Keynotes for Associations, Nonprofits & Cities
“So amazing getting the opportunity to listen to your wisdom on stage. This work that you are doing is so vital in the ever-expanding virtual universe, and employee wellbeing programs are so fortunate to have your expertise as a guide.”
Senior Wellness Coordinator at City of Fort Collins
Support leaders and teams in reducing stress, building collaboration, and shaping connected cultures that strengthen both mission and community with expertise from keynote speaker Nina Hersher.
Nina Helps Associations, Nonprofits, and Cities Lead With Connection And Resilience
Nina Hersher has partnered with associations, foundations, and municipalities to empower leaders, staff, and communities in navigating the human side of digital transformation. Drawing on her pioneering work in digital wellness and resilience, she helps organizations reduce stress, strengthen collaboration, and design cultures of connection that advance both mission and people.
Preventing Employee and Volunteer Burnout
Sustaining mission-driven work requires protecting the people behind it. Employees and volunteers often juggle high demands with limited resources, leading to exhaustion and turnover. Nina equips organizations with tools to safeguard wellbeing, sustain purpose, and foster long-term engagement, ensuring leaders and teams have the energy to keep driving impact.
Enhancing Community and Member Wellbeing
Thriving communities start with people who feel supported and resilient. Digital fatigue and technostress are increasingly common in civic and nonprofit spaces. Nina brings practical, research-based strategies to help leaders and members alike navigate overwhelm, maintain clarity, and strengthen mental health — ensuring communities stay energized and effective in their missions.
Strengthening Collaboration Across Hybrid Models
Connection across digital and in-person settings is now mission critical. Many organizations struggle to maintain cohesion when staff, volunteers, and stakeholders are spread across virtual and physical spaces. Nina helps leaders design hybrid models that foster trust, improve communication, and sustain collaboration so that workforces remain connected and effective regardless of location.
Elevating Public and Community Engagement
Inclusive engagement builds stronger, more resilient communities. In today’s diverse and digital-first world, engagement must be empathetic, accessible, and inclusive. Nina guides organizations in using digital empathy and intentional communication to better serve diverse stakeholders, ensuring public and community voices feel heard and valued.
Humanizing Digital Transformation
Technology should advance mission and people together, not drive them apart. Digital tools can accelerate civic and nonprofit impact, but when misaligned, they risk eroding trust and connection. Nina ensures technology adoption enhances human relationships and strengthens mission alignment, equipping leaders to embrace transformation while keeping communities at the center.
Hi, I’m Nina
As a child who stuttered, I learned resilience early. That path led me to appear in Bill Withers’ documentary on stuttering, and it sparked a lifelong passion for supporting how people connect and thrive at work, at home, and in leadership.
Since then, I’ve co-founded Global Digital Wellness Day, reaching over 17 million people in 64 countries, co-created the validated Digital Flourishing® framework, and authored a bestselling book on thriving in the remote work era.
This work has been featured by the United States Surgeon General, the creators of the Emmy award-winning film The Social Dilemma, and countless Fortune 500 companies.
These accomplishments are not accidents. They reflect a truth I’ve carried from the beginning: connection is the heart of resilience.
Today, I bring that belief to organizations worldwide, helping leaders and teams strengthen focus, retention, and well-being in an always-on culture.
Keynote Topics + Outcomes
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Online Oxygen: Your Guide to Digital Resilience
Learn how to build a healthier relationship with technology in an era of hybrid and remote work. This talk explores strategies for balancing productivity, mental health, and self-care while navigating our always-connected digital world. Attendees leave with practical tools to optimize their digital habits and thrive both online and offline.
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Navigating The Great Indoors (3-Part Workshop Series)
This flexible program, offered as a three-part series or as individual sessions, helps individuals and teams thrive while working remotely. It begins with exploring how to create remote workspaces that boost both productivity and wellbeing, then moves into mastering the art of digital harmony through effective virtual collaboration, and concludes with strategies to transform screen-heavy routines using mindful movement and techniques that reduce fatigue. Together, these sessions provide a comprehensive roadmap to sustaining wellness and performance in the digital age.
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Achieving Digital Harmony: Empowering Families in a Wired World
A family-focused talk that equips parents and children with tools to create a balanced digital lifestyle. Participants learn how to set healthy tech boundaries, foster mindful device use, and protect mental health while encouraging creativity, connection, and quality offline time. This session transforms digital challenges into opportunities for stronger family bonds.
Frequently Asked Questions
About Nina
Nina Hersher, MSW, is a leading expert in Digital Wellness and co-founder of Digital Wellness Day, which has reached millions worldwide. She is considered a pioneer of the digital mindfulness movement and has spoken for organizations including Spotify, McKesson, Dolby, and The King Abdulaziz Center. Her work has been featured in outlets ranging from Forbes and Al Jazeera to Voice of America. Nina’s pioneering contributions include co-creating the Digital Flourishing® model, launching the first Certified Digital Resilience Educator Program, and co-authoring Your Playbook for Thriving in the Remote Work Era.
Digital Wellness is the optimum state of health and wellbeing each person can achieve while using technology. Nina helps leaders, teams, and families foster positive digital workplace cultures, prevent burnout, and boost engagement, productivity, and overall happiness in today’s always-connected world.
Through interactive workshops, consulting, and tailored programming, Nina equips organizations to:
- Build resilience in hybrid and remote work environments.
- Reduce technostress and strengthen digital resilience.
- Improve communication, productivity, and digital empathy.
About Nina’s Keynotes
Yes. Nina delivers impactful sessions in person, virtually, and in hybrid formats. She is available to travel locally as well as internationally.
Popular programs include:
- Online Oxygen: Your Guide to Digital Resilience
- The Great Indoors
- Achieving Digital Harmony for Families
Custom programming is available upon request. Nina is an expert across all domains of the Digital Flourishing® model—including productivity, communication, relationships, mental health, physical health, environment, tech-enabled health, and digital citizenship—and can customize content to meet your organization’s unique needs.
Booking Nina
Yes. Nina offers pre-event calls to align on goals, themes, and audience needs.
The earlier the better. However, if something arises on short notice, reach out and Nina’s team will check her calendar for availability.
Nina has spoken to intimate executive teams, large global conferences with audiences of 5,000+, and everything in between. Whatever your company size, Nina would be delighted to assist.
3 Core Beliefs That Power Every Keynote
Roles and projects may change, but my inner compass remains steady. Explore what it’s like to work with me and the values that guide how I show up each day.