HELPING THE NEXT GENERATION
COURAGEOUSLY FOLLOW JESUS
Book Riley as a speaker!
Courage is a three-second decision.
Riley Kehoe survived the 2004 tsunami at ten years old. Today, she stands in front of middle school, high school, and college students and gives them language for the fear they're already carrying, and a way to move anyway.
TEDx SPEAKER • AUTHOR • PREACHER • PODCASTER
5M+ people reached
40+ speaking engagements a year
Audiences of 20,000+
50+ podcast appearances
International speaker
Author of Three Seconds of Courage
BUILT FOR THE NEXT GENERATION
Riley especially loves speaking at:
Youth Conferences
Young Adult Gatherings
Christian Camps
DNow Weekends
College Ministries
Christian Universities & Chapels
Women's Events
Church Services
Retreats
Leadership Events
Messages can be adapted for middle school, high school, college, young adult, women's, or multigenerational audiences.
Meet Riley
Riley speaks courage
Riley helps people move from fear to faith through honest storytelling, biblical truth, and practical encouragement. She speaks at 40+ events a year, from churches and youth gatherings to conferences and audiences of 20,000+.
She’s lived the message
We trust this leader to synchronize production, logistics, and support functions, cultivating dependable processes that uphold our service commitments.
She cares deeply about this generation
Riley is especially passionate about speaking to youth and young adults about Jesus, identity, purpose, relationships, and living courageously. Her goal is to communicate biblical truth in a way that feels honest, relevant, memorable, and practical.
Signature Messages
BOOK RILEY!
Riley or her team replies within two business days, usually with a couple of questions and a link to hold a date.
Based in Franklin, TN — Travels nationally & internationally
Watch Riley’s TED Talk
In April 2023, Riley presented her first TED Talk titled "The Insight I Almost Died For", addressing 21 million subscribers on YouTube and 7000 live audience members.
Watch Riley speak at one of the largest Christian conferences in America
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Fees depend on format and travel. A single session starts at $5000; weekends and camp weeks are quoted based on the number of sessions. Fees flex for ministry budgets, so ask even if the number looks out of reach. Nobody has been turned away for asking.
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No, but it's told differently. The tsunami, the CPR, and the rescue details get handled with a lighter hand for 6th–8th grade than for college students. Riley will ask about your group on the planning call and adjust.
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25 to 40 minutes, and she'll match whatever your run of show needs. For weekends and camps she plans the sessions as an arc, so they build rather than repeat.
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For camps and weekends, yes. She stays on site, eats with students, and is available after sessions. A lot of what happens at these events happens in the hallway afterward.
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Travel is billed at cost on top of the fee. Riley is based outside Nashville, so there's no travel fee for events within a few hour ’ driving distance of Middle Tennessee.
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