Bringing your whole self to work – an inspiring talk from an inspirational speaker
If you’re looking for a guest speaker to inspire your audience, Matt’s ‘Bringing Your Whole Self to Work’ talk will do that… and more.
With a wealth of experience in event speaking and featuring across a range of media including TV and podcasts, Matt’s story of transformation demonstrates the benefits for organisations when their members bring their whole selves to work.
Matt has previously worked with a range of well-known brands, such as Microsoft, Rolls Royce, Mars and the NHS – with testimonials and feedback frequently comment on the buzz his talks create and how that buzz continues for quite some time afterwards.
A story of struggle to self-realisation, rising above challenges to making a change that most could never even comprehend, Matt draws on his own journey to teach you how being your true self can benefit your life, your business and create a happier future.
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Matt, as seen on Channel 4 (Documentary)
What does ‘bringing your whole self’ mean?
Whether in life or work, hiding from yourself and being scared to embrace your own individuality will eventually drag you down. To be the best version of yourself, you have to be yourself – facing your strengths and your weaknesses in order to continue to grow.
By releasing judgement of yourself – and just as importantly, others – you’ll be free to focus on better things, resulting in more confidence, more productivity and more happiness. This impacts those around you, your friends, your family, your colleagues. Nobody loses!
But how do you show up as yourself every day, and truly bring your whole self to work?
When you engage Matt as your event speaker, he’ll pose questions you’ve never even considered, providing invaluable insight into how to be an ally, how to avoid doing the wrong things, and how to do the right things… and how to have confidence in yourself, while allowing others the same courtesy.
The stories and concepts Matt shares apply to everyone, not just the transgender community. We’re all unique, and together, these differences make us stronger.
Book Matt as your event speaker
Want to motivate your workforce and encourage a better work culture where everyone feels on top of their game?
Matt’s dynamic, engaging and universally-relatable talks will send positive ripples across your organisation. To book Matt for his Bringing Your Whole Self to Work talk, just drop us your details and preferred booking date here.
Matt’s Clients include:
“Matt was fantastic. He brought great energy and delivered a personal, honest, inspirational story. We were very happy.“
“One of the best talks I’ve ever heard at a conference!”
“The talk given by Matt Ellison as part of the 2021 Mars UK LGBTQ+ Pride Series was thought provoking and inspiring.
Matt’s honest and personal style of storytelling took the audience on an insightful journey into the experiences of transgender people.
Matt engaged the audience from start to finish and was open and supportive of questions.”
“A big thank you for a very authentic and thought provoking session today, as part of our harnessing the power of diversity week. In speaking to a number of our senior leaders after the session they all said it made them stop and think, and everyone I spoke to has taken something away from your story. It’s a really great way to get a discussion going and the little frog analogy was very powerful – simple yet effective.”
“Pandemic or no pandemic, nothing can stop our Kentucky Fried pride celebrations.
To get the party started Matt Ellison joined us virtually to share his personal journey and experiences.
Buckets of love and gratitude to Matt for such an inspiring, authentic session.”
“Matt captured the attention of our audience from start to finish. The GP’s really appreciated how open Matt was about his experience and were grateful for the insight he provided. His talk was excellent, I really wish we could have had him for longer.”
“We were very happy with and got great feedback from the audience.”
“You are a fantastic and extremely uplifting speaker Matt, thank you for helping me increase my understanding”
“Matt is an eloquent and engaging speaker whose candid style and refreshing quick humour won over our audience. He speaks from the heart in an entertaining yet insightful manner. Matt’s personal journey is so inspiring that we are already planning on bringing him back. If you get a chance to book Matt you will certainly not be disappointed.”
“I learnt so much and even as a cis male your story really resonated with me so thank you again for helping me in my personal growth. You are truly inspirational”
Thank you, one of the most inspirational speakers I have heard for some time.
“Matt was incredible today and was a joy to work with start to finish!”
Thank you so much Matt. You have such a knowledgable, relatable way of helping us (the listener) to understand all the issues around transgender. I think the ‘no pressure/little frogs’ message is so persuasive and will encourage more of us to be curious and get it right.
Matt was recently invited to speak at the Lloyd’s Dive In Festival in Chatham. Matt shared his life story and how the decisions he made throughout have affected him. Matt was very engaging and his talk opened my eyes to the difficulties faced by Matt and others in similar situations. Matt is obviously very passionate about helping others and telling his story, so others are confident in taking the first step to changing their lives. Matt was able to share useful resources to the group and was keen to speak to members of the audience on a personal level after the talk. A thought provoking talk.
Matt had the audience captivated with his own incredible and courageous personal story. I have to say it was one of the best sessions I have ever seen delivered at a Pharmacy Conference and I have been to many in my 24 years as a pharmacist professional.Matt has a natural ability to speak confidently and effortlessly to a large audience and has personality and speaker content to keep an audience hanging on his every word.I cannot recommend Matt more highly.
“Thank you so much. Such a touching and illuminating discussion. I feel very lucky to have been here to hear your story.
Every workplace needs this presentation.”
What a brilliant, informative and inspiring talk.
“Excellent. Matt is very empathic and speaks of his experiences with truth and emotion.”
“It [the session] was so inspiring and so informative. Matt’s human approach prompted really good questions and discussions and he got a lot of love in the comments!”
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