Peter Katz CPAE | Celebrate What Matters. Through live music, customized storytelling, and actionable strategies, Peter delivers immersive keynotes

Peter Katz CPAE

Celebrate What Matters. Through live music, customized storytelling, and actionable strategies, Peter delivers immersive keynotes

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Peter Katz CPAE
Biography

Peter Katz was recently inducted into the National Speakers Association's Speaker Hall of Fame, an honor achieved by less than 1% of professional speakers. He's built his career as an expert in helping teams recognize, value, and celebrate their individual and collective impacts. His interactive keynote concerts feature songs and stories of resiliency, authenticity, and unexpected joy that ignite connection, foster belonging, and create momentum that endures.

Katz's approach sets an industry standard for care and customization. With each event tailored to meet his clients' needs, including customized stories created from actual attendees, he helps leaders and employees at every level create new opportunities for connection and elevation. Audiences leave feeling recognized, empowered and energized by a values-driven vision. 

His unique perspective on service has been cultivated from nearly two decades as a JUNO-nominated (Canadian Grammy Awards) internationally-touring singer-songwriter. After a serious injury interrupted his life on the road, he discovered that the skills he had honed on tour — like creating space for deep connection and communal joy — were applicable to people from any industry and any walk of life. 

Katz has delivered his highly customized keynote concerts and facilitations to organizations and associations from nearly every industry, including Johns Hopkins Medicine, Coca-Cola, Johnson & Johnson, Xerox, Keller Williams, American Express, Sick Kids Hospital, the US Dept of Energy, and the Royal Bank. His in-person events have been praised as "transformational," and he is recognized as a pioneer in creating highly engaging virtual experiences as well. Katz has performed for over 150,000 people virtually from his state-of-the-art broadcast studio, including an invitation to address the House of Commons of Canada.

As an acclaimed musician, Katz is beloved in his home country of Canada and has inspired many with his songs. Renowned CBC radio host Tom Power has praised his music as "one of the most heartfelt, beautiful, and vulnerable records of the year, an astonishing record." Katz's music has been streamed over 35 million times, and his music videos have over 38 million views on YouTube. His music is regularly featured in films and on television, including the 2016 Rio Olympics/ Paralympics coverage.

Katz is also the founder of Heartstrings Songwriting Retreats that allows aspiring songwriters of all experience levels to realize their lifelong dream of writing and recording their own song, as well as the co-founder of The Conscious Leaders Quest, an immersive five-day retreat in Costa Rica that invites a holistic approach to mind, body, and business, challenging and equipping leaders to do the vital inner work that transforms the way they lead – and transforms their business for the better.

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Celebrate What Matters™
Bring hidden moments to light — and watch them multiply into momentum

Too often, the most inspiring moments inside organizations go unnoticed — the ones where your people truly live your mission, deliver on your values, and make a real impact. When these stories are surfaced and celebrated, something powerful happens: they spark more of the very actions and attitudes you want to see.

This keynote introduces the Celebrate What Matters™ framework — a proven approach to uncovering those moments, amplifying their impact, and sparking more of them. Through live music, storytelling, and actionable tools, Peter helps audiences reveal the “recipe” behind their successes and put it into practice immediately. The result: a ripple effect of connection, inspiration, and performance that proves, time and again, we become what we celebrate. 

Key Benefits:

Bring Purpose to Life:  Know exactly how to surface the moments where your vision, values, and purpose come alive

Internalize Stories That Fuel Action:  Turn your hidden stories into fuel for daily action and ongoing inspiration

Unite Your People: Strengthen alignment and connection across teams, members and leadership

Build Belonging: Create a culture where people feel seen, valued, and motivated to stay

Celebrating Your Impact
Wholehearted Service

Honouring and elevating those who serve — in healthcare, education, public service, long-term care, and other mission-driven fields.

The work of caring, teaching, and serving the public is deeply meaningful — and deeply demanding.

For those in healthcare, education, public service, long-term care, and other mission-driven professions, the daily pressures of high stakes, limited resources, and constant change can make it hard to pause and recognize the difference you’re making.

Too often, extraordinary impact goes unseen — even by those creating it. And when it’s invisible, it can slowly drain your energy, your connection, and even your sense of purpose.

This keynote is an invitation to see your work — and yourself — through new eyes. Through powerful music, real stories from attendees, and practical strategies, Peter helps mission-driven professionals reconnect to the meaning behind what they do, honor the profound impact they already create, and leave them resourced and re-energized to keep showing up wholeheartedly.

Key Benefits:
Energy to Keep Going: Find renewed motivation and pride in the work you do and the people you serve.

Recognition That Resonates: Learn how meaningful celebration — of yourself and others — fuels morale and belonging.

A Lasting Shift in Perspective: Strengthen alignment and connection across teams, members and leadership

A Big Dose of Joy!: Experience Peter’s signature Joysnacks™ — small, uplifting moments that spark delight even on the hard days.

Why I Celebrate Discomfort
Courage and Growth for Students and Youth Audiences

What stepping into discomfort taught me — and how students can find growth and courage in theirs.

Students today face immense pressure — academic demands, social comparison, and an uncertain future. Fear of failure and discomfort often hold them back from pursuing opportunities that could shape their growth and resilience.

In Why I Celebrate Discomfort, Peter shares his journey from nervous open-mic performer to award-winning touring musician, showing students that discomfort is not a sign to retreat but an invitation to grow. Through engaging music, personal storytelling, and actionable takeaways, he empowers youth audiences to step into challenges, embrace courage, and unlock their hidden potential.

This was Peter’s very first keynote concert and remains a highly-rated choice at leadership conferences and retreats. 

Key Benefits:

Bring Purpose to Life:  Reframe discomfort as a gateway to discovery and resilience

Foster Courage: Build courage to face uncertainty and take bold steps toward growth

Celebrate Vulnerability in Leadership: Connect vulnerability to authentic leadership and self-confidence

See Challenges as Invitations: Leave inspired and equipped to embrace challenges in academics and life
 

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