SPEAKING TOPICS and BIO

 

And people are still talking…
“Judy’s ability to engage the audience and share her first-hand knowledge and life experience is superb." Twin City Marathon Sports Medicine Planning Conference

Judy Siegle delivers power-packed 45 minute keynote addresses that leave audiences talking. Below are a few of her most requested keynote topics:

Target Audience: General (can be scaled to any age group), Leaders of All Industries & Health Care Professionals
Living Without Limits: Keys to Unlock Your Full Potential
It happened so fast. In a split second, Judy Siegle’s dream of playing college basketball was shattered when a drunk driver sped through a stop sign and left her with a broken neck and life in a wheelchair. But Judy never gave up and never limited herself. She went on to earn her college diploma and master’s degree. Her love of sports led her to brave athletics in a new way. She learned to ski, kayak and become an elite wheel chair racer. She saw no limitations when she went on to compete in the 1996 and 2000 Paralympics. Today Judy continues to live without limits as she travels the U.S. and abroad speaking to groups and working with her newest project, “Wheels for the World.” Her story will inspire and empower you to step out and be more than you thought possible. She will challenge your fears and share how to keep them from paralyzing you. She will give her secrets for responding positively, even when it gets really tough. Most of all, she will motivate you to unlock your full potential and experience all of which you are capable.

Target Audience: Leaders of All Levels & Business Executives
Unlock Your Inner Champion: Creating a Life of Success
After an accident, that left Judy Siegle in a wheel chair, she faced the question of what her life would be. Each day in rehabilitation she found her inner champion that encouraged her to put one foot in front of the other. She visualized walking to receive her college diploma, which she accomplished in front of a cheering crowd. Her inner champion refused to ask “why” but instead “why not.” Why not participate in life fully? With her inner champion pushing her to step out, she found that doors opened in work, life and sports. She became a national record holder as an elite wheel chair racer and competed in the 1996 and 2000 Paralympics. She found courage to turn her personal tragedy into a life of success. Judy will share how each of us can achieve success in work and in life by tapping our talents and abilities and being the best we can be. She will discuss what a life of success looks like and how to set goals and stay focused on a vision that matters. She will share her keys to unlocking one’s inner champion and how you can do the same.

Target Audience: Young Adults, Youth & Leaders Serving Humanity
A Winner for Life: Giving Your All When Others Are Giving Up
As a high school basketball star, Judy Siegle knew about winning on the basketball court. But if wasn’t until the summer before college, when an accident left her in a wheelchair, that Judy learned what it means to be a winner for life. During the six months that Judy spent recovering from her accident, she had to come to terms with the fact that the game would be different, but it would go on. Judy realized that she had a choice if and how she participated in the game we call life. She chose to participate fully even when others might have given up. In college she became a valued member of her basketball team by keeping the 30-second clock and cheering her teammates on. With this same attitude Judy learned how to ski, kayak, and become an elite wheel chair racer who competed in the 1996 and 2000 Paralympics. No matter the final score, Judy has become a winner for life. Hear an amazing story of how one woman didn’t give up and instead turned a tragedy into being a winner for life. Judy will energize you to find your strengths and utilize them to your fullest – even when the going gets tough. She’ll share why it’s about being your best, not being the best. You’ll come away motivated to participate in the great adventure of living life.

Target Audience: Health Care & Rehabilitation Professionals
Lives That Make A Difference: It's In The Little Things
Judy Siegle has spent the past 20 years as a social worker and community relations specialist. In this role she has seen the struggles and heard the challenges that many people have. But Judy has had a unique perspective. She understands what it is like to face difficult times, having become a quadriplegic after an accident in her late teens. Pulling from her own life experiences, as well as others, Judy shares how each of us can make a difference. “No matter what our story, whether we are the caregiver or the one being cared for, no one can make a difference like you,” says Judy. Judy will inspire you to see the joy of each day and to share your unique gifts. Judy has experienced first hand, and seen countless times in her work, how it is in the little things that we do that can make the biggest differences. You’ll leave this session encouraged to make more possible – both in your life as well as in the lives of others.

 

 

JUDY'S BIO:
 

One moment can change a life forever! She was a high school basketball star with a promising college future. But in a split second, her life changed forever. Her dream of playing college basketball was shattered when a drunk driver sped through a stop sign near her hometown of Pelican Rapids, Minn. The car crash left her with a broken neck. At 18, she faced life in a wheelchair.

But that’s not the end of the story. Judy went on to turn personal tragedy and unthinkable change into the platform for a life of success and deep significance. Today, a two-time Paralympian, Judy holds four national records in wheelchair track, humbly carries the credentials of a highly-decorated 20 year health care career. Judy’s athletic and professional success in the face of amazing challenge has positioned her for global impact as a speaker, author and mentor.

Countless youth, executives, health care professionals, athletes, volunteers and individuals affected by disability world-wide attribute part of their current life and business strategies to the tools gained from this amazing leader and motivator. Judy’s story and key life strategies are captured in her inspiring book, Living Without Limits: 10 Keys to Unlocking the Champion in You.

(See extensive bio on the ‘Meet Judy’ page of this website).