When Learning From Real Life Experience Matters
Authentic. Relatable. Engaging. Moving. Funny. Inspiring. Remarkable. Effective.
Just some of the words used to describe Kristina Karlsson as a keynote speaker and workshop facilitator.
After setting out at age 22 to defy the odds and build a $650m globally loved retail brand - through dizzy highs and crushing lows - Kristina has deep business and personal experience to share. And she’s renowned for doing it in a human and high impact way.
"Her real-life experience and the learnings she's made are what sets her apart - and what connect with audiences around the world."
Making Kristina the highly regarded female keynote speaker she is.
Kristina can tailor her keynote and workshop presentations to suit your audience and connect in a unique and powerful way for you. Provoking thought, providing insights and stirring action.
Her specialty is inspiring & empowering people to dream big - and chase their dreams. Be they business, team or personal. In good times and in bad.
She’s deeply passionate about it - with a best-selling book, 3 million podcast downloads and thousands of speaking gigs, and coaching clients as proof it resonates.
"Her relatable approach will inspire & empower your audience in practical ways."
Using real life experience sharing and story-telling to deliver immediate take-home value that can be applied to any industry. Any organisation. Any level - from C-suite to front line.
Book Kristina for your next conference or event and you’ll experience impact and value that lasts long after she’s walked off stage.
Kristina 'kikki' Karlsson's Remarkable Story
Much loved the world over, Swedish born Kristina was the Founder of kikki.K, and more recently founded Dream Life (an inspiring & empowering brand turned global movement).
After growing up on a small farm in Sweden, aged 22 she found herself in Australia, half a world away from family & friends, with little money and no idea what to do with her life.
"So, what was a girl to do?"
Imagine what her dream life could look like - write her dreams down on paper - and then make them happen.
Kristina sold all she owned to create & build globally loved Swedish design & stationery business, kikki.K - from the ground up, to have: 120 award winning retail stores in 5 countries; a passionate team of ~1,500; a reputation for innovation & service excellence; an online store serving stationery & design lovers in over 150 countries …and total revenue of around $650m.
For over 20 yrs from start-up to mid 2021, Kristina won the hearts & minds of millions the world over, as the creative force and personality behind what was an authentic, founder & purpose led brand.
After a tumultuous experience thru the Covid pandemic - with forced closures of her stores - Kristina lost control of kikki.K and parted ways in heart-breaking circumstances. A riveting story with many learnings.
She has since bounced back - on a mission to inspire & empower 101 million people the world over to discover and chase their dreams - and is passionate about sharing her learnings to help others.
What Kristina Delivers in Her Keynote is Only Part of The Story
When you book Kristina to speak, expect more than you bargained for.
She will work with you to get to know your audience and customise her approach, tailor her stories and direct her message to meet your unique needs.
As an addition or follow-up, she can also:
facilitate her famous 101 Dream Workshop - ensuring attendees leave with 3 clear dreams and 7 key actions for making them happen
- provide customised Journals or Notepads for attendees to drive home your theme
- be available for follow-up coaching sessions with your key people
If time allows, Kristina can spend time with your delegates after the presentation.
She can also provide powerful follow-up resources that extend the learning and ensure that her presentation is still being talked about for long after your event.
Working with Kristina is a unique experience that goes beyond her time on stage and ensures you get a powerful and long-lasting return on investment.
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Kristina has shared her story with audiences around the world.
Always with rave reviews.
SYNOPSIS:
History is peppered with the real-life stories of people who have broken the mould – dreamed up a new future – and gone on to make those dreams reality. Kristina is one of them, and in this engaging and raw presentation, she shares the key business & personal lessons she learned along the way - from business success to failure – and starting again, with a smile.
…engaging, educating, inspiring & empowering audiences to make personal, team or organisational transformations.
- Many teams, organisations and people focus on goal setting – based on the constraints of what they see as their every-day realities. Kristina takes them to a new level – beyond constraints – to tap into their hearts as well as their minds in an unconstrained and powerful way.
- A great way to start strategy or planning sessions – or if you need to shake up and inspire your people to consider new approaches.
- As a valuable add-on, Kristina can facilitate her powerful and now famous 101 Dreams Workshop for you after the keynote, so people leave with dreams written on paper. Excited and ready to action. Personal, team, business, or all the above.
WHO IS THIS FOR:
Organisations and individuals who want to break open their thinking beyond the status quo. Suitable for small or large groups of people.
- As a highly relatable human-interest story - with universal learnings for all - Kristina’s presentation is appropriate and relevant for audiences from the C-suite through entire organisations, departments & teams.
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Can be customised for specific audiences
AUDIENCE KEY TAKEAWAYS, TANGIBLE OUTCOMES & ROI:
- A sense of self-belief that comes from “If she can do it, I can too”.
- Real life ‘insider stories’ from one of the worlds most loved brands – creating talkability, interest & buzz.
- Inspiring & practical learnings.
- When combined with Kristina’s 101 Dreams Workshop: Participants take away a long list of dreams written on paper – with the Top 3 identified – and a list of the 7 most important actions required to make each of them a reality.
SYNOPSIS:
This highly productive hands-on workshop will leave participants inspired and with a long list of dreams written on paper – with their top 3 identified – and a list of the first 7 most important next steps required to make them a reality.
- Drawing on her personal experience writing her dreams on paper in her early twenties, and then making them happen, the learnings she made researching and writing her best-selling book about the power of dreaming and her knowledge as a global thought-leader on the power of dreaming – Kristina runs a hands-on workshop to help audiences discover their dreams (business, team, personal or all) and to create an action plan to go get them.
- The workshop takes participants through a creative approach to goal setting & strategy development – beyond constraints – to tap into their hearts as well as their minds in a powerful way.
- A great way to start strategy, team building or planning sessions – or if you need to shake up and inspire your people to consider new approaches.
WHO IS THIS FOR:
Organisations and individuals who want to break open their thinking beyond the status quo. Suitable for small or large groups of people.
- Kristina’s 101 Dreams Workshop is appropriate and relevant for audiences from the C-suite through entire organisations, departments & teams.
- Can be customised for specific audiences.
- As a follow-up, Kristina is available for coaching your best people 1-to-1 or in small groups.
AUDIENCE KEY TAKEAWAYS, TANGIBLE OUTCOMES & ROI:
A practical and repeatable process for dreaming as a business (or personal) innovation tool.
- A long list of dreams written on paper – with the Top 3 identified – and a list of the 7 most important actions required to make each of them a reality.
- A sense of self-belief that comes from “If she can do it, I can do it”.
