Talks that make big subjects personal
Lisa Wade speaks about the choices we make, the stories we inherit, the way we see one another and the way we show up in the world.
Her talks are personal, intelligent, accessible and often interactive. She brings subjects that can feel large or distant close to the audience, until the question is no longer only what happened to them? but also: What does this have to do with me?
Lisa can be booked for keynotes, lectures, educational programs and conversations for organizations, schools, festivals, cultural institutions and events.
13 AT WAR: THE WAY TO PEACE
What does war have to do with the choices we make today?
Drawing on her work on 13 in de Oorlog, Lisa takes audiences from the stories of the Second World War into the present.
Not by asking who the heroes and villains were, but by asking something more uncomfortable and more useful:
What would you have done?
And what are you choosing now?
A talk about courage, conformity, exclusion, responsibility, freedom and the small decisions through which peace is either protected or eroded.
For schools, commemorations, organisations, museums, festivals and events around freedom, democracy and human rights.
PRESENTING ME: FINDING YOUR OWN VOICE
How do you stay connected to yourself when the world is constantly telling you who you should be?
Lisa speaks about self-abandonment, boundaries, belonging, being seen and the courage to take your own experience seriously.
Not as a formula for becoming louder, but as a way of becoming more present.
Because before you can truly present yourself to an audience, a partner, a child, a colleague or the world, you have to be willing to stand beside yourself.
A talk about identity, self-trust, communication and living with greater clarity.
For organisations, women’s networks, personal-development events, parents, young people and creative professionals.
A TALK BUILT AROUND YOUR AUDIENCE
Lisa does not believe in delivering exactly the same talk to every room.
The core idea remains, but the route into it changes depending on who is sitting in front of her.
A school audience needs something different from a leadership team. A remembrance event asks for a different tone than a conference. A room full of parents will hear a story differently from a room full of media professionals.
The aim is always the same: to make people feel that the subject is not somewhere far away. It is about them.
For bookings and enquiries:
bookings@lisawade.nl