Melinda Epler - Hire | Coach, Author, Speaker, diversity and inclusion advocate, and leader building inclusive innovation around the world.

Keynote speaker
Transformational keynotes, workshops, and courses

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Melinda Briana Epler is a strategic communications leader with over 20 years of experience leading global marketing and engagement strategies that improve energy efficiency, electrification, equity, and inclusion. She is an engaging storyteller who distills complex concepts into messages that inform and inspire people to take new actions.

As the Founder & CEO of Empovia, Melinda partners with leaders in tech, healthcare, government, and nonprofits on communications campaigns and behavior change initiatives that drive social and environmental change. Previously, she was head of marketing at a global engineering firm, where she led the company in repositioning the brand as a leader in energy efficiency. She also founded the company’s behavior change services in healthcare energy efficiency.

Melinda is also a startup advisor, a TED speaker, the author of the book How to Be an Ally (McGraw-Hill), and the lead author of the forthcoming paper Best Practices in Climate Communications. She has spoken on hundreds of stages worldwide, and her work has been featured in publications including Harvard Business Review, Inc., Fast Company, Forbes, Fortune, NPR, USA Today, and TED Ideas.

Speaking Topics

Empathy, Allyship, and Trust
Work with Melinda Briana Epler

For over ten years, Melinda has been building equity, inclusion, and allyship across organizations and communities. She is a TED speaker and the author of How to Be an Ally: Actions You Can Take for a Stronger, Happier Workplace. Her keynotes and workshops engage people of all backgrounds and identities to lead with empathy, build trust, and take action as allies.

Melinda designs and develops customized programs that meet people where they are and facilitate behavior change over time across your organization and community.

1 How to Be an Ally

2 Leading With Empathy & Allyship

3 Building Trust

4 Inclusive Leadership

5 Deepening Allyship Actions Through Microaffirmations

6 Recognizing & Interrupting Microaggressions

7 Becoming an Advocate and Champion

8 How to Be an Ally for LGBTQIA+ Folks

9 How to Be an Ally for Women in the Workplace

Climate Communications & Behavior Change
Work with Melinda Briana Epler

Melinda develops strategic communications and engagement programs that catalyze social and environmental change. With over two decades of experience, she speaks, advises, and writes about how to drive behavior change through strategic storytelling and community-based marketing initiatives. Melinda is also the lead author of a new paper, Best Practices in Climate Communication: Moving People from Awareness to Action, and the upcoming Udemy course “How to Change Behavior” (coming winter 2024).

1 How to Change Behavior

2 Best Practices in Climate Communications

3 Driving Effective Change Management in Climate Work

4 Catalyzing Climate Action Through Strategic Communication

5 Custom topics: I’m happy to work with you on custom keynotes, workshops, or courses

Clients

Change happens one
person at a time, one
act at a time, one
word at a time.

“How To Be An Ally” Available to Purchase

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