Karin M. Reed is the CEO and chief confidence creator of Speaker Dynamics, a corporate communications training firm, featured in Forbes. While speaking through a webcam might be new to much of the world, Karin has been teaching business professionals how to be effective communicators, both on camera and off, for nearly a decade, translating her experience as an Emmy‐award‐winning broadcast journalist into a methodology based on the MVPs of On‐Camera Success. She has been quoted as a thought leader by various prestigious publications, including Business Insider, Inc., Fast Company, and The World Economic Forum and was featured by McKinsey & Company in their “Author Talks” series.
Her first book, On‐Camera Coach: Tools and Techniques for Business Professionals in a Video‐Driven World, was a #1 Hot New Release in Business Communications on Amazon in 2017. Her second book, Suddenly Virtual: Making Remote Meetings Work, written with Dr. Joseph Allen, was named one of the Best New Leadership Books of 2021 by Simon Leadership Alliance. It was adopted into the curriculum of the Graduate School of Business at Stanford.
Karin and her team have been the chosen training partner for some of the world's most recognized companies from Lenovo to Eli Lilly. To learn more about Karin and her team, go to www.SpeakerDynamics.com.
Joseph A. Allen, PhD, is a professor of industrial and organizational (I/O) psychology at the University of Utah. Before he completed his doctorate 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 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, another 20 under review, and many works in progress for a number of journals. He has presented over 300 papers/posters at regional and national conferences and given more than 100 invited presentations on his research. His previous academic outlets include Human Relations, Human Performance, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Business Psychology, American Psychologist, Accident Analysis and Prevention, Group and Organization Management, and others. He serves as a reviewer for various journals, including the Journal of Organizational Behavior, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Journal of Creative Behavior, and Academy of Management Journal. He is an editorial board member for the Journal of Business and Psychology, Group and Organization Management, and the European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology. He directs the Center for Meeting Effectiveness housed in the Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health. Dr. Allen has consulted for more than 400 nonprofit and for‐profit organizations, including animal welfare organizations, human services organizations, large corporations, government entities, and emergency safety and intelligence agencies, as well as retail conglomerates and external talent management firms. His research has attracted internal and external grant funding of more than $6.5 million since 2010. Dr. Allen's recent work can be found at www.joeallen.org and he can be reached at joseph.a.allen@utah.edu.