Speaking Services

​Jessica Ellis-Willson (she/her or they/them) seeks to educate and entertain audiences around the globe! They are available for speaking engagements on a range of topics. Whether you are searching for a dynamic keynote, engaging breakout, or a creative and informative workshop, please contact us for more info!
Speaking Topics Examples
Healthcare
  • ​The Power of Apology
  • Healing Healthcare
  • Confronting Bias in Healthcare
  • Good Healthcare is Anti-Racist
Jessica also speaks specifically about the impact of bias and preventable medical errors on the lives of patients, families, and providers.  They are a former executive leader with 20+ years in healthcare who survived preventable medical errors and experienced adverse outcomes due to provider bias. Jessica also speaks about their brother, David, who was killed by a preventable medical error in 2018.
Leadership
  • Leading Change: Resilience and Leadership
  • Authentic leadership
  • We Rise By Lifting Others: Service Leadership
  • Leading with Purpose
  • Choosing Kindness in an Unkind World
  • Improv Your Leadership
  • Improv Your Teams 
As a former executive leader, Jessica brings experience, wisdom, and insight to all of their speaking engagements. Jessica also brings the unique perspective of being a working actor, director, and producer for stage and screen, as well as arts administration.
Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
  • Cultural Competence and JEDI for Scaredy Cats
  • Equity, diversity, and inclusion
  • Challenging Our Biases
  • Welcoming DEI
  • Ally is a Verb
  • Creating Inclusive Arts Organizations
​Jessica has 25 years of experience in diversity, equity, and inclusion work, which they view as necessary and vital to improving our world. 
And Much More!
Jessica also talks about mental health, PTSD, wellness, creating authenticity, welcoming stillness and rest (without guilt), overcoming adversity, and thriving after trauma.
Keynote speaker appearances include:
  • Improv Your Leadership; New York MGMA Annual Conference; June 2022
  • Leading Change: Ally is a Verb; New England Regional MGMA Annual Conference; May 2022
  • Leading Change: Ally is a Verb; California MGMA Annual Conference; Apr 2022
  • Pandemic Leadership and Beyond: Learn, Adapt, Evolve; MA/RI MGMA Networking Event; Apr 2022
  • Breaking The Bias; Driven Cape Cod's International Women's Day Celebration; Mar 2022
  • Understanding and Dismantling Our Biases; Leadership Development keynote, Gloria & Company for Beauty and Wellness company retreat; Sept 2021
  • Understanding and Dismantling Our Biases; CHC Leadership Development Institute keynote; Nevada, Oct 2020

Recent speaking engagements include:

  • ​Improv Your Leadership; preconference workshop, Nevada MGMA Annual Conference; Mar 2022
  • Healing Healthcare; New Jersey MGMA Annual Conference; Dec 2021
  • Healing Healthcare; MGMA Insights podcast featured guest; Colorado, Nov 2021
  • Healing Healthcare; New England Regional MGMA Conference; Nov 2021
  • Improv Your Leadership; preconference workshop, California MGMA Annual Conference; Nov 2021
  • Cultural Competence and Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion; MGMA National Medical Practice Excellence: Leaders Conference; San Diego, CA; Oct 2021
  • Considerations for Violence Risk Assessments; panelist, NJ Psychiatric Association; Sept 2021
  • Confronting Our Biases; Leadership Development workshop, American Mensa Annual Gathering; Aug 2021
  • Cultural Competence and Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion; featured speaker, NJ Podiatric Medical Society; Feb 2021
  • Unconscious Bias; MGMA Insights podcast featured guest; Colorado, Nov 2020
  • Healing Healthcare Through Empathy; featured speaker at MGMA state Joint Conference; Oct 2020
  • Confronting Our Unconscious Biases; Schwartz Grand Rounds, Beth Israel Hospital Plymouth; MA, Oct 2020

Contact us today to discuss your challenges!