THE HUMAN COMMUNICATION ADVANTAGE
Book Dr. Grace Lager for your next event.
Grace helps leaders, professionals, and educators communicate with clarity and intention, build trust and meaningful connection, turning expertise and ideas into influence.
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Grace is sparking
conversations about what makes communication distinctly human
In a world of accelerating technology, constant change and increasing noise, distinctly human communication has never mattered more.
Dr. Grace Lager helps audiences understand how everyday communication shapes trust, authority, belonging, and influence. Drawing on decades of studying, teaching, coaching and facilitating communication, she makes complex concepts relatable, memorable, and immediately useful.
Grace does more than encourage people to speak up or communicate better. She helps them recognize the choices that determine whether expertise is trusted, ideas are heard and conversations create connection or distance.
Grace does more than deliver a talk. She creates an experience that helps audiences see themselves, their communication habits, and their impact more clearly. Through research-informed insights, relatable stories, and practical frameworks, she equips people to communicate with greater intention, build meaningful connection, and turn their expertise and ideas into influence.
When you work with me, you’re not just booking a speaker—you’re bringing in someone who genuinely cares about empowering your audience to take meaningful action.
Here's What You Can Expect:
Signature Talks
Ready For Your Audience
Human, Not Generic
AI can generate content, but it cannot replicate your lived experience, discernment, or humanity. In this timely keynote, Grace shows audiences how to use technology without sacrificing what makes their communication trustworthy, original, and deeply human.
Unmuted
The best ideas do not always get the most attention. Grace explores how communication style, status, power, and group dynamics influence whose voices are heard—and how individuals and organizations can change that.
Every Conversation Counts
Students experience an institution through everyday interactions. Grace helps educators and student-facing professionals understand how words, tone, and communication choices can build trust, reduce uncertainty, and help students move forward.
I Partner With:
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Leadership Conferences & Professional Associations
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Corporate Teams & Organizations
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Women Leadership Events & Employee Groups
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Colleges, Universities & Students Affairs
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Women’s Leadership Conferences & Summits
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Corporate Events & Team Building Workshops
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Women Leaders, Executives, and Professionals on the Rise
I Partner With:
Dolly Parton: Lessons in Communication & Women's Leadership
Explore the surprising wisdom of an iconic storyteller and leader. Learn how Dolly’s approach to authentic communication and overcoming barriers offers timeless lessons for women leaders.
Optimizing Your
Communication Style
Discover your communication superpower. This talk equips you to adapt your style, foster meaningful connections, and elevate your impact as a leader and team collaborator.
The Confidence Code
Turn fear into fuel. In this engagement, we’ll dive into proven techniques that help you manage anxiety, captivate your audience, and speak with unwavering confidence.
Signature Talks
Ready For Your Audience
As a young child, I never sought the spotlight. In fact, I often hid in my room when the doorbell rang! If someone told little girl me that one day I'd teach 1,000 people how to confidently communicate in situations ranging from one-on-one conversations to addressing a packed auditorium, I probably would have stayed in my room. Luckily I didn't!
Grace is sparking conversations around communication
Greater Clarity
& Intention
Stronger Trust
& Human Connection
Greater Influence
Thought-Provoking Perspectives
Engaing & Interactive Experiences
Practical Strategies
Why Book
Grace Lager
Grace did not begin life seeking the spotlight. Her own journey taught her that effective communication is not about performing a prescribed version of confidence. It is about understanding your strengths, trusting your voice, and making intentional choices that help others hear what matters.
Dr. Grace Lager brings more than 20 years of experience studying, teaching, coaching, and facilitating communication.
With a PhD in Communication Studies and expertise in leadership, presentation, gender, and interpersonal communication, she combines research-informed insight with relatable stories and practical frameworks audiences can use immediately.
Grace is known for helping audiences recognize themselves in the material. Her presentations are:
Warm · Thought-Provoking · Practical · Deeply Human
Every keynote and workshop is customized around the audience, industry, and goals of the event.
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Thought Provoking Perspectives
Engaging & Interactive
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Practical & Actionable
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