Speeches, workshops, and keynotes focus on reading humans and connecting with others.
Annie Särnblad is a world-renowned expert in reading facial expressions, an esteemed strategic advisor, author, and speaker. She developed her own easy-to-absorb teaching techniques for facial expressions based on the knowledge she accumulated living in nine countries and studying eight languages through immersion. She is also certified in the Facial Action Coding System (FACS).
Annie has a Masters in Cultural Anthropology and built her career in Asia and Europe as an advisor to Fortune 500s, startups, and family offices. She has taught workshops for 5,000 CEOs and MDs all over the globe and has spoken at Tiger 21 Global Exchange and the world’s largest CEO conference, YPO Edge.
Annie has written three books: Diary of a Human Lie Detector: Facial Expressions in Love, Lust, and Lies, The Facial Expressions Glossary: Business Edition, and Annie and the Secret Language of Faces. Annie’s clients include Museum of Science in Boston, YPO, Tiger 21, Stanford University, AllianceBernstein, and London School of Business. She’s been featured by NBC, CBS, CNBC, 92NY, Reader’s Digest, and Success Magazine.
Annie’s teaching methods involve interactive, playful elements—an approach that works well for busy professionals who often have short attention spans and limited time. Her well-loved sessions offer fun, laughter, and instant takeaways. The powerful skills she teaches change lives and wow audiences every time.
In this interactive session, Annie Särnblad offers fun, laughter, and immediate takeaways relevant to all negotiations, including M&As, deals, and sales. Using her own easy-to-learn methodology, Annie teaches how to recognize specific expressions as well as how to successfully respond mid-negotiation, including when to pivot, stay on track, or close a deal.
Microexpressions are the subconscious “leakage” of emotions that make our unspoken feelings visible. They are universal to our species and show on our faces regardless of age, gender, socialization, culture, or geographic location.
Recognizing microexpressions is the very deepest of listening skills. In high-stakes negotiations, understanding what others are feeling in every given moment can mean the difference between a positive outcome and a negative one.
Join Annie Särnblad on a deep dive into how our words, body language, and microexpressions show our true intentions. Knowing when others are genuine and when they are trying to deceive is instrumental to making healthy, productive decisions in our personal and professional lives.
Microexpressions are the subconscious “leakage” of emotions that make our unspoken feelings visible. They are biological and universal to our species and show on our faces regardless of age, gender, socialization, culture, or geographic location. Microexpressions precede the thought process and are almost impossible to suppress.
In lie detection, we look for a mismatch between the words and the microexpressions, as well as specific body language, word choice, and tone clues that indicate deception.
In this interactive session, Annie Särnblad offers fun, laughter, and immediate takeaways for learning lie detection. Using her own easy-to-learn methodology, Annie teaches how to recognize specific expressions as well as how to successfully manage potentially deceptive conversations.
In this interactive session, Annie Särnblad offers fun, laughter, and immediate takeaways relevant to anyone in a leadership position. Annie teaches key facial expressions helpful in all face-to-face interactions, including negotiations, team building, and strengthening connections with employees, clients, business partners, and board members.
Microexpressions are the subconscious “leakage” of emotions that make our unspoken feelings visible. They are universal to our species and show on our faces regardless of age, gender, socialization, culture, or geographic location.
Reading microexpressions helps leaders see what lies beneath the surface so they can better identify and solve real issues. In addition, when we create environments where we recognize and make space for thoughts and feelings without judgment, we can show up as our true selves. Leaders who recognize underlying problems and establish authentic relationships are better able to build creative, inclusive, and productive professional environments.
Recognizing microexpressions helps us make safer, healthier decisions about who to trust in romantic, platonic, and professional relationships. Microexpressions are involuntary and precede the thought process, so they show us both what someone is feeling and who they really are.
Reading microexpressions is the deepest of listening skills. Microexpressions are the subconscious “leakage” of emotions that make our unspoken feelings visible. They are universal to our species and show on our faces regardless of age, gender, socialization, culture, or geographic location.
In this interactive session, Annie Särnblad offers fun, laughter, and immediate takeaways. The skills Annie teaches focus on connection and protection relevant to both our personal and professional relationships. Reading microexpressions improves our communication and connection with loved ones and shows us who around us needs extra love and support and who to absolutely stay away from.
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