Lisa Demmi

Speaker, Author, Emcee, and Master Egg Poacher

Expert on

  • Workplace Culture
  • Motivation
  • Leadership
  • Employee Engagement

Fee Range

$5,000–$7,000

Travels from

FL, US

Biography

Lisa Demmi is a speaker, community builder, and nonprofit founder who understands that strong organizations are built by people who feel seen, valued, and connected to purpose.

Lisa’s work sits at the intersection of leadership, mindset, and culture. She speaks to leaders and teams about what truly drives employee engagement, attraction, and retention—and it’s not perks, slogans, or performative culture. It’s clarity, trust, accountability, and the feeling that your work actually matters. Her message challenges organizations to move beyond checking boxes and instead create environments where people want to stay, grow, and contribute.

Drawing from her experience working with leaders, nonprofits, and community organizations, Lisa helps audiences understand the real cost of disengagement—and the powerful upside when people feel invested. She brings practical insight, relatable stories, and a refreshing honesty that resonates with today’s workforce, especially in moments of change, burnout, and uncertainty.

As the founder of The Small Magic Foundation, Lisa has turned her belief in untapped potential into action—building systems that empower young people while reinforcing a core truth she brings into every workplace conversation: when people believe they matter, they show up differently.

Whether she’s speaking to executives, managers, or frontline teams, Lisa doesn’t deliver a lecture—she creates a moment of alignment. Audiences leave energized, reflective, and ready to take ownership of the culture they’re helping create, knowing that engaged people aren’t just retained—they become your strongest ambassadors.

Speaker Videos

The Small Magic of Goal Setting

Big goals don’t fail because people lack ambition—they fail because the process feels overwhelming, unclear, or disconnected from real life.

In The Small Magic of Goal Setting, Lisa Demmi reframes goal setting as a series of small, intentional choices that create momentum over time. Instead of focusing on massive outcomes, Lisa helps audiences understand how clarity, consistency, and ownership turn everyday actions into meaningful progress.

This keynote blends mindset, accountability, and practical tools to help individuals and teams move from intention to execution. Through relatable stories and actionable strategies, Lisa shows how small shifts in thinking and behavior can unlock focus, confidence, and sustainable success—both personally and professionally.

Key takeaways include:

  • Why small, consistent actions outperform big, short-lived goals
  • How to create goals people actually follow through on
  • Turning intention into momentum through simple systems
  • Building confidence by tracking progress, not perfection

This keynote empowers audiences to stop waiting for motivation and start creating forward motion—one small, intentional step at a time.

The Human Side of Business

In today’s fast-paced, metrics-driven workplaces, organizations often lose sight of the one thing that truly drives results: people.

In The Human Side of Business, Lisa Demmi delivers a practical, engaging keynote on how human-centered leadership fuels employee engagement, attraction, and retention. Drawing from her experience in leadership, culture-building, and community impact, Lisa helps leaders understand why engagement can’t be mandated—and what actually makes people stay, grow, and care.

Through relatable stories and actionable insights, this keynote challenges leaders to rethink culture, reconnect with their teams, and make small but meaningful shifts that build trust, accountability, and momentum. Audiences leave with clear takeaways they can apply immediately to create workplaces people choose to be part of.

Key takeaways include:

  • How human-centered leadership drives engagement and retention
  • The real cost of disengagement—and how to reverse it
  • Everyday leadership behaviors that build trust and loyalty
  • Why people-first cultures outperform over time