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Joie Rasberry    

Global Orator, Award-Winning Celebrity Speech Coach, Magazine Journalist, Public Affairs Radio Co-Host, Spoken Word Artist & CEO of Rasberry Institute

Joie Rasberry is an international orator & global award-winning keynote speaker, celebrity speech coach, magazine journalist, bestselling author, executive trainer, former Public Affairs news radio co-host, spoken word artist, poet, entrepreneur, Speech & Debate instructor, licensed chaplain, and Master Motivator for the Marketplace and Ministry.

She has spoken in the East Room at the White House for one of the former Presidents of the United States of America, which was broadcast live in 160 countries, won the title of Miss Texas Southern University, making history as the first non-traditional student to do so, traveled around the world globally transforming audiences, and went on to be labeled ‘one of the greatest young speakers of our time’ by Ebony Magazine. Joie has appeared in Paris, France, Rome, Italy, Prague, Czech Republic, Johannesburg, South Africa, London, England, Madrid, Spain, Munich, Germany, Tanzania, Costa Rica, Iceland, Namibia, New Zeeland, Greece, Switzerland, and other global spots, earning her international acclaim & success. She made some of these appearances by way of collegiate competition in Speech & Debate.

She has been featured four years in a row in Who’s Who in Black Houston, along with Houston’s African American achievers & prominent citizens. In addition, she recently received a Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award for Women in Christian Leadership, along with receiving Speaker of the Year Award by PWE Tv Network. Rasberry is CEO of Rasberry Institute, a public speaking and presentation agency. She coaches and trains celebrities, entertainers, CEO's, professional athletes, rising politicians, and ministry leaders in the art of public speaking, speech writing, and presentation effectiveness.

Rasberry is a member of the American Women in Radio and Television, National Thespian Society, Alpha Lambda Chapter of Pi Kappa Delta Forensic Honor Society, National Parliamentary Debate Association, and The National Association of Black Journalists. She has written, co-authored, and/or compiled three books: From Jensen Drive to Pennsylvania Avenue, More Than Half a Century, and Boss Babes Who Pray–Exposing the Lies of the Enemy. She is a contributing writer for several magazines: Matters Magazine, Save Yourself Magazine, and Winners of the World Global Magazine. Previously she has written for Gospel Monthly Magazine and served as Editor-in-Chief for D-MARS Business Journal. Rasberry is a shining example of spectacular triumph against incredible odds. During more turbulent times, Rasberry shares how death, devastation, disaster, domestic violence, addiction, and mental illness tried to derail her family. And how she took those painful experiences and catapulted herself above life's circumstances.

Speech Topics


Courageous Leadership in Volatile Times

Leadership is not a title. It is an act of service. It is aligning others with the best training, feedback, and resources so they can serve as asset and not a liability. It is purposely and strategically creating a win-win situation for all that adds value to the organization and team.

Success Without Excuse

With all of life's ups and downs, win and loses, still no one can have a pity party. It is the loneliest part in the world. Falling can never be permanent. It is not in the falling down but in the getting up that produces winners, achievers, and success stories.

Academicians, Scholars, and High Expectations

In this global competitive market, the world and the marketplace are looking for brilliance, excellence, and high achievers. The key is to get all you can and to can all you get. Be it classroom or real-world experience, a well-educated mind in unstoppable and is always needed at the front of the class.

Fearfully and Wonderfully Made

Women live in a real world, with real problems, and need real solutions. The key is finding a way to honor each other without criticism or judgment and to guide one another to a place of right living, right choices, and a right self-made.

Wounded and Winning

When it comes to winning, we must all be independent contractors, if not, we will fall back on what happened in our families and communities and we won't live out our full potential. Our gifts and talents are powerfully enough to override our adversities. You can be wounded and still win.

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