Allison Shapira
Speak with Impact — create effective communicators who unite and encourage teams and revamp your organization.
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- Harvard Lecturer, Bestselling Author
- CPAE Hall of Fame Speaker
- Founder/CEO of Global Public Speaking LLC
- Leadership Communication Speaker
- Trained Opera Singer
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Allison Shapira is a Harvard lecturer, executive advisor, bestselling author, and keynote speaker who advises senior leaders on how to build trust and influence through communication. She studies the science of believability in the age of AI. She was recently inducted into the CPAE® Speaker Hall of Fame, an award recognizing the top 1% of speakers worldwide.
For more than two decades, she has worked with Fortune 100 executives at companies from Bank of America to Intel. She has advised prime ministers, cabinet members, and newly-promoted senior leaders navigating high-stakes moments.
Her latest book, AI for the Authentic Leader, explores how executives can integrate AI into their communication without sacrificing trust, credibility, or human connection. From corporate boardrooms to roundtables in Davos, she is helping define the leadership of the future.
A trained opera singer turned executive advisor and entrepreneur, Allison brings personal experience to her work, having led teams and spoken or performed on global stages of up to 35,000 people. One of the proudest moments of her life was performing the American national anthem for the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. She found her authentic voice not through performing the operatic works of others, but through becoming a singer/songwriter and writing her own music.
Allison is the Washington Post bestselling author of Speak with Impact and Speak with Impact VIRTUALLY. She writes for the World Economic Forum and Harvard Business Review and has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Forbes, Fortune, and Bloomberg.
Having studied ten foreign languages and worked across cultures worldwide, Allison helps leaders from different backgrounds communicate with authenticity and influence.
When she is not teaching or working with clients, Allison is also an athlete, sailor, and world traveler.
Build trust and influence through communication.
Words are easier than ever to produce and harder than ever to believe. AI-generated language has created a crisis most leaders didn’t see coming: the more polished their communication sounds, the less people believe them. This keynote names the problem and gives leaders the framework to close the gap between how credible they sound and how credible they actually are. This Keynote is perfect for: Senior executives communicating across teams, customers, and stakeholders during times of rapid change Managers responsible for guiding teams through uncertainty and transition Industry leaders navigating disruption, transformation, or crisis The audience will leave with: -A clear understanding of their own Believability Gap and how to close it -Practical frameworks to increase congruence among their words, voice, body, and actions -Tools to reclaim ownership of their message in an era of AI-generated communication
Turn communication into a strategic advantage.
Kick off your conference or leadership offsite with this high-energy keynote that helps leaders harness their most underused leadership tool: their voice.
Allison Shapira equips audiences with the mindset, skills, and framework to speak with impact, lead with purpose, and influence with integrity. Drawing on her Washington Post bestseller Speak With Impact and two decades advising senior leaders worldwide, Allison introduces her ACE Model of Leadership Communication—designed to produce immediate, measurable results.
Whether leading teams, presenting to clients, or speaking during moments of uncertainty, participants leave this session with actionable tools they can use right away to build trust, inspire confidence, and accelerate alignment.
This Keynote is perfect for:
- Senior leaders delivering high-stakes messages and navigating organizational change
- Emerging leaders transitioning from expertise to executive presence
- Cross-functional teams that need to overcome silos and build alignment
- Sales professionals who want to deepen trust, increase referrals, and shorten sales cycles
The audience will leave with:
- A proven framework to structure clear, confident, high-impact communication
- Greater confidence to lead under pressure and influence key stakeholders
- Practical tools to increase visibility, trust, and leadership effectiveness
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.
Can artificial intelligence actually make us more authentic? Leadership 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.
AI can write your emails, draft your speeches, and generate your talking points. Used well, that can be genuinely useful. Used carelessly, it creates a version of you that people mistrust.
This keynote is for leaders who want to use AI without losing their authentic voice. Allison has been studying the relationship between AI and communication for over eight years, and her book AI for the Authentic Leader came out of that work. She provides a framework for using AI in a way that amplifies—not replaces—your authentic leadership.
This Keynote is perfect for:
- Executives navigating high-stakes change and the future of work
- Leaders trying to build trust and alignment as AI changes how their teams communicate
- Teams rolling out AI initiatives who need their leadership to model the right approach
The audience will leave with:
- A framework for using AI to communicate with greater clarity without sacrificing credibility
- Practical tools for integrating AI into their work without losing the human voice behind it
- A new mindset for using AI to lead with presence, purpose, and confidence
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