Karen Jacobsen

I speak for organizations that want to entertain and inspire their people to navigate change powerfully. With the 5 Directions for Recalculating process, achieve clarity, focus and next level results.

Expert on

  • Empowerment
  • Inspirational
  • Motivation
  • Entertainment
  • Vision/Purpose
  • Master of Ceremonies / Emcee

Fee Range

$10,000–$20,000

Travels from

QLD, AU

Biography

International Speaker, Concert Artist and Songwriter Karen Jacobsen’s speaking voice unexpectedly led to a unique pop culture status. At the forefront of AI ‘she’ gives directions and answers questions in over a billion GPS and smartphone devices worldwide, including the original Aussie voice of ’Siri’. 

You likely hear her voice every day.

In real life, through her speaking presentations, music and concert performances, she entertains and inspires people to recalculate and navigate change powerfully.

Born and raised in Mackay, Australia, Karen moved to New York City with one suitcase and that golden voice, becoming an award-winning Singer and Songwriter, releasing 12 studio albums, and has shared the stage with Norah Jones, Neil Sedaka, Toni Childs, Jon English and Christopher Cross. 

Karen’s singing career took a left turn, and from that one iconic voice-over booking she recalculated and created her empowerment brand The GPS Girl®, giving directions for life and business with the 5 Directions for Recalculating process. Sharing her fascinating journey to become a voice in a billion devices, Karen’s personal story includes overcoming chronic anxiety and financial disaster.

Being able to recalculate has been key to her success. 

Taking her universal message to corporate stages for major events across multiple industries including finance, health, education, travel and real estate, she is a TEDx Speaker and Author of two journal-style books; The GPS Girl’s Road Map for Your Future, and Recalculate – Directions for Driving Performance Success.

Karen receives wide international media coverage and was told she had ‘made it’ when becoming a clue in The New York Times crossword puzzle. Harry Connick Jr called her “hypnotic” on his US talk show and she was named one of People Magazine‘s Most Intriguing People.

Pandemic-relocating to Northern Australia from her NYC home of 20 years she travels to serve her clients worldwide from the Great Barrier Reef.

Karen is co-founder of the Whitsundays Songwriter Festival, and has composed the pop orchestral work ‘Misogyny Opus’, setting former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s misogyny speech to music word for word.

Speaker Videos

RECALCULATING WITH THE GPS GIRL®

When your people find their true focus and harness momentum, the results can be extraordinary. Using your internal GPS system on a daily basis can take you and your organization where you want to go.

The GPS Girl’s Guide to Getting More of What You Want is for organizations who want their people to take charge and bounce back when obstacles, challenges or detours get in the way of reaching their goals or achieving results. Whether relationships or revenue, projects or product launch, The GPS Girl® shows your audience how to create a path and plan to get them swiftly and safely to their destination-however they define it.

Karen Jacobsen takes you on a journey from her small town childhood near Australia’s Great Barrier Reef to becoming “The GPS Girl®” whose voice is in more than 400 million devices and smart phones, to building a career and business in the Big Apple. Karen shares the many starts, stops, detours (and a few disasters) she encountered along her own road to success, proving that it’s never too late to recalculate.

Karen’s stories are relatable, real-world examples, and her five turn-by-turn directions teach people how to use their internal GPS system to recalculate along the way and reach their destinations. However they define it: whether in life, business or both.

And when that happens; when your teams have clarity around what they want, a path to get it, and a step-by-step guide to recalculating along the way, anything is possible. The impact and potential is tangible.

RECALCULATING CONCERT KEYNOTE

This concert with a message is entertainment, motivation and inspiration all in one invigorating package.

Karen Jacobsen – The GPS Girl® performs at the grand piano playing and singing her catchy, timeless songs while giving directions on how to recalculate in life just as we can when driving our car.  Karen’s speaking voice is in over 100 million GPS units around the world as “Australian Karen” and in 300 million iPhones as the Aussie voice in the Siri application.

A one woman force of nature, you’ll hear how Karen navigated her way from the Great Barrier Reef to the Big Apple, recalculating her route along the way.

This presentation is ideal for groups hosting:

  • a sophisticated event
  • with a listening crowd
  • wanting a concert with a message

Your people will leave:

  • Uplifted
  • Invigorated
  • And ready to “Recalculate” their way to their destination