Imagine a speaker who provides inspiring, interactive programs filled with research-based content and immediate take-aways. Visualize your audience engaged, energized, and laughing. Award winning International Speaker Karen E. Purves M.A. has built a solid client base providing these results for nearly 20 years! Karen blends relatable stories, leading edge research and proven solutions to impact your attendees so they can leave a program saying their time was truly well spent. In the last decade, neuroscience has made incredible strides in understanding how the results of communication affect others' thoughts, emotions, and responses. As a communication expert specializing in Interpersonal Neurobiology principles and affective neuroscience findings, Karen shares immediately usable tips for communication via email, phone and in person, both internally with staff or externally for customer service, sales, or marketing.

In addition to being described as “one of the best” or “favorite” speakers of entire conferences dozens of times, other attendee comments include: “Refreshingly honest”, “contagiously enthusiastic”, “attention grabber and keeper”, “breath of fresh air” and giving “real answers to real life”.

Karen combines a Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Master’s Degree in Public Policy and over 25 years business experience along with extensive training at “The Second City” to leave audiences feeling energized, inspired, and empowered. Karen also has the rare distinction of being a 3-time game show winner! These accomplishments allow Karen to connect with audiences as few others can.  

 Throughout the US, Canada, Europe, Asia, and Australia - from Fortune 100 companies to associations and government - Karen guarantees that attendees will receive useful material, in an engaging way, and practical tools to implement immediately!

From my experience, the value my sessions could bring to Financial Advisors would likely be in communicating effectively over the phone and in person with clients and potential clients, as well as using email to set appointments, communicate with clients and attract new clients. 

Some of Karen’s presentations are:  

Communicate with Strength - Key Words That Undermine Your Effectiveness - Got the right words?

This session is filled with the latest solutions in effective communication, based on neuroscience principles. How can you adjust your language to help build trust? What are you saying that’s causing your clients or potential clients to subtly feel uncooperative or defensive? Karen will tell you - and give you replacement words and phrases. Leave with an immediate, specific, action plan. When this session has been offered to sales people, after participating in this program attendees, on average, said their ability to better communicate in the sales process improved 34%. (1-3 hours)  

This is How You Do It – Proven Secrets to Email Etiquette

Do you know the four-letter word that instantly increases the response rate to your emails? Find out the answer while participating in this cutting edge, jam packed, interactive session filled with proven email tips. You’ll learn easy, time-saving solutions to help ensure clients and potential clients open, read and respond to your emails, as well as how Karen gets over a 90% response rate to her emails. After participating in this program attendees, on average, said their ability to write a more effective email improved 74%. (1-2 hours)  

Gender Matters – Effectively Influencing Men Differently Than Women

Karen pairs her relatable and energetic style with her original scientific research to offer Financial Advisors a unique, current, content-rich program on maximizing buy-in from men and women during in-person meetings and appointments. This session offers the latest in cutting edge brain science and answers your questions on the best way to influence men and women, husbands, and wives. Audience members will leave with 12 techniques to apply immediately to thrive in a challenging economy! (1 hour)  

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