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CREATE MEANINGFUL CHANGE.

CREATE MEANINGFUL CHANGE.

Strategic Speaking for

TRANSFORMATIONAL

IMPACT.

Storytelling and strategy to equip educators with the clarity, confidence, and tools to drive purposeful leadership.

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Shannon delivers dynamic presentations and workshops designed to break down complex leadership and instructional challenges, ensuring every session is packed with practical takeaways that yield measurable results.

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Shannon doesn’t just speak to audiences—she partners with them to unlock a greater sense of purpose and strategic clarity. With a unique blend of personal storytelling and deep strategic insight, she invites educators and leaders into a thought-provoking space that is immediately relevant to their work.

She specializes in creating an intimate and caring space, regardless of the room's size, where leaders can get to the root of what matters most. She equips educators and leaders to align their vision and action, leaving them not just inspired, but fundamentally empowered to lead with new skill, confidence, and a renewed sense of purpose.

Institutionally focused on the whole system.

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Individually focused on the whole person.

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Practical and grounded in experience.

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S P E A K I N G T O P I C S

Engagements are customized and rooted in the following areas of leadership, growth, and alignment.

INDIVIDUAL FOCUS WORK FOR LEADERS

LEADING WITH PURPOSE AND IMPACT

These sessions focus on the core internal work that empowers external leadership.

YOUR JOURNEY INTO IMPACTFUL LEADERSHIP

A deep dive into aligning personal purpose with professional practice, providing leaders with the tools to transition and grow authentically.

BUILDING AN ASSET-BASED IDENTITY IN LEADERSHIP

A focus on leveraging individual and team strengths to increase confidence and efficacy in high-stakes roles.

WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP: STRATEGY, SPONSORSHIP, AND SUSTAINING POWER

Focused discussion on empowering women leaders to navigate career advancement, including practical strategies for taming inner critics, effective networking, securing sponsors and mentors, and managing key transitions like menopause to lead with authority and sustained well-being.

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SYSTEMIC CHANGE AND TEAM DEVELOPMENT

STRATEGY, COACHING, AND IMPLEMENTATION

These workshops provide practical frameworks for systemic change and team development.

LEADING INSTRUCTIONAL TEAMS

Equipping middle-level and department leaders with the skills to effectively facilitate collaboration, set strategic goals, and measure team impact.

THE POWER OF PEER MENTORING AND COACHING

Focused training on developing the internal capacity for instructional coaching, mentoring, and providing high-impact feedback.

MANAGING COMPLEX CHANGE

Strategic frameworks for guiding teams through institutional transitions, ensuring alignment, and building consensus around new programs or initiatives.

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FEATURED SPEAKING

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“Shannon is truly an inspirational facilitator and presenter. Her professional learning sessions are meticulously designed with a level of personalization that is transformational for her participants. She has an incredibly deep knowledge base, and she can create a truly customized program for whatever your team or school needs. I highly recommend Shannon for your professional learning needs!”

– Dr. Kristen Moreland, Author “A More H.U.M.A.N. Approach to Educational Leadership”

PAST EVENTS

  • Principles and Practices for Transformative Change, Tri-Association 2025 | Costa Rica

  • Crafting Narratives that Inspire Action, AMISA 2024 and CEESA 2025 | Argentina and Croatia

  • Presented in Collaboration with AMISA Women’s Group, AMISA 2023 and 2025 | Guatemala and Panama

  • Menopause, Wellbeing, and Flourishing in Schools, ECIS 2025 | Germany

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Leadership is about relationships. YOU are the most important one.

– SHANNON HOBBS-BECKLEY