Shifting Culture —
One Conversation at a Time
Authentic Conversations Start With The Ones You’re Having With Yourself
Accomplished athlete, businesswoman, autism advocate, and keynote speaker, Renae Ingles is an evergreen audience favorite. As an international speaker, Renae has educated audiences at corporate events and premiere conferences.
With years of speaking experience, her audiences often attribute her charm and appeal as a speaker to her relatability. Often deemed the “favorite speaker of the day,” Renae knows how to tap into the energy of the room and imbue intimacy and authenticity into every talk she delivers.
Her stories that challenge the status quo: what you’ve been doing got you this far - but is there a better way? The ultimate maverick, Renae refuses to settle for the conventional in her life, and encourages her audiences to raise the floor of their potential and ways of thinking to unlock their next growth level.
Her signature talks cover autism advocacy and parenting, her distinguished athletic career, and her executive consulting services. Renae leverages her keen ability to connect with anyone and delivers memorable and inspirational talks that audiences will carry with them indefinitely.
Speaking Types
Each talk is designed with your audience in mind, whether for a convention of thousands or an intimate executive meeting.
Workshop
Business panels
Fireside Chats
TV Spots
Virtual Learning
Informal: Ask Me Anything
Executive Advising
SIGNATURE KEYNOTE TOPICS
01.
Empowerment Through Evolution:
When did you stop letting yourself dream? When did you first realize that you were on autopilot in your life? In the pursuit of our goals, especially as high-performing women in any industry, we learn to sacrifice. That word becomes the compass with which we use to achieve all the things we deem worthy of our time and energy. We convince ourselves that being hellbent on our goals is a righteous trait and that sacrifice is the only way to get better, to be the best—that it’s the only way to feel worthy. But that’s a lie. If the cost of success is sacrificing yourself and your ability to connect with the world and people around you, or more importantly, with yourself, that’s too high a price.
In this signature keynote, I explore my childhood, my 17-year netball career, my marriage, and my motherhood journey while examining how I’ve managed to fool everyone around me into thinking I was perfect. The perfect athlete, the perfect wife, the perfect mom. How do you let yourself embrace failure when it’s the thing you’re most scared of? How do you navigate the next steps when you realize that you’ve been in your way this whole time? How do you trust yourself enough to step out of your comfort zone when you barely even know yourself?
Audiences will leave understanding who I am and equipped with the tools to figure out who they are. By figuring out your inner team, letting go of external titles, and disrupting the tempting but limiting auto-pilot, you will become empowered to enter true evolution.
02.
More Than
An Athlete
In this signature talk, I go into detail about my athletic journey, where it started, how I got there, and what it’s looked and felt like through the wins and the setbacks. High performance is the domain of the athlete and I applied that same practice to every area of my life. But to what cost? Now that I am retired, I’ve been able to talk to other retired athletes about our experiences both in our professional and personal lives, and there has been one question that has been consistent across the board: does high performance hold us back?
On the field, I had to be the best, and I was. I was able to channel my ability to outwork anybody and everybody. If I could practice for one more hour, one more minute, I would. But how do athletes transfer that mindset into non-athletic spaces, which is the bulk of the world that you will inhabit? The lifespan of an athlete is incredibly short. My goal with this talk is to help you build the toolkit before you need it. The same methods you apply on the court or field do not translate well with your relationships outside of sport. As athletes, we’re used to winning. There’s always something to be better at than somebody else. But that’s not how the rest of the world operates. So the goal then becomes figuring out how to channel that performance mindset into a relational one; how do you be the best you—outside of the athlete? Young athletes need to learn how to embrace setbacks. The lows are coming, I promise you. How are you going to show up to those moments? Don’t let your desire to win at everything push you out of a learning moment. Don’t let your need to be the best rob you of a chance to grow.
Through sharing my own in-depth and intimate experiences from my career, I will give you the tools you need to turn your inner critic into your coach. Your desire to win is, believe it or not, a desire to grow. That is your true superpower. You just have to shift the framing.
03.
Neurodiversity and You:
How to Thoughtfully Navigate Life and Thrive With Different Needs
The day my son, Jacob, was diagnosed with autism has become one of my favorite days of my life. But it didn’t always feel that way. I now know that neurodiversity is an absolute gift. There is so much stigma and misinformation around this subject that has, unfortunately instilled so much fear into it as well. Parents are often left feeling helpless, overwhelmed, and terrified. I get it because that was me. I was the terrified mom scouring the internet, with more questions than answers, afraid of what our future was going to look like. However, community is where we find hope.
In this talk, I explore my family’s journey with our son’s diagnosis and how it has called on our family to be more in tune with the now. The gift of neurodiversity has allowed me to become the best version of myself for my son because that is what he needs me to be. He doesn’t need the worried Mum, he needs the one who is present and there for him right now. And consequently, it has turned me into a better parent to all my children, because I’m now able to zoom out a bit and see all the tiny, in-between things that I may have missed before. Our family has had to learn how to slow down and embrace all the little things because for us, they’re the big things. And what we’ve found is that our lives are filled with endless possibilities for joy. Everything is cause for celebration. Jacob has given us this gift. And now, it is my responsibility as his Mum, to go out into the world and educate others. How to show up in community for each other as caregivers and support networks. How to unlearn traditional neurotypical frameworks and come to accept - and embrace! - that there are other ways of seeing the world.
We’ll explore ways for parents to foster self-esteem within themselves to know that this journey you’re on will be challenging, but it will also be immensely rewarding.
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