Keynotes that change what people see, understand, and do next.
Jennifer Ulie combines research, lived experience, systems thinking, emotional intelligence, story, humor, and practical application to create presentations people keep talking about long after the room clears.
Hundreds of keynotes, trainings, and workshops across education, nonprofits, healthcare, human services, justice, and public systems.
A room that stays with you.
“Cold-hard-fact — she held 200+ employees’ attention for the last hour of a full 8-hour professional development day. This can only be done by a masterful presenter.”
Across sectors, audience feedback consistently describes Jennifer as authentic, passionate, relevant, energetic, practical, funny, and able to make difficult topics easier to engage with.
Fresh questions for problems we think we already understand.
These are not generic motivational talks. Each keynote is built around a question designed to change what an audience notices, how they make meaning, and what becomes possible next.
What If We’re Seeing It Wrong?
What happens when the story we are certain about is only part of the picture? This keynote explores perception, assumptions, incomplete information, lived experience, and the ways certainty can narrow what we are willing to notice.
What Truth Can’t Reach Us?
Voice is far more than giving people a chance to speak. This keynote examines trust, listening, belief, power, whose knowledge reaches decision-making, and what organizations must intentionally build if they want access to information they do not already have.
What Is Our System Teaching?
Every policy, meeting, response, incentive, routine, resource decision, and leadership behavior teaches people something about what matters here. This keynote explores how systems shape experience, culture, trust, behavior, and implementation, often in ways no one intentionally designed.
A speaker who connects, challenges, and gives people something useful.
A speaker who actually connects
Jennifer is interactive, fast-moving, candid, funny, deeply human, and comfortable taking an audience somewhere more interesting than a list of talking points.
Ideas worth arguing with
The best Mensana presentations do not simply confirm what everyone already believes. They invite people to question something they had been certain about.
Something useful on Monday
A keynote may change the question. Professional learning goes further, helping people connect the idea to what they actually do in classrooms, teams, organizations, and systems.
When your audience needs to go deeper.
Keynotes create a memorable shift in perspective. Workshops and professional learning create more room for skill-building, application, reflection, and practice.
One speaker. Very different rooms.
Jennifer’s work travels across sectors because the core questions about people, trust, behavior, leadership, learning, and systems show up everywhere people serve other people.
Engaging is good. Relevant is better.
The strongest feedback is not simply that audiences enjoy the presentation. It is that they remember it, use it, and ask for more.
“The content was accurate, relevant, and engaging. Perfect for the audience.”Presentation attendee
“I was able to hear Jen speak and I instantly felt connected through her energy. She captivated our attendees. She was engaging and entertaining, all while communicating a much-needed message. Her passion is contagious!”Conference attendee
“Jen’s presentations are authentic, passionate, and enjoyable as they come. The balance of facts, real-life experiences, and tasteful humor keep audiences engaged from start to finish.”Professional development audience
“Her enthusiasm, passion, and expertise were exactly what we were looking for in a speaker. Jen engaged and inspired the audience… ‘Funny with a message.’ Awesome! Super engaging!”Annual Nurse Conference
“As a presenter, Jen is able to make topics surrounding school mental health relatable to everyone, no matter what their connection to school mental health may be.”School mental health audience
“Teachers continue to ask when will she be returning to teach us more about what we can do for our students… Teachers implemented her suggested strategies, making a difference in the lives of our students and their families.”School leadership feedback
“She is a true leader in our state with her work and future vision.”Mental health systems collaborator
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“She is an articulate voice in raising awareness around how organizational communities can support emotional and behavioral wellness. Jennifer is passionate about reducing stigma and improving wellness literacy and these are goals we can all support.”
“Jen is making a positive impact in the lives of many. We are fortunate to have Jen’s depth of knowledge and expertise.”
“It has been an honor and privilege to work with Jen over the last several years. She has shown great compassion for a very fragile but resilient mental health population in our state and school system… I have been involved in her conferences and watched her set up a solid curriculum helping educate a variety of people involved in delivering mental health.”
From conference stages to national media.
Jennifer has contributed to public conversations across mental health, education, youth wellbeing, systems change, policy, and leadership and has been featured or interviewed by PBS, NPR, ABC, NBC, CBS, and FOX.
Give your audience something worth talking about after the event ends.
Tell us about your audience, your goals, and the challenge you want people thinking differently about. We’ll help determine the keynote or learning experience that fits.
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