TEDX Speaker | Keynote Speaker | Founder | Podcaster
Nicole Donnelly creates an experience that will ignite reflection in your audience long after the event ends. Through fierce storytelling, an evidence based, validated framework, and the kind of stage presence that makes people lean in, she makes people feel their burnout was never a personal failure and then gives them a way out.
TEDX Speaker | Keynote Speaker | Founder | Podcaster
Nicole Donnelly creates an experience that will ignite reflection in your audience long after the event ends. Through fierce storytelling, an evidence based, validated framework, and the kind of stage presence that makes people lean in, she makes people feel their burnout was never a personal failure and then gives them a way out.
FEATURED TALK
Stillness is Power
What if doing nothing is the boldest move you’ll make? This talk is about what becomes possible when we’re brave enough to stop — and why the pause so many of us fear is actually where true leadership begins.
MEET NICOLE
Nicole Donnelly is a speaker, founder, writer and fierce advocate for helping people reconnect with their inner voice and live their boldest, truest lives.
She is the Founder of Hello Moxie — a platform and community designed to help women lead with moxie. Through mentorship programs, workshops, and community events, Nicole is tapping into the collective power of connection and community to create systemic change and help women lead at every level.
With over 20 years as a marketer and project manager leading teams through change, she knows what it means to work hard, lead boldly, and navigate the relentless pressure to perform — even when staying strong comes at the cost of yourself. Her keynotes are equal parts honest, substantive, heart-forward, and unforgettable.
TEDx Speaker · 2026
HEROIC Public Speaking Grad
Host, Hello Moxie Podcast
Founder, Hello Moxie
Jamie Huskisson
CEO @ JH · Meet Magento UK
Signature talks
Keynote
Nicole challenges the cultural obsession with overwork and offers a bold alternative: the courage to pause. Through her personal story of being thrown overboard, she takes listeners through the Moxie Method — an evidence-based, validated five-phase framework to help people stop proving and start thriving. Audiences walk away with fresh insight, a deeper connection to their intuition, and a pathway to stop shrinking and start leading. With moxie.
The question she leaves you with: Are you brave enough to stop?
Ideal for: Women’s leadership conferences, company all-hands, HR & L&D events, ERGs, women-in-tech summits
Keynote
In a season marked by economic uncertainty, AI disruption, and burnout, leadership demands more than strategy and hustle, it requires the courage to be still. In this provocative and deeply human keynote, Nicole shares The Moxie Method – a five-stage, evidence backed framework designed to help leaders reconnect with their instincts, and create work that’s daring, transformative and more human. Through powerful storytelling and actionable insight, she guides audiences through the five transformational stages of self-leadership: Seed, Spark, Sprout, Speak and Shine.
Ideal for: Conference keynote, leadership development events and workshops
Keynote
Digital transformation is no longer optional for B2B organizations. Yet while many focus on the technical build, the greatest challenges (and opportunities) lie in leading people through change. Nicole shares her five-phase framework — Resistance, Excitement, Overwhelm, Adoption, and Integration — helping leaders overcome emotional and organizational barriers, foster buy-in, and build confident, empowered teams.
Grounded in real-world stories and first-party research, this session is built for teams navigating the messiest, most human part of any transformation: the people.
Ideal for: B2B conferences, eCommerce events, technology leadership summits, change management teams
Yamini Naidu
Certified Speaking Professional
What people say
Nicole Teriaca
Director of Digital Strategy & Partnerships, Rave Digital
THE PODCAST
Hello Moxie celebrates the courage of modern women who are learning to trust themselves and speak their truth.
Featuring the real-life Moxie moments of modern trailblazers and the women who inspire them, the show invites listeners to reflect on their own legacy and inspire them to act with confidence and courage.
This show is for every woman ready to find her voice and lead with moxie.
Ready to Book?
Nicole speaks at conferences, leadership summits, company events, and women-in-tech gatherings across the U.S. and Europe. Hold yours now — no commitment required.
