Mark Black

Moncton, New Brunswick

Resiliency, Breakthrough & Productivity Expert

Mark Black is a heart and double-lung transplant recipient, 4-Time marathon runner, author, coach, and speaker. Breakthrough adversity to thrive through change coach, born with a life-threatening heart defect, he made history as the first and only man to run a marathon with someone else's heart. Mark Black presents at corporations, associations, and educational institutions, and his story of courage and perseverance inspires people to live their lives with passion and purpose.

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MARK BLACK BIOGRAPHY

Mark Black (CSP) Break Through adversity to thrive through change. Known as a heartful motivational speaker, Mark Black helps clients to stop making excuses and focus on getting results and thrive through challenging times.

Mark was born with a life-threatening heart defect and underwent two open-heart surgeries before age one. Mark battled his condition and its limitations for twenty-two years successfully, but at 23 yrs old, Mark Black suddenly faced the most significant life challenge. His doctor informed him that his heart was failing badly and that without a rare and dangerous heart and double-lung transplant, he would not likely see his 25th birthday.

In October 2001, Mark Black moved thousands of kilometres from home and was on the transplant waiting list. After just four months on the list, Mark’s condition worsened, and he was placed in the hospital where he lived, waiting for a miracle, for six months. Finally, by the grace of God, on September 7th, 2002, after almost a year on the list, Mark Black received a second chance at life as a heart and doublelung transplant recipient. He continues to take medication to prevent the rejection of the organs. The average lifespan of someone with his transplant is 5-10 years.

It has been 20 years since Mark’s transplant. Since receiving his second chance at life, Mark Black has now impacted the lives of more than 100,000 in more than 350 presentations across North America with his unique story and powerful life lessons that help his audience members live life with passion and purpose. Mark is a time marathon runner and author best selling author. He is the only man in history to run a marathon with someone else’s heart and lungs.

Mark Black conveys how we live in an age of perpetual change. He warns that those who try to avoid change will become obsolete. The power of innovation and adaptability now dominate markets and industries. The organizations that will thrive in the next decade are those focused on seeking the numerous opportunities these times will create rather than looking back toward a time when things were simpler.

Using his powerful experience dealing with the continual threat of death, Mark Black delivers life-changing insights into how to cope effectively with the adversity of change and turn it into a catalyst for innovation and growth. Mark Black will help your organization to stop wasting time trying to bring back the “good old days” and focus on fostering a new way of looking at change.

He lives the strategies and principles he teaches through the formula’s from his most recent book, ‘The Resilient Roadmap 7 Guideposts for Charting Your Course in a Chaotic World’. Mark Black is filled with passion and purpose for his work precisely because he doesn’t know how much more time he’ll be afforded to do it. He celebrates the life of his wife and 3 children who would not exist without the transplant and the selfless family of his donor who gave him a second chance at life.

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live today

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Do people in your organization struggle with stress, worry or anxiety? Are you losing productivity and are people wasting time and energy because they are focused on the great “unknown”? Live Today will fix that! Live Today is a simple but powerful formula for helping your people to accept their current situation and focus on their most precious resources – time and energy – on the things that move the needle. Live Today provides your people with a fresh perspective on challenges and perceived problems. This presentation can be used as an opening or closing keynote, breakout session, or as half-day or full-day in-house training.

go big

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Your organization has a vision for where you are headed, but the future has many unknowns and the stakes are high. To realize your goals, you need to have everyone on board but how do you get everyone from the front line to the head office to truly believe it can happen? In “Go Big” Mark will use his life story of battling a life-threatening disease, surviving a :”Heart & Double-Lung Transplant”, to become a 4-time marathon runner, to your people see that they are limited more by their own beliefs than external circumstances.

the resilience road map

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Mark provides the following programs to help you create results. Mark will tailor a customized presentation to address your desired learning outcomes and your event theme.

If your people are struggling to cope with the fast pace of change, the “Resilience RoadMap” is the program you need. In this presentation, Mark provides the strategic framework your organization needs to develop Radical Resilience in your people.

The Resilience RoadMap provides your company with the strategic framework your organization needs to help your employees develop Radical Resilience. This presentation can be used as an opening or closing keynote, breakout session, or as half-day or full-day in-house training.

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Testimonials

I want to say Thank You for the resilience roadmap program that you delivered at the annual year-end faculty retreat. I have to tell you that I have attended past retreats, and I have never seen the team so upbeat, so positive, and so engaged. Your presentation style and the strategies you shared, created an environment of positivity, encouragement, and energetic collaboration. It was exactly what the team needed.

Stephanie Howes

Associate Dean (Interim)

School of Health Sciences - BSN program British Columbia Institute of Technology

You knocked it out of the park Mark! You could hear a pin drop…all 1,600 + attendees were waiting on your every word…truly inspiring. Thanks so much for being such an important part of our day.

Cindy Comeau

Lead Conference Director

C3 Leadership Live2

Mark provided 3 simple but important concepts/tools to use in my life and to share with my family, friends and colleagues. He tied his personal story with solid psychological concepts in an easy to understand way. His combination of motivation with humor was very relatable.

Greg Murphy

Cape Breton Paramedics’ Conference

In my executive leadership role with the American Red Cross, I have attended many conferences and heard many, many speakers. I can honestly say that Mark Black was among the best. Mark had clearly done his homework on our association.

Darrin Greenlee

Past President

Association of Donor Recruitment Professionals

Mark’s talk at our event was excellent. Sometimes motivational speakers do little more than entertain. Mark entertained, but he also provide tangible strategies and concepts that people could APPLY immediately which is even more valuable.

Dan Fougere

Regional Manager

AstraZeneca

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