Let's Bring This Conversation to Your Audience
The best conference sessions don't just inform people, they reach them. They name something the audience has been carrying, offer a new way to look at it, and send people back into their work and their lives with a little more clarity and a lot more confidence.
Some speakers inform. Lisa tends to start a conversation that keeps going after the room clears. What she brings isn't just performance, it's presence. She reads the energy, responds to what she's feeling from the crowd, and creates the kind of back-and-forth that turns a presentation into a real conversation. People leave not just informed, but moved.
Having spent years on the other side of the stage - evaluating speakers, deciding who belongs in front of a room, and understanding the make-or-break nature of getting it right - Lisa brings that perspective to every engagement, and she doesn't take the responsibility lightly.
Learn more about Lisa's background and credentials here. If you're planning an event and wondering whether one of these conversations might be the right fit, she'd love to hear from you.
Keynotes
Lead Your OWN Way™
An interactive keynote on authentic leadership
Most leadership advice asks you to model someone else. This talk starts somewhere different - with the idea that you already have what you need to lead well, if you're willing to trust it. Using an interactive O.W.N. framework, Lisa guides audiences through a personal exploration of their own leadership identity, the kind that holds up under pressure and through change. Audiences leave with language for instincts they've always had, and a renewed confidence in their own way of leading.
Great for: M&E and hospitality industry conferences, leadership and talent development events, women's leadership events, association meetings.
A gritty, honest conversation about what loss actually does to you - and what it quietly builds
Loss doesn't ask permission. It arrives in the form of a death, a diagnosis, a job that disappears, a relationship that ends - and it changes things. This talk doesn't offer a tidy framework for getting over it. It offers something more honest: a real conversation about what loss costs, what it teaches, and why the people who have walked through something hard often become the most grounded leaders in the room. As a Certified Grief Educator through David Kessler Inc., Lisa brings both personal experience and professional depth to a topic most events don't make room for, and that audiences are quietly desperate to talk about.
Great for: leadership and professional development events, women's conferences, any audience navigating change, transition, or uncertainty.
The Uninvited Teacher™: How Loss Transforms the Way You Lead and Live
Sessions
The Strategic M&E Leader
An industry session on the evolution from executor to strategist
The best meeting and event professionals don't just execute - they lead. But the path from managing logistics to influencing organizational strategy isn't always clear, and many talented professionals get stuck somewhere in between. This talk names the arc of that evolution, helps audiences see where they are in it, and gives them a framework for moving forward with more intention. Drawing from 25+ years inside the industry, Lisa speaks this language from the inside out - and audiences feel the difference.
Great for: M&E/travel industry events and association conferences, corporate M&E team leadership development.
What Gets Measured Gets Managed - But Are You Measuring the Right Things?
A strategic session for M&E professionals on proving event value
Every event professional knows the pressure to justify the budget, prove the ROI, and demonstrate that what happens in that room actually matters. But most measurement approaches capture the easy numbers and miss the meaningful ones. This session challenges audiences to think differently about what they measure, how far they measure it, and what it would mean to connect their work to real organizational outcomes. Practical, thought-provoking, and long overdue.
Great for: M&E/travel industry events, corporate event teams, association leadership audiences, anyone responsible for demonstrating event value to senior stakeholders.
Leading When Everyone Is Looking At You
A leadership session for event professionals who are always on stage
Event professionals live in a unique leadership paradox - you're responsible for creating the experience for everyone else while managing your own team, your own pressure, and your own performance in real time. There is no backstage. This talk is about leading with presence, self-awareness, and emotional steadiness in an industry where the margin for error is thin and everyone is watching. Audiences leave with practical tools for staying grounded when the stakes are highest.
Great for: M&E/travel and hospitality corporate event leadership teams, women's leadership events, any audience that performs under pressure.
Customized Presentations
Content built around your audience, your theme, and your moment
Sometimes the most powerful session is the one that was designed specifically for the room. Lisa works closely with event organizers to develop content that speaks directly to your audience's industry, challenges, and goals - drawing from her experience in executive coaching, facilitation, and leadership development to build something that feels less like a keynote and more like a conversation your people have been waiting to have.
To start a conversation about what might work best for your event, reach out here.