Dr Alison Edgar MBE
Motivational Speaker Testimonials
Alison has been educating and inspiring audiences around the globe for 10+ years, pioneering culture change and innovation, transforming teams, and handing them the golden keys to maximise their performance.
Don’t just take our word for it, read Alison’s testimonials below
“Alison talks about her Big Balls and boy does she have them!
We hired Alison for our Keynote slot at our event and would absolutely recommend her.
She delivered her presentation with personalised touches and a kick-ass attitude that not only got the attendees in our room buzzing but also inspired the digital attendees.
Communication with Alison and her team before the event was quick and efficient and it was a pleasure to work with Alison and her team.”
“Alison was so engaging and inspirational in her approach on stage, immediately capturing the attention of her audience. I know that our managers went away with lots of things to think about and a few new tools that they can use as a leader within our business.
I was so impressed by the care and attention Alison puts into her session prior to the event with several working group conversations to ensure the content was tailored to our conference key messages and overall theme, this really made a difference linking in with our day.
We would be thrilled to work with Alison again and have no doubt in recommending her to anyone looking for a wonderful speaker & host!”
— Shaun, WHSmith Travel
“I had the pleasure of inviting Alison to speak at our easyJet Energy and Empowerment Month event, and it was truly a fantastic experience. Alison and her team exhibited remarkable flexibility, making changes to align perfectly with our event's narrative. Alison's honesty and relatability resonated deeply with our audience, and the feedback we received reflected this sentiment wholeheartedly. I would have no hesitation in connecting with Alison again in the future. I appreciate the team's dedication in understanding our objectives thoroughly and checking in with us every step of the way. Working with Alison was an absolute pleasure, and I highly recommend her for any future endeavours.”
“What a seamless and lovely experience it was work with Alison for our graduation event. On the day Alison was a fantastic ball of positive energy infecting everyone she came into contact with.
She was able to put together an excellent presentation within a very short window, even making last minute adjustments at a moments notice, and the audience lapped it up!
If you're looking for a fun engaging positive speaker, Alison is definitely your go to.”
— Renault
“Alison delivered an exceptional keynote session, 'SMASH IT with Intrapreneurship' at my National Conference.
Her messaging and delivery aligned perfectly to my brief and requirements, and most importantly they were relevant to the entire audience (& not just those in sales). The feedback from my teams were really positive both during & after the event, especially as all 100 attendees also left with a copy of SMASH IT. Great job Alison, & thank you!”
“We had Alison for one of my client's end of year annual event. The messaging was clear and simple, we wanted to get the team thinking of being no. 1 and how to get there.
Alison was charismatic, engaging and kept the audience guessing. She worked fantastic with us to make sure she understood our needs and our messaging. We had fabulous feedback from the day. We booked very last minute and the process was smooth and easy.
Many thanks to Alison and Jaz!”
-Katy, Circet
“I have known Alison for over 6 years and in this time her passion, commitment and energy have always been at the forefront of her success.
Alison is knowledgeable, practical and very entrepreneurial, so when we had an event where MetLife needed a speaker I didn’t think twice to recommend her as I knew she would be able to deliver the best virtual, yet interactive session for our 500 women salesforce.
Overall Alison is a pleasure to interact, work and learn from and I look forward to working with her again soon”
— Rupi, MetLife
“Alison delivered a well-structured and thoughtfully prepared keynote at our recent International Sales Meeting. In her preparation she was keen to understand the needs of our business and the challenges our team faces in order to create an impactful session. Her insights on intrapreneurship really resonated with the audience and her core messages aligned well with our meeting objectives. Her session provided valuable takeaways about business, teamwork, communication and time management.”
— Olivia, Nevro Corp
“Alison Edgar MBE’s keynote speech on ‘SMASH IT! with intrapreneurship’ at our event for the Polish government was powerful. She was incredibly easy to work with, kept to time well, met the brief, and went above and beyond to keep the circa 10,000 viewers engaged and motivated. I know just who to call for my next entrepreneurship event”
— Sebastian, Polish Agency for Enterprise Development
“Alison blessed us by attending our Ladies in Leadership day at Royal Ascot. She gave a fabulous speech and inspired so many in the room with her stories and advice.
I feel really thankful to have met a fellow vivacious and positive Scot! Would 100% recommend Alison and will be asking her back without a doubt”
— Avon, Sky
“After much research, we found Alison Edgar via LinkedIn. In February 2015, she was the Keynote speaker for the first event in the Middle-East of its kind, teaching intrapreneurship to business owners and professionals in Kuwait. We were extremely happy and have rebooked her to deliver another event.”
— Madlen, Integrated Vision Institute of Training and Consulting
“Alison worked with the Senior Leadership Team on her intrapreneurship methodology. I loved Alison’s drive. It made the session really engaging and helped keep everyone’s energy levels up!”
— Senior Leader, Discovery Inc
Still need more? No problem.
“Alison Edgar really is an inspirational speaker. Alison made connecting and booking her as a financial wellness speaker for our event absolutely seamless. We found her engaging, funny and plain speaking. Highly recommend and will definitely connect again on future events. Thank you Alison.”
— Marriott Bonvoy
"Alison hosted a workshop at our Women in Sales Summit and was a fantastic asset to the event. Alison’s session was oversubscribed with standing room only. She was a breeze to work with and I look forward to working with her at the next Summit"
— Isabella, Women in Sales Summit
“What a seamless and lovely experience it was work with Alison for our graduation event.Having been let down by an internal supplier with less than 3 weeks until the event date, thinking it would probably be too late Alison absolutely saved the day, the response was really quick and we set up a meeting to discuss our requirements within a couple of days and Alison was extremely flexible in meeting our needs. On the day Alison was a fantastic ball of positive energy infecting everyone she came into contact with.
She was able to put together an excellent presentation within a very short window, even making last minute adjustments at a moments notice, and the audience lapped it up! If you're looking for a fun engaging positive speaker, Alison is definitely your go to.
Thank you Alison!
— Renault
“Alison is an absolute dream to work with! So down to earth and supportive of the event we were putting together for our network of employers. She spoke passionately and from the heart about the difference good employers can make to the people who work for them and hearing the difference an employer made to her very succesful life journey was just perfect and so inspirational!
I cannot recommend her enough for your event - don't think twice about choosing her.”
-Rachel, Poverty Alliance
“From start to finish, working with Alison was an absolutely pleasure and joy. It can often sound like a cliche, but she is truly inspirational. This very clearly came across in the session that she provided to members of the team on her bestselling book, SMASH IT! What was great was that Alison worked with me to ensure that the session took account of the context within which we were working at the time, with the aim of supporting staff through difficult times and periods of change. The feedback from those who attended was more than positive and it was quite clear Alison had had an impact on all of us, in different ways.”
- Julie-Anne, NHS
“Alison took the time well ahead of the meeting to understand our needs, challenges and goals. She adapted her audience address to totally feel like she had been part of our business for some time. It was part of our annual conference and our delegates were still talking about elements of her presentation at 2am the following morning in the bar! Thank you Alison”
- United Farmers Ltd
“After the session, I felt that everyone in the group started to become more confident in their plans, or started to see what they had to work on to get what they want both in their work life and personal life. Thank you Alison for opening my teams' eyes to an 'intrapreneurial' way of thinking.”
— Ciara, WHSmith
“Thank you so much for your brilliant presentation at our Venues of Excellence Annual Conference 2025, just the perfect ending to our day.
Your session was incredibly insightful, and the delegates were highly engaged, taking away valuable ideas they can implement in their businesses.”
— Mandy, Venues of Excellence
“I wanted to say a big thank you for the workshop on Tuesday. The feedback has been great and is helping build the right mindset. We are now all asking each other "what would you do if it was your business?"
— Carolina, WEX International
“Working with Alison and her team was a brilliant experience. When organising an event like this what you want to find is a perfect fit speaker who needs little intervention – this is Alison!
She completely understood our goals and brief and had perfectly aligned content to share with the team. I was pleasantly surprised to get a detailed briefing call to review content, so she could tailor what she did on the day specifically for us – not many speakers/trainers do that.
On the day itself she brought the energy we needed, it was interactive, thought-provoking and the content she covered around colour profiles and big balls appeared in most of the feedback forms we got from attendees on the day.
A pleasure from start to finish. With the bonus of signed books. AMAZING. Would highly recommend it and hope to work together again soon.”
— Kerry, GN Hearing
“From first engaging with Alison there was an absolute synergy and engagement with her having an instant understanding of the aims and objectives for my event.
Alison went out of her way pre-event to ensure that she was totally on point with her content in the context of the day.
Her delivery was great, really in line with our overall theme, engaging, funny and informative and really resonated with our audience.
My tip to anybody looking to engage Alison is to allocate the slot and then add extra time to it as she has so much content that is real and easy to relate to that it would be a shame not to experience it all.”
- Julien, Daisy Communications
“Working with Alison and her team was great from start to finish! Alison took the time to understand our sales teams, our culture and the key messages we were going to share during our event to help tailor her content and meet our needs.
Her delivery was high energy and she engaged with the audience throughout which was brilliant.
Thank you Alison!”
-Vertiv
“I wanted to take a moment to express my heartfelt gratitude for the incredible motivational speech you delivered at our Year Beginning Meeting on Thursday. Your presentation resonated with everyone in attendance, and we couldn't be more grateful for the time and effort you put into preparing it.
Your references to our Bunzl Management Passport Training Modules were particularly impactful. They served as a powerful reminder of the importance of continuous learning and development within our organisation. It was evident that your speech perfectly aligned with our culture and the way we are striving to develop our leaders.
The way you connected the dots between our training modules and the broader goals of our organisation has had real impact.”
- Bunzl
“The key message from Alison’s session in September was: be brave, approve more deals and convert more deals and that we didn’t really need to see a huge increase in proposal numbers, just do better with the ones we get.
In simple terms we received roughly the same amount of opportunities in H2 as H1 but converted £54m more into paid deals and Alison’s session played a huge part in this impressive increase.”
- A Finance Company
“Alison and her team were great to work with! Adaptable and open to making the session as relevant to our business and teams as possible. Full of energy on stage, a true pro! Really hope to work with her again in the future!”
-Shiseido
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