CATE SWORD CONSULTING + DESIGN

Clearer at work.
Open to what’s next.

Practical software training for design professionals. Fresh perspective for people navigating change. Cate brings decades of teaching experience and a personal approach to both.

Expertise. With a human side.

EXPERIENCE YOU CAN BUILD ON

Work with more confidence.

Since 1989

Helping people make sense of design software

Three areas of software support

CET · AutoCAD · Cyncly

One personal approach

Clear explanations. Useful practice. Room for questions.

Experience across the design industry

SOFTWARE TRAINING AND CONSULTING

Make the software part feel simpler.

Your tools should support your ideas. Cate helps design professionals build the skills to use them with greater understanding, from learning the foundations to working through the questions that come up on real projects.

For manufacturers, she brings an end-user perspective to CET extension development, testing, training, and communication.

Practical learning for the work in front of you.

PUBLIC SPEAKING

Small shifts.
Big changes.

Tips and Tricks to Level Up Your Life

Starting again can feel overwhelming. Through her own experience of change, Cate shares how everyday choices can offer a different way forward. Her signature keynote brings an honest story and practical ideas to audiences facing a new chapter of their own.

National Speakers Association member
INFINITE POSSIBILITIES

Make room for a new possibility.

Cate is a Certified Infinite Possibilities Trainer. Alongside her signature keynote, she now offers Infinite Possibilities training for people and groups interested in exploring a fresh perspective on what comes next.

Ask Cate how this offering could fit your group, gathering, or event.

MEET CATE

A designer’s experience. A teacher’s approach.

Cate began her career in interior design and moved into software training and support in 1989. She understands the work behind the screen, and the difference a clear explanation can make.

Today, that same commitment to helping people find their next step runs through her training, consulting, and speaking.

WORKING WITH CATE

Space to ask. Time to understand.

FROM THE JOURNAL

A useful idea to take with you.

Notes on learning, working with more confidence, and making room for a new perspective. 

SOFTWARE TRAINING

Notes from the training room

Turn the questions you bring to a session into a useful plan for what to practice next.

PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE

Small shifts. New perspectives.

A simple way to notice an assumption and make space for another view.

PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE

Lessons from a life of learning.

How to bring your experience with you while making room to be a beginner again.

LET’S FIND A TIME

Start with a conversation.

Tell Cate about the team you want to support, the extension you are developing, or the event you are planning. You do not need a finished brief to get in touch.
Cate Sword

Let’s talk

Tell me about your team, your event, or what you would like to explore.

Choose an available time to discuss what you have in mind.

Training and ConsultingSpeaking and Workshops

Can’t find a suitable time? Email cate@catesword.com.

Choose your appointment in Cate’s booking calendar.
YOUR NEXT STEP

What would you like to explore?