Sebastien Sasseville is a powerful and charismatic speaker. Motivational and inspirational, his speeches are poignant and will move you and your organization. Sebastien will familiarize himself with your organization and design a presentation based on your needs.

Conference Menu

Corporate:

To Be the Best or Not to Be

Themes: Achievement of excellence, peak performance, winning by being the best in highly competitive markets, determination.

To achieve results in today's highly competitive markets, we simply need to be the best at what we do and excellence from every single member of your team must be the golden standard. This talk will help your organisation to stimulate a culture of excellence, the desire of being the best and to accept nothing but first place. Using metaphors from a Mount Everest expedition, one of the most iconic goal one could achieve, this talk will ultimately help you and your team to win in your market place.

Celebrating the Obstacle

Themes: Utilising an obstacle to its full potential, recovering from a crisis, finding empowerment in difficult times.

Whether they are financial, structural or emotional, every individual, every company has a difficult year now and then. But remember, Everest is only thrilling to climb because it is an obstacle. This fun and honest talk will help your organization to start a new era, help to find empowerment in the recent turbulences and stimulate a quick and powerful turn around.

Climbing Change

Themes: Reinventing the way we do things, adapting to ever changing market, company merger, creativity and audacity in the work place.

Diagnosed with a chronic disease at the age of 22, Sebastien had change the way he did everything, including the way Everest is climbed. In the corporate world, the ones that cannot adapt are left behind, on Everest, they sometimes never make it back. Change is present in our markets everyday, yet it often scares us. This talk will help your organisation not only to better face any type of change or challenge, but also help to get good at it, to get business results out of it and even better, to win with it.

Diabetes:

Embracing Diabetes

Theme: Acceptance of the disease, living well with diabetes, viewing diabetes as a gift.

A talk Sebastien has done dozens of times and has adapted every time whether he was speaking to patients, health care professionals of families living with the disease. Sebastien uncovers hidden dimensions of diabetes and offers a journey that will take you back to the very first step of its treatment, and arguably the only cure, the acceptance. Au menu: a talk full of thrilling stories that will motivate you to take ownership of your disease and that will also help you to a better and fuller life with diabetes.

Testimonials

"Sebastien's humility, and his ability to connect with people from all ages, and backgrounds, makes him a great choice for speaking. He has done a tremendous job of inspiring people building their confidence to challenge the boundaries of their daily lives, across Canada."

Richard Forster

National Sales Manager

Animas Canada, a division of Johnson & Johnson

"Sebastien spoke to the JDRF Canada Annual General Meeting in June 2008. His story of conquering Mount Everest, and coming to terms with his diabetes was inspirational to the hundreds of people who attended. He is a true hero who has had to overcome incredible physical hurdles to reach his dream. For a young man to be delivering such a moving story was the highlight of our conference."

Meghan Davidson

Chief Operating Officer

JDRF

"You are an inspirational role model for all of our CWD kids and families... a true example of what a person can accomplish with just the right mix of adventure, experience, and vision... and a reminder to our children that they can grow up to be anything they can envision!"

Laura Billetdeaux

VP Education and Programs

Children with Diabetes, Johnson & Johnson

"Your presentation was as practical as it was inspirational. I can't wait to have you back at one of our upcoming conferences."

Gary Scheiner MS, CDE

Treasurer

Diabetes Exercise and Sport Association Board of Directors

"Your presentation on your Everest Climb and juvenile diabetes made for an incredible evening. You are wise beyond your years. Thanks for sharing it with us and inspiring us to embrace life wholeheartedly, whatever our challenges may be."

Gayle Robinson

Robinson's Outdoor Store

"...not only did you make my daughter smile and make her realize she can do anything she wants, you have given me my baby girl back and I can never thank you enough."

Tammy Williams

"Embracing Diabetes" Conference attendee

To book Sebastien for your next engagement, please see the Booking Information page.