Alyssa Birnbaum Ph.D, TEDx speaker

Dr. Birnbaum tailors her events to align with event themes or company values/culture to ensure the talk, workshop, or training is relevant, timely, and engaging. She communicates quickly, takes notes of all requests. She enjoys crafting interactive sessions to start putting the tools she offers into actions and create a more cohesive community right away. She's open to managing her own travel for a set fee, or can work with your team to manage individual expenses. Clients really enjoy working with her because she's open, receptive, engaging, and communicative!

Alyssa Birnbaum, Ph.D, understands the value of building stronger connections and relationships with colleagues - how it's more than a feel-good soft skill, but a crucial driver in organizations - and brings in her proprietary research findings, creative exercises, and lively energy to help employees connect better at work.

As an organizational psychologist and founder of Teal Elephant, Alyssa blends her research expertise and real-world experience to showcase the science of connections at work. She offers simple, concrete strategies that employees and leaders can implement to immediately alter the way they interact with colleagues, clients, subordinates and superiors. Her work spans both in-person and remote/hybrid teams, with different recommendations for each.

Her TEDx talk was featured on TED . com and on the Ted Radio Hour podcast. Her talk on building stronger workplace relationships has helped hundreds of thousands of professionals foster authentic relationships in both remote and in-person environments.

With a Ph.D. in Positive Organizational Psychology and partnerships spanning Fortune 500 companies (Accenture, Johnson & Johnson) to innovative startups, she brings both academic rigor and real-world impact to every presentation. Her signature blend of data-driven insights and genuine warmth creates an experience that's as engaging as it is actionable.

Her speaking topics range from building strong connections to AI adoption and change management, burnout prevention/wellbeing, and cultivating family-building friendly workplaces, all grounded in positive psychology and delivered with infectious enthusiasm. She tailors her talks to align with your mission/goals, and offers take-home resources and material to create a lasting impression. She also offers options to survey participants before and/or after the talk to create richer/more tailored content and measure perceptions over time.

No specific technical requirements for in-person events beyond the usual setup. For online engagements, it's easier to work with someone that manages the breakout sessions and helps navigate the chatroom.