Full Name
Lisa Braithwaite
Job Title
Speaker, Author, Speaking Coach, The LisaB Company
Speaker Bio
Lisa Braithwaite is on a mission to help leaders and changemakers build visibility, credibility, and awareness for their work through engaging presentations, a mindset of service, and authentic connection.
Before launching her company in 2005, she spent sixteen years as an advocate and educator in nonprofit organizations as well as founding her own gender equity nonprofit.This background, together with her bachelor’s degree in theater and master’s degree in education, has influenced her upbeat and accessible approach to speaking, coaching and training.
Lisa's been hired by organizations as diverse as Microsoft, NOAA, Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation, California Society of Association Executives and the American Bus Association for the playful spirit she brings to training and has been interviewed for her public speaking perspective and expertise in the Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Toastmaster Magazine, and Inc.com. Her book, "Presenting for Humans: Insights for Speakers on Ditching Perfection and Creating Connection," was published in 2017.
Lisa models authentic, aligned, collaborative and fun presentations using relevant, practical, and useful content that activates the audience's emotional engagement and moves them into action. She brings a strengths-based approach to her training and coaching, helping her clients discover and bring their inherent talents to every presentation.
She lives in Ojai, California with her husband and two shenanicats, Benjamin and Ernie (who have their own Instagram account). She spends her free time cooking, eating, drinking local wine, making jewelry, and volunteering for the friends of the library as a board member and bookstore clerk.
Before launching her company in 2005, she spent sixteen years as an advocate and educator in nonprofit organizations as well as founding her own gender equity nonprofit.This background, together with her bachelor’s degree in theater and master’s degree in education, has influenced her upbeat and accessible approach to speaking, coaching and training.
Lisa's been hired by organizations as diverse as Microsoft, NOAA, Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation, California Society of Association Executives and the American Bus Association for the playful spirit she brings to training and has been interviewed for her public speaking perspective and expertise in the Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Toastmaster Magazine, and Inc.com. Her book, "Presenting for Humans: Insights for Speakers on Ditching Perfection and Creating Connection," was published in 2017.
Lisa models authentic, aligned, collaborative and fun presentations using relevant, practical, and useful content that activates the audience's emotional engagement and moves them into action. She brings a strengths-based approach to her training and coaching, helping her clients discover and bring their inherent talents to every presentation.
She lives in Ojai, California with her husband and two shenanicats, Benjamin and Ernie (who have their own Instagram account). She spends her free time cooking, eating, drinking local wine, making jewelry, and volunteering for the friends of the library as a board member and bookstore clerk.
