conversations change the world.
Conversations turn individuals into a collective.
Conversations connect us. We build connection by sharing stories and experiences, creating greater understanding and empathy. Greater connection builds stronger communities of stronger people, empowering us to individually and collectively create a more prosperous and loving world.
Conversations are an essential strategic tool for navigating change and challenge. Conversations help us assess the situation and determine what needs to be done. It is the process that matters, that we build the solutions together.
The power of conversation is universally human and is beneficial for us all.
Conversations are underrated.
We communicate all the time, yet often we’re talking at each other, not with each other.
We’ve stopped talking about shit that matters.
Emma inspires people to harness the power of conversations through courage and curiosity.
Conversations create better outcomes, solve problems more easily, and ultimately have a lot more fun along the way.
I’m Emma Gibbens, and I love
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Conversations
For over 15 years, I have honed my conversation craft working on political and advocacy campaigns around the world. Across continents and cultures, I have seen the power of conversations.
Many people avoid difficult conversations. We’re afraid we’ll say the wrong thing, upset someone, maybe even look stupid or create an awkward moment.
With a little intention and preparation, no topic is too difficult to discuss.
What’s the conversation you’re not having?
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There is a low-tech tool we often overlook, and it’s the power of conversations. Whether to influence decision makers or to harness the wisdom of the crowd, an intentional conversation can spark new possibilities. I’m here to stoke that fire. We’re conversation experts, we have them all the time. Yet like our own breath, we take it for granted.
In this keynote, I provoke deeper awareness, consideration, and understanding of how to structure and facilitate complex conversations, ultimately encouraging everyone to hone their conversation craft.
Harness the Power of Conversations
Conversation Clinic
In the Conversation Clinic, we talk about the challenging conversations in our lives, then nominate a few conversations to work through in detail. It’s a highly practical session and can be tailored to specific communicators, like Gen Z or engineers, or specific content, like customer engagement or feedback conversations.
The key models are from the book Anatomy of Conversation and explain both the strategy and structure of a conversation (what to do) and the tone in which you facilitate (how to be).
Need a diagnosis and prescription for your communication?
More organisations are planning team connection days.
Share something more meaningful than a .GIF on Teams. Get people in the room, talk with each other. Tell stories like you would around the campfire. Flirt with risky topics. Find solidarity expressing stressors in your life. Use your precious in-person time to be with people.
Emma’s energetic, playful and dynamic approach inspires everyone to participate fully with their authentic selves.
Emma facilitates tangible and memorable experiences - we’re not going to be doing “trust falls” and corporate ice breakers. She’ll do her opening keynote Harness the Power of Conversations to set the tone of the day. In the afternoon, she’ll open up her Conversation Clinic - Dr.D&M at your service. In between, you design what content is most useful for your team.
Centering the day around conversations creates the best environment for real connection.
Team Connection Day
My Conversation Clinic in action
ANATOMY OF A CONVERSATION
We open our mouths and start throwing words around, and it can become haphazard or a useless word soup. This is unsatisfying for everyone involved. Instead, let us harness the power of conversations by bringing more awareness and intention into how we communicate.
Anatomy of a Conversation explores how we can better understand, more confidently prepare for, and courageously facilitate complex conversations. This generous and practical book sparks us to be curious about navigating our differences and finding meaningful connection.
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