Speaking · Amy Dickens

Keynotes thatlight upTHE WHOLE ROOM.

Amy helps audiences understand joy not as a luxury, but as a catalyst for courage, leadership, creativity, and connection.

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Signature Keynotes

Three talks.one mission.

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Joy is a Leadership Skill

How Your State Shapes Performance, Creativity, and Culture

Most leaders focus on strategy, communication, and execution — but overlook one of the biggest factors influencing performance: their internal state.

In this engaging keynote, Amy Dickens explores how joy, play, and emotional state impact leadership effectiveness, trust, creativity, team dynamics, and culture. Through stories, practical tools, and interactive moments, audiences learn how to shift their state intentionally and create conditions where people perform at their best without burning out in the process.

Audience Takeaways

  • How stress narrows creativity, collaboration, and performance
  • Why joy is a competitive advantage, not a luxury
  • Tools to shift state quickly and intentionally
  • How leaders influence the emotional climate of every room
  • Practical ways to build trust, resilience, and connection

Best For

Leadership conferences, corporate teams, HR professionals, people leaders, company retreats, associations, and culture-focused organizations.

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02

Your Joy Changes Rooms

The Ripple Effect of Courage, Energy, and Human Connection

What if one conversation, one smile, or one courageous act could change someone's life?

Through personal stories, audience interaction, and practical tools, Amy shows how our energy influences every room we enter. This keynote helps audiences recognize the power of their presence and create positive ripple effects that strengthen relationships, workplaces, communities, and teams.

Audience Takeaways

  • Why your energy affects what becomes possible around you
  • How small actions create meaningful impact
  • The connection between courage, joy, and leadership
  • Practical ways to create more connection and belonging
  • Tools to become a positive force in everyday life

Best For

Women's conferences, associations, educators, healthcare professionals, community organizations, nonprofits, leadership events, and personal development audiences.

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Lead With Joy

From Stuck and Burned Out to Fully Alive

After years of anxiety, depression, and feeling disconnected from herself, Amy Dickens discovered an unexpected path forward: following joy.

Through stories of sailing around the world, leaving a life that looked perfect on paper, and rebuilding from scratch, she shares a powerful framework for reconnecting with purpose, courage, and aliveness. This keynote helps audiences stop waiting for life to begin and start creating it now.

Audience Takeaways

  • Why joy is a practice, not a destination
  • The relationship between courage and fulfillment
  • A simple framework for reconnecting to what matters
  • How to stop postponing life until 'someday'
  • Tools for navigating uncertainty with more confidence

Best For

Women's events, wellness conferences, personal development audiences, universities, entrepreneurs, retreats, and purpose-driven organizations.

“
Amy is electric. She has an ability to bring an infectious and genuine joy into any space and uplift groups of people to do the same.
— Jon Handelman
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When Amy began presenting, I felt a shift of hope in the room. As a speaker, she is effervescent—a vibrant star you can't take your eyes off. I left feeling energized, with a refreshed perspective on work, connection, and joy. Amy Dickens is a mover, a shaker, and a life-changer—you won't want to miss her.
— Megan Lapham
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Amy's positive energy is infectious. She had even the most cautious of folks up dancing, singing, and sharing the love. We can't wait to engage her again for our event next year!
— Robin Payne
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