I spent years assuming my work spoke for itself. Unfortunately, it didn’t.
Now it’s my mission to help hardworking professionals find their voice, build their authority and create impact at work.
- Anthea Rowe
Speaking Topics
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Cringe-Free Self-Promotion: How to Build Your Personal Brand Without Bragging
In a reputation economy, talking about your work is critical to career success. But many professionals find self-promotion distasteful and off-putting.
In this presentation, attendees identify the social influences that keep them silent at work and apply psychology insights to overcome those influences. They also learn a simple formula to describe their work accomplishments without feeling arrogant or insincere.
Attendees will leave this presentation with the skills to build their authority with clients, colleagues and professional contacts.
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Poised and On-Point: How to Talk So Executives Listen
Executives are the gate-keepers of careers. Building credibility with executive teams is critical to career advancement.
In this presentation, attendees learn what executives want from their management reports. They learn practical journalism techniques, such as the inverted pyramid, and how to condense their 20-minute presentation into the 3 minutes they’ve now been given.
Attendees will leave this talk with the skills to deliver persuasive presentations that earn the trust of executive decision-makers.
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I'm Still Speaking: How Gendered Communication Affects Team Performance
Team members receive unequal airtime for their ideas at work. This imbalance affects team performance and reduces workplace innovation.
In this presentation, attendees learn 3 surprising truths about default speaking styles and how our speaking styles differ across genders and cultures.
Attendees will leave this talk with the ability to recognize their default conversation style and adapt their style in meaningful ways that improve equity, increase connection and foster collaboration at work.
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Bio
Anthea is a Communication Coach and Founder of Exmplify. She has helped hundreds of mid-career professionals build their authority to succeed at work.
A former PR professional, Anthea spent 20 years building brands for leaders and companies in the technology, manufacturing, and non-profit sectors. Prior to founding Exmplify, Anthea directed Communications at 3M Canada and was a Graduate Lecturer at Western University in London, Ontario, Canada.
Helping Companies. Helping employees
Anthea founded Exmplify because she saw the opportunity to fix problems facing both employers and employees:
Companies want more productivity with fewer people.
Employees want to feel valued and achieve their potential.
By teaching under-represented workers how to think like a CEO and communicate their impact at work, Anthea helps companies unleash hidden talent, build leadership pipelines, and advance the careers of hardworking professionals.
Anthea is a passionate champion of workplace equity, an advocate for intersectional feminism, and a firm believer in evidence-based decision-making.
When she’s not helping clients engage customers and earn well-deserved promotions, Anthea loves to snowboard, knit and walk her stubborn Pyrenees mountain dog.
