Karin Reed
CEO | Chief Confidence Creator

Karin M. Reed is an Emmy award-winning journalist and CEO of Speaker Dynamics, a corporate communications training firm, featured in Forbes. While speaking through a webcam might be relatively new to much of the world, Karin has been teaching business professionals how to be effective on-camera communicators for nearly a decade. A four-time author, she has been quoted as a thought leader by various prestigious publications, including Inc. Magazine, Fast Company and Business Insider and was named an “Author Who Inspires Us” by McKinsey and Company.

Karin and her team have been the chosen training partner for some of the world’s most recognized companies – from Nike to Lenovo – and most respected academic institutions in the world –from Duke University to the Graduate School of Business at Stanford.

Her first book, On-Camera Coach: Tools and Techniques for Business Professionals in a Video-Driven World, (WILEY 2017) was a #1 Hot New Release in Business Communications on Amazon. Her award-winning second book, Suddenly Virtual: Making Remote Meetings Work, written with meeting scientist, Dr. Joseph Allen, was adopted into the curriculum of the Graduate School of Business at Stanford. She and Dr. Allen collaborated again for her third book, Suddenly Hybrid: Managing the Modern Meeting, which hit #1 in Business Communications upon its release in February 2022. Their third book together, Running Effective Meetings for Dummies, was just released in September 2022.

Connect with Karin on LinkedIn.

Andrea Brody
Senior Communication Coach

Andrea Brody’s passion is helping you to discover your story. Our storytelling specialist spent years on the sidelines of Superbowls, World Series and Kentucky Derbies, sharing sports’ grandest moments with a nationwide television audience. Now, she is on the frontlines of boardrooms, job hunts and corporate conventions helping professionals excel in their arenas. 

At a recent CEO panel, presenters battled chatty guests, clanking silverware, and disinterested peers. No one was listening… until the Speaker Dynamic’s client began telling his story. The room became silent and the conversation truly started. 

Brody uses the experiences she had in front of the camera as an Emmy award-winning anchor/reporter and a national sportscaster to help each client she works with. Whether you are a professional athlete, an executive or a student applying for your dream job, Andrea Brody will help you discover a fresh and infinitely more effective way to present your message. 

Connect with Andrea on LinkedIn.

Maggie Miller
Communication Coach | Social Media Strategist 

Maggie Miller is a triple-threat communications professional with skills in broadcast journalism, content marketing and social media. She started her career in front of the camera telling compelling stories as a local news reporter.

After eight years in front of the camera, she transitioned her storytelling skills into the tech industry where she developed content marketing and social media strategies for companies including SAS and Oracle.

Whether it’s coaching professionals to be in front of the camera or behind their social media profiles, she has unique ways of helping people find their voices and connecting with audiences through a good story.  

Connect with Maggie on LinkedIn, or follow her on Twitter @maggiemillerTV.

Wendy Bryant Gow
International Image Consultant, Lily Winston

What you wear and how you carry yourself communicates a lot about you and your personal brand.

With over thirty years of experience in the image and fashion industry, Wendy Bryant Gow has grown the Lily Winston firm into one of the foremost authorities on image consulting, wardrobe styling and professional organizing.

Over the years, by merging Southern gentility with an international influence, Wendy has honed a discerning style and established a first-rate reputation in her industry. Wendy’s team of highly qualified consultants and business partners offer diverse attributes and backgrounds to meet the particular needs of the Lily Winston clientele.

Dr. Joseph A. Allen
The Meeting Doctor / Director of The Center for Meeting Effectiveness

Joseph A. Allen, Ph.D., is a Professor of Industrial and Organizational (I/O) Psychology at the University of Utah. Before he completed his doctorate (Ph. D.) in Organizational Science at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC) in 2010, he received his Master of Arts degree in I/O Psychology at the UNCC in 2008 and his Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from the Brigham Young University in 2005. His research focuses on three major areas of inquiry including the study of workplace meetings, organizational community engagement, and occupational safety and health.

He has more than 200 publications in academic outlets, has presented more than 300 papers/posters at regional and national conferences, and given more than 100 invited presentations on his research. He is an Editorial Board Member for the Journal of Business and Psychology, European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, Small Group Research, Journal of Community Psychology, and Organizational Psychology Review. He also sits on the Advisory board of several start-up companies, has consulted for more than 400 non-profit and for-profit organizations, and directs the Center for Meeting Effectiveness housed in the Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health. Read more…