Confidence and Empowerment Speaker for College Students
Jaclyn Gallo's Programs
Get Your Hopes Up: Reclaiming Confidence, Courage, and the Power of Possibility
Get Your Hopes Up is an inspiring keynote that helps audiences overcome the fear of disappointment and reclaim the confidence to dream big. Jaclyn Gallo encourages participants to trade self-protection for possibility, take bold action, and pursue opportunities with courage even when success is not guaranteed.
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Before you submit the application, raise your hand, or pursue the opportunity, there’s a split second where doubt creeps in: What if I’m not ready? What if I try—and it doesn’t work out?
Somewhere along the way, we were taught to protect ourselves from disappointment. Don’t get your hopes up. Don’t take the risk unless you know you’ll succeed. But that mindset doesn’t move you forward—it keeps you stuck. If disappointment has ever made you second-guess whether it’s even worth trying at all, you’re not alone.
This message is for anyone who has learned—through experience—that hoping hurts. It goes straight to the heart of what happens when repeated rejection and unmet expectations teach us to shrink our ambition. Over time, the fear of disappointment can start to feel heavier than the hope of possibility. But what if hope wasn’t something to avoid, but something to reclaim?
This keynote helps audiences trade fear for possibility, take courageous action, and give 100%—not because they’re certain, but because they’re hopeful. It’s time to stop playing it safe and start expecting something better. It’s time to get your hopes up.
Audience members will…
- Understand why hope feels risky—and why it’s worth it anyway
- Recognize how past disappointment may be keeping you from showing up fully
- Explore why hope isn’t just wishful thinking—it’s the foundation for real resilience
- Learn how to move forward with courage, even in the face of past letdowns
- Reignite your willingness to try, show up, and enjoy the process—without being paralyzed by the “what if it doesn’t work out?”
Ideal Audiences
- Leadership Development
- Professional Development
- Women’s Conferences
- Panhellenic Councils
Vision Board Workshop
The Vision Board Workshop is an interactive program where life coach and author Jaclyn Gallo helps attendees find clarity on their goals, create a visual representation of these goals through the creation of a digital vision board and finally, take action to make these goals reality. In the workshop, Jaclyn shares the scientific principles of manifestation, and helps each attendee create their own vision board. Through her teachings, Jaclyn inspires audiences to dream bigger and go all in on the things that spark a light inside of them.
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Audience members will…
- Consider the principles of manifestation
- Craft a clear vision for their future goals
- Understand how to create habits that stick
Ideal Audiences
- Panhellenic Councils
- Women’s Empowerment
- Sorority Life
The Hope Workshop: A Hands-On Approach to Building Confidence, Courage & Purpose
The Hope Workshop is an interactive, hands-on session that helps participants turn hope into purposeful action. Through guided exercises and reflection, attendees build confidence, strengthen resilience, and gain clarity around what they can control as they navigate challenges and setbacks. This workshop equips audiences with practical tools to move forward with optimism, courage, and a renewed sense of purpose.
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The Hope Workshop: Building Confidence, Courage & Purpose is an interactive, hands-on session designed to help you reclaim hope and turn it into action.
Through engaging exercises—like reframing failure, exploring what’s in your control, and creating a plan to move forward with confidence—you’ll strengthen hope, cultivate courage, and create a clear sense of purpose.
Walk away with practical tools to navigate challenges, reframe setbacks, and move forward with optimism and intention.
Audience members will…
- Reconnect with what’s possible in their personal and professional lives.
- Gain clarity on what they can influence and where to focus their energy.
- Strengthen optimism and resilience to face current and future challenges.
- Set meaningful goals and create a clear, confident path forward.
Ideal Audiences
- Panhellenic Councils
- Leadership Organizations
- Fraternity / Sorority Life
- Community Colleges
- First Year Experience
Meet Jaclyn Gallo
Jaclyn Gallo is a speaker, author, and entrepreneur who helps leaders do the one thing they’ve been taught to avoid: get their hopes up. She’s the author of Stop Getting In Your Own Way and the host of the Spark Your Light podcast, which ranks in the top 1.5% of all podcasts globally and has listeners in 96 countries.
Jaclyn has delivered keynotes to top organizations including Meta, Deloitte, Comcast, TEDx, and Princeton University. Her work has been featured in major media outlets such as Forbes, Business Insider, and Good Morning Washington. Known for her energizing and research-backed approach, Jaclyn helps audiences move beyond the fear of disappointment so they can raise their hand, speak up, and go for more—with confidence, not caution.
Beyond the stage, Jaclyn teaches entrepreneurship at Penn State, where she empowers the next generation of leaders to take smart risks and build with resilience. She also owns a thriving ice cream shop, where she brings her entrepreneurial spirit to life. Jaclyn holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Georgetown University. She lives in Philadelphia with her husband and one-year-old son.
