As a leading publishing industry expert, Lisa Tener’s engaging and interactive style inspires audiences to engage their creativity, innovate, successfully write and publish, and succeed in their entrepreneurial endeavors.

A frequent speaker and trainer on how to write a book and get published, Lisa taught on the faculty of Harvard Medical School’s CME publishing course for 13 years and women in healthcare leadership course for three. Lisa also guides audiences in nurturing creativity, innovation, leadership and entrepreneurship and offers a wide range of options from keynotes and presentations to hands-on workshops and interactive webinars.

Popular Presentation Topics

Problem-Solve Your Life Through Journaling

Spark Your Creative Habit in 8 Minutes a Day

Applying the TENER Method for Creative Flow and Innovation

Bring Your Book to Life^®

How to Write a Winning Book Proposal

Secrets of 5- and 6-Figure Book Deals

Other Speaking Topics

Jouranling For Writers: 7 Fresh Ways to Tap Your Creative Genius

From Passion to Profit: Secrets of an Award-winning Entrepreneur

6 Steps to Becoming a 6-Figure Writer

Beyond Your Book: How to Leverage Your Book for a Successful Business

5 Ways to Sell More Books with Special Sales

Additional Topics: Lisa Tener speaks on additional business topics including entrepreneurship, marketing, innovation and work-life balance. Gold Stevie Award Winner and Marketer of the Year in Media at the American Business Awards, And Nautilus Book Award winning author, Lisa received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from MIT’s Sloan School of Management.

Selected List of Speaking Venues

Business and Professional Conferences / Organizations

• Nonfiction Writers Conference (2019-2024) Ask-a-Pro, Featured Speaker (2022, 2019)
• Rhode Island Author Expo (2023) Featured Presenter
• Virginia Festival of the Book (2022) (one of two panelists – video can be seen on the page)
• Harvard Medical School: Career Advancement and Leadership Skills for Women in Healthcare (2016 – 2020)
• Harvard Medical School CME Publishing Course: 2006 – 2020 (speaker, panelist and advanced workshop leader) (no course offered in 2021)
• Dawn Montefusco’s Healing Power of Words Series (2020, 2019 writing summit)
• Business of Book Coaching Summit (2020, featured guest)
• Fall 2019 Nonfiction Writers Conference (2019, one of 8 featured speakers)
• Bryant University Women’s Summit 2018, 2015 (panelist, presenter)
• Rhode Island Bar Association 2017 (solo presenter)
• NIDA Business School, Bangkok, Thailand 2017 (solo presenter)
• NLP Top Coach, Bangkok, Thailand 2016 (solo workshop presenter)
• Newport Interactive Marketers  (keynote)
• International Coach Federation New England, Featured Presenter: Write That Book! Get Started with the Right Book and Grow Your Coaching Business
• Association of Rhode Island Authors (ARIA) featured speaker
• San Francisco Writers Conference: workshop leader, panelist, consultations
• Ocean State Summer Writing Conference (Panelist and workshop leader, multiple years; subjects include Savvy Author’s Publishing Options, Social Media for Authors, Promoting Your Work with New & Traditional Media)
• Dozens of libraries and bookstores
• America Means Business Conference, NYC, sponsored by The Stevie Awards 10th Anniversary. Presenting on one of the two main stages on “How I Did It” (grew my business)
• Fire Up Your Business Conference  (sharing the platform with these luminaries: T. Harv Ecker, Joe Vitale, Ken Foster, Penny Sansevieri, Arvee Robinson and more)
• Emerging Women in Business, Advancing Women Entrepreneurs (multiple years)
• Association of Image Consultants International (International Conference)
• New England Holistic Chamber of Commerce (keynote) (multi-year)
• Medical Fusion Conference
• Multiple summits and webinars on book writing and publishing
• All That Matters, Wakefield, RI (multiple workshops annually)
• Rhode Island Library Association Annual Conference
• International Women’s Writing Guild’s Meet the Authors Conference (panelist)
• IGNITE! “Enlighten us but make it quick.” Wakefield, RI
• Festival of Rhode Island Authors

Bookstores (workshops, talks and signings)

• Barrington Books
• Barnes and Noble (Warwick, Newport)
• Wakefield Books (under previous ownership)

Libraries

• WIllett Free Library
• Cumberland Public Library
• Rhode Island Library Association Annual Conference
• North Kingstown Library
• East Greenwich Free Library
• South Kingstown Public Library
• and more.

Inspirational/Women/Yoga

• Harvard Medical School: Career Advancement and Leadership Skills for Women in Healthcare (2016 – 2020)
• Bryant University Women’s Summit 2018, 2015 (panelist, presenter)
• Gloria Gemma Foundation First Annual Passport to Survivorship Conference
• Women’s Club SWANS (Keynote)
• Inspiring Women Speaker Series sponsored by Aspire Magazine / Linda Joy
• All That Matters Yoga Center – Many writing workshops over the years
• Love, Light, Laughter event workshop leader  (Writing in the Zone)
• Lotus Rising, Fall River

Corporations, Associations and Hospitals

• NLP Top Coach, Bangkok, Thailand 2016, 2019 (solo workshop presenter)
• Dana Farber Cancer Institute (3 presentations on “Anger-obcis)
• New Balance Shoes
• University Professional Development Center, Wakefield RI

Lisa also teaches privately in Narragansett RI and on Zoom.

TV appearances include Great Day Washington, 3 Features on Your Best Life with Leslie Draffin (KCEN-TV, Texas), HLN Weekend Express, KTVU San Francisco, Bridge Street, ABC World News, WCVB’s Chronicle (twice), WCVB’s Health Beat, PBS-TV RI, NiteBeat, Hallmark Channel’s New Morning, What’s the Alternative? and several news programs in Boston.

Lisa has been quoted and/or featured in The New York Times, Vice, Market Watch, the Boston Globe, Providence Journal, Glamour and many other media.

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