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.
Build practical skills in CET, AutoCAD, and Cyncly, with training shaped around the work you do.
Discover speaking and workshop offerings about small shifts, new possibilities, and taking the next step.
Helping people make sense of design software
CET · AutoCAD · Cyncly
Clear explanations. Useful practice. Room for questions.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The most useful starting point is the work you want to do and what is getting in the way.
Bring the focus back to everyday tasks, with explanations that make the next step clearer.
Different people bring different experience. Cate’s approach makes room for that.
Notes on learning, working with more confidence, and making room for a new perspective.
Notes from the training room
Turn the questions you bring to a session into a useful plan for what to practice next.
Small shifts. New perspectives.
A simple way to notice an assumption and make space for another view.
Lessons from a life of learning.
How to bring your experience with you while making room to be a beginner again.
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.
Can’t find a suitable time? Email cate@catesword.com.
Tell Cate about your software, your team, or your manufacturer support needs.
Share your event plans and the conversation you would like to start.