Best-Selling Author and Public Speaking Expert Releases New Book!

WASHINGTON, DC (April 7, 2022) - Washington Post best-selling author, Harvard adjunct lecturer, and internationally-recognized public speaking expert Allison Shapira is preparing for the paperback release on April 26th of Speak with Impact: How to Command the Room and Influence Others. Speak with Impact is a practical guide for busy professionals moving up in their careers who want to use their voice to have a powerful and positive impact at work and in their community.

Allison is concurrently releasing an eBook, Speak with Impact: In Virtual and Hybrid Settings, which will complement the paperback. Since the release of the hardcover, Speak with Impact has become a go-to resource for speakers and leaders around the world.
Highlights of the eBook:

• Learn how to build your executive presence in a virtual environment
• Build your confidence in both virtual and hybrid settings
• Understand how human behavior responds to technological innovation.

“In a post COVID-19 reality, our ability to speak with impact cannot be limited to the medium: we need all tools at our disposal to be effective, ” says Allison Shapira, Founder and CEO of Global Public Speaking. “Don’t let new technologies stop you from finding your own voice, building your communication skills, and finding your courage to speak. When in-person communication is unavailable, we still have a responsibility to the issues and people we care about to raise awareness and catalyze change.”

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About Allison Shapira
Allison is one of the world’s foremost experts on public speaking and presentation skills. She is the Founder/CEO of Global Public Speaking LLC, a communication training firm and Woman-Owned Small Business that works with emerging and established leaders to help them speak clearly, concisely, and confidently. She is an adjunct lecturer at the Harvard Kennedy School and has spent nearly 20 years working with Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, and non-profit organizations around the world.
Allison studied classical voice at Boston University. After becoming disillusioned with the field of opera, she moved into public diplomacy, where her operatic training made her a powerful speaker and coach. Allison started her own communication business in Boston, MA, and consulted with presidential advisor David Gergen when he taught the Arts of Communication at the Harvard Kennedy School. Over ten years later, she would teach that same course.
In 2012, Allison took a leap of faith and moved the company to Washington, DC. She engaged other trainers and coaches and published Speak With Impact: How to Command the Room and Influence Others with HarperCollins Leadership, making her teaching and philosophy available to people around the world.

In 2020, when 95% of Global Public Speaking’s business disappeared due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Allison and her team quickly pivoted to help leaders speak with impact in virtual settings, and Global Public Speaking has become a sought-after resource in the field of virtual and hybrid communications.

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