Martin Lespérance is an educator turned engagement specialist on an epic quest to INSPIRE people to take action so that they are happy, engaged, and motivated - and their organizations can create positive change in the world.
As an interactive keynote speaker and workshop facilitator who speaks at more than 80 events each year, Martin’s presentations are 50% humor, 50% energy and 100% emotion. He has inspired professionals in more than 20 countries including China, Thailand, all over Europe, the United States and across beautiful Canada.
In 2023 Martin won the title of Inspirational Speaker of the Year 2023 at North America's largest inspirational speaking competition, Speaker Slam®, and recently delivered a talk at TEDxLakefield College School entitled “The wrong thing to look for in a great job” that already has 80,000 views.
Formerly Martin worked as an artistic gymnastics coach, a soldier-Medic in the Canadian Armed Forces Reserve, a high-school science teacher, an advisor with the Quebec Government Sports and Leisure Secretariat, a national trainer with Bayer, a national director of training and development with Essilor, he also launched a revolutionary optical product on the Canadian market, and he is certified in performance coaching with LMI.
An expert communicator and an extremely passionate speaker, Martin knows how to light up a room full of participants and rouse their emotions to create memorable moments.
