Public Speaking

Annette “makes you think”

If your conference or offsite retreat needs a jump start, a provocative close or a well-timed transition – then you might want to consider hiring Annette Simmons to deliver a 45 minute to hour and a half speech. Annette “makes you think” – her speeches are guided trips down new rivers of thought that shifts perspective.

You might want to change the title to suit your event, but the descriptions that follow will give you an idea of the speeches Annette offers.

The Story Factor
Influence through the Art of Storytelling

The people you want to influence don't want more information - they want faith. Faith in you, your ideas, your plan...your story. How can you tell your story in a way that is compelling? believable? long lasting? Discover how to tell a story that awakens people's faith in you.

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Creating a Safe Place for Dangerous Truth
- How to Break the "Rules" and Win

---If the truth will set us free...Where is it? Who has it? and how will we know it when we see it? If you feel like it's been too long since your workgroup felt safe enough to tell the truth, it's time to brush up on your dialogue skills.

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Territorial Games: The Saboteur of Collaboration

Power, position, property. It's been the name of the game throughout human history. And now territorial instincts are showing up more than ever as "people fight for more of the less they are supposed to be doing more with!"

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Women and Power
Men are NOT the Enemy

Equality is one thing – trying to become someone I’m not is quite another.

The reason women have less than 5% of the CEO positions, less than 15% of elected positions, and less than 10% of board positions is less a matter of discrimination and more a matter of women walking away from games that just seem stupid to us. Forget playing like a man…I want to play like a woman!

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