Helping Experts and Changemakers Transform Into Thought Leaders with Andrea Sampson

In the latest episode of the Empowerography Podcast, my guest is Andrea Sampson. Invoking well defined listening skills and combining these with her skills in insight identification and human behaviour, Andrea helps her clients craft stories from facts and deliver talks that are compelling and engaging. As the CEO and Founder of Talk Boutique, Andrea provides her expertise as an Executive Coach to senior leaders and professional speakers worldwide. Having spent the first 20+ years of her career as a senior leader in marketing and advertising, Andrea regularly gave talks and presentations that deeply connected and impacted her audiences. Using these skills combined with her experience on TED events and her training as a TED Speakers Coach, Andrea helps her clients make their work accessible while maintaining its credibility and uniqueness. She has special skill in understanding technical and sciencebased disciplines, using storytelling as a connection tool. As part of the team to bring Singularity University to Canada, Andrea has worked with and trained Singularity University faculty worldwide. She also holds a TEDx license and participated in the Global TED initiative COUNTDOWN in 2020. In this episode we discuss TEDx, Talk Boutique, TED vs TEDx, storytelling, thought leadership and community.