can take ownership of this challenging discussion to work together to make a positive impact.
Headed to Tulsa for TEDx UTulsa
Join Katherine for her first TEDx Talk at the University of Oklahoma in Tulsa on March 29, 2024. Stay tuned for the full TEDx UTulsa.
TED is on a mission to discover and spread ideas that spark imagination, embrace possibility and catalyze impact. The organization is devoted to curiosity, reason, wonder and the pursuit of knowledge — without an agenda.
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TED Talks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event.
Get Tickets HERE.
Recent Media
Katherine’s mission is to educate the public on their role in reducing and ending gun violence. While in Texas, anchor Walt Maciborski with CBS Austin sat down with the Creator of the FBI’s Active Shooter Program to discuss the importance of communication technology in crisis response as part of his series, Tech This Out.
“Where communications fail there are more casualties and more problems. Quality emergency communications systems that get the alerts out right away and tie other resources together are the solution. That’s how lives are saved.”
Katherine Schweit Talks Mass Shootings with Anchor Walt Maciborski on Tech This Out - CBS Austin - 2/16/24
Keynote Speaker, Trainer, and Consultant
Challenge your audience to take control of their own safety by inviting Katherine to speak with your event audience. She brings her wealth of knowledge, work experience and her love of humanity to every podium.