Ash Beckham

Ash Beckham inspires bold leadership through courage, inclusion, and authentic communication that drives lasting cultural change.

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Ash truly did such an amazing job and her presentation really resonated with so many people, even folks I thought would be a bit resistant! She came to our social event on Tuesday night and I introduced her around to some of our leadership and employees posted around the world – the next day in her presentation she threw in so many little details she’d gleaned from conversations the night before. This showed to so many that she made an effort to understand the organization and our people and framed her presentation in a way that connected to the audience. She also sat through quite a few of the morning presentations (to include a very detailed and legal heavy hour-long presentation) – again showing she really wanted to get to know the organization. I had many participants and quite a few of our leadership come up to me after the event to tell me they were so grateful I was able to book Ash for this. We hope to have her come back for the next leadership forum in two years!

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Why book Ash Beckham for your next event

Viral TEDx speaker with 15M+ views who turns complex inclusion topics into clear, relatable, and actionable insights for any audience.
Trusted by Microsoft, Boeing, and Bank of America to deliver keynotes that spark engagement, accountability, and real behavior change.
Author of Step Up, equipping leaders with practical tools to build trust, communicate better, and create inclusive cultures that last.

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Courageous leadership and inclusion that move people and organizations forward

Ash Beckham brings a rare combination of authenticity, humor, and sharp leadership insight to the stage. As the author of Step Up and the voice behind the widely viewed TEDx talk “Coming Out of Your Closet,” she challenges audiences to rethink how courage shows up in everyday work life. Her keynotes cut through complexity and deliver clear, practical strategies that help leaders communicate with intention, build trust, and create inclusive environments where people perform at their best.

Ash Beckham keynote speaker

Ash Beckham is recognized globally as an inclusion activist, leadership expert, and bestselling author of Step Up: How to Live with Courage and Become an Everyday Leader. With a background rooted in real-world experience and a voice shaped by authenticity, she has become a go-to keynote speaker for organizations that want more than inspiration, they want change that sticks.

Her TEDx talk, “Coming Out of Your Closet,” has reached more than 15 million viewers worldwide and continues to spark meaningful conversations around identity, honesty, and communication. What makes Ash Beckham stand out is her ability to take deeply personal and often complex topics and translate them into practical, business-relevant insights that resonate across industries and roles.

The power of everyday leadership

At the core of Ash Beckham’s message is a simple yet powerful idea: leadership is not a title—it is a choice made every day. Through her work, she shows how courage, accountability, and empathy shape stronger leaders and better teams. Her approach focuses on helping individuals step up in moments that matter, communicate openly, and take responsibility for their impact.

Audiences leave with a clearer understanding of how small, consistent actions build trust and influence culture. Her frameworks are easy to apply, making it possible for leaders at all levels to create momentum immediately after the keynote.

Creating inclusive cultures

Ash Beckham addresses diversity, equity, and inclusion in a way that feels accessible and relevant. She moves beyond theory and focuses on what people can actually do—how language shapes culture, how to navigate difficult conversations, and how to create environments where everyone feels seen and valued.

Her sessions offer:

Practical tools for improving communication and reducing misunderstandings
Strategies for building empathy and strengthening collaboration
Clear guidance on fostering accountability within teams
Insight into how inclusive leadership drives innovation and engagement

Rather than overwhelming audiences with concepts, she delivers clarity and direction, ensuring that inclusion becomes part of everyday behavior, not just a strategic goal.

Proven impact across industries

Ash Beckham has partnered with leading organizations including Microsoft, Boeing, Bank of America, and the Out & Equal Summit. Across these collaborations, she has consistently delivered high-impact keynotes and workshops that resonate long after the event ends.

Her style is engaging, energetic, and deeply human. She combines storytelling with actionable insight, creating a space where audiences feel both challenged and motivated. This balance ensures that her message lands with leaders, teams, and individuals alike.

Book Ash Beckham for your event

When you book Ash Beckham for your event, you bring in a speaker who turns important conversations into meaningful action. She equips organizations with the mindset and tools needed to build stronger cultures, improve communication, and lead with intention.

Her keynotes are ideal for conferences, leadership events, and organizations looking to strengthen inclusion and engagement. Ash Beckham delivers more than a compelling talk, she creates a shift in how people think, communicate, and lead.

Customer Reviews

Rachelle Olinger Staff Assistant

When it comes to addressing the things that matter most to any company’s diversity and inclusion efforts, adding an Ash Beckham TED Talk video is not just an effective supplement to your core message. Ash Beckham’s words are your core message that you can then build a workshop or presentation around. Ash beautifully arranged these separate stories to drive and support each major point she was making as her slides progressed. Even better, Ash did all this without sacrificing any of her authenticity. We trusted her and she trusted us.

Erik Henriksen, Director of Compensation and Benefits Gamestop

They thoroughly enjoyed her talk and found it inspiring. Thank you!

Elizabeth Loveday, Corporate Marketing PM Microsoft

Exactly what we were hoping for when we reached out to you. She was engaging, tailored a bit to the brainy Lockheed crowd, and did a lot of chatting with attendees at lunch. We were so thrilled to have her as part of our event.

Gretchen Peacock, Senior Manager of Collaboration in Corporate Engineering and Program Operations Lockheed Martin

Keynotes

Keynote by Ash Beckham:

How to Have Hard Conversations

Tapping into your own authenticity is the first step

Every person has the power to communicate and connect authentically. If you can do that, you begin to establish TRUST. And trust turns into more abundance, more collaboration, more success.

What people don’t realize is in order to get clear and make connections with people, we first need to understand HOW to discover our own truth, and share it with others in a way that resonates. And this must be accomplished in a professional and time-efficient manner.

Ash will present a framework for quick, authentic communication as she takes the audience on an interactive journey to first understand self, and then connect with others.

This method helps people experience the difference between expressing thoughts, feelings and desires - in real-time. When people learn to communicate from all three places, we are showing up as the most authentic version of ourselves.

Takeaways:

Authentically communicate thoughts, feelings and desires
Use storytelling for deeper interpersonal connection
Feel more clear and confident with who they are empowering them to show up as their true self consistently
Increase trust among co-workers, colleagues and customers
Make stronger connections with people in a shorter amount of time

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Keynote by Ash Beckham:

The Art of Inclusive Leadership

How do you make sure everyone feels part of team?

In this session, learn how to master the Art of Inclusive Leadership. By turning the lens inward first, we can fully explore our own unconscious biases and exclusionary practices. Our ability to personify the inclusion we are striving for is critical to our personal success and the success of our companies. Only then can we truly lead.

In this entertaining and provocative talk, Ash will explore the vital components of Inclusive Leadership. With wildly funny and poignant stories, and a tough yet deeply compassionate stance, Ash elevates her audience beyond empathy into the realm of personal discovery, and challenges every listener to take personal responsibility for creating a much bigger societal shift.

Takeaways:

Understanding the traits of Inclusive Leadership and how to implement them
Creating Strategies for Individualized Leadership Development
Empowering all participants to uplevel their inclusion practices

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Keynote by Ash Beckham:

Step Up

Mastering Everyday Leadership

Anyone can be great once. How can we lead every day in everything we do? When we find the power of our unique version of leadership, those core principles are the same whether we are talking to our client, our boss, our child or the barista behind the counter. The way we do anything is the way we do everything. In order to lead every day, in everything we do, we must identify, practice and improve our particular leadership style.

In this humorous and relatable talk, Ash outlines the 8 pillars of everyday leadership – Empathy, Responsibility, Courage, Grace, Individuality, Humility, Patience and Authenticity. By sharing personal stories, extracting universal messages and presenting the audience with challenges that are both plausible yet outside of our comfort zones, Ash motivates the audience to both strive to be a better version of themselves and make tangible plans to get there.

Takeaways:

Understand the 8 pillars of Everyday Leadership and how to practice them
Identify and enhance your individual leadership brand
Examine your leadership growth opportunities and design strategies to broaden your leadership tool kit.

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Keynote by Ash Beckham:

Give Voice to Your Truth

Finding the courage to speak your mind is just the first step

In a world of 6 second videos and 140 character tweets, sometimes we don’t take the time to think about the words we use—or the impact those words have on other people. With a blend of personal stories and relatable antidotes, Ash unpacks how word choice affects people. She helps you understand the need for inclusive language in so many aspects of our lives—everyday conversation, institutional forms, policy initiatives.

Someone may not feel like a word or phrase or lack of inclusive language affects them if they are not in the marginalized group. But, it is critical to find the empathy in other people’s struggles in order to create a stronger community. That empathy is most easily discovered when we begin listening to each other’s stories and we know what it is like walk a mile, or even just a couple steps, in someone else’s shoes.

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