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Alvin Law

Alvin Law, award-winning musician and attitude strategist, works with organizations to cultivate personal leadership, growth mindset, and accountability. Backed by CSP designation, Canadian Speakers Hall of Fame induction, and a client roster spanning 7,500 organizations on five continents.

Trusted by TELUS, RBC, Sun Life

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Alvin Law

Alvin Law

Calgary, Canada

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Alvin Law's biography

At a glance

  • Hall of fame speaker on mindset and resilience
  • Bestselling author and award-winning musician
  • Raised over $175 million for charity worldwide
Alvin Law is an international keynote speaker, award-winning musician, and bestselling author who has spoken to more than two million people across five continents in a career spanning over four decades. Born without arms as a result of thalidomide, Alvin draws on his experience of learning to navigate the world using his feet instead of hands to show audiences that the stories we tell ourselves about our limitations are often the real obstacle. The subject of three award-winning documentaries, Alvin has helped raise more than $175 million for charity. Alvin is a Certified Speaking Professional and a member of the Canadian Association of Speakers Hall of Fame. He has delivered keynotes to over 7,500 organizations, including TELUS, RBC, Sun Life, Enbridge, and ConocoPhillips. Drawing on storytelling, live musical performance on snare drum and piano, and his signature down-to-earth humor, he builds the case that leadership, responsibility, and resilience are learnable attitudes, not fixed traits. Book Alvin Law to give your audience a genuine shift in how they see themselves and what they believe they can do.

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Topics, sessions and talks

Overcome Anything
Every person in every room carries a story about what they can't do, who they're not, or what the world won't allow them. Alvin Law built a four-decade career dismantling exactly those stories. Drawing on his experience of being born without arms and building a life that defied every prediction made about him, Alvin presents practical tools for cultivating attitudes of personal leadership, responsibility, and resilience. Audiences leave with concrete frameworks for reframing obstacles, recognizing their own value, and stepping into accountability at work and at home. Delivered with humor, live musical performance, and a storytelling depth that makes the lessons stick.

Why we recommend booking Alvin

Alvin's CSP designation and Hall of Fame status reflect consistent delivery across 40-plus years and 7,500 organizations. His Overcome Anything talk gives people practical tools to move past perceived limitations and transform their mindset.

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Testimonials

I'm not a huge fan of motivational speakers – I firmly believe that you can't impose motivation on others, it has to come from inside them. Alvin owns his own motivation, and ignites it in others because he models the behaviour he speaks about. He lives it every day. He doesn't tell people to change – they want to change after seeing him.

CEO, Excellence Squared Ltd

[...]It has been a long time since I have had the privilege to not only be entertained but to hear from someone who bears no malice towards anyone, blames no one for their own personal situation but delivers a simple message of how anyone can truly make a difference in this life.

Bayer Crop Science

I just wanted to send you a short note to tell you how wonderful you were as a keynote speaker at the conference which was held in Toronto. I have to admit that I have been going to the Million Dollar Round Table for many years, and have not heard a speaker like you, who motivated an audience to the degree that you did that evening.

Manulife Conference

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Email alvin.law@getapeptalk.com or call PepTalk on +44 20 3835 2929 (UK) or +1 737 888 5112 (US), and one of our speaker agents will contact you within hours to confirm Alvin's availability and fees. If you can, please include your budget upfront – it helps us fast-track your request. It’s also helpful to know the date, format (virtual or in-person), location, and a bit about your audience.

Alvin Law structures his keynotes around personal narrative drawn from his experience of being born without arms, using this as the foundation for practical frameworks on leadership, responsibility, and resilience. He integrates live musical performance on snare drum and piano alongside down-to-earth humour to reinforce the core message that these are learnable attitudes rather than fixed traits.

What is Alvin Law's speaking style like?
Alvin Law structures his keynotes around personal narrative drawn from his experience of being born without arms, using this as the foundation for practical frameworks on leadership, responsibility, and resilience. He integrates live musical performance on snare drum and piano alongside down-to-earth humour to reinforce the core message that these are learnable attitudes rather than fixed traits.

Alvin Law structures his keynotes around personal narrative drawn from his experience of being born without arms, using this as the foundation for practical frameworks on leadership, responsibility, and resilience. He integrates live musical performance on snare drum and piano alongside down-to-earth humour to reinforce the core message that these are learnable attitudes rather than fixed traits.

What topics does Alvin Law specialise in?
Alvin Law's session addresses personal leadership, resilience, and accountability, using his experience of being born without arms to dismantle self-limiting beliefs and deliver practical frameworks for reframing obstacles. He is a Certified Speaking Professional and member of the Canadian Association of Speakers Hall of Fame, with over 7,500 keynotes delivered across more than two million audience members on five continents.

Alvin Law's session addresses personal leadership, resilience, and accountability, using his experience of being born without arms to dismantle self-limiting beliefs and deliver practical frameworks for reframing obstacles. He is a Certified Speaking Professional and member of the Canadian Association of Speakers Hall of Fame, with over 7,500 keynotes delivered across more than two million audience members on five continents.

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