Dr. Tererai Trent

Scholar, Speaker, Author, Humanitarian, & Oprah's Favorite Guest

  • Dr. Tererai Trent Keynote Speaker Fee Fee range is for U.S. events, depending on location and organization type

    $40,001 - $50,000

  • Languages Spoken

    English

  • Travels From

    California, USA

  • Dr. Tererai Trent Keynote Speaker Fee Fee range is for U.S. events, depending on location and organization type

    $40,001 - $50,000

  • Languages Spoken

    English

  • Travels From

    California, USA

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The Awakened Woman

Based on her recent book by the same name, this talk is aimed squarely at women who desire to build a supportive network for themselves and each other, set astonishing goals, achieve them, and amplify their voice and impact in the world – in meaningful ways.

Daring Dreamer: The Incredible Story of Tererai Trent, Oprah's Favorite Guest of All Time

A talk about setting and achieving INCREDIBLE dreams & how Dr. Trent did it, from teen mother & wife in rural Zimbabwe to sharing the stage with Oprah as her favorite guest of all time and gaining her support to fund several schools in Zimbabwe)  ...

A talk about setting and achieving INCREDIBLE dreams & how Dr. Trent did it, from teen mother & wife in rural Zimbabwe to sharing the stage with Oprah as her favorite guest of all time and gaining her support to fund several schools in Zimbabwe)  Can be tailored to a children’s audience, too, and supplemented by her children’s book:  The Girl Who Buried Her Dreams in a Can  Emphasis on the catalyzing power of education and literacy – and how that equals freedom for those who obtain those gifts.

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Building A Transformative Company: How Identifying & Filling Your Company's 'Great Hunger' Can Ignite Success

Dr. Trent shows you how to align corporate strategy with a higher calling – one related to identifying and hyper-focusing on WHY your company exists, what core problem or challenge it solves for your customers – and connecting that to your company’s ‘...

Dr. Trent shows you how to align corporate strategy with a higher calling – one related to identifying and hyper-focusing on WHY your company exists, what core problem or challenge it solves for your customers – and connecting that to your company’s ‘Greatest Hunger.’  The end result?  Your company will be doing its biggest and best work in the world.

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About Keynote Speaker Dr. Tererai Trent

About Speaker Dr. Tererai Trent…

Gifted with natural charisma that inspires people from all walks of life, Dr. Trent’s compelling story motivates people to fight for their own dreams, as well as the dreams of others, as she demonstrates in her new book, The Awakened Woman – Remembering & Reigniting Our Sacred Dreams (Atria/Enliven Books), including a foreword by Oprah Winfrey.

Rooted in humble beginnings, Tererai grew up in a cattle-herding family in rural Zimbabwe, in a country known as Rhodesia under colonial rule, where cultural practices and a war that liberated her country charted the course of her life. Due to traditional women’s roles and cultural norms, Tererai did not have the opportunity to go to school. Undeterred, she still dreamed of an education and determinedly taught herself to read and write from her brother’s schoolbooks. Despite being married young and having three children by the time she was eighteen, she never lost sight of her dreams.

As a young mother without a high school diploma, Tererai met a woman who would profoundly impact her life: Jo Luck, president and CEO of Heifer International. She told Tererai, “If you believe in your dreams, they are achievable.” With this inspiration and her own mother’s encouragement, Tererai wrote down her dreams of going to America for higher education, sealed them in a tin can, and buried them under a rock, ultimately redesigning the blueprint of her life.

Dr. Trent could not have imagined that her steadfast determination, hard work and belief in her dreams would eventually earn her multiple degrees, and a prominent global platform with world leaders and international businesses and audiences where she advocates for universal access to quality education.

A two-time guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Tererai was named by Oprah as her “All-Time Favorite Guest” and received a $1.5 million donation to rebuild her childhood elementary school in recognition of her tenacity and never-give-up attitude. With the firm belief that education is the pathway out of poverty and a desire to give back to her community, Dr. Trent founded Tererai Trent International.

Through strategic partnerships with Oprah Winfrey and Save the Children, Dr. Trent’s mission to provide universal access to quality education while also empowering rural communities is now being realized. Eleven schools are being built in Zimbabwe and education has been improved for over 5,000 children so far. And this is only the beginning.

Currently an adjunct professor in Monitoring & Evaluation in Global Health at Drexel University, School of Public Health, Dr. Trent is a senior consultant with more than 18 years of international experience in program and policy evaluation, and has worked on five continents for major humanitarian organizations. As a fellow at the Center of AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS) at UC San Francisco, Dr. Trent conducted research on HIV prevention in Sub Saharan Africa with a special focus on women and girls.

Today, Dr. Trent won the 2018 NAACP Award for Outstanding Literary Work (Instructional) for her latest book, The Awakened Woman—Remembering & Reigniting Our Sacred Dreams. She is invited to speak all over the world, to share her remarkable story and the valuable lessons she has learned along the way. She was a keynote speaker at the UN Global Compact Leaders Summit where she used her growing voice to appeal to international businesses to invest in equal access to quality education. Leading the global charge in the fight for quality education for all children and women’s rights, Dr. Trent has become a symbol of hope for everyone, and living proof that anything is possible. Her favorite motto is “Tinogona,” meaning, “It is achievable!”

 

When not speaking, Tererai is a mother, consultant and is tirelessly working to establish groundbreaking developments in her home village in Zimbabwe to create sustainable quality education and community empowerment.

Testimonials

“Dr. Tererai Trent is more thana woman of power. She is a symbol of hope to every woman who ever thought herself unworthy, who ever felt herself unseen and unheard. I think she is the perfect example of what a human being can achieve when she decides to lift her life to its highest calling.”

Oprah Winfrey

O Magazine

“Her incredible and fierce talent for motivating audiences—young and older—is even more impressive because it is matched by a genuine and warm spirit. Dr. Trent spoke at our Girls’ World Forum and there was not a dry eye in the place—she is the real deal! Thank you for being a class act and for being a true testament to the power of great talent, hard work, and unrelenting perseverance.”

Girl Scouts of the USA

 

“Dr. Trent’s passionate message about the power of education resonated with the graduate students during a critical time in their studies. Her moving story of hope and determination inspired our students to think differently, ask questions, and explore how they can effect positive social change within their professions, communities, and, quite possibly, the world. Dr. Trent is an eloquent speaker whose extraordinary story inspires audiences to believe they have the power to make a difference.”

Walden University

 

“Dr. Trent I think you’ve mastered the art of something that I’ve heard from a very young age…  that your mind shapes your reality, and your reality does not shape who you are.”

Eleni Giokos

CNBC Africa

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