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Alison Hadden is a marketing executive in the tech industry, a veteran speaker, lifelong athlete and adventurer, and now, a cancer warrior after being diagnosed with advanced breast cancer at a fit and seemingly healthy 38 years young.

In February 2020, her inspiring TEDx Talk "Confronting Death to Live a Fuller Life" garnered a standing ovation and seven weeks later, a brain scan revealed a metastatic tumor the size of a lemon which was successfully removed during emergency brain surgery.

Now, Alison's excited to share what she believes is the most important information of all - how to live every day like there's No Time to Waste . Through a combination of wit, intensity, and insight, she shares the story of how her advanced cancer diagnosis drove a sense of urgency to double down on her intentional way of living and provides actionable ways audiences can start living a life of rich meaning and purpose before they leave the room. Her unique blend of humor and vulnerability makes her a memorable keynote speaker, perfect for conferences, corporate events, annual meetings and sales kickoffs.

Alison's been engaging business audiences of 50 to 5,000 on stages across North America, EMEA and APAC for the last 15+ years. She's the former VP of Consumer Marketing at Mindbody, the world's leading wellness technology company, previously public (NASDAQ:MB) and later acquired by Vista Equity Partners for $1.9B. She was the Head of Brand & Product Marketing at Glassdoor, helping the company grow from 40 to 1,200 employees over the course of six years before its $1.2B acquisition by Recruit Holdings, and was named a Brand Innovators "40 Under 40". Prior to Glassdoor, Alison built and led Global Sales Training & Enablement at Active.com/The Active Network after a career in software sales over the course of 10 years and a successful IPO in 2011.

When not speaking, advising companies, and adventuring all over the globe, Alison spends her free time trail running, snowboarding, hiking, and playing with her dogs in beautiful Boulder, Colorado.

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Turning A Lemon-Sized Brain Tumor Into Lemonade

An inspirational and irreverent keynote that challenges and inspires us to pursue a more intentional life by confronting our mortality head-on, crafting a life without regret, and harnessing the untapped power that lies within each one of us to live every day like there’s No Time to Waste. Bringing light, laughter and intensity to a dark topic enables Alison to help audiences realize they don't have to wait for a health scare, a brush with death, or rock bottom to realize life is short, offering the tools and motivation so they, too, can carpe the sh*t out of life.

Inviting Death to Dinner

Leaning on terror management theory research and drawing from her own personal experience battling metastatic breast cancer, Alison explores our avoidance of death and challenges us to confront this universal inevitability head-on in pursuit of a richer, more meaningful life focused on gratitude, human connection, and joy. None of us know when our time’s almost up, so Alison shares three easy ways to start living a highly-intentional life before the audience leaves the room.

Eat the Cookie, Pick Up the Phone, Do You
Crafting a Life Without Regrets

Most people find themselves on their deathbed wishing they’d done life differently, sharing common regrets related to authenticity, relationships, vulnerability, and happiness. Don’t be one of them. Alison explores the top five regrets of the dying and challenging audiences to reflect on the way they choose to live their lives in this funny yet inspiring Keynote.

What's Your Personal Legacy?

What do you want to be remembered for when you’re gone? This Keynote explores mortality legacy awareness and the driving need to leave something behind to help us manage difficult emotions and face the prospect of death. Alison takes the audience through a highly interactive experience that prompts self-reflection and helps craft the vision for a legacy that will live on long after they’re gone.

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