Alisa Camplin

Mindset, resilience & human performance speaker and former Olympic champion

Australia’s first female Winter Olympic Gold Medallist, Alisa Camplin, possesses that rare storytelling ability that inspires, entertains and transfers knowledge. Tens of thousands of people have been motivated, laughed and cried, and walked away with a toolkit of practical, implementable skills to create their own success after listening to one of Australia’s premier female speakers.

Learning to ski at just 19 years of age, Alisa broke nearly every bone in her body as she climbed through the ranks, brought home back-to-back Olympic medals and dominated the sport of Freestyle Aerial Skiing.

At the same time, Alisa built a global career with corporate giant IBM, leading $200M+ businesses as a senior executive working across business leadership, brand strategy, sales and service delivery. Now consulting across Asia and leading from the boardroom, Alisa is fresh, honest and deliberate in her pursuits, combining business fundamentals and performance psychology with an authentic, resilient attitude in order to deliver results.

As a prominent global voice, educator and mental wellbeing advocate, Alisa shows that resilience can be learned. She works closely with internationally renowned experts, practitioners and academics across the world, to deliver a multitude of practical tools and techniques that help everyone take the small steps required to improve their resilience, for greater wellbeing and to achieve what’s most important to them in life.

Proving that success is a choice, Alisa turned heart-wrenching personal adversity into an opportunity to improve the lives of others, raising more than $2.5M through her charity Finnan’s Gift. A Member of the Order of Australia, Alisa Camplin is in-demand as a virtual and in-person keynote speaker by multi-billion dollar companies and small organizations alike.

With greater courage and character than you'd ever imagine, be prepared to laugh and cry as you hear the real story behind Alisa Camplin's unbelievable journey through sport, business and life!

Speakers Topics include:
• Succeeding Against the Odds
• The Business of Winning
• Alisa Camplin: Resilience in Action
• Where to, what's next...It's your choice!
• Managing speed bumps, jumping hurdles, & overcoming adversity
• Sustaining High Performance
• A Mini-Workshop: Resilience for Life and Work

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