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Liz Brunner

Liz Brunner

International Keynote Speaker, Professional Emcee, Executive Communications Coach, and Best-Selling Author

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Liz Brunner

International Keynote Speaker, Professional Emcee, Executive Communications Coach, and Best-Selling Author

In-Person Fee Range:
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Traveling from:
Massachusetts

Why Book

  • Recognized as one of the nation’s most accomplished journalists and Emmy Award-winning TV broadcaster.
  • Liz’s experience in writing next chapters is applicable to any opportunity where celebration, inspiration, and motivation are in demand.
  •  With decades of experience capturing audiences, Liz is uniquely qualified to deliver a speaking program that will captivate your audience and leave a lasting impression.

Biography

Liz Brunner is a sought-after keynote speaker, professional emcee, and executive coach, helping leaders, organizations, and event audiences harness the power of communication, confidence, and intentional transformation. As the CEO and founder of Brunner Communications, she has spent more than 35 years in media and communications, working with high- profile individuals and global brands to build compelling reputations and master powerful storytelling.

A dynamic keynote speaker, Liz has taken the stage at corporate conventions, leadership summits, and top universities, including Stifel, the Barron’s Women Summit, Hewlett Packard and the CoreNet Global Summit. She is also an experienced professional emcee, having hosted high-profile events and moderated conversations with industry leaders.

Before launching Brunner Communications in 2013, Liz was an Emmy Award-winning TV news anchor for ABC-TV’s WCVB NewsCenter 5 in Boston, where she co-anchored the #1-rated 6 PM newscast and covered major breaking news stories. She conducted exclusive interviews with world leaders and cultural icons— including Oprah Winfrey and President Barack Obama—earning her recognition as one of the nation’s top broadcast journalists.

Now, as a Certified Professional Coach (CPC), Liz helps executives, professionals, and emerging leaders elevate their presence, storytelling, and influence through one-on-one coaching, and corporate workshops. Her Brunner Academy online learning platform provides premier speaker training, including the acclaimed course, “How to Be a Rock Star Public Speaker,” endorsed by legendary business speaker Brian Tracy. Liz is the best- selling author of Dare to Own You: Taking Your Authenticity and Dreams Into Your Next Chapter, featured in Forbes and winner of multiple book awards, including the Book Excellence Awards and Feathered Quill Book Awards.

Her podcast, Live Your Best Life with Liz Brunner, has been recognized with “Best Host” and “Best Lifestyle Podcast” awards, featuring inspiring stories of reinvention and success. Liz’s contributions to journalism, leadership, and communications have earned her multiple Emmy Awards, two National Gracies, an Edward R. Murrow Award, and an Associated Press Award. She is a dedicated community leader, having served on the Make-A-Wish Massachusetts and Rhode Island Board of Directors and the Boston
Chamber of Commerce’s Women’s Network Advisory Board. A classically trained vocalist with a Bachelor of Music degree from the Lawrence University Conservatory of Music, Liz has performed with the Boston Pops and at professional sporting events.

A classically trained vocal performer, Brunner is also a former high school music educator. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Lawrence University Conservatory of Music. Brunner has performed with the Boston Pops and at professional sporting events, among others.

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Programs

UNLOCK YOUR ‘IT FACTOR’ WITH INTENTIONAL TRANSFORMATION: Achieve more confidence, presence, authenticity and influence

“Intentional transformation” is a three-pillar framework for growth and taking yourself to the next level professionally and personally. When you align your physical, mental, and relational self, you unlock your “IT Factor,” that unmistakable presence that makes you stand out and inspires others. Your “IT Factor” empowers you to:

  • Step into your next chapter with confidence
  • Communicate with greater clarity and presence
  • Lead from a place of authenticity and influence
  • Build resilience and navigate uncertainty with intention
NO KNOWLEDGE IS EVER WASTED!: Connecting your life’s experiences to write your next chapter

You know more than you think you know! No knowledge or experience is ever wasted.  Too often we hesitate to  step out of our comfort zone to create our next chapter because we don’t know how, we are afraid or we are unsure of how to connect the themes and patterns of our lives. What would any of us do if we didn’t allow fear to stop us?

Liz Brunner’s motivational message will guide you to connect the dots of your own life experiences to create your next chapter, personally or professionally, for intentional impact.  Liz’s inspirational career journey from classroom to newsroom to boardroom to the stage as a keynote speaker will motivate you to discover what themes exist in your own journey, how to connect those dots, and how to break any patterns that may be holding you back from following your destiny and living your best life. 

COMMUNICATE, CONNECT & ENGAGE: How to capture your audience’s attention with storytelling

Every day, we are bombarded with “information overload!” What cuts through the noise and captures people’s attention is powerful storytelling. Each and every person, no matter what profession or industry, needs to exude confidence, presence, and communicate effectively. As an Emmy award-winning journalist, podcast host and expert storyteller, Liz Brunner will teach your audience her practical and proven communication tips and storytelling techniques, energizing them to connect and engage more authentically with their customers, clients and colleagues in a way that resonates and gets results immediately.

By incorporating “Liz’s 4 C’s,” – Confidence, Content, Clarity and Conversational – for any presentation, pitch, or speech, and her innovative “Brunner Methodology for Practicing,” your audience will learn how to craft their story, the science behind why storytelling works, why it matters, and how to be seen and heard as they intend with confidence, presence and command.*

(* Keynote that can also be a seminar)

BE THE LEADER WITHIN: How to cultivate leadership skills that meet the moment

No one is born knowing how to be a leader. We learn how to be a leader. With so much uncertainty in the world, leaders face challenges and complexities requiring a renewed commitment to flexibility, resilience and innovation. As a sought after best-selling self-development author, leader, and keynote speaker, Liz Brunner offers guidance that will inspire audience members to unleash the leader within and invite others to refine their own leadership skills.

Your audience will learn how to have influence, what it takes to be an authentic leader, the difference between being a manager and a leader, and how to discover their leadership philosophy for stronger teams, effective decision-making and long lasting impact *

(* Keynote that can also be a seminar)

Liz Brunner Reviews

“If you have an opportunity to feature a speaker, you will be thrilled if you choose Liz!”

— The Boston Club

“You’re truly a gifted public speaker and the highlight of our Annual Meeting. With 120 business leaders in the room, you captivated us all with your personal stories and thought-provoking insights.”

— Corridor 9/495 Regional Chamber of Commerce

“I thoroughly enjoyed your presentation….and I was thrilled to receive your book, which I found inspiring. It really resonated with me. I could connect to many of the experiences you detailed and your sentiments and positive outlook motivated me.”

— Managing Director

“Your keynote speech was incredibly inspiring. I loved how you said no knowledge is ever wasted and to give yourself permission to be authentic. It was great to hear more about your career journey and I know it was very meaningful for the audience…”

— Boston Chamber of Commerce

“Liz connected with every woman in the room. She was engaging and funny, as well as straightforward and honest about the risks, obstacles, and lessons she has learned along her life’s journey. She clearly knew her audience and her stories and lessons really resonated with everyone in the room…”

— Institution for Savings

“Everyone was enthralled with your presentation!…your approach is inspirational!”

— Managing Principal, Bay Colony Advisory Group, Inc.

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