Speaking Engagements
Educational and Entertaining
NJ Wight is a captivating and educational speaker with almost 30 years of experience at the crossroads of art, communications and digital technology. Whether addressing special interest groups, boardrooms, or academic gatherings, her past lives as an educator, C‑level executive, and one-time stand-up comic come together in a dynamic and engaging narrative. Nancie’s powerful wildlife imagery and engaging storytelling will have you thinking differently about communication, conservation, creativity and the curve-balls of life.
2022 Upcoming Speaking Events
Aug 16, 2023 – CCFM, Winnipeg, Manitoba
What People are Saying
Sunway University, Kuala Lumpur
“From speaking in a hall of 300 to an intimate seminar of grad students, NJ Wight captures the imagination and pulls at your heart strings simultaneously. Her wide range of experiential storytelling is unique in today’s dense media world. She is truly a Renaissance woman who will change how you see the world and your place in it.”
–Harold Thwaites, Dean, Centre for Research Creation in Digital Media
Montreal Camera Club
Nancie is as entertaining a speaker as she is a passionate protector of all wildlife. Her lecture at the Montreal Camera Club educated us through personal anecdotes and outstanding images, and had us laughing and crying in turns. Everyone who has the chance to attend one of her presentations will leave with a much better understanding of the challenges facing so many of our world’s amazing species. And it doesn’t hurt that she’s a darn good photographer, either!
–Cindy Canavan, President
Corporate Event
“Nancie is an outstanding speaker who kept our attendees entertained and enthralled with her unique perspective on the environment and animal conservation. She got us all thinking very differently about our relationship with nature.”
–Warren Wilansky, Founder, Plank Design
Artist in Residence, California
“Nancie was our coveted artist in residence, and her gorgeous photo canvases of local wildlife on display always captivate our guests. Her humour, creative process and expertise made us feel as through we were being treated to a Safari experience here in California. I’ll never see cows the same way again!”
–Angela DiPietro, Owner, Cat Canyon Ranch
Previous Speaking Engagements
University Women’s Club – Peterborough, Ontario Chapter
Play Review Group, Los Angeles, California
Centre Culturel Franco-Manitobain, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Parsons The New School of Design, New York
Montreal Camera Club: UP CLOSE in the Wild! Africa through the lens of NJ Wight
Viewpoints with Todd van der Hayden, iHeart Radio
Breakfast Television, CITY TV
Destiny Quebec’s Global Issues Conference (2017, 2018)
The Breakfast Club: Plank Design’s Speaker Series, Montreal
Virtual Systems and Multimedia Conference: Kuala Lumpur: Keynote Address
Ottawa Camera Club
Sunway University, Faculty of Art and Design and the Engineering and Computer Science, Kuala Lampur,
Artist in Residence: Cat Canyon Ranch on California’s Central Coast.
Montreal Zoological Society
University of Malaysia: Center for Creative Content and Digital Innovation, Kuala Lampur
Quest University, British Columbia
Book Me as a Speaker
If you are looking for an engaging and motivating speaker for a corporate function, an educational conference or lecture series, a nonprofit fundraising event or planning something for a special interest group, get in touch with me to discuss how I can help!