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Allan Karl    

World Traveler and Author of "The Beginning at the End of the Road"

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. Karl documents his adventures and travels on his widely read blog at www.worldrider.com and his popular YouTube Channel www.worldrider.tv.

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, and hosted the “Food Explorer” TV show for the Travel & Cooking Channels.

When not traveling the world or embarking on off-the-beaten-path adventures, Karl inspires and motivates audiences through dynamic keynote speeches that combine captivating storytelling with award-winning photography and video. He 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 harness the power of an astounding mindset to establish instant rapport and build deeper and more profound connections. This enables 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.

Speech Topics


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.

This program is perfect for professionals seeking inspiration and practical strategies for personal and professional growth, as well as businesses or associations looking to invigorate their teams and spark creativity and innovation. Through this program, 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.

Making Breakthrough Connections

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.

This program is perfect for leaders who want their teams to address boredom, burnout, and stress and organizations that want to bridge differences in corporate cultures, break down barriers, and disarm conflict. Audiences will leave with an understanding of how to make more meaningful connections with co-workers, partners, and customers and lessons that show the importance of connection, respect, and encouragement in the workplace.

The Beginning at the End of The Road

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, Karl's resilience shines through.

Formerly a successful entrepreneur, Karl found himself at a crossroads: jobless, divorced, and alone. But from this apparent dead-end, he discovered boundless opportunities for growth and adventure. Through his captivating storytelling, Karl 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, Karl'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 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?"

This program is perfect for teams, businesses, and individuals navigating significant life transitions or facing unexpected challenges and seeking inspiration and practical wisdom for embracing change and adversity. Audiences will leave with a renewed perspective on embracing change as an opportunity for growth and adventure and practical strategies for navigating adversity with resilience and optimism.

Navigating the Roads of Change

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, Karl 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.

This program is perfect for organizations that are undergoing changes -- small or large and leaders and their teams looking to embrace change, confront fear, and get outside their comfort zones. Audiences will leave with an understanding of how to create rapport and form meaningful connections with anyone.

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