Allan Karl

Allan Karl Global Adventurer, Bestselling Author, and TV Host

Expert on

  • Innovation
  •  Work-Life Balance
  • Adventure
  • Inspirational
  • Technology
  • Overcoming Adversity
  • Personal Growth
  • Creativity
  • Literary
  • Motivational

Fee Range

$10,000–$15,000

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Allan Karl is a global motorcycle adventurer, television host, professional speaker, and bestselling author of the book “FORKS: A Quest for Culture, Cuisine, and Connection.” He is a passionate adventurer who has traveled to over 80 countries, many of which were during his remarkable three-year solo motorcycle journey around the world. 

His journeys, adventures, and discoveries have included:

  • Sailing the Flores Sea in search of the elusive Komodo Dragon
  • Serving as a team member and photographer in The Dakar—the most treacherous motorsport race in the world
  • Crossing the Nubian Desert in Sudan by motorcycle
  • Hosted “Food Explorer” TV show for the Travel & Cooking Channels

When not traveling the world or embarking on off-the-beaten-path adventures, Allan inspires and motivates audiences through dynamic keynote speeches that combine captivating storytelling with award-winning photography and video. Allan teaches audiences how to overcome challenges, tackle obstacles, embrace change, smile—especially in the face of adversity, and live an astounding life.

Before his adventures, Karl started several companies and worked in the C-Suite as a branding and marketing strategist. Notably, he founded Wirestone, a leading digital marketing agency that was acquired by Accenture in 2018.

Today, Karl is the principal of WorldRider Productions, a publishing, production, and coaching company. His clients have included Apple, AT&T, Hewlett-Packard, Google, and BMW, among others. He also hosts and produces the “Journeys With WorldRider” podcast and writes for “An Inspired Life of Travel” on Substack.

Karl combines his business and branding experience with his entrepreneurial and adventurous spirit to help people and organizations build and leverage the power of an astounding mindset to establish instant rapport and build deeper and more profound connections, enabling them to embrace change, take chances, grow, innovate, and lead—all while expanding their worldview.

These experiences and his business adventures give Karl a unique perspective and provide the basis for his inspirational and motivational management style.

Karl holds a B.S. in Communications from the S.I. Newhouse School of Communications at Syracuse University in New York.

The Journey To Astounding: Transform Your Work, Life, & World By Giving People What They Crave

In today’s increasingly more diverse and competitive business environment, leaders must create and work in an exciting, challenging, and rewarding environment.

Allan shows that leaders and teams can avoid boredom, burnout, stress, and churn by transforming the business environment into an adventure.

Moreover, he helps energize and excite teams by teaching them how to make deeper connections and turn team members, customers, and partners into fans and followers. Enabling them to work smarter and perform better.

Audiences will:

– Craft a powerful and practical three-step adventure action plan to infuse their daily routines with excitement and purpose that will transform their work, life, and world

– Learn to build instant rapport and create memorable interactions that resonate with others and leave a lasting impact.

– Cultivate an extravagant authenticity that commands respect and admiration.

– How to uncover and reveal the remarkable in the ordinary, use genuine curiosity to connect and command respect.

Perfect for:

– Professionals seeking inspiration and practical strategies for personal and professional growth.

– Businesses or associations looking to invigorate their teams and spark creativity and innovation.

Audience Takeaways:

An adventure action plan with three specific steps leading to unimaginable transformation in their work and world.

Skills for creating instant rapport, fostering deep and meaningful connections, and how to leave a lasting impression.

Challenge the status quo and move beyond the constraints of mediocrity by giving people what they crave, what they desire, and what they need.

 

Making Breakthrough Connections

This program is perfect for:

Leaders looking for their teams to address boredom, burnout, stress, and churn

organizations looking to bridge differences in corporate cultures, break down barriers and disarm conflict

The audience will leave with:

How to make more meaningful connections with co-workers, partners, and customers

Lessons that show the importance of connection, respect, and encouragement in the workplace

Whats The Secret To Connection?

In today’s increasingly more diverse and competitive business environment, leaders must find common ground across the entire organization.

They must break down barriers and disarm conflict by connecting with people on a deeper level. This is how to create a more exciting, challenging, and rewarding environment.

The Beginning at the End of The Road

This program is perfect for:

Teams, businesses, and Individuals are navigating significant life transitions or facing unexpected challenges.

Professionals seeking inspiration and practical wisdom for embracing change and adversity.

The audience will leave with:

A renewed perspective on embracing change as an opportunity for growth and adventure.

Practical strategies for navigating adversity with resilience and optimism.

About this keynote:

In “The Beginning at the End of The Road,” Allan Karl takes audiences on a riveting journey through life’s unexpected twists, all from the saddle of his motorcycle. From facing danger in Colombia to navigating bureaucracy in war-torn lands, Allan’s resilience shines through.

Formerly a successful entrepreneur, Allan found himself at a crossroads, jobless and divorced and alone. But from this apparent dead-end, he discovered boundless opportunities for growth and adventure. Through his captivating storytelling, Allan challenges us to embrace change, see value in risk, and tap into our ability to adapt and thrive.

His odyssey celebrates human connection, cultural richness, and the joy of exploring and discovery. It isn’t just a collection of tales; it’s an emotionally charged journey of survival and profound lessons.

Engaging and interactive, Allan’s keynote prompts us to trust and explore what’s possible. He empowers us to face obstacles with optimism, transforming them into opportunities.

Prepare to leave inspired and invigorated, ready to embrace change with courage. With Allan Karl as our guide, we understand that the end of one road is just the beginning of countless new adventures.

This keynote is an unforgettable experience that will ignite the spirit and leave your audience questioning, “What’s possible?”

Navigating the Roads of Change

Format: 60-minute keynote; two-hour workshop

This program is perfect for:

Organizations that are undergoing changes — small or large

Leaders and their teams looking to embrace change, confront fear, and getting outside their comfort zone

The audience will leave with:

How to create instant rapport with anyone

How to make more meaningful connections with anyone.

From Change Comes Possibilities.

It can be uncomfortable, but some of our biggest opportunities lie outside our comfort zone.

In today’s increasingly more diverse and competitive environment, Allan shows and teaches audiences how to turn strangers into fans and followers.

His three-step action plan helps leaders, team members, and employees make breakthrough connections and help them navigate our ever-changing world.