Co-founder of the WE Organizations, which includes WE Charity, ME to WE Social Enterprise and WE Day Socially-Responsible Business Leader/Best-selling Author/Rhodes Scholar.
Marc Kielburger is an internationally acclaimed speaker, social entrepreneur and New York Times bestselling author. Since the age of 17, he has been leading by example showing anyone can make a world of difference. Through Marc’s moving and passionate speeches—customized to reflect your group’s needs—gain insights and tangible takeaways for creating your own personal and organizational change.
Inspiring for corporate, non-profit, association and university and college business audiences.
In this highly interactive keynote that pushes the boundaries of traditional speeches with stunning videos, visuals and a choose-your-own-adventure delivery allowing audience members to pick the stories they want to hear, Marc shares actionable leadership lessons that anyone can relate to and employ in their work, education or personal life.
Over the course of Marc’s dynamic presentation, he will share powerful stories and lessons of leadership he and his brother Craig have learned from their mentors and some of the world’s greatest leaders, from Mother Teresa to Nelson Mandela. Relevant whether you are a company, association, community group, planning an educators conference or student leadership conference, participants will walk away with thought-provoking ideas and tips for creating personal and organizational change.
Weaving the journey of starting a charity in his parents’ living room with his brother Craig Kielburger, to becoming the leader of a global enterprise with over 1,000 employees spanning five continents, Marc will share intimate stories that helped shape the strategic decisions that were made along the way. Marc will provide insights and lessons from the extraordinary leaders who have coached and mentored him in some of the most important leadership lessons one can receive – from taking big risks, to accountability, emotional intelligence and being a shameless idealist. This multimedia-rich speech asks the audience to pick which stories they want Marc to tell, creating an engaging experience that will resonate for large or intimate audiences, tailor-made to be relevant for the audience, whether it’s the C-suite or junior employees, educators or business students.
This true choose-your-speech journey takes audience interaction to a new level. Featuring surprise gifts for participating audience members, this interactive experience lets the audience pick from over 100 well-known Nobel Laureates, heads of state, titans of industry and more to hear the stories they most want told.
Unlike any speech you’ve ever seen before, Unconventional Leadership mixes inspiration with strong educational value. This engaging and visually rich keynote experience delivers important lessons that everyone – from the C-Suite to the intern – from the educator to the student – needs to know.
As Marc weaves the tale of his journey to becoming leader of a global enterprise spanning five continents, employing over 1,000 people, his savvy insights and advice are peppered with accounts of the extraordinary leaders who have coached and mentored him. Whether it’s an anecdote involving President Clinton or Kid President, Sheryl Sandberg or Richard Branson, Mohammad Ali or Magic Johnson, Mother Teresa or one of the many top CEOs who have shared their wisdom, attendees will be entertained, inspired and come away with actions and advice they can apply to their own professional and personal lives.
“Marc’s session was rated an incredible 3.9 out of 4. I don’t believe we’ve ever had a session rated that high before. To me that means that not only did you touch the audience with the principles and stories that you related, but that your energy and enthusiasm was inspirational to our participants.”
“Craig and Marc were able to inspire young and old alike through their powerful stories, cutting-edge ideas and practical tips to help create personal and organizational change. They are the best and most passionate speakers I have ever heard”
“Marc’s charismatic speaking style captured the attention of the audience and left them wanting more. Through his interaction with the audience, allowing them to become part of the presentation, you could see the thoughts and ideas start to form on how they too can make a difference.”
“Craig and Marc Kielburger have taught me a lot about leadership”
“At a meeting for the Teachers Federation of Ontario I was surprised when they introduced a replacement for Craig Kielburger to be a guest presenter. It was his brother Marc. It took Marc only moments to have his audience of over 500 Educators enthralled with his words. His ability to transmit his enthusiasm for his beliefs with such passion touched me and my colleagues deeply.”
“Craig and Marc Kielburger have been a great inspiration to me”
“Everyone at our company raved about Marc for days. Those that couldn’t attend the speech knew that they had missed something really special.Not only was his presentation emotional and informative, but also very entertaining. His engaging style had us all listening intently for the whole time – something that rarely happens with our high-energy group. We also appreciated how Marc customized his presentation. Many will take his points and work with our clients to ensure they are doing all they can to fulfill their corporate social responsibility.”
“I’m going to look at things differently because of his speech.”