Allison Shapira
Speak with Impact — create effective communicators who unite and encourage teams and revamp your organization.
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- Bestselling Author, Harvard Kennedy School Adjunct Lecturer
- Founder/CEO of Global Public Speaking LLC
- Leadership Communication Speaker
- Former Opera Singer
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Our voice is one of the most powerful tools we have to connect with others. Leaders who can harness the power of their voice are capable of stirring hearts, guiding vision, and setting action into motion. Whether we are running a company, leading a team, volunteering in our communities, or simply guiding our families, what we say and how we deliver our message can make a difference. As one of the world’s foremost experts on communication and leadership, Allison Shapira teaches audiences how to lead with their voice in order to develop inspired and purpose-driven teams that ultimately make a powerful impact.
Allison is a former opera singer turned entrepreneur, author, speaker, and expert in leadership communication. After training in classical voice, she realized that everything she learned as a singer made her a powerful speaker and communication coach. 20 years ago, she founded Global Public Speaking LLC and has since grown the company from a solo business to a global team, with clients ranging from Bank of America, Procter & Gamble, to Intel. She and her team work with both emerging and executive leaders to empower them to speak clearly, concisely, and confidently. Running a global company gives her the added advantage of understanding the critical and ongoing pain points of leaders and their teams. She brings a deep familiarity of the most pressing issues facing executives worldwide to her keynotes as she shares strategies to guide people to lead with their voice.
In addition to being a speaker and CEO, Allison teaches The Arts of Communication at the Harvard Kennedy School. She published her book, Speak with Impact: How to Command the Room and Influence Others, with HarperCollins Leadership, which became a Washington Post bestseller. She is a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP), a professional member of the National Speakers Association, and has spoken or led training in Asia, Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and North and South America. Allison is also a singer/songwriter and uses music as a way to help others find their voice and their courage to speak. She has spoken at the Fortune Most Powerful Women Next Gen Summit, the Most Powerful Women in Banking LEAD Conference, and was a finalist for 2017 Woman Business Owner of the Year by the National Association of Women Business Owners, San Diego Chapter. Allison is frequently featured by the media in such publications as Forbes, Fortune, Bloomberg, and the Harvard Business Review.
Throughout history, leaders have used their voices to inspire audiences and mobilize action. Words can be used to command, comfort, and ignite.
As one of the world’s foremost experts on communication and leadership, Allison Shapira teaches audiences how to lead with their voice in order to build trust with clients, colleagues, and other critical stakeholders. Drawing upon her expertise as the founder of a successful public speaking company, her work with senior global executives, her unique background as a former opera singer, and her graduate course at Harvard University, Allison weaves together a powerful approach to using your voice. She shares her innovative ACE Model of leadership communication, providing tangible takeaways that transform the way professionals communicate every day in order to have a powerful and positive impact on others. Allison reminds the audience that, at its very essence, communication is about exercising leadership with your voice: connecting with your passion, building your skills, and finding the confidence and courage to speak up.
Key Takeaways:
- AUTHENTICITY – By tapping into your sense of purpose, you find language that is both authentic and persuasive. You realize that your right to speak doesn’t come from anyone else — it comes from within.
- CLARITY – In a world of constant distraction, audiences crave brevity. Learn how to speak clearly and concisely amidst uncertainty.
- ENERGY – Your voice can affect the energy of the entire room. Learn how to consistently harness your best energy to speak with power and presence.
*Lead With Your Voice can be customized to any audience.
What is holding you back from being an effective leader? When you walk into a room for a meeting, pitch, or presentation, your presence speaks before you even say a word.
Allison Shapira reveals three critical components of executive presence. She provides strategies to authentically build your presence and tools you can use to develop the presence of others on your team.
This program is highly interactive, engaging, and practical. Participants will leave the program with immediately applicable tools that they can use every day – at work or in their community.
Key Takeaways:
- How to build trust with your audience.
- How to speak clearly, concisely, and courageously.
- How to deliver a message in a powerful, engaging way.
Authenticity, AI, And The Future Of Human Connection:
Influencing Without Authority:
1. Authenticity, AI, And The Future Of Human Connection:
Can artificial intelligence actually make us more authentic? Communication expert Allison Shapira believes that generative AI allows us to tap into our authenticity and supercharge our creativity like never before in a way that is both ethical and value-rich. As a thought leader in her industry, she is already using AI to guide executives and emerging leaders as they build their communication skills and overcome their fear of speaking. During this pivotal keynote, she will discuss current trends in AI that guide audiences to gain a better understanding of both its implications and limitations on the future of human connection.
2. Influencing Without Authority:
One of the most critical challenges we face as professionals is convincing people to take action without having a formal line of authority. Learn how to break down business silos and build partnerships with others. This skill-building program combines the tools of persuasion, negotiation, and relationship-building and clearly illustrates how to apply these tools to your most pressing work challenges. Everyone leaves with a clear strategy on how to influence others both internally and externally to their organization.
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