Vanessa Van Edwards
- Founder & Lead Investigator at Science of People
- Bestselling author of Captivate: The Science of Succeeding with People
- Teaches individuals how to succeed in business and life by understanding the hidden dynamics of people
In Person-Fee 🛈
Fee Range
$30,000 - $50,000
Virtual Fee:
$15,000 - $20,000
Travels From
Texas
Vanessa Van Edwards Speaker Biography
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.
Vanessa’s framework for leveraging people skills into power tools have been featured in the biggest media outlets, covered by the most authoritative business publications, popularized in her national bestselling books Captivate: The Science of Succeeding with People, which has been translated into 17 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.
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’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.
The Surprising Secrets of High Performers: How the Most Successful People Use Effective Communication to be More Productive
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, as well as how to communicate like a human when leveraging AI tools. 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.
The Three Levels of Connection: Build Stronger Relationships by Using the Science of People
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
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.
October 5, 2022