Speaking

My message is simple:
The world needs more empathy. It’s an idea that resonates across the globe.

I facilitate small workshops with ease, moderate panel discussions with enthusiasm and deliver powerful keynote addresses to 1000+ audiences.

As an internationally sought-after speaker, my online talks have been viewed by nearly 100K people.

Public talks
available online

The World Needs Purposeful Empathy
Concordia University Alumni
Montreal, October 2020


What’s Emotion Got To Do With It?
Red Dot Foundation Virtual
Virtual, July 2020


Empathy, Technology
and the Future of Humanity
TEDxUWCT
Phuket, Thailand, 2018


The “Soft” Side of Social Business: Why Empathy is More Powerful than You Think
Global Social Business Summit
Mexico City, November 2014


Empathic Action: A Disruptive Force for Social Good
PINC2015
Zeist, The Netherlands, May 2014


The Power of Empathy
TEDxWomenMontreal
Montreal, December 2013

Keynotes & presentations

The Power of Purposeful Empathy for Positive Social Change
AI on a Social Mission Conference 
Virtual, November 2020


Purposeful Empathy can Change the World
Big & Growing: The Purpose Conference 
Virtual, November 2020


Practicing Empathy: A Master Class
The Happy Leader Summit 
Virtual, November 2020


Purposeful Empathy
Conscious Organization Summit
Virtual, October 2020 


Empathy: An Essential Leadership Trait 
PowerSkills 2020 Career Conference
Virtual, August 2020


Leading with Empathy 
Conscious Leadership Summit 
Virtual, June 2020


Fierce Empathy
The Summer of Purpose Conference
Virtual, June 2020


Empathic Consciousness: The Key to Collaboration
Management Forum, McGill University
Montreal, March 2019


Compassion and Empathy in the Workplace  
Student Services, McGill University
Montreal, February 2019


Empathy in the Age of AI
Innotown
Alesund, Norway, May 2018


Creating a Solidarity Culture through Empathy
Global Social Business Summit
Paris, November 2017


Emotional Dislocation
The Corporate State Canada
Toronto, May 2017


Do it with Joy. Do it with Empathy.
Social Business Forum Canada
Ottawa, September 2016


The Power of Empathy
Connexus National Career Development Conference
Ottawa, January 2016


Agenda of the Future
Global Social Business Summit
Berlin, November 2015


Empathy: The 1st Skill of Social Change
AshokaU Exchange
Providence, February 2014

Student-focused conferences

Empathic Engineers: Social Entrepreneurship 3.0
Canadian Federation of Engineering Students (CFES) Conference
Montreal, November 2016


“Bet on good people doing good things.”
My Vision Social Business Conference
Montreal, March 2016


Empathic Action
Engineers without Borders (EWB) Conference
Montreal, January 2015


The “Soft” Side of Leadership: Why Empathy is More Powerful than You Think
Vanier College Social Science Festival
Montreal, October 2014


Leveraging the Power of Empathy
Dawson College Entrepreneurship Week
Montreal, November 2013


Evolution of CSR
Beyond Business as Usual Symposium
Montreal, March 2013


Empathic Action Rocks
Cultivating Compassion: Empathy, Leadership and Social Change Conference
Duluth, February 2013


10 Best Practices to Change the World
Desautels Business Conference on Sustainability
Montreal, January 2013


Using Critical Pedagogy & Social Justice Education to Improve Social Entrepreneurship Studies
McGill Education Graduate Students’ Society Conference
Montreal, May 2010


How B-Schools Can Better Leverage the Socially Transformative Potential of Social Entrepreneurship through Empathic Action Pedagogy
Annual Sprott Doctoral Symposium
Ottawa, April 2010