Allison Shapira

Keynote Speaker

Bestselling Author; Harvard Kennedy School Adjunct Lecturer; Founder and CEO, Global Public Speaking; Leadership Communication Speaker; Former Opera Singer

An opera singer turned entrepreneur, and one of the world's foremost leadership communication experts, Allison Shapira inspires others to speak with confidence and authenticity.

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Elevate your leadersh i p impact with the transformative insights of Allison Shapira, a distinguished communication and leadership authority. With a rich background that blends business strategy, academic rigor, and artistic expression, Allison brings a unique perspective to mastering the communication. Her engaging sessions are crafted from her experiences as an adjunct lecturer at the prestigious Harvard Kennedy School and her journey as a former opera singer, imbued with the finesse of performance and the precision of effective communication.

As the visionary Founder/CEO of Global Public Speaking, Allison has dedicated over two decades to empowering leaders across the globe—from Fortune 500 executives to dynamic teams in non-profit and government sectors. Her approach is both strategic and empathetic, focusing on leveraging the voice as a pivotal leadership instrument. Participants in her sessions walk away with practical, actionable strategies to inspire confidence, foster meaningful connections, and drive impactful change.

Allison’s methodology is designed to cut through the noise of our digital age, ensuring your message isn’t just heard, but felt and remembered. Whether you’re looking to inspire your team, elevate your personal brand, or lead with greater authenticity, Allison equips you with the skills to transform communication challenges into opportunities for growth and leadership excellence.

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Allison Shapira’s Speech Topics

Lead With Your Voice: Developing Inspired and Purpose-Driven Leaders

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.
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.

Key Takeaways
- Understand the ethical uses of AI in our daily communication
- Identify tools to use AI to tap into our authenticity
- See the future implications of AI on human connection
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 keynote combines the tools of persuasion, negotiation, and relationship-building and clearly illustrates how to apply these tools to your most pressing work challenges. You will gain greater clarity on how to influence others both internally and externally to your organization.
Key Takeaways
- Understand why your current messaging is not working
- Learn key frameworks for persuading others
- Strategically analyze your audience to understand what will influence them to take action

What other organizations say about Allison Shapira

Our session was the perfect balance of what we needed, when we needed it. You embodied this balance of interactivity and practical content, made us laugh, got us out of our comfort zone – in a comfortable way. It wasn?t just about executive presence; it was about how you present yourself and connect with people every day: both everyday communication, team communication. That?s so important in this hybrid world we?re living in.
Health Care

What other organizations say about Allison Shapira

I had the honor of hosting a great learning session for our EY teams on strategies for speaking with impact with the inspiring Allison Shapira. Allison took us through the principles of authenticity, clarity and energy and how embracing these simple but powerful fundamentals can set us up for communications success. I think that we all acknowledge that being able to communicate effectively is incredibly important, but do we spend enough time polishing our individual skills? Even if you?re a ?natural? you can always improve. Thank you Allison for sharing your insights, tip and techniques and indeed your energy. And of course the opera!
Accounting

What other organizations say about Allison Shapira

Allison Shapira has been a key faculty member in our Executive Education program on Strategic Leadership, and she has been absolutely phenomenal. The participants in our programs come from all walks of life and all regions of the world, and Allison?s ability to authentically and deeply connect with everyone is truly remarkable. Her course evaluations are always stellar, and she is described as ?insightful, warm, brilliant, engaging, dynamic and inspiring?. We couldn?t me more pleased with her involvement in this important leadership development program at Harvard and will be delighted to continue having Allison back.
Universities & Colleges

What other organizations say about Allison Shapira

I have gotten a ton of fantastic feedback from our conference participants. With humor and skill, they were gently pushed outside their comfort zone. Everyone appreciated the exercises and the chance to practice in a very safe and fun way. We all are better, more confident speakers as a result of your session.
Financial Services

What other organizations say about Allison Shapira

Allison’s brilliant workshop gave the (RED) team many of the tips and tools needed to become engaging public speakers. In just a couple of hours, Allison had us all on our feet confidently practicing newly acquired skills, providing feedback with is constructive and totally actionable…Allison, my team is talking about your presentation nonstop – you made an incredible difference. If they are better pitchers, you have payed a big part in saving many lives. Thank you again.
Non-Profit

What other organizations say about Allison Shapira

You knocked it out of the park! This was a discerning audience, and you engaged them with your storytelling, examples, relatability, and professionalism. They were raving about it, which doesn’t happen often! I appreciate the prep calls we had: you tailored the session really well to meet our expectations. I look forward to working with you again soon!
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Works by Allison Shapira

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Speak with Impact VIRTUALLY: A companion guide
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Speak with Impact: How to Command the Room and Influence Others

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