Ali Harper smiling and standing with arms crossed, wearing a green blouse, professional motivational speaker and MC for conferences and events.

Motivational Speaker

Bringing Heart, Humour and Impact to an event

Whether I’m inspiring a room full of changemakers or guiding an event with charisma and sparkle, I love to uplift and empower by blending and engaging with my full kit bag of songs, holistic tools, heart and humour.

From wellness events to conferences, creative gatherings to corporate functions, I tailor each appearance to resonate deeply with the audience – leaving them feeling connected, inspired, and ready to take action.

MC and SINGER at M2 Woman – Journey to Excellence Event 2025.

Ali Harper is the ultimate triple threat host, she can sing, dance and entertain like a Broadway star while also being relatable to a range of audience members and speakers. She surprises and delights with her incredible talent, keeps the day buzzing with her energy and humour and behind the scenes is a consummate professional who keeps all aspects of the event running smoothly and to time.

Hire Ali for your next event and thank me later!

- Andre Rowell - M2 Woman Journey to Excellence event, 12 September 2025 Christchurch

MC and CABARET ACT for Probeauty Awards at Christchurch Town Hall, Christchurch.

Thank you so much for your wonderful contribution to our successful event on Friday. Our guests thought you were spectacular, and we couldn’t have been happier. Having you to help with the awards was just perfect and as for the opening medley. Wow!

- Nicky Quinn - Owner ProBeauty

MC for NZPA National Conference at Rydges Hotel, Christchurch.

Thanks for being a wonderful engaging MC. All feedback so far has been very positive and your contribution to making things run smoothly was fantastic. Thanks Ali and I sincerely hope we get to work together again.

- John Purcell – Chairman New Zealand Parking Association

MC for Airways Safety Conference at Te Pae, Christchurch Conference Centre.

When our MC was taken down by illness the day before our conference, we needed someone who could step in at short notice and help keep our day on track..Ali was recommended to us and what a recommendation that was!.She made herself available to meet with us the afternoon before the event to run through the day.. She had already done some research into our organisation and came prepared with a list of questions. On the day, Ali was professional, energetic and engaging. Not only was she a fantastic MC on stage, she was amazing at helping to support our speakers – a number of whom had also stepped in at short notice.. We received great feedback on how professional our event was, and a lot of that can be attributed to Ali keeping us on track, ensuring seamless transitions between speakers and maintaining the energy in the room throughout the day.

- Jamie Gray, Head of Public Affairs & Communications

MC for NZCFI Conference in Blenheim.

Ali was terrific as both an MC and entertainer at our conference. I had many of our guests (delegates) comment to me how she welcomed them personally to conference during the very first morning tea on day 1. Top marks for that one particularly for our 2 Australian guests. They were truly moved by her performances on and off the stage. Ali’s light-hearted words came at just the right times which broke up what can be a very ‘dry’ subject matter event. Her introductions of all our guest speakers and thanks to them were handled very professionally.

- Owen Goodwin - Executive Director The New Zealand Credit & Finance Institute

MC for Singapore Airlines VIP Function in Christchurch and Wellington.

We had an amazing night, and you really made it extra special and very entertaining! and... your voice... amazing!

- Kate Mayo - Singapore Airlines, South Island Sales Manager

MC at SKAL NZ Congress at the Airforce Museum in Christchurch.

'A fantastic Mistress of Ceremonies'. From the time she welcomed everyone she had the delegates and their partners in her hand with the professionalism that she portrayed interspaced with amazing singing and interaction with the group. Our Australian delegation was so impressed they want her to attend a future event for them.

- Leighton Cameron, President Skal International Christchurch

MC for HANZ Annual Awards Ceremony.

Professional, slick and entertaining… A good job very, very well done.

- Bruce Robertson, CEO of Hospitality New Zealand
Ali standing on stage speaking as a MC at the HiNZ conference

MC for Digital Health Week NZ at Claudelands Events Centre, Hamilton.

Ali was MC for our 350-person health-IT conference in May 2019. She did a fantastic job keeping 40 speakers running to time and maintaining audience attention throughout two days of fast paced presentations. Ali has a lovely balance of focused professionalism and a relaxed engaging style onstage. Highly recommended MC!

- Kim Mundell - CEO, Health Informatics New Zealand (HINZ)

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