Professional Speakers

Emmanuel Kelly

Differently-abled singer, entrepreneur, speaker…inspiration

Inspirational speaker for corporate teams * business * and gala events. Engaging performer motivates and inspires with his musical performance infused keynotes.

From time to time you meet someone who changes your perception of the world.  Someone you feel privileged to know.  Emmanuel Kelly opens your mind with his first sentence, engages your emotions and then stays with you.  Emmanuel is one of those rare individuals who makes you a better person.

About Emmanuel Kelly

Emmanuel Kelly is recognized as the freshest face of diversity, becoming the first pop star who is differently-abled.

A singer, actor, entrepreneur and speaker; Emmanuel Kelly is breaking down the walls of inequality and building the a bridge to a world filled with inclusion & diversity. 

Emmanuel Kelly was found in a box half dead by two soldiers on a battlefield in Iraq.
He was taken to an orphanage in Baghdad, and raised there for 7 years, experiencing/Hearing Bombs, seeing executions & the worst of man kind.

Emmanuel Kelly has become a media sensation after his Australian “X-Factor” audition singing “Imagine” went viral. Today he has defied all odds! With over 1 Billion views collectively online, He has Toured with Coldplay as a special guest, opened for Snoop Dogg, performed with David Foster & legendary DJ Paul Oakenfold. Emmanuel’s album plans to be released this year, produced/Mentored by Chris Martin.

Emmanuel’s single, remixed & produced by Paul Oakenfold, called  “Never Alone” just released with a music video Feat. Demi Lovato, Chris Martin of Coldplay, Jack Dylan Grazer, Terrence Howard, Elisabeth Moss, J.K Simmons, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Brian Grazer,  Royce Da 5’9″ & many more.

Emmanuel recently appeared on “The Kelly Clarkson Show” and has had 2 billboard articles written about him in the last 3 months.

About Emmanuel Kelly

Emmanuel Kelly is recognized as the freshest face of diversity, becoming the first pop star who is differently-abled.

A singer, actor, entrepreneur and speaker; Emmanuel Kelly is breaking down the walls of inequality and building the a bridge to a world filled with inclusion & diversity. 

Emmanuel Kelly was found in a box half dead by two soldiers on a battlefield in Iraq.
He was taken to an orphanage in Baghdad, and raised there for 7 years, experiencing/Hearing Bombs, seeing executions & the worst of man kind.

Emmanuel Kelly has become a media sensation after his Australian “X-Factor” audition singing “Imagine” went viral.

Today he has defied all odds! With over 1 Billion views collectively online,
He has Toured with Coldplay as a special guest, opened for Snoop Dogg, performed with David Foster & legendary DJ Paul Oakenfold.
Emmanuel’s album plans to be released this year, produced/Mentored by Chris Martin.

Emmanuel’s single, remixed & produced by Paul Oakenfold, called  “Never Alone” just released with a music video Feat. Demi Lovato, Chris Martin of Coldplay,

Jack Dylan Grazer, Terrence Howard, Elisabeth Moss, J.K Simmons,

Jean-Claude Van Damme, Brian Grazer,  Royce Da 5’9″ & many more.

Emmanuel recently appeared on “The Kelly Clarkson Show” and has had 2 billboard articles written about him in the last 3 months

Emmanuel in action

X-factor audition sensation

Speaker reel 

Emmanuel tells his story 

Interview at the UN 

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

Emmanuel's Topic

Emmanuel perception of self, society and the world changed drastically several times in his life.  From being abandoned in a warzone, to moving to another country for multiple surgeries, to enrapturing performance on X Factor, to starting his own record label, Emmanuel discovered that his failures and successes were dependent upon his perception of himself and the world around him.

Perception is everything in people, business and life. How to re-wire those perceptions for your business, to gain diverse clients & customers, and increase your employees’ motivation in creating a stronger more inclusive family work environment is something Emmanuel continues to master.

Emmanuel Kelly's dynamic presentations are the highlight of any business conference.  Emmanuel's voice and spirit transport the audience to a place of possibilities.

He teaches:

  • Stop being a bull - be a fox - clever in approach and opportunities - focus on quality not quantity.   
  • Be diverse in how you approach business - experiment and take chancesBe perceptive - pay attention to the world - competition. 
  • Don't judge a book by its cover.   easy to misjudge.