Keating Consulting Service, Inc.

11/08/2025

Our President and CEO, Doña Keating, will be facilitating at the 2025 Firebrand Unconference, happening November 19 at Vibe Coworks.

This is no ordinary conference. It’s a dynamic, participant-driven gathering created for small business owners and entrepreneurs in hashtag .

Join a group of amazing entrepreneurs. A few spots are still open! Jump in for an experience that redefines traditional conferences, where we’ll dive into meaningful discussions and network with the brightest minds in the region.

And don’t miss the Firebrand After Party! Open to everyone 21+ who’s passionate about building our local innovation + entrepreneurship ecosystem, it’s the perfect way to unwind and connect with fellow firestarters.

Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Vibe Coworks, Poulsbo, WA

Get your Firebrand Unconference tickets at:
https://lnkd.in/g_fXW23t

Get After Party tickets at: https://lnkd.in/g6s5mmSR

Learn more: https://lnkd.in/g6FrazY3
See you there!

05/14/2025

We talk a lot about what can do, but not nearly enough about how it makes people feel. And what that’s starting to mean.

Emotional design isn’t speculative anymore. It’s already here, unfolding quietly across millions of interactions.

Some AI companies simulate emotional presence, but don’t name it. Others, like , at least try to frame it.

I wrote about the emotional terrain of human–AI engagement and what it means to build with clarity, not confusion. It's not a warning, but a framework for doing so with care, clarity, and integrity. A living map...

=> https://lnkd.in/dyKVw6Je

11/05/2024

So You Want to Be a Youth Leader: Tips on Manifesting an Environment Where Ideas Thrive

08/21/2024

🌐 We believe in fostering a collaborative and supportive industry. That's why we attended a CMMC 2.0 conference hosted by a competing MSP today. Engaging with the latest insights and comparing notes ensures our Comprehensive Cybersecurity Compliance Framework remains top-tier, accurate, and up-to-date in this ever-evolving landscape – and underscores our commitment to offering the most accurate and strategic advice to our clients and community for over 40 years.

We were joined by our COO/SVP, whose IT and decades of legal and public policy expertise—including her tenure as a founding Cybersecurity Tech Accord signatory—are invaluable assets. Her insights go beyond just the technical, providing a deep understanding of how compliance logistics, upstream/downstream economics, and politics can influence what ultimately happens in the defense sector. 🌐

01/04/2024

Keating Consulting Service (KCS) has been in operation with a stellar reputation for over 40 years. We understand the importance of communication and transparency, which extends to our clients and the communities we serve.

As many of you know, In October 2021 we entered into an arrangement where our firm assumed the clients from Bainbridge Computer Services (BCS). The owner of BCS was retiring and through several meetings and discussions we determined our respective firms shared a similar philosophy.

Because we want to reduce confusion (we've been getting questions about why we're no longer referenced on the BCS site as if something went wrong with our arrangement), BCS has recently been reinstated as a fully operating business with a friend of BCS's original owner now running that firm.

We wish them the best and will continue to provide the extensive experience and expert consultative advice in collaborative partnership with clients, local and globally, since 1983.

08/21/2023

We've seen more than our fair share of innovation and tech come and go over the years. One thing about change is that it's inevitable.

In a world where everyone wants you to be afraid, it's promising to see our youth proceed with caution and hope for better. Thanks for the share of your article, Merrill Keating. Keep up the critical thinking! https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/writers-tackle-ai-bogeyman-merrill-keating-%E7%BE%8E%E6%9E%97%E5%9F%BA%E5%BB%B7

06/27/2023

We are so stoked to welcome Daniel Lapinski to our team as a summer intern!

Daniel grew up in the suburbs outside of Philadelphia and is an incoming freshman at the University of Pennsylvania. He is very interested in entrepreneurship and has experience doing research at Penn and Vanderbilt University, has volunteered as a camp counselor at IslandWood, with Partners for Sacred Places, and student body work with his school's environmental committee and entrepreneurship club. He has taken coding classes in Python, Java, and R, and has worked with technology throughout his entire life. Daniel enjoys meeting new people and loves learning about everything behind the scenes in businesses.

Please welcome this amazing young man - and say hello when you hear from him on a call or see him out and about on client matters with us.

03/01/2022

The panel and agenda are now finalized for this event! They will participate from Cyprus, Florida, New York, Rhode Island, Washington State, Africa.

Sign up at https://bit.ly/changemakersEB

02/16/2022

Girls Ignited's Changemakers Summit 2022 is coming together wonderfully.

The panelists are diverse and from different parts of the country and world. They are girls and young women with amazing stories and accomplishments. They've offered their time and energy to those who want to hear about best practices, lessons learned, and how each of them prevailed in the face of ongoing challenges.

It's free, it's virtual, and it's almost a month away. I will be there because when folks are driven to succeed at this level, they have invaluable nuggets for all of us.

If you know of anyone who could benefit from this forum, please share it forward and have them register at https://lnkd.in/gkmiNbHC.

10/26/2021

Keating Consulting Service (KCS) announces the assumption of IT services for Bainbridge Computer Services clients.

09/16/2020

You don't have to be in tech to be curious about who the young winners are of this global competition. I will be watching the presentations. Join us! And thanks to Professional Options for its work on this accord.

Monday 21 September 2020
10:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT (4:00-6:00 pm CET)

Join us for the Competition Virtual Award Ceremony to hear from leaders across the technology industry, media, and foreign policy community as well as young innovators about ways to promote digital peace globally.

The Apps 4 Digital Peace Competition is a joint initiative by the , the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs Vienna (UNODA), and the UN Youth Envoy. The objective of the competition, launched in January and open to young innovators between 16 and 32 years old, has been to stimulate original thinking about ways to promote an open, secure, stable, and accessible online environment amidst rising tensions between states in cyberspace.

At the ceremony, finalists will present their ideas on new technology solutions that could help address existing and potential cyber threats, ensure respect for international law in cyberspace and promote adherence to voluntary cyber norms, among others. A distinguished panel of judges will announce the top three winners which will be rewarded with cash prizes and networking opportunities to help get their ideas off the ground.

Our judges
-Alex Stamos, Director, Stanford Internet Observatory and former Facebook CISO
-Damir “Gaus” Rajnovic, Cybersecurity Manager of Panasonic
-Kim Zetter, award-winning journalist covering cybersecurity and national security issues
-Liis Vihul, CEO, Cyberlaw international
-Jayathma Wickramanayake, UN Youth Envoy
-Richard Marko, CEO of ESET

Our guest speakers
-Izumi Nakamitsu, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs
-Jeremy Gilley, Founder Peace One Day
-Marina Kaljurand, Member of the European Parliament

REGISTER NOW at http://bit.ly/Apps4PeaceCeremony!