Carissa Halton
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Edmonton, Alberta
Community & Social Justice advocate | Writer | Facilitator & Strategic Planner
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CARISSA HALTON BIOGRAPHY
Speaking to groups large and small, Carissa Halton uses humour and story to explore how we find and build community wherever we are: at work, at home, in our neighbourhoods. While she often shares stories from her book Little Yellow House; Finding Community in a Changing Neighbourhood, her keynote and breakout sessions can be tailored to meet a diverse range of organizational needs. While Carissa Halton draws on many current experiences and case studies to entertain and enlighten, she often introduces memorable, unique historical stories and case studies. Where appropriate or requested, research is conducted by experienced historical researchers and active journalists to bring audiences unique archival photos and stories from their sector or profession. Beyond her keynotes, Carissa Halton builds half to full-day workshops for groups who want strategic planning engagement sessions for their professional development days or issue-oriented conferences.
Carissa Halton is an award-winning writer and author. Her essays have been anthologized and won an Alberta and National Magazine Award and have appeared in many publications including: Today’s Parent, Alberta Venture, and Postmedia Newspapers. Little Yellow House; Finding Community in a Changing Neighbourhood is her first book and was a finalist for the 2019 Edmonton Book Prize.
Carissa Halton’s leadership and community advocacy have spanned multiple sectors. Carissa Halton has worked as an inner-city non-profit managing director, a political advisor to government ministers, and a communications consultant. Each step of her career has inspired her belief in the power of passionate people to make a big difference in their community, which sparked the beginning of her own consultancy, Carissa Halton Strategic. When not speaking or writing, she now helps teams, boards, and organizations to strategically plan for the future and to communicate in an increasingly complex world. Trained by the International Association of Public Participation, Carissa Halton believes good public policy and successful programs start with engaging the people impacted the most.
No matter what work Carissa Halton has done, telling stories has been at the centre of it. Her narrative style and voice reflects storytelling forms she developed as a long-time tour guide in various Alberta historical sites. Further, the themes she returns to in her writing and speaking are shaped by strong social justice values developed in her time spent learning from individuals in Edmonton’s inner city. Sharing these stories, discovered with curiosity, empathy, and humour guides her work as a professional speaker.
Carissa Halton is active in her community school and is on the boards of the Friends of the Edmonton Downtown Farmers Market Society and the Right at Home Society. Carissa Halton lives with her children and husband in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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Community Development / Workplace Culture: Lessons On Community From A Misunderstood Neighbourhood
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What do our most notorious neighbourhoods have to teach us? Fifteen years ago when Carissa Halton moved into an old neighbourhood, people predicted her children wouldn’t be safe. After she started a family they insisted she would move when the children went to school. Instead of danger she discovered community. Her diverse array of neighbours taught her what it takes to make a neighbourhood (even one with a bad reputation) thrive. She shares the funny, sad, make-you-mad stories of Alberta Ave’s diverse residents. You’ll leave inspired to build community wherever we are. She will customize a focus to your specific organization, association and team community-building or work culture goals. Specific focusses are available including: engagement, leadership, collaboration, trust, and community.
This presentation will inspire audiences to take a more active role in building community, looking out for their neighbours wherever they live or work. Audiences will be introduced to building blocks that build trust and leads to collaboration and engagement.
Community Development / Workplace Culture : Change Makers and Resiliency Builders in My Misunderstood Neighbourhood
Community Development / Workplace Culture: More Than Just Trees
Strategic Planning: Building A Plan By Starting With Your Strengths
Government Relations: Why Start and How?
Communications: Letter Writing: A Guide To Effectively Write Decision-makers
Communications: Communicating Your Authentic Stories
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Carissa Halton Keynote Speaker delivers customized and tailored keynote presentations, workshops, and training sessions on a wide variety of topics. Each presentation is unique and are designed for a variety of audiences, industries, conferences, and event formats.
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