Rise to Great Challenges. Drive Good Change.
If the state of the world has you feeling overwhelmed, exhausted, or uncertain that you can make a difference, you’re in the right place.
I’ve spent my career studying how people rise to great challenges and drive good change. My teachers have included the Dalai Lama, purpose-driven CEOs and nonprofit leaders, psychologists and neuroscientists, Nobel and Pulitzer-Prize winners, and plenty of everyday good people.
Now—after decades of work and hundreds of interviews—I’ve pulled together the best insights into a new four-point framework called Staying Power.
In the face of today’s daunting challenges, it’s about how we become the leaders we need to be and the people we can be. LET’S CONNECT.
Speaker | Author | Facilitator | Coach
Award-Winning Journalist | Storytelling Strategist
Lisa Bennett helps individuals, teams, and organizations strengthen the skills and spirit needed to keep showing up and create a better world.
Co-author of Ecoliterate with emotional intelligence pioneer Daniel Goleman
Editor of Women Amplified. Contributor to The Compassionate Instinct
Longtime leader and communications strategist for mission-driven organizations
Facilitator of philanthropy, educational, and mission-driven conferences
Speaker with experience inspiring audiences large and small
Award-winning journalist
Former Harvard University fellow and Ashoka Changemakers Thought Leader
Featured in numerous publications, including The New York Times, The Atlantic, Harper's, The Christian Science Monitor, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Forbes, Vox, Greater Good, Lion's Roar, and The Huffington Post.
On Substack.
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"Powerful and persuasive."
SIR KEN ROBINSON, Creativity expert and #1-watched speaker on TED. (On Ecoliterate)
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"Lisa is a gifted speaker and writer."
ELIZABETH BIRCH, Former Executive Director of the Human Rights Campaign
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"Lisa is a great collaborator."
DANIEL GOLEMAN, NYT bestselling author of Emotional Intelligence
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Lisa has an incredible talent for guiding conversations in a positive, forward-looking direction while ensuring everyone feels heard.
ANACRON ALLEN, People and Culture, California Academy of Sciences
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“Lisa is able to create completely new ways to engage audiences such that they can listen, hear and then internalize.”
LISA RENSTROM, Cofounder of Values Advisor. Former Confluence Philanthropy board chair and Sierra Club president.
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“Highly recommended!”
JULIE SWEETLAND, Senior Advisor, the MacArthur Award-winning FrameWorks Institute
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“Facilitation is an art and science and Lisa has both elements in abundance.”
CHRIS SPENCE, Former Executive Vice President of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy
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“Lisa understands that working with challenging topics requires meeting people where they are and helping them move forward in small, genuine steps.”
ANDREW LEIDER, Managing Director, Potrero Group
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She is a talent - and a delight to work with.
KAREN BRESLAU, Bloomberg News California Bureau Chief
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"Lisa combines a sharp, analytical mind with passionate commitment."
JEREMY SMITH, Editor, Greater Good Magazine at UC Berkeley
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"Lisa is an excellent public speaker. And she is a pleasure to work with."
KIM MILLS, Sr. Director, Strategic Communications & Public Affairs, American Psychological Association
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"Lisa's thoughtful perspectives about climate change and future generations is cutting-edge."
CAROLIE SLY, Executive Director at Refugee Education and Learning International
Clients
The American Psychological Association, Brown University, California Academy of Sciences, Chambers for Clean Energy, Cornell University, Conferences for Women, FrameWorks Institute, Human Rights Campaign, Institute at the Golden Gate, Packard Foundation, Protect Our Winters, San Francisco Zen Center, Southern Poverty Law Center, San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, Teleos Institute, Woodwell Climate Research Center, and more.
