Behavioral researcher and bestselling author Vanessa Van Edwards helps business professionals conquer their goals by mastering the secret language of human behavior.
She works with top brands, government entities, nonprofits and companies to increase their effectiveness by improving their communication.

WHO IS VANESSA?

Vanessa’s frameworks for leveraging people skills into power tools have been featured in the biggest media outlets, covered by the most authoritative business publications, and popularized in her national bestselling books Captivate: The Science of Succeeding with People, which has been translated into 16 languages, and Cues: Master the Secret Language of Charismatic Communication.
Her leadership on becoming more authentic, confident, and memorable has galvanized a following of more than 60 million people on YouTube alone, with millions more visiting her website each month.

How did Vanessa hone her people prowess? As a recovering awkward person, Vanessa was driven to uncover the riddles behind what makes people tick. Is there a formula for charisma, she wondered? Are there blueprints for different personalities? Is high EQ an innate talent...or a skill that can be developed?

Vanessa’s mission is to crack the scientific code behind how people function.

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Vanessa’s research maps the mysteries of relationships, leadership, entrepreneurship, and many other interpersonal building blocks of a prosperous career. Vanessa is dedicated to sharing her lab’s cutting-edge research so that anyone can become a successful people professional.

Onstage, Vanessa electrifies audiences around the world with her data-driven wit, delivering practical, science-backed wisdom with irresistible charm. From timeless topics, like the science behind leadership, to timely topics, like building a remote work culture, Vanessa shines a light on the hidden human dynamics that individuals and teams can address when they understand.

Vanessa is a magnetic leader who will transfix your audience, leaving them with powerful lessons around a united theme: you can accelerate your career when you understand the laws of human behavior.

And crack the code she did indeed. Vanessa unlocks the science of communication and makes the discoveries immediately applicable to everyday workplace and personal situations.
She pinpointed the scientific qualities behind what makes people likable and the proven strategies to feel more confident.
She identified the scientific steps to building team engagement, the clues to lie detection at work, and the tricks for nailing negotiations.

VANESSA IN ACTION

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WHAT VANESSA SPEAKS ABOUT

Vanessa customizes each speaking engagement through engaging stories and thought-provoking research, leaving people energized and with concrete ways to implement new ideas. She covers a variety of sub-topics under communication and people skills.

Many of these topics can be combined or added into the keynote curriculum Vanessa builds for your client, and customized for function-specific teams. She frequently speaks to sales, marketing, creative/design, technical, and manager groups.

THE SURPRISING SECRETS OF HIGH PERFORMERS:

How the Most Successful People Use Effective Communication to be More Productive

The goal is to empower attendees to increase efficiency by connecting and collaborating in a purposeful way. This highly actionable, engaging talk will energize every audience member to look at their to-do list in a completely new way.

This topic can be tailored for:

  • Inspirational conferences

  • How to be a great leader

  • How to be an indispensable team contributor

  • Teams / team  building 

Highly effective people have a unique approach to productivity. Over the last decade, Vanessa has studied the patterns of successful people and found a surprising way we can all work smarter, not harder. The key is being a productive communicator. Vanessa will teach attendees how to maximize their relationships and streamline their communication with a simple, but powerful framework.

The Three Levels of Connection:

Build Stronger Relationships by Using the Science of People

Key learning objectives include:

  • How to start a conversation with anyone and build immediate rapport using the conversation blueprint. 

  • Conversation starters that break down barriers and social scripts, encouraging openness and trust. 

  • The powerful psychological concept “The Swan Effect” and how it helps stimulate connectedness through openness and vulnerability. 

  • Improving social perceptiveness - the ability to read the room, predict behavior and understand underlying emotions for smooth communication.

  • How to read people, uncover hidden emotions, and which body language cues can instantly increase trust and charisma.

  • The external cues to use to project confidence and trust.

Our desire for community and connection doesn’t end at work. While connection with colleagues looks different from purely personal connections, having authentic and healthy connections in the workplace is one of the main determinants of productivity and workplace satisfaction. While the increase of virtual mediums presents an added challenge, creating meaningful connections is possible. In fact, there’s a science-based blueprint to fostering connections quickly and maintaining them with professional intention. In this presentation, Vanessa Van Edwards teaches the three levels of connection that build trust and rapport. These principles can be applied at work, within teams, at conferences, and while networking, with colleagues and customers alike. Each level builds on the next, providing insight and tools on how to deepen relationships. Along with gaining a deeper understanding of the levels of connection, attendees will learn the practice of creating a safe space for vulnerability and ideas.

CHARISMATIC COMMUNICATION:

THE ART AND SCIENCE OF PRESENCE, CONFIDENCE AND TRUST

Key learning objectives Include:

  • Improving communication across teams and organizations by understanding the hidden signs and signals embedded in day to day interactions, whether internal or external.

  • Why warmth and competence cues are the keys to balanced and successful communication.

  • The pitfalls of using the wrong cues and why they slow down productivity and strain relationships.

  • Developing skills of social perceptiveness to strike the right balance between trust and power, likeability and productivity, collaboration and capability.

  • The (surprising) science of charisma and how to use it to make memorable first impressions, craft a confident presence, and improve communication with colleagues, clients, and customers.

  • Mastering the art and science of engagement across all communication modes.

  • The new science of conversation and how to talk to anyone without falling into the pattern of using tired social scripts, making for more captivating conversations.

  • How to use research-backed verbal and nonverbal cues to maintain charisma on video calls, phone calls, email, and chat.

Better communication skills pay dividends in every conversation for the rest of your life. There are no downsides to becoming a better communicator, but the upsides may be more powerful than we know. Studies show that people with high interpersonal intelligence (PQ) perform at higher levels, have higher salaries, have better immune systems, and help generate more revenue for companies they work for. In this research-based and reflective keynote, Vanessa Van Edwards teaches attendees powerful communication strategies based on new science that they can apply at work and in their personal lives. Pulling from her bestselling books Captivate and Cues, she shares the latest research on behavioral psychology and how it can be used to improve professional relationships, make positive and lasting impressions, and better connect with co-workers and customers. Audiences are left with a better understanding of their own communication pitfalls and the knowledge and confidence to apply new tools to become more authentically charismatic in their interactions.

THE SESSION IS SUPER INFORMATIVE AND HELPFUL. IT’S ALSO IMPRESSIVE THAT A REMOTE WEBINAR COULD BE SO INTERACTIVE AND ENGAGING.

Human Resources Wrangler, Automattic

THE PRESENTATION WAS BOTH INTERESTING AND VALUABLE. I HAVE RECEIVED MANY COMPLIMENTS ON YOU AS A SPEAKER.

Chief Operating Officer, Sussman Shank LLP

THAT WAS THE FASTEST THREE HOUR PRESENTATION I’VE EVER ATTENDED. TERRIFIC!

Solutions Architect, Demand Solutions Group