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Elise Ballard        

Host & Creator of the Website, Epiphany Channel; Author of "Epiphany: True Stories of Sudden Insight to Inspire, Encourage and Transform"

Elise Ballard is the host and creator of the online community and website, Epiphany Channel, and the author of "Epiphany: True Stories of Sudden Insight to Inspire, Encourage and Transform" (Random House/Crown Publishing), a collection of over 50 interviews with amazing people from all walks of life recounting the stories of their greatest epiphanies. She started her career in entertainment working as an actress and moved into independent filmmaking and producing in Los Angeles as a partner in a production company with films distributed by Lions Gate and Monarch Entertainment.

Her directorial debut, "Lord of the Wiens: A Dachumentary," a movie about the annual Wiener Dog Races in Buda, TX, became a cult hit. When her film project “Epiphany” became an online series and book, Elise found herself on the journey of becoming “the epiphany expert” as a result of conducting and studying hundreds of interviews about these life-changing moments. (She sometimes refers to herself as the “accidental epiphany expert.”)

She is now a motivational speaker and two-time TEDx speaker and contributes articles to publications and websites such as Psychology Today and Positively Positive. She also had the privilege of being invited to attend and cover the 2011 Nobel Prizes and has created, directed and produced numerous projects including the YOU DVDs accompanying the YOU book series by world-renowned, bestselling authors, Drs. Mehmet Oz and Michael Roizen. She is currently writing and in development on several projects, including works based on Epiphany.

She resides in Los Angeles, CA.

Speech Topics


Interactive Epiphany Workshops

Full or half-day workshops for companies geared toward helping people identify and tap moments of sudden insight to achieve and sustain their highest performance.

We all have moments of insight. However, many of us lack the understand and corresponding strategies to recognize and harness these moments amid the business of our day-to-day work lives. Elise is uniquely poised to teach rising business leaders how to tap into these moments to achieve and sustain their highest workplace performance. In this first-of-its kind, interactive workshop, Elise will show participants how to:

  • Identify their greatest epiphanies in order to access and own their wisdom and create opportunities for future moments of deep insight.

  • Demystify and utilize the four tools for cultivating epiphanies-- listening, identifying beliefs, taking action and creating opportunities for serendipity.

  • Develop a deeper understanding of one's self and one's colleagues to enhance communication, reduce conflict and understand what makes people tick.

  • Utilize epiphanies to enhance individual and organizational workplace performance and foster a culture of trust, strategic risk taking and innovation.

Epiphany Keynote Address

Elise gives listeners an introduction to the power of epiphanies in her captivating one-hour keynote address, suited to corporate, campus and conference audiences.

In her keynote address, Elise entertains audiences with how successful business and thought leaders have learned to translate their epiphanies into increased self-knowledge, stronger relationships, heightened creativity and ongoing productivity, shortening and sustaining their pathways to success. Be ready to laugh, cry and say "aha" as Elise engages your company, campus or conference and provides actionable strategies for participants to recognize and create opportunities for epiphanies in their own professional and personal lives.

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