Keynote Program

Title options for Allison’s Keynote (These all work for the same speech):

The Fire Within℠ The Art of Bold Self-Leadership

Be the One℠: The Decision to Take Charge, Care Fiercely and Shine Defiantly no Matter What

Self-Mastery: Resilience and The Five Kinds of Courage℠

The Art of Resilience Make Your Life a Masterpiece.

Retain Your Workforce Through A Heart-Led Culture Shift℠ 

Wellness and Well-Being at Work℠ Empowering Employees to Better Manage Their Lives

The Power of One℠ Change Your Life and Your Workplace


“The truth is, the same internal fire and ‘command of self’ that I needed to heal my life is exactly what has given me success professionally. They are all the same qualities. Science shows us today that the ability to have a sense of well-being, and your resilience in the face of challenges, is directly linked to the bottom line of your business. This is the type of personal and professional development that I embrace fully and love to teach.”
— Allison Massari

Program Description Options:

Everything We Do Counts℠: The Art of Bold Self-Leadership

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As the world is accelerating, the pace is relentless. Everyone is being asked to learn and adopt ever-advancing technologies on top of their existing responsibilities. Hall of Fame Keynote Speaker, lifetime entrepreneur, burn survivor and celebrated visual artist, Allison Massari gives leaders and teams what they need now: a unique mindset to reclaim their own empowerment in the face of disruption, and uncertainty in order to actively take command in their lives and work with confidence, excitement, and heart.

Opening with a powerful story of triumph after being burned alive in a fire, Allison’s astounding resilience keynote provides essential tools to immediately rise above any obstacle and ignite an unquenchable passion and inspired vitality.

Through breathtaking storytelling, Allison teaches creative, fresh concepts to flourish in the face of extreme change. She states, “In the fullness of true resilience, you don’t just survive, you become a better version of yourself on every level. You come into true aliveness.” With genuine encouragement and support, Allison intimately shares the nuances of how to respond to difficult circumstances with courage, purpose, and the strength of an open heart. This transformational keynote celebrates the power of taking personal responsibility, while elevating confidence and well-being and reconnecting everyone to a sense of true purpose and fulfillment in their work. Your audience will be forever changed.

Allison’s sublime and dynamic artwork serves as a breathtaking backdrop to her inspiring keynotes.

Prepare to be profoundly moved and deeply inspired. Prepare to be taken on a journey.


Be the One℠: Lead Boldly. Care Fiercely. Shine Defiantly

In her timely and visionary keynote, Hall of Fame Speaker, lifetime entrepreneur, burn survivor, and celebrated artist, Allison Massari provides powerful answers to successfully navigate change, develop innovative thinking and grow an empowered sense of purpose and personal command. Through masterful storytelling, packed with content, you will learn to see life and work from a completely new and exciting lens. 

Allison explains, “Instead of waiting for the world to give us what we want and crave, we can make the decision to GIVE what we want to RECEIVE—to ‘Be the One.’ This is a way to take charge of our work culture, and radically transform our experience of our lives.” 

She creates a profound in-the-room transformation. Transported by a renewed sense of unity and inspiration, your teams will walk away feeling revitalized, refreshed, and ready to embrace challenges as opportunities for growth. 

Be the One℠
Be the one who makes the decision to take charge.
Be the one who cares for yourself and others.
Be the one who is the visionary.
Be the one who does not give up.

“We Don't Wait for the World to Change. We Change.”—Allison Massari

“If you had been at GE’s Centricity LIVE, you could have seen the three-minute standing ovation that Allison got after her talk yesterday.”
Justin Steinman, VP and General Manager
GE Healthcare IT

During her Q&As, fireside chat style with the CEO or COO, Allison helps with specific concerns and provides tactical solutions for people to feel empowered through self-leadership, caring for themselves and others in a more profound way—and having more command managing the challenges of work. The adversities and strategies discussed may include: managing difficult customers or colleagues, navigating heightened emotions, tools to deal with weariness, burnout, or loneliness, how to handle negative feelings or people, etc.


“Sometimes it comes down to a decision to say, ‘One more day...one more day...’ You make the decision to believe that you will persevere and get to the other side. And you never ever give up.”
— Allison Massari

Allison’s program will equip participants to:

  • See struggle and change through a profound and empowering new lens.

  • Increase inventiveness, resourcefulness, and excitement.

  • Promote heart-led leadership.

  • Develop and maintain self-leadership: having personal command in the face of challenges.

  • Learn to build a positive outlook despite seemingly insurmountable odds.

  • Deepen self-awareness.

  • Identify a powerful and life-changing approach to navigate the everyday challenges of being human.

  • Grow motivation and confidence.

  • Instill compassion and a sense of belonging by highlighting simple acts of care and celebrating the human spirit.

  • Access joy and grace, even in moments of heightened stress.