Nicole has delivered keynote addresses at major climate, conservation, and food systems conferences across Europe, North America, Africa and Australasia. She is known for making complex ecological ideas immediately actionable, and for bringing both rigor and humor to subjects that are too often treated as purely solemn.

Signature topics

Tipping Points

Behavioural Shifts

Business Biomimicry

Authentic Leadership Through Storytelling

Play & Creativity as a Tool for "Wicked Problems"

Keynotes

The Answer Isn't Missing: The Question Is

We are not short on information. People all around the world have already solved many "crises". What's missing is the skill to reposition and ask better questions. Your audience will:

  • Learn why more data does not always result in better decisions

  • Discover questions that unlock solutions already in sight

  • Feel more empowered and comfortable when navigating complex and polarizing topics

Nature Already Solved This: Learning from the Biomimicry Playbook

The rules that built the last century are cracking under the weight of what's coming. Nicole shows audiences how to trade outdated structures for the ones nature runs on, building the adaptive capacities this moment demands. Audiences leave able to:

  • Spot where old thinking and patterns are quietly limiting decisions

  • Apply resilience thinking to how their team or org adapts under pressure

  • Walk away inspired with a nimble, systems-based framework

Regulating the Planet Starts with Regulating Ourselves

Before we can regulate ecosystems, economies, or climate, we have to regulate our own nervous systems. Nicole makes the case that curiosity, play and storytelling aren't distractions from serious work; they're the conditions that make original thinking possible. Audiences leave able to:

  • Explore the link between self-regulation and the capacity for creative thought

  • Learn how play and storytelling function as tools

  • Be inspired to bring more of both into the workplace

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What If the Biggest Shift in Agriculture Isn't a New Practice, but a New Way of Seeing?

In this 2023 Road to Regen presentation, Nicole Masters connects human health, soil health and the resilience of our landscapes. Drawing on her own experience with chemical exposure, and stories from farmers creating real change, Nicole explores how we can move beyond fear and reaction toward curiosity, connection and possibility.

Because regeneration isn't just something we do. It's an attitude.

Formats and rates

  • In-person keynote — from $10K

  • In-person workshop — from $15K

  • Webinar training — from $3K

*Fees in USD and do not include travel or accommodation. Travel is based on point of origin in Bozeman, Montana, USA.

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What people say

"My expectations were high, and Nicole exceeded them. Her knowledge, personality, humor, and enthusiasm were compelling. She kept the audience thoroughly engaged in the classroom and in the field. Nicole's presentation was powerful and changed the way our clients look at soil and the role of soil in producing a healthy product at a healthy profit."

David Pratt, Ranching for Profit, USA

"Nicole keeps you motivated. I've been to a few leadership courses... this has definitely been the best experience... working with, instead of talking at. If anybody has the chance to have Nicole come and talk to them, do it. You will not regret it."

Aiden Bettridge, Ngāi Tahu, NZ

"Nicole has a knack for asking the right questions that catalyze creative problem solving and strategic thinking, leading us towards the discovery of long-term, sustainable solutions."

Shawn Greenbaum, Apricot Lane Farms, USA

"Nicole both challenges us to be bolder and more ambitious, whilst also having plenty of workable solutions to recommend."

Donna Chan, NZ Merino

Selected speaking engagements

(* keynote)

  • Groundswell Conference, UK*

  • Althorp Estate, UK*

  • BioFarm Conference, Ireland*

  • Soil Health Conference, Hungary

  • Boulder Conference on World Affairs, USA

  • AcresUSA Conference, USA*

  • EcoFarm Conference, USA*

  • Common Ground 2025, Hawaii

  • Quivira / Holistic Management International, USA*

  • Ranch Management Consultants, USA*

  • Practical Farmers of Iowa, USA*

  • GrassFed Exchange, USA*

  • National Bison Conference, USA*

  • Intertribal Agriculture Council, USA*

  • Women in Ranching, USA

  • Agventure Training, Kenya

  • Victoria No-Till Association, Australia*

  • Cairns Biological Farming Conference, Australia*

  • The Mulloon Institute, Australia*

  • Beef and Lamb NZ*

  • Alberta Land Institute, Canada*

  • Manitoba Forage & Grassland Association, Canada*

And many more across New Zealand, South America, and Europe.

Nicole Masters and her dog in the field
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