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Liz Brunner is an Emmy Award–winning journalist turned sought-after keynote speaker, masterful emcee, best-selling author, and executive coach who helps leaders and organizations unlock authentic presence, commanding communication, and intentional transformation.
For more than 35 years, Liz built an extraordinary career in television news—most notably as a main anchor and reporter at Boston’s ABC affiliate WCVB-TV—before founding Brunner Communications. Today, as CEO, she works with C-suite executives, global brands, and rising professionals to craft compelling personal brands, tell unforgettable stories, and step confidently into the spotlight.
A dynamic keynote speaker, Liz ignites audiences at major corporate events, leadership summits, and top universities, including Stifel, Barron’s Women Summit, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, CoreNet Global Summit, and many others. As a seasoned emcee and moderator, she has guided high-stakes conversations with CEOs, newsmakers, and industry titans.
Through one-on-one executive coaching and transformative corporate workshops, Liz empowers clients to become rock-star communicators. Her signature course, “How to Be a Rock Star Public Speaker,” on her Brunner Academy online learning platform carries the personal endorsement of legendary speaker Brian Tracy.
Liz is the best-selling author of Dare to Own You: Taking Your Authenticity and Dreams Into Your Next Chapter (featured in Forbes and winner of the Book Excellence Award and Feathered Quill Book Award). Her popular podcast, “Live Your Best Life with Liz Brunner,” has earned “Best Host” and “Best Lifestyle Podcast” honors for its inspiring stories of reinvention. She has been featured in Forbes, CEOWorld Magazine, Boston Common Magazine, HR.com, and Thrive Global.
Her long list of accolades includes multiple Emmy Awards, two National Gracie Awards, an Edward R. Murrow Award, and an Associated Press Award. A classically trained vocal performer and former high school music educator, Brunner holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Lawrence University Conservatory of Music. She has performed with the Boston Pops and at professional sporting events, among others. Liz brings the same artistry and precision to the stage that once defined her broadcast career.
A passionate community leader, she has served on the Make-A-Wish Massachusetts and Rhode Island Board of Directors and the Boston Chamber of Commerce Women’s Network Advisory Board.
When Liz Brunner speaks, coaches, or takes the stage as emcee, audiences don’t just listen; they transform!
Liz Brunner is one of the top professional speakers in the world.
~ Brian Tracy, International Speaker, Best-selling Author
It was great to listen to you…it was very informative with some great tips. Surely these will help both in professional and personal life. What resonated with me is the power of pause, learning to breathe and overall verbal and nonverbal communications.
~ Sam Singh, Global Strategic AGM, Hewlett-Packard
Learn how to align your purpose, presence, and potential to lead authentically and live with impact.
We’ve all heard about the “IT Factor”—that magnetic quality that makes some people stand out in leadership, business, and life. But is it an exclusive trait, reserved only for a select few? Absolutely not. Your IT Factor is within you. It’s a powerful blend of confidence, authenticity, and presence that, when intentionally cultivated, can elevate your success, influence, and personal growth.
Transformation Is a Choice, Not a Coincidence
Many people believe they need to wait for the right moment to transform, but the truth is: transformation starts the moment you decide to take control of your journey. The IT Factor isn’t about luck or genetics—it’s about commitment, mindset, and taking consistent action toward refining your natural strengths.
By definition, transformation is the process of improving or becoming something greater. When you add intentionality—a deliberate and purpose-driven approach—you create a roadmap for elevating yourself to the next level in leadership, communication, and influence.
How to Unlock and Harness Your IT Factor
If you’re ready to take action, here are four key principles to guide your intentional transformation and cultivate your IT Factor:
1. Develop a Mindset of Growth & Resilience
Your mindset shapes your reality. If you believe in your ability to transform, you create space for it to happen. Your thoughts fuel your actions, and your actions determine your results. Start by reframing setbacks as learning experiences and challenges as opportunities to grow.
2. Clarify Your Vision & Act As If
What does the next-level version of you look like? Write it down. Visualize it. Studies show that your brain can’t distinguish between imagination and reality—so when you “act as if” your transformation is already happening, you’re programming yourself for success.
3. Commit to Intentional Daily Habits
Transformation doesn’t happen overnight. It’s a process of consistent, purposeful action. Some days will feel like leaps forward; others may feel like setbacks. The key is to keep going. Small, intentional habits—whether it’s refining your communication skills, practicing executive presence, or building confidence—compound over time to create massive change.
4. Embrace Discomfort & Take Bold Action
Growth happens outside your comfort zone. The most successful leaders and communicators lean into discomfort—whether it’s taking risks, making bold decisions, or putting themselves in challenging situations. Fear and self-doubt are natural, but they don’t have to hold you back.
Your IT Factor Is Waiting—Are You Ready?
Connecting your life’s experiences to write your next chapter.
You know more than you think you know! No knowledge or experience is ever wasted. Too often, we hesitate to step out of our comfort zone to create our next chapter because we don’t know how, we are afraid, or we are unsure of how to connect the themes and patterns of our lives.
Liz Brunner’s motivational message will guide you to connect the dots of your own life experiences to create your next chapter, personally or professionally, for intentional impact. Liz’s inspirational career journey from classroom to newsroom to boardroom to the stage as a keynote speaker will motivate you to discover what themes exist in your own journey, how to connect those dots, and how to break any patterns that may be holding you back from following your destiny and living your best life.
How to capture your audience’s attention with storytelling.
Every day, we are bombarded with “information overload!” What cuts through the noise and captures people’s attention is powerful storytelling. Each and every person, no matter what profession or industry, needs to exude confidence, presence, and communicate effectively.
As an Emmy award-winning journalist, podcast host, and expert storyteller, Liz Brunner will teach your audience her practical and proven communication tips and storytelling techniques, energizing them to connect and engage more authentically with their customers, clients, and colleagues in a way that resonates and gets results immediately. By incorporating “Liz’s 4 C’s,” – Confidence, Content, Clarity and Conversational – for any presentation, pitch, or speech, and her innovative “Brunner Methodology for Practicing,” your audience will learn how to craft their story, the science behind why storytelling works, why it matters, and how to be seen and heard as they intend with confidence, presence and command.
Your audience will leave transformed, not just informed. Emmy Award-winning speaker and masterful emcee Liz Brunner delivers high-impact keynotes that give your attendees immediately actionable tools for authentic leadership, powerful communication, and career advancement. With 35+ years of broadcast storytelling expertise, she commands the stage with the polish and presence that makes your event unforgettable—whether as your keynote speaker
or emcee guiding high-stakes conversations.
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