LESLIE JESPERSEN ON YOUR STAGE
AWARD-WINNING KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Leslie Jespersen is a keynote speaker, media personality, producer, and talent developer who has been performing professionally since childhood.
Her keynotes explore leadership, identity, communication, visibility, and performance, with a focus on what happens when the opportunity, responsibility, or room gets bigger and you have to be ready to meet it.
MY CLIENTS AND ME? WE'RE BIG F*CKING DEALS. HBU?
LESLIE JESPERSEN
YOUR AUDIENCE DOESN’T NEED ANOTHER SLIDE PRESENTATION.
Leslie has spent more than three decades on stages, sets, behind microphones, backstage, in production meetings, developing talent, hosting live media, and studying what makes people pay attention.
The message matters. So does the experience of hearing it.
Her talks are designed to get people participating, laughing, recognizing themselves in the stories, and leaving with language they can actually use when they return to their teams, businesses, communities, and leadership roles.
Her work is especially relevant for audiences navigating growth, greater responsibility, increased visibility, career transitions, leadership, communication, and the pressure that comes with being expected to show up at a higher level.
Information alone rarely changes behavior.
"People need a chance to see themselves differently, understand what has been getting in their way, and practice responding differently when the stakes are real."
- Leslie Jespersen
WHY BOOK LESLIE?
LESLIE UNDERSTANDS THE STAGE FROM BOTH SIDES.
Alongside speaking, Leslie is an event producer, media personality, talent developer, and the founder and producer of Everyday Celebrity, her annual live event experience in Atlantic City.
She understands that a successful event is much bigger than the keynote.
The speaker has to understand timing, audience energy, production, transitions, AV, backstage communication, and how their session fits into the larger purpose of the day.
Leslie shows up prepared, respects the clock, communicates with the production team, and knows how to adjust when something inevitably changes five minutes before going live.
That same understanding shapes the way she teaches leadership.
Strong leaders also have to read a room, communicate clearly under pressure, regulate themselves when plans change, make decisions without perfect information, and understand that their behavior affects the experience of everyone around them.
Those skills matter whether someone is standing on a stage, leading a company, managing a team, or representing an organization in public.
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Leslie’s work is designed to move people beyond having a good time in the room and into actually behaving differently once they leave it. Audiences have gone on to:
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE APPLAUSE?
Raise their hand for the camera or microphone before they can talk themselves out of it
Recognize where they have been making themselves smaller, quieter, easier, or more agreeable in rooms where they actually want to be remembered
Stop treating speaking, visibility, leadership, and bigger opportunities like things that are “for other people”
Leave with real proof that they can handle being seen, instead of trying to think their way into confidence first
Want this and more?
Leslie is less interested in an audience leaving saying, “That was inspiring.”
She wants them catching themselves three weeks later doing something they would have talked themselves out of before.
“Leslie is an incredible soul whose radiant energy lights up both the stage and her audience! She not only made a meaningful impact at my event but also went the extra mile to help me bring in other outstanding speakers, contributing greatly to the event’s success.”
Maria Grande, Personal Power Speaker, Corporate Trainer & Coach / A Woman’s Worth Conference
WHAT THEY'RE SAYING:
“You are a really cool example of someone who has developed a really unique voice and perspective and then stepped into that voice and perspective in a really awesome way. Seeing you up on stage… blew our minds.”
MARIAH & SHAY - CURIOUSLY GUIDED PODCAST
"Leslie herself is not only a great presenter, but a wizard on the production side as well. She will meet you with humor, professionalism, and fun."
SHANNON SALGE
“Leslie encourages you to do what scares you and show up. Her rooms make that feel possible.”
FAITH MADUKA