Vanessa Van Edwards is a national best selling author and behavioral investigator with Science of People.
Vanessa is Lead Investigator at Science of People. She is the bestselling author of Captivate: The Science of Succeeding with People. Her book has been translated into 15 different languages and more than 20 million people watch her on YouTube.
Vanessa shares tangible skills to improve interpersonal communication and leadership, including her insights on how people work. She’s developed a science-based framework for understanding different personalities to improve our EQ and help us communicate with colleagues, clients and customers.
She works with entrepreneurs, growing businesses, and trillion dollar companies; and has been featured on CNN, BBC, CBS, Fast Company, Inc., Entrepreneur Magazine, USA Today, the Today Show and many more.
Millions visit her website, scienceofpeople.com, every month for her methods turning “soft skills” into actionable, masterable frameworks that can be applied in daily life. Hundreds of thousands of students have taken her communication courses on Udemy, CreativeLive, LinkedIn and her flagship course People School.
Vanessa is renowned for teaching science-backed people skills to audiences around the world including SxSW, MIT, and CES to name a few. Her groundbreaking and engaging workshops and courses teach individuals how to succeed in business and life by understanding the hidden dynamics of people.
She regularly speaks to innovative companies including Google, Facebook, Comcast, Miller-Coors, Microsoft, and Penguin Random-House. She has been a spokesperson for Dove, American Express, Clean and Clear and Symantec.
Vanessa in the Media
Vanessa’s research is featured in the world’s leading media outlets.
Corporate Speaking
Vanessa regularly creates custom workshops for the world’s most innovative companies and events.
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About Science of People
Vanessa shows you the hidden forces that drive your behavior.
Our goal is to teach you how people work. Understanding people is the most important life skill a person can have. Yet we are not taught people skills in school nor do our parents sit us down and teach us how to interact effectively. But here’s the problem: You can’t succeed in business, life or love without mastering people skills. If you want to win the deal, get the date, negotiate the sale or influence others you have to understand the science of people. We’ll show you a better way to interact based on the latest scientific research and trends.
