We're Alexis and Reggie, two Emmy Award-winning journalists. Our superpower? Helping businesses and organizations find the stories hiding within, then making sure the right people hear them. We speak people.
Leaders know why the work matters. By the time it reaches everyone else, it has turned into a memo, a slogan, a slide. The people closest to the work hear the least of it. Meanwhile, the stories that would make people believe are sitting inside your organization, untold.
of middle managers could name even one of their company's top five priorities, given five tries.
Sull et al., MIT Sloan / HBR, 2015of frontline managers and staff say they live their purpose at work, against 85% of executives.
McKinseyof employees say staff are fully aligned with the goals. 27% of leaders believe they are.
Axios HQIf you've asked yourself any of these questions, it's time to talk.
Sound familiar? Let's find your story.
Let's talkLeaders and their people answer the same questions. We measure on day one, do the work, and measure again on day 90, right next to a number you already track. It's our signature tool, and it's included in every retainer.
Can people say why the work matters?
Do they think it's true where they sit?
Can they tell a real story that shows it?
What story is nobody telling yet? (This is our favorite part.)
Research shows that storytelling changes how our brains work and how we think. What it doesn't prove is that a storytelling program raises a business number on its own. Your people hold the results you need, and that's exactly why we measure every client's Story Gap, before and after.
Not PR. Not marketing. Reporters who now work for you.
For companies, nonprofits, churches, athletic programs and schools.
We lead the story. Our trusted crew brings it to life. You get all the credit.
You get the two of us, live: in person, on air and online. No teleprompter required. (Though we read one beautifully.)
Need something we don't do? We'll connect you with partners we trust.
We're a husband-and-wife team who met at the University of Missouri School of Journalism. Between us: nearly three decades in newsrooms and thousands of stories told across the country. Along the way, we realized the thing we do best isn't just reporting the news. It's finding the stories hiding inside people and organizations. We built I Speak People to help businesses, organizations, leaders and brands uncover their stories, find their why, and build connection and trust.
Turns out when you speak people, people talk.
Murrow and Emmy Award-winning storyteller whose career is built on people-first journalism and community strategy. Today, Alexis hosts This Week in the Twin Cities for All About The Culture and co-hosts the Courageous New Start podcast.
Emmy Award-winning sports broadcaster who rose from news photojournalist to Sports Director at KARE 11. Catch him on The Squad Show podcast on Locked On Sports Minnesota.
Conferences, galas, award shows and community events. Solo, or the two of us together, scripted or wonderfully unscripted.
For the champions everyone leans on. A reporter's tools for finding what you've been leaving out, saying what's true plainly, then using the same tools to bring out the best in your people.
Reggie goes past the highlights and the final score to the stories that connect and teach: what athletes, coaches and teams carry with them, and what the rest of us can learn from it.
How leaders and organizations earn trust by showing up for their communities, and why those relationships keep paying off long after the campaign ends.
Why the most human skill in any room is saying it so people get it the first time, and how to turn strategy into stories your people can repeat.
How to listen like a reporter: the question after the question, and the stories your people are already living.
A new leader, a merger, a rebrand, a campaign. How to tell the story of change before the rumor mill does.
Formats: keynote, half-day workshop, 90-day program, emcee and moderator. Ideal for: leadership conferences, women's leadership, ERGs, associations, faith communities, universities and athletic programs.
Check our availabilityTell us what you're working on: a story to build, a stage to fill, or a hunch you can't shake. We read every message ourselves. (Yes, really.)
Rather email? connect@speakpeople.co
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