Allison Massari | Iconic Storyteller for Leaders and Changemakers—Resilience, Empowerment & Mindset Expert—Celebrated Artist, Burn Survivor, Entrepreneur, Encourager

Allison Massari

Iconic Storyteller for Leaders and Changemakers—Resilience, Empowerment & Mindset Expert—Celebrated Artist, Burn Survivor, Entrepreneur, Encourager

Allison Massari
Biography

Hailed as “life-changing” “riveting” “completely unique” “bold” and “profound,” Allison Massari’s keynotes are unforgettable—uplifting and energizing teams and leaders, alleviating burnout, and activating empathy, creativity and empowerment. Packed with takeaways, your people will be forever changed.

Entrepreneur, visual artist, and top keynote speaker on resilience, work culture, self-leadership, change, adversity, and healthcare, Allison’s potent message has reached audiences in more than 75 countries and is a testament to hope, relentless perseverance, and radical compassion.  She has been named one of the Top Ten Best Motivational Speakers in North America by Meetings and Conventions Magazine and has been featured on PBS, ABC, FOX, and NBC networks. Allison’s diverse client list includes: Microsoft, 3M, GE Healthcare IT, Intel, MDRT, Capital One, Wells Fargo, Lilly, Allscripts, Siemens Healthcare, and McKesson.

A masterful storyteller with a fascinating history, Allison survived two devastating and near fatal car accidents, one where she was trapped inside her car, burned alive and sustained severe burns on over 50% of her body. Astonishingly, navigating these experiences compelled her to discover an unshakeable strength and ultimately find even more passion for her life and work. 

Allison’s groundbreaking and timeless keynotes teach the mindset to successfully develop personal command and self-leadership, and inspire people to see struggle and change through a profound and empowering new lens. She takes great care in getting to know her clients—their industry distinction, their mission, and their culture. Her personal history strengthens her unique ability to address important and sensitive subjects without alienating individuals—a particular asset for Healthcare clients, where she is a leading educator, providing Continuing Medical Education (CME) and Continuing Education Units (CEU).

Allison is also an award-winning visual artist. Her work has been sought out by museums and private art collectors internationally and is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg, Florida. Her colorful and sublime visual art serves as a breathtaking backdrop to all of her keynotes. 

Allison Massari’s keynotes are jaw-dropping, heartfelt, and deeply inspirational. Prepare to be taken on a journey.

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Featured Keynote Programs

THE FIRE WITHIN℠ THE ART OF BOLD SELF-LEADERSHIP
A Timeless Message of Hope, Joy, Courage and Triumph

Excellent for Resilience, Inspiration, Mindset, and Empowerment

Launching with a powerful story of triumph after being burned alive in a fire, Allison’s astounding inspirational keynote offers life-changing tools to immediately rise above any obstacle and ignite an unquenchable passion, strength, and inspired vitality. 

In today’s changing world of merging companies, new leadership, digital transformation, hypercompetition, burnout and isolation, Allison Massari brings a fresh and riveting message of hope and possibility to her audiences. With genuine encouragement and support, she intimately shares the nuances of how to respond to change and difficult circumstances and maintain personal command and integrity despite turbulent times. As Allison states, “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 personally and professionally.” Allison Massari’s keynote elevates self-leadership, celebrates the power of taking personal responsibility, and reconnects audiences to a sense of real purpose and fulfillment in their work. Prepare to be taken on a journey.

Deliverables for The Fire Within℠:

Triumph Through Change 

Expand Courage and Unconditional Confidence

Amplify Self-Leadership: Have Personal Command in All Moments

Clearly Understand the 5 Components of a Resilient Mindset

Inspire Compassionate Leadership

Unify Your Workforce

Grow Inspired Personal and Professional Development

Establish a Foundation for Wellness and Well-Being

Ignite the Power of the Human Spirit

ACTIVATING TRUE RESILIENCE
Self-Mastery And The Five Kinds Of Courage℠

Excellent for Resilience, Inspiration, Mindset, and Empowerment

People often believe that resilience is just about grit and determination, but that is how you burn out. Allison Massari’s innovative and timely keynote reveals the five active qualities that we all need to access in order to build and support a healthy, fully-functioning resilience mindset. Allison describes these qualities as “Five Kinds of Courage.” She explains, “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.” Allison creatively crafts her material with truly unique concepts, boosting confidence and well-being and teaching secrets to achieving a resilience mindset that you haven’t heard. 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. 

Deliverables for Activating True Resilience℠: 

Triumph Through Change 

Expand Courage and Unconditional Confidence

Amplify Self-Leadership: Have Personal Command in All Moments

Clearly Understand the 5 Components of a Resilient Mindset

Inspire Compassionate Leadership

Unify Your Workforce

Grow Inspired Personal and Professional Development

Establish a Foundation for Wellness and Well-Being

Ignite the Power of the Human Spirit

BE THE ONE℠ - UPLIFT YOUR TEAMS—UPLIFT YOUR LIFE
Inspire and retain leaders and teams through a heart-led culture shift.

Perfect for Work Culture, Self-Leadership, Resilience, Mindset, Burnout, Retention and Empowerment.

What is the mindset needed to generate an inner vibrancy and buoyant aliveness in our work and life—and grow a happier, more productive workforce? How do we always lead with our presence and care and fully engage the hearts of our people, colleagues and clients?  

In her timely and visionary keynote, acclaimed speaker, entrepreneur and visual artist, Allison Massari, teaches powerful tools to develop innovative thinking and an empowered sense of purpose, personal command, and connection that elevates company culture, and quite simply—makes our own life better. Through her captivating stories, you will also learn the incomparable art of expressing your appreciation for others. 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 culture and radically transform our experience of our professional environment and our life.” Packed with content and original concepts, audiences are transported by her fascinating personal stories of art, Vivaldi, Mozart, Austria, her Italian family, and so much more. Bolstered 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. See life and work from a completely new and exciting lens. 

Deliverables For Be the One℠:

Inspire Radiant Leadership and Teamwork

Learn the Incomparable Art of Expressing Your Appreciation for Those Around You

Unify Your Leaders and Workforce through a Heart-Led Culture Shift

Activate a Buoyant Aliveness and Inner Vitality for your Work and Life

Strengthen Employee Retention 

Radically Elevate Company Culture

Grow the Skill to Foster New, Untapped Talents Within Each Person

Acquire Unexpected & Game-Changing Tools to Alleviate Burnout

FOR HEALTHCARE - THE HEART AND SOUL OF HEALTH CARE
This groundbreaking and uplifting program can be offered for CME & CEU’s

Allison’s life-changing healthcare keynote highlights the fact that every healthcare professional—including those who do not have direct patient contact—have a crucial impact on person-centered care. Passionate about tailoring her keynote to address the specific issues affecting each audience, Allison has worked with diverse groups within healthcare including: Leaders, Physicians, HR, Nurses, Finance, IT, Environmental Services, Laboratorians, Diagnosticians, Pharmacists, Physical Therapists, Insurance, Pharmaceutical Sales, and more. By specifically recognizing the ways that their work is directly tied to a human being, Allison generates a deeper connection to the patient experience for each participant. They learn that their expertise, attentiveness, and devotion improve the health and success of patients while boosting their own sense of well-being and directly affecting the bottom line.

Deliverables For Healthcare Keynote:

Navigate Change Successfully and Unify Your Workforce

Alleviate Burnout

Reclaim Your Passion for a Life’s Work in Healthcare

Advance the Company Culture and Build a Happier, More Productive Workplace

Activate Self-Leadership: Having Personal Command in All Moments

Expand Courage and Unconditional Confidence

Master Adversity

Encourage, Nourish, and Celebrate Your People

Transform Lives—The Art of Person-Centered Care

Illuminate the Power of Empathy

Provide a Powerful Presence for the Patient Voice

Highlight How Those With or Without Direct Patient Contact Impact the Patient Experience and Person-Centered Care

Receive Actionable Tools for Personal Development

Enhance Emotional Intelligence

Deepen Self-Awareness

Clearly Understand the 5 Components of a Resilient Mindset

Inspire Patient Safety Through a Critically Acclaimed Survivor Story 

Leave a Legacy of Kindness

Receive a Balm of Hope, Comfort, and Well-Being

Grow a Mindset to be Vibrant, Alive, and in Command of Your Life

Energize Compassionate Leadership and Work Culture

Ignite the Power of the Human Spirit

Generate Heart-Led Teamwork

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Allison’s sublime artwork serves as a breathtaking backdrop to all of her keynotes. 

Allison’s career as a visionary entrepreneur began with her luminous and inspirational artwork. For over 25 years, she focused her creativity, passion, and entrepreneurial business sense on building a thriving art business where she achieved international recognition. Among her accolades were commissions she negotiated to create works of art for Fortune 500 companies including Lockheed Martin, General Mills and US Airways.

Allison Massari’s “The Healer” hangs in the permanent collection of the St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts. 

As I made “The Healer,” I could feel the figure emerge from the environment and simultaneously melt back into it. She could not exist without the world around her, and the world would not be the same without her presence. Her totality, her readiness to give, envelops us and awakens us to something deep within.—Allison Massari

Her signed art prints are available for advance purchase for your audience.

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