Carissa Halton

Keynote Speaker | Edmonton, Alberta

Strategic Advisor
Leadership Coach | Facilitator | Writer

Carissa Halton Expertise Business & Corporate, Business Growth, Customer Service & Experience, Business Management, Alliances & Partnerships, Communication, Conflict Resolution, Humour in the Workplace and Influence & Negotiation.

Carissa Halton

About Carissa Halton

Carissa Halton is an award-winning writer, speaker, and facilitator who helps organizations and communities collaborate, find focus and build hope. Carissa Halton's non-fiction and fiction writing has appeared in many publications and anthologies. She is a consultant to many non-profit leaders, as well as a sought-after facilitator for strategic planning and communications plans that support organizations to move forward together. She brings insight and energy to every stage, exploring themes of leadership, consensus-building, strategic planning, communications, and more. Whether you need a keynote, workshop or moderator, Carissa’s engaging stories, sharp analysis, and practical takeaways captures audiences. Every keynote and workshop is customized to meet the goals of the event and needs of the audience.

Carissa Halton Videos

Little Yellow House Book TRAILER

Edmonton Social Planning Council Annual General Meeting Keynote: Cari

Carissa Halton Interviews & Podcasts

Dialogue: Universal Basic Income

CARISSA HALTON BIOGRAPHY

Carissa Halto is a strategic advisor, facilitator, writer, and leadership coach. She helps leaders and teams focus, collaborate, and move from talk to action. Her consulting clients are looking for effective meetings, energizing retreats and conferences, as well as meaningful professional development and leadership support.

Her workshops and keynotes are a culmination of over the past two decades of leadership in non-profit organizations and government teams. Carissa has built and led incredible teams, advised political leaders, and consulted on communications and public relations campaigns. As Managing Director of The Mustard Seed Edmonton, she worked at the intersection of service, advocacy, and community-building. As an advisor to Alberta’s Premier and Minister of Seniors and Housing, she helped frame policy and funding priorities, while crafting and advising on a breadth of communications. Trained in IAP2 public engagement, facilitation through ICA Associates, and mediation with Canadian Institute for Conflict Resolution, she runs her own consulting company called Halton Strategic.

An award-winning writer, Carissa is the author of Little Yellow House: Finding Community in a Changing Neighbourhood (a finalist for the 2019 Edmonton Book Prize). Her work has appeared in magazines, newspapers, and anthologies. She has won both National and Alberta Magazine Awards. Translating her writing to the stage, her keynotes and workshops make audiences laugh, connect, think and leave with more compassion and curiosity.

Carissa Halton Topic Presentations

Carissa Halton Edmonton, Alberta, Canada delivers keynote presentations, workshops, fireside chats, moderated Q&A, and other presentation formats on a wide variety of topics. Each presentation is unique, customized and tailored for audiences, industries, conferences and event formats.

Tried and True Writer Hacks for Better Business Writing

Building Bridges in a Polarized World

The Power of Storytelling in Leadership

The Real Value of Strategic Planning — Process Beats the Pdf

Beyond Agreement: Facilitating Meaningful Consensus

Carissa Halton Books & Articles

Carissa Halton Speaking Testimonials

"Carissa Halton was a huge hit with our members and provided so much value at our annual retreat."

Rosie Borrelli

Project Coordinator
Alberta Retired Teachers' Association

"Carissa Halton is an engaging speaker who captivates the audience immediately with her ability to tell a story. She is as authentic as the stories she tells about her experiences with people and her environment while living in Alberta Avenue in Edmonton. I highly recommend Carissa as a featured speaker; she does not disappoint."

Sheryl Hansen

Human Resources Manager
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology

"It was an absolute joy to have Carissa Halton present at LitFest. Not only is she keen to help shape her events, she is also generous and innovative in her approach. Her savvy with promotions and social media is a great asset for organizers, and her sold-out walking tour event was one of the most memorable we’ve ever had at the fest. We’d invite her back any time!"

Fawnda Mithrush

Litfest Alberta

"I read the book ahead so I know some of the stories but it was good to hear them tied together. Carissa Halton was so engaging. The 90 minutes went by so quickly because of the wonderful storytelling and sense of humour. Excellent presentation!"

Community Participant

City of St. Albert Neighbourhood Stories Workshop

"Carissa Halton is engaging, funny, smart, and relatable. Her stories are inspiring and helped to bring out the best in our team and contemplate what is possible for our community. We very much enjoyed our walking tour with her, and wouldn’t hesitate to recommend her!"

Amanda Nielsen

Norwood Dental Centre

"Carissa’s simply fantastic. She has facilitated two board workshops for iHuman. As with most workshops we had a set agenda but as we progressed, a few critical unexpected issues came up. Carissa deftly incorporated them, allowed a respectable discussion time and then efficiently guided us back to our original focus. She’s excellent in accessing needs, listening to, and summarizing discussions. She has an innate sense for what is important. It’s like she clears away all the distractions and presents a clear and doable pathway forward. I think Carissa will add tremendous value to non-profit and to corporate community discussions/workshops. And she has a great sense of humour, which..."

Sandra Bromley

President of the Board
iHuman Youth Society

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