JJ Ferrari is not your average keynote speaker, she takes the stage with absolute confidence, then she honestly, vulnerably and playfully brings people into her mesmerising stories to show them things about
themselves and how we can become, attract and create in our lives.
JJ talks with her audiences like she’s your best friend who just happens to possess a lifetime of wisdom and experience you need to hear.
With a successful business background and a personal journey of triumph over adversity, JJ captivates audiences as she shares her story of transformation and resilience. From her high-powered executive life to her courageous gender transition, the subsequent loss of everything she held dear, only to getting back to high levels of success.
JJ’s journey is one of hope, empowerment, and the unwavering strength of the human spirit that your audience will love.
Talking Points
How to be Happy Being You
Happiness Mindset Authentic Living Strategies | Authentic Relationships | Building Resilience | Mental Health | More Days HappyHow to be Happy Being You
Ever felt those dizzying loops of uncertainty, fear, and those unexpected 'Start Over' moments? JJ is no sage, but she is a great guide for navigating this adventure because she has weathered the storms of countless natural and self-imposed reinventions. From the awkward teenage chapters to those 'I've got it all figured out' moments (spoiler: she didn’t) to changing her whole life with a
gender transition (that was not all rainbows and unicorns!). JJ has danced on a lot of life’s hot coal moments, but do you know what people don’t get? Everyone of those moments shapes her and you for the better or worse, depending on how we view it.
How to Be Happy Being You." is a transformative talk filled with actionable advice, real stories of perseverance and resilience and a sprinkle of JJ humour that sparks real change. Your audience will leave equipped with tangible steps to live a happier, more authentic life.
Key Takeaways
● Practical Tools for Happiness: Attendees will acquire actionable strategies to cultivate happiness amidst life's uncertainties and transitions.
● Authenticity Empowerment: Insights to embrace authenticity, encouraging individuals to celebrate their uniqueness without apology.
● Resilience & Adaptability: Techniques to navigate change effectively, fostering resilience and adaptability in diverse life situations.
● Engaging & Memorable Experience: A dynamic, engaging presentation that leaves a lasting impact, inspiring audiences to initiate personal growth.
● Actionable Steps for Transformation: Clear, actionable steps enabling attendees to implement learned strategies immediately, fostering a positive shift in their lives.
Fear into Confidence
Overcoming Fear of Success |Harnessing Fear | Transform Fear into Confidence | Fear as an Ally | Understanding and Confronting FearFear into Confidence
Let's start with the bad news. We never get rid of fear; it's one of those things about the human mind we can’t change. On the other hand, the good news is we can learn to work with it, harness it and turn its power to our advantage. This presentation is about knowing fear, harnessing it and diminishing its power over us. What we don’t like about fear is that it seems huge, looming and uncontrollable, and we feel powerless under its reign.
JJ studied her own fears using myself as my experiment and dug into what it felt like fear was doing in her head and life and how it worked. She needed to know if it was like the old acronym says: False Evidence Appearing Real or if it was Actually Real. She will tell you what she found in her presentation].
KEY TAKEAWAYS
● How JJ's lack of understanding of fear nearly killed her during her transition
● How to convert the power of fear into success
● How Can Fear Help Us Make Better Decisions?
● How discomfort and the unknown are often the gateways to new breakthroughs.
Dare to Embrace Change
Personal Transformation | Comfort Zones | Building Resilience | Grow Through Uncertainty | ConfidenceDare to Embrace Change
JJ Ferrari. She has endured a lot of change, but she also seeks out change and uses it to create the life she wants. Change is an inherent and indispensable part of life, and it's not always easy. It's a force that can bring about discomfort, uncertainty, and even pain. However, in the midst of this turbulence, there is a beauty that can be found. The beauty of change lies in its ability to transform us, to push us out of our comfort zones, and to help us discover new things about ourselves. Embracing change means embracing the ups and downs that come with it. It means being open to the unexpected, even when things don't go as planned. In fact, it's often in those moments of uncertainty that we discover some of the most beautiful and transformative aspects of change. By embracing change, we learn to adapt and become more resilient. We learn to find joy and beauty in the unexpected, even when things don't go the way we had hoped. And we find that, ultimately, change helps us to grow and evolve into the best versions of ourselves.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
● How to find opportunities for change instead of just enduring it. Actively look for ways to create the life you desire.
● Understanding discomfort is part of the change process and how to embrace it as a sign of growth rather than avoiding it.
● How to be open to unexpected outcomes and deviations from plans. Often, these moments hold valuable lessons and opportunities.
● How to develop adaptability skills by confronting small changes. It strengthens your resilience for bigger shifts.
● How to make time to reflect on the changes you've experienced. Acknowledge your growth and use it as a compass for further personal evolution.
The Everyday Ally
Leverage Personal Strengths | Identify Core Weaknesses | Proactive Allyship Skills | InclusiveThe Everyday Ally
Business Culture | Ideal Ally Identification
The Everyday Ally is a culture-changing presentation that provides audiences with a unique process JJ created when she herself needed allies. She discovered something interesting, she discovered people around her needed “her" to be an ally for them, so they could understand her transition and tap into her skills, talents and experience to help them in their life and career. JJ's presentation highlights the universal truth, we ALL have a need for allies. JJ shows how to choose the best allies to assist in conquering your core weaknesses and how to find and use your strengths to assist others on their journey. When applied within a business culture, this approach creates an immediate fostering of inclusion. Through this engaging presentation, attendees will learn how to make a lasting impact on their world around them.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
* Discover your individual star strengths and core weaknesses for growth and fulfilment.
* Use your star strengths to become a proactive and influential ally.
* Recognise allyship’s critical role in fostering genuine inclusion and belonging.
* Determine the ideal ally to enhance your biggest weaknesses, unlocking your fullest potential.
Video
Your Secret Self | JoAnna Ferrari | TEDxMelbourne
JoAnna Ferrari is a vocal advocate for the transgender community. From high power executive living the life to her coming out and crashing with 79 cents in the bank, JoAnna tells of a journey that almost destroyed her. A twice-published author, JoAnna has also been a CEO and executive for corporations, an international sales trainer across five countries, overseen advertising and marketing for brands both in Australia and overseas and consulted for businesses in over 140 different industries.JoAnna Ferrari | Strategies for Business Success
JoAnna Ferrari or JJ as she prefers to be called had the kind of professional and personal life we all dream of. Then the dream ended and the nightmare began when she openly told the world about starting her gender transition.JoAnna Ferrari | Sales by Numbers
JoAnna Ferrari or JJ as she prefers to be called had the kind of professional and personal life we all dream of. Then the dream ended and the nightmare began when she openly told the world about starting her gender transition.JoAnna Ferrari | My Journey
JoAnna Ferrari or JJ as she prefers to be called had the kind of professional and personal life we all dream of. Then the dream ended and the nightmare began when she openly told the world about starting her gender transition.JoAnna Ferrari | Finding the Heart of a Business
JoAnna Ferrari or JJ as she prefers to be called had the kind of professional and personal life we all dream of. Then the dream ended and the nightmare began when she openly told the world about starting her gender transition.JoAnna Ferrari | Client Performance Reliability
JoAnna Ferrari or JJ as she prefers to be called had the kind of professional and personal life we all dream of. Then the dream ended and the nightmare began when she openly told the world about starting her gender transition.JJ Ferrari Showreel
JoAnna Ferrari or JJ as she prefers to be called had the kind of professional and personal life we all dream of. Then the dream ended and the nightmare began when she openly told the world about starting her gender transition. JJ recalls, Once I began my transition, my world exploded. Reality hit quickly and I realised, it was going to be a treacherous trek with no map, no guides, no support and no going back. JJ had to start life and career completely over. The lessons she used to survive in her new life are what she now feels an obligation to teach others so they can survive and succeed at their own lives and businesses.Audio
JoAnna is an inspirational and motivational speaker. Her passion is infectious, and she is able to engage her audience effectively and with verve. JoAnna is also skilled at distilling the ma ... keep reading The Stella Network at BT Financial Group
JoAnna was very easy to work with leading up to the event, was approachable and listened to what we had to say about the event. JoAnna took an interest in our event and delivered an engaging enthusiastic presentation that had people truly captivated.
JoAnna Ferrari is definitely one of a kind speaker; she will not only challenge your thinking but also make you walk away with not one, but several 'aha moments.
I engaged JoAnna to be part of a panel discussing Homophobia and Transphobia in the workplace as part of Westpac Group's support for IDAHOT (International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia). She is a great communicator and engages very well with her audience. We received great feedback and JoAnna was the standout guest, with many learnings from audience members coming from JoAnna's input. I look forward continuing to work with her in the future.
On behalf of YWCA Australia I wish to extend our sincere thanks to you for presenting as a Keynote Speaker at the SHE Leads Conference. Participants feedback rated your presentation Rethinking Life as excellent and received a high number of additional outstanding comments. We felt your presentation was an excellent way to end the conference and the way you delivered your presentation kept people engaged right until the end.
It was very obvious that our audience was astoundingly impressed with JoAnna's presentation and we received a very positive response from all our attendees as well as in the feedback following the session. JoAnna speaks with conviction, clarity and humour and we would welcome her back to speak with us any time.
Just to let you know that the talk JJ delivered for us was very well received within Microsoft. We had a number of people commenting that the subject JJ spoke on ‘Leading through Personal Transformation’ was really relevant, especially as Microsoft have had a few roles impacted recently. The GLEAM team who hosted the event also commented how lovely and engaging JJ was.
I wanted to send you a sincere and huge thank you for dedicating your time today, sharing your story and insights with the TikTok Australia team. It was the most sincere and authentic speech I’ve heard in a very long time. Thank you for having the courage to speak about this and bring the conversation on identity, gender and humanity to the fore. It was greatly appreciated across the board.
I wanted to say a huge THANK YOU for joining us on Wednesday to share your story. We had over 100 people join the call and in the meetings I’ve had since Wednesday morning everyone has been talking about how much they enjoyed your presentation, what a refreshing view you shared, how thought provoking it was and what an inspiring story. You kept us all enraptured and we could have easily listened to you for another hour! It was so lovely to meet you and we wish you all the best.
JoAnna was wonderful. She was energetic and passionate about giving her best presentation for our conference. Well in advance of the conference JoAnna reached out to get a better idea of the audience and displayed a sincere dedication to understanding the audience and working to achieve a presentation that would suit them and the room.
JoAnna was wonderful. She was energetic and passionate about giving her best presentation for our conference. Well in advance of the conference JoAnna reached out to get a better idea of the audience and displayed a sincere dedication to understanding the audience and working to achieve a presentation that would suit them and the room
We were so humbled to have this remarkable woman take us with her on her journey of transition by sharing her own deeply personal experiences and by challenging us to embrace a lifetime of change not only personally but professionally in the workplace. In an incredible and unforgettable session with our legal team, that was simultaneously humorous and poignant, Jo scratched deep beneath the surface to help us unearth the reasons why some of us get stuck in a fixed mindset and to encourage us to persevere in the face of uncertainty and risk, and to embrace change and challenge in our careers. She has set the wheels in motion for us to embark on our own personal and professional transitions and venture into unchartered territory. Jo has forever shifted the needle in helping us to become the better version of ourselves, to be open to new opportunities in what we do day to day in the office as well as reminding us to hold firm to what we truly believe in. Highly recommended!
