"The evaluations of the day were overwhelmingly positive about your presentation and that for them, this was indeed a highlight. The evaluations also requested a repeat performance next year!"

Linda Byrnes, RN, BScN,
MALT: Instructor
Malaspina University College

The Positive Rebel

Michael Bortolotto

is an inspirational public speaker, who teaches and challenges his audience through his own life's example. His listeners will relate to the positive and uplifting stories of personal triumph over physical, mental and social obstacles that Michael has encountered.

Vision, leadership, motivation

, complacency, ethics, teamwork, improving productivitiy, effective thinking, change and uncertainty, pushing beyond the ceiling of conditioning and how the best get better are some of the topics Michael speaks about. Because Michael is a positive rebel, he also addresses hot topics such as bullying in schools, bullying in the workplace, diversifying your workforce and peer pressure. Michael goes where others don't dare.

Inspiring, encouraging and educational

, Michael causes shifts in perception that move us beyond our fears, insecurities and limitations to reach goals and pursue dreams we didn't believe possible. Michael was born with Cerebral Palsy, which affects his large and small muscle co-ordination and for many years, the clarity of his speech. His parents were told he would never walk or talk. In fact, it was recommended Michael be institutionalized.

Luck and love were on his side

His parents choose to take him home. Michael was raised to be a no holds barred, man of action, package of attributes, attitudes, and beliefs that shape his life and charge his spirit. That energy has given Michael the means to face all of the many physical, mental, and social obstacles he encounters as a series of personal challenges. He draws on his energy and raw courage too not only overcome these challenges, but to turn them into opportunities. Then in true rebel style Michael reaches out into the world community where he teaches, motivates, encourages, and inspires others to do the same in their own lives. He does not draw on a single event in his life; it is his life, every single moment of it. After hearing Michael speak about his life it becomes very hard for anyone to say "I can't do that". Michael is a rebel, a positive rebel. Over the past twelve years, Michael has built a successful, professional, public speaking career and business. To date, he has given approximately 1100 speeches before more than 260,000 people in both Canada and the United States.

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