Susan Sontra
Speaker & Facilitator on Creativity, Clarity, and Momentum
Susan Sontra helps individuals and organizations move from ideas to clarity to momentum. Through engaging keynotes and interactive workshops, she guides audiences to reconnect with their creativity, trust their thinking, and take meaningful action in moments of uncertainty.
Drawing on her background in creativity research, leadership development, and personal transformation, Susan helps audiences see challenges from new perspectives and approach problems with curiosity, insight, and confidence.
Her presentations combine storytelling, practical frameworks, and thoughtful facilitation to create programs that are both inspiring and immediately useful.
Susan delivers keynote presentations, interactive workshops, and facilitated sessions for conferences, leadership events, professional associations, and organizational development programs.
Partnering With Your Event
Susan approaches every speaking engagement as a collaboration with event organizers. She works closely with planners to ensure her presentations support the goals of the event and create meaningful value for the audience.
Creative Alchemy: Discovering the Rhythm of Creativity
What if creativity isn’t a mysterious talent—but a process you can learn to trust and use every day?
Theme: Ideas → Clarity → Momentum
Ideas spark easily. Turning them into momentum is the real challenge.
In this engaging keynote, Susan Sontra explores how creativity is not just an artistic trait—it’s a powerful human process that drives problem-solving, innovation, and forward movement.
Through stories, practical frameworks, and moments of reflection, audiences discover how ideas move from inspiration to action. Participants are introduced to the natural rhythm of the creative process and learn how to transform uncertainty into clarity and momentum without burning out.
Audiences leave with new ways to approach challenges, unlock ideas, and move forward with confidence.
Audience Will Leave With
• A fresh perspective on creativity as a practical thinking tool—not just an artistic skill.
• Simple ways to generate ideas and approach challenges with greater clarity and curiosity.
• A framework for turning ideas into meaningful action without becoming overwhelmed.
Focus
• Unlocking creativity as a practical thinking skill
• Problem solving and innovation
• Understanding the creative process
• Turning ideas into momentum
Formats
• 10–15 minute keynote / conference teaser
• 30–45 minute keynote
• 45–60 minute keynote
• 90 minute interactive keynote
• Half-day workshop
• Weekend retreat format
Audience Fit
• Leadership development
• Innovation and creative thinking
• Professional development
• Associations and conferences
• Organizations navigating change
Best For
Conferences, professional development events, leadership programs, innovation initiatives, and organizations seeking fresh approaches to problem-solving and momentum.
Vision in Motion: Turning Intention into Momentum
Clarity doesn’t come from thinking harder—it comes from learning how to move from inspiration to intentional direction.
Theme: Clarity → Intention → Forward Movement
Many people have ideas and inspiration—but struggle to turn those insights into a clear path forward.
Vision in Motion helps audiences move from inspiration to intention. In this engaging keynote, Susan Sontra guides participants through a process of clarifying what matters most, identifying meaningful priorities, and translating insight into action.
Through reflection, practical tools, and thoughtful facilitation, audiences learn how to align their vision with their decisions so they can move forward with greater focus and confidence.
Participants leave with a clearer sense of direction and renewed trust in their ability to take the next step—even when the path ahead is still unfolding.
Audience Will Leave With
• Greater clarity about what truly matters and where to focus their energy.
• A practical way to turn insight into decisions and meaningful next steps.
• Renewed confidence in their ability to move forward—even when the path isn’t perfectly clear.
Focus
• Clarifying vision and priorities
• Decision-making and forward momentum
• Aligning values with action
• Moving from inspiration to intention
Formats
• 10–15 minute keynote / conference teaser
• 30–45 minute keynote
• 45–60 minute keynote
• 90 minute interactive keynote
• Half-day workshop
• Retreat or strategic planning format
Audience Fit
• Leadership retreats
• Entrepreneurial communities
• Women’s leadership groups
• Professional associations
• Teams navigating growth or change
Best For
Leadership retreats, planning sessions, professional associations, entrepreneurial communities, and organizations seeking clarity, alignment, and purposeful forward movement.
Metamorphosis: Reinventing Yourself When Life Changes the Plan
Sometimes the most meaningful transformation begins when the plan we trusted no longer works.
Theme: Change → Resilience → Transformation
Sometimes life doesn’t follow the plan we imagined.
In this powerful and deeply human keynote, Susan Sontra shares the story of transformation that led her to rethink creativity, resilience, and identity. Through humor, honesty, and reflection, audiences explore what it means to navigate uncertainty and discover new possibilities when circumstances shift.
Metamorphosis invites audiences to see change not as the end of the story, but as the beginning of something new. Participants leave with a renewed sense of perspective and the courage to embrace transformation.
Audience Will Leave With
• A new perspective on change as an opportunity for growth rather than a setback.
• Tools for navigating uncertainty with resilience and creativity.
• The confidence to reimagine what is possible when life takes an unexpected turn.
Focus
• Personal transformation and resilience
• Reframing change and uncertainty
• Reinvention and adaptability
• Finding opportunity within challenge
Formats
• 10–15 minute keynote / conference teaser
• 30–45 minute keynote
• 45–60 minute keynote
• Story-driven keynote presentation
• Retreat or reflective session format
Audience Fit
• Women’s conferences
• Personal development events
• Leadership programs
• Educational audiences
• Organizations navigating transition
Best For
Women’s conferences, leadership development programs, resilience initiatives, personal development events, and audiences navigating change or transition.
What Audiences are Saying...
"Susan’s workshop was super informative and fun. It gave me a sense of purpose, and helped me to understand my creativity better. She showed me how I can use it in my business. Since taking her Vision in Motion Workshop, I have done an official launch of my baking business, and have found the niche that works for me."
- Donna Abbott, Serenity's Sweets Bakery
“Susan Sontra’s Vision in Motion workshop was truly engaging and impactful. From start to finish, the teaching was clear, inspiring, and thoughtfully delivered. The vision board portion was especially powerful—building it felt intentional, creative, and deeply aligned with my goals.
What truly set this workshop apart was the 7-Day Action plan. It wasn’t just inspiring—it was practical and motivating, turning vision into immediate, doable steps. The entire experience left me feeling focused, energized, and confident about taking action.
An incredible workshop that blends vision, clarity, and action beautifully.”
–Ernelita Dacumos (Confidently You, LLC & Author of “Unapologetically You: How to Stop Shrinking and Discover the Power Within You”)
"Susan's Creative Alchemy Workshop gave me permission to explore my creativity, and the knowledge that finding my creative spark might take some time but I will, and that is invaluable. Susan also showed me how my personal creativity reveals itself in how I do my work as a researcher and librarian- and that it is not just art but how I solve problems."
-Kristin Bahler, Research Magician & Librarian @ Samual Merrit University
Professional Skills & Experience
Susan Sontra is a creative inspirational speaker with over 20 years experience in teaching and presenting.
- Writer.
- Meeting and workshop planner and facilitator.
- Creative Coach: to achieve personal and professional goals.
- Leadership.
SKILLS
- Writing/Storytelling
- Creative
- Meeting facilitation
- Leadership/Management
- Workshop planning/Presenting
- Training
- Coaching & Mentoring
- Speaking/Presenting
- Interviewing/Panel Moderator & Participant
- Online & Hybrid presenting
