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Empowering Real Connection.
Creating Lasting Impact.

Igniting transformative inclusion, supercharging collective joy, and energizing people to build cultures where everyone truly belongs and thrives.

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Empowering Real Connection.
Creating Lasting Impact.

Igniting transformative inclusion, supercharging collective joy, and energizing people to build cultures where everyone truly belongs and thrives.

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Connection is our
superpower

Hey, I’m Layne – your friendly neighbourhood Fun Wizard.

Here’s what you need to know about me: I believe in joy. I’m talking about the kind of exhilarating joy that sneaks up on you in a moment of profound connection. The kind where generosity flows, barriers break down, and the impossible suddenly feels possible. That’s the passion that fuels everything I do on stage.

Sometimes it looks like a room full of belly laughs. Sometimes it’s a goosebump moment when everyone goes quiet. Sometimes it even looks like a spontaneous dance break. Because when people feel safe enough to laugh together, they also feel brave enough to change together.

So if you’re dreaming about an event that people will remember not just for what they learned, but for how they felt – let’s make it happen! Together, we can ignite something extraordinary.

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Empowering Real Connection. Creating Lasting Impact.

Speaking

Through standout storytelling laced with humour, heart, and hard-hitting truth, Layne inspires audiences to break through bias, embrace difference as strength, and turn fear into fuel. Every keynote celebrates courage, connection, and lasting transformation…creating impact that sticks like sequins on a dance floor!

Workshop

No cookie-cutter lectures here…and definitely NO yawns! Layne’s workshop is an unforgettable journey of connection, courage, and culture change. Expect interactivity, humour, and practical tools that move people from good intentions to measurable impact. When learning feels human, it lands – and that’s the power of The IMPACT Workshop.

Fundraising
& Emceeing

Over 1,700 unparalleled events. More than $70 million charitable dollars raised directly by Layne! Their magic-mix is fundraising expertise shaken (not stirred) with a cosmic serving of high-octane entertainment. Expect connection, fun, and generosity unleashed. Layne’s record-breaking results prove that their unique approach transforms galas, auctions, and fund-a-need moments into life-changing impact.

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Booking Layne?

Best. Decision. Ever.

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Experience diversity in action

Experience diversity
in action

Belonging isn’t about pizza parties or performative DEI. With raw honesty and unapologetic authenticity, Layne brings lived experience to the room. They give leaders and teams real tools to move from surface-level gestures to true cultures of courage and compassion.

Love-up meaningful connectionn

Love-up meaningful
connection

Disconnected teams. Weird dynamics. People hiding behind fear and ego. Layne’s stories cut through all that noise, reminding people what it means to see and hear each other. Audiences leave fired up, and ready to build stronger, braver workplace cultures where connection actually sticks.

Open the door to fun and engagement

Open the door to fun
and engagement

Fun isn’t fluffy – it’s fuel for transformation. Layne mixes Broadway-level sparkle with heart-felt honesty, creating powerful moments people feel. The laughter, the tears, the goosebumps – they crack people open, moving them from “checked out” to “all in.”

Extraordinary is Layne’s normal

Extraordinary
is Layne’s normal

Layne doesn’t do lukewarm. They do unforgettable. You can count on Layne to walk in with 150% energy – shaking up the room with humour, grit, and heart. What happens next? People feel excited, inspired, unstoppable, and ready to take on the world.

Mindset shifts start here

Mindset shifts
start here

“That’s how we’ve always done it” dies on Layne’s stage. Through lived truth and motivational storytelling, they pull people out of their comfort zones and into possibility. Layne shifts mindsets, emboldens teams, and launches a chain reaction that reshapes culture far beyond the room.