Allison Massari
- Hailed as “life-changing” “riveting” “extraordinary” “bold” and “deeply moving”
- Entrepreneur, Executive Coach, Burn Survivor, Visual Artist
- Her transformational message has reached audiences in over 75 countries
Allison Massari Speaker Biography
Hailed by audiences worldwide as “life-changing” “riveting” “completely unique” “bold” and “deeply moving,” Allison Massari’s spirit of unwavering courage, kindness, and relentless perseverance resonates with participants long after an event has finished.
Hall of Fame Keynote Speaker, lifetime entrepreneur, burn survivor and celebrated visual artist, Allison has captivated and transformed audiences in more than 75 countries for nearly two decades. Through iconic, immersive storytelling she reveals how to see life through a profound and vibrant new lens.
Allison is trusted by global giants. Her diverse client list includes 3M, Abbvie, American Family Insurance, Best Western, Capital One, Cigna, Cleveland Clinic, CVS, Eli Lilly, Evernorth, Fresenius, Genpact, GE Healthcare IT, HUB International, Intel, Kaiser Permanente, Kimberly-Clark, Lamb Weston, LPL Financial, Mayo Clinic, Mckeeson, Microsoft, MDRT (Million Dollar Round Table), Oracle, Siemens, Stanford Healthcare, Takeda, Teva, Veradigm, Walmart, and Wells Fargo.
Having triumphed over two near-fatal accidents, one where she suffered severe burns on over 50% of her body, Allison intimately shares the nuances of each step she took, and how she accessed an extraordinary resolve to respond to uncertainty and adversity with courage and the strength of an open heart. She teaches the tools she uncovered to not only overcome these tragedies, but actually defy the odds to build a vital, dynamic and successful business and life.
As the world is accelerating and people are stretched thin, the pace is relentless. Everyone is being asked to learn and adopt ever-advancing technologies on top of their existing responsibilities. Allison gives leaders and teams what they need now: a unique, empowering mindset to reclaim their own inner courage in the face of disruption, uncertainty, and overwhelm so they can actively take command in their lives and work with confidence, excitement, and heart.
She is the recipient of the top 1% Hall of Fame Speaker Award from The National Speakers Association, a lifetime achievement award held by fewer than 175 people globally. Allison has been featured on PBS, ABC, FOX, NBC, and 400 more news outlets.
Notably, Allison’s artwork is collected internationally and is held in the permanent collection of the Museum of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg, FL. Her sublime and dynamic art serves as a breathtaking backdrop to all of her inspiring keynotes.
Allison radiates joy. Her remarkable keynote experience takes leaders and teams on a journey, full of takeaways and unique tools to reignite their passion for their purpose and their life’s work. She powerfully demonstrates how we can each access grace and resilience in the face of challenges and always choose to shine defiantly, no matter what is happening to us or in the world around us.
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Transforming Lives: The Heart and Soul of Health Care℠
“Compassion heals the places that medicine cannot touch.” Allison Massari knows first hand that you have the power to transform lives. As a leading voice in healthcare with a remarkable history as a burn survivor, Allison illuminates the immense impact that leaders and teams in every sector have on a patient who is suffering. Through iconic storytelling, Allison’s immersive and transformational keynote offers real solutions to the struggles and demands medical professionals face in today’s ever-changing world.
Passionate about tailoring her keynote to address the specific issues affecting each audience, Allison reconnects every participant’s role, from clinical to IT to pharmaceutical, to the profound and crucial impact they have on every life they touch. As Allison explains, “Compassionate care is not just about being kind. Being an expert at your job is compassionate care. Being fully present with your tasks and triple-checking your work is compassionate care. Keeping your organization financially healthy is compassionate care. Everything trickles down to the patient.”
Audience members walk away revitalized, with immediately applicable tools for managing change and adversity and with renewed dedication to their life’s work in healthcare. Prepare to be taken on a journey.
“I seldom am impressed by professional speakers enough to attend their sessions 8 times in 3 months. Her words were simple yet penetrating as if I had never heard her before. I have seen her bring her audience to a wholehearted laughter and even tears… I never got tired of listening to her.”
Farogh Nazari, Head of Global Accreditation
Siemens Healthcare
You are the Medicine℠
In a world that won’t slow down, healthcare professionals are now being asked to learn and adopt ever-accelerating technologies on top of their existing, demanding responsibilities. Allison Massari gives healthcare leaders and teams what they need now: a resilience mindset to flourish in times of extreme uncertainty and change.
Allison experienced firsthand the critical value of receiving personalized health care from committed teams and empathetic providers after surviving two life-threatening car accidents, one where she suffered second and third degree burns on over 50 percent of her body. Through artistic storytelling, Allison’s riveting healthcare keynote highlights the integral nature of patient-centered care and fortifies leaders and teams with clear recognition that what they do profoundly matters. Allison reminds healthcare teams, “The power of what you do goes far beyond the technical part of your job. You are healing the places medicine cannot touch. In fact, YOU are the medicine.”
Hailed as “life-changing”, Allison’s content rich and deeply moving keynote offers a sincere and direct approach to transcending life’s difficulties and always finding a way to be the healer in the room.
Revive your teams. Nourish your people. Bring hope. Allison’s sublime and dynamic artwork serves as a breathtaking backdrop to all of her keynotes. Prepare to be genuinely moved and deeply inspired.
“The BEST keynote we have ever had!”
3M, CES Attendees
Takeaways from the healthcare keynotes:
1. Gain tools to confidently navigate rapid change and uncertainty
2. Unify your workforce: experience a profound sense of hope and togetherness
3. Clearly understand the 5 components of a resilient mindset
4. Learn to lead with greater compassion and humanity
5. Enhance emotional intelligence, and illuminate the power of empathy
6. Energize heart-led leadership and kind work culture
7. Alleviate burnout
8. Receive unwavering recognition of your true value and purpose
9. Elevate culture and inspire teams around their shared mission
10. Celebrate compassion as a valued professional skill
11. Activate self-leadership: take charge and have personal agency in all moments
12. Expand courage and unconditional confidence
13. Reclaim your passion for a life’s work in healthcare
14. Get a unique mindset to shine defiantly no matter what is happening to you or in the world around you
15. Recognize how every role, with or without direct patient contact, deeply impacts the patient experience
16. Lead boldly. Care fiercely.
Energizing Human Resilience in the Age of AI (Resilience Focused)
What is the mindset needed to be vibrant, alive and in command of your life? At any moment, life can throw turmoil in our direction—uncertainty and unrest from dramatic changes at work, the shock of sudden financial loss, an automobile accident, serious illness… What does it take to be ok inside of ourselves no matter what?
Allison’s journey, delivered through the art of storytelling, reveals that we can discover untold amounts of strength, joy and aliveness when we learn to embrace our challenges in a new way. Allison 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 vision, clarity, and compassion, Allison teaches audiences the potent life lessons that she learned on each step of her path after she was severely burned in a fire and faced seemingly insurmountable odds. Her riveting keynote boosts confidence and well-being and offers a balm of hope as she intimately shares the nuances of how to respond to difficult circumstances and maintain personal command and integrity despite life’s disruptions. You’ll receive a new perspective from which to see the world and walk away with effective methods to handle challenges and move towards your dreams and goals with courage, purpose, and the strength of an open heart.
“I watched as the entire room rose to their feet in a standing ovation. Her work is phenomenal, and life altering. I can’t tell you how many keynotes I have sat through with this company, and I have never seen the crowd so affected.”
Eli Lilly
Be the One℠: Lead Boldly. Care Fiercely. Shine Defiantly. (Resilience and Culture Focused)
When your leaders are stretched thin, they don’t need to be told to keep going; they need to see exactly how. 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 takeaways, you will learn to see life and work from a completely new and vibrant 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
Deliverables for both keynotes:
1. Triumph through change
2. Ignite the power of the human spirit
3. Gain tools to confidently navigate rapid change and uncertainty
4. Clearly understand the 5 components of a resilient mindset
5. Activate self-leadership: take charge and have personal agency in all moments
6. Expand courage and unconditional confidence
7. Unify your workforce: experience a profound sense of hope and togetherness
8. Deepen self-awareness and enhance emotional intelligence
9. Alleviate burnout
10. Illuminate the power of empathy: Celebrate compassion as a valued professional skill
11. Support and encourage your people
12. Reclaim your passion for your life’s work
13. Get a unique mindset to shine defiantly no matter what is happening to you or in the world around you
14. Energize heart-led leadership and kind work culture
15. Lead boldly. Care fiercely.
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