An international speaker, Lunden inspires and energizes audiences, leaving them laughing and applauding as she shares candid stories based on her life and iconic career.
Joan is a sought after keynote speaker for a wide variety of organizations. In her refreshingly straightforward style, Joan shares the candid advice that has motivated her throughout her career, inspiring audiences to take charge of their health, their happiness, and their success.
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Joan is a veteran in guiding discussions and making panelists feel comfortable. Joan brings her own insight to a panel discussion, while skillfully navigating the personalities of the experts on one stage. Joan leads panels on a variety of topics, from the role of women in media, health & wellness, breast cancer, caregiving, and leadership.
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Joan is no stranger to live appearances. As the longest-running host of Good Morning America, Joan has over 30 years of expertise as a journalist, host, and interviewer. From hosting award shows to leading symposiums, Joan brings her professionalism, passion, and sense of humor to live events, engaging audiences at luncheons, awards ceremonies, and galas.
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Joan shares her journey of breast cancer, why she went public, and what she learned through her experience. From breast cancer myths, risk factors women need to know about, and tips for enduring the cancer journey, Joan talks about the hard decisions, and the silver linings she discovered along the way.
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66 million Americans are caregivers for someone they love. With people living past 100, there is an increased demand for family members to serve as caregivers. From informational documents to balancing your health as a caregiver, Joan shares her personal journey of caring for her aging mother while raising a family and managing her career.
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From small-town weather girl to earning the seat as co-host of the top morning TV show in the country, Joan shares her perspective on leadership and strategies for success from her personal journey to the top. With insights from the most successful people in the world, Joan shares her discoveries, including her say “yes” attitude.
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Joan helped pave the way for working women in America after a long career in a male-dominated industry. Joan has a unique perspective with tips and anecdotes that transcend any industry. In her empowering talk, Joan shares how she navigated it all with optimism, determination, and of course, her witty sense of humor.
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Joan advocates for how essential it is to live a vibrant, active, and engaged lifestyle to protect yourself from chronic illness. Joan discusses heart health, diabetes, cancer, and general women’s health & wellness. Joan shares the changes she made to live a healthier lifestyle and the importance of putting yourself and your health first.
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In her motivational talks, Joan shares personal inspirational mantras and secrets for living life with a positive attitude. Joan gives tips about how to seize opportunity and inspires audiences with her “expect to win” philosophy. By saying yes to challenges, Joan talks about how she was able to overcome obstacles and create her own success.
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“Ms. Lunden’s participation drew a huge crowd to the inaugural event, and she electrified the room with her inspiring life story and commitment to women’s health and wellness. She is an incredibly engaging and thoughtful speaker, and her participations was a critical component to the success of the event.”
— Joshua Krakoff
Chief Operating Officer of JCC Rockland
“Joan, thank you for your passion and commitment to helping women and their families live longer, stronger, healthier lives.”
— Nancy Brown
Chief Executive Officer of American Heart Association
“The women of Greenville are STILL talking about your visit — you made quite an impact on our community and brought such positive energy to us. I cannot thank you enough for your generous spirit and kindness - to say the least, you've left big shoes to fill in the years to come.”
— Bonny Breuer
Women to Women, Greenville, South Carolina
“Joan, you were terrific at the Austin Go Red For Women Luncheon!! We all appreciated your graciousness and your message about health, prevention of heart disease, were impactful. So many of us felt you were talking specifically to us and that was a gift. Thank you for your amazing energy, humor, and presence.”
— Ann Jerome
American Heart Association
“Joan is so bright and funny; a perfect mix of intelligent and thoughtful advice and inspiration mixed with great humor!”
— Ann Cameron
Girl Scouts of Western Oklahoma
“I wanted to tell you how WONDERFUL Joan's speech was yesterday! I am continuing to hear rave reviews from throughout our community, from healthcare professionals, cancer survivors, those currently in treatment and interested community members. She completely exceeded my expectations (which were really high!)”
— Betty Ann Levin
Executive Director of Jewish Family Service of Tidewater, Inc.
“We were absolutely thrilled with how the session went. You were a truly captivating speaker and provided us all with a lot of life lessons and advice that will stick with us for life. We really appreciated your time and sincerely thank you again for venturing to Stanford to share your story with us.”
— Abigail Flora
Stanford GSB Women in Manegment MBA Candidate 2014
“Joan was wonderful! I have been inundated with emails and phone calls since yesterday. Everyone is giving me positive feedback - Joan was engaging, funny, heartfelt, approachable, and so very nice! The entire day was a huge success.”
— Sandy Carapezza
Valley Hospital Foundation
“Joan who did an awesome job at The Impact Awards on Wednesday. She was so warm, welcoming and friendly to everyone and then brought it all home with her acceptance speech for the Surviving With Impact Award. She was just lovely across the board.”
— Vern Calhoun
Director of Communications, Susan G. Komen, Greater New York City
“Numerous ladies have shared their enthusiasm and gratefulness for Joan’s incredibly meaningful and inspiring visit, along with her dispensing excellent advice! [O]ur mammogram center has been flooded with phone calls! We all thank you for coming to Richmond and assisting us with raising important research funds while providing education - the BEST of both passions we all share! So very glad we met!”
— Becky Massey
VCU Massey Cancer Center, Virginia
“Joan was wonderful—I wish she could hear all of the positive feedback. Richmond women love Joan Lunden!!”
— Mary Malone
VCU Massey Cancer Center, Virginia
“Joan “hit it out of the park!” We absolutely loved her and appreciated the work she did in preparing her remarks. It really resonated with our attendees.”
— Event Organizer
Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy
“Joan skillfully and graciously made the audience feel at ease while also delivering a very interesting and informative speech. It was a pleasure working with Joan and her team.”
— Heidi Farber
Hospice of Southern Maine
“I particularly enjoyed hearing about her 10 principles for happiness and all of the stories about her career trajectory as well as tips for working moms and work/life balance - very motivating for me as a working mom with a 5 and 7 year old. There were actually more men there than we expected and they thoroughly enjoyed it as much as the women!”
— Betty Ann Levin
Executive Director of Jewish Family Service of Tidewater, Inc.
“I would like you to know that Joan Lunden inspired one of the attendees at our Oncology Symposium to get her long overdue mammogram…Lo and Behold it was positive. She was an early stage but still need surgery [and treatment]. She is absolutely convinced that if she did not attend this symposium, she would not have gotten this exam…and who knows when she would have followed thru. Joan makes a difference.”
— Dori Holnagel
Executive Administrative Director - Hoag Family Cancer Institute
“On behalf of Michael Bolton, myself, and everyone at The Michael Bolton Charities, I am writing to express our deepest gratitude to you for serving as the Mistress of Ceremonies for our event. Thank you for lending your time, talent, and voice to our video. Because of you, we have been able to continue our mission by helping us raise significant funds that will fuel our work to heal, educate, and empower survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence and child abuse, and shed light into the darkness that surrounds these issues. Because of you, the future is brighter for so many.”
— Jackie Smaga
Executive Director of The Michael Bolton Charities, Inc.
“On behalf of everyone at Lafayette University, I would like to express our appreciation for your exceptional contribution at Commencement. Your speech was both inspiring and completely relevant to our graduates as they look to life after college. I have heard from a great many of our students, faculty, and staff that your speech was outstanding and much appreciated. You were especially gracious to spend so much time with us. Please accept my thanks and best wishes.”
— Daniel Weiss
President of Lafayette University
“Joan Lunden has interviewed me many times over the years. I recently had the opportunity to sit on a political panel with Senator Trent Lott that Joan was moderating. Joan was able to focus on difficult issues, such as the economy and tax reform, in a way that the audience could easily understand. It is always a pleasure to work with Joan.”
— Senator Andrew “Tom” Daschle
Joan inspires audiences on the topics of health, breast cancer, leadership, women’s empowerment, and caregiving. Joan also moderates and hosts live events.
