Mindful Communication Talks and Workshops

Rebecca Shafir, author of the award-winning and best selling book The Zen of Listening: Mindful Communication in the Age of Distraction (Quest Books 2000), is a Boston-based communication consultant who has coached radio and TV personalities, political candidates and other professional speakers since 1980. Her advice has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, Washington Post and other major national publications. She is a sought after guest on radio and TV for her practical approaches to training presenters to motivate an audience, improving one's concentration and memory, and building customer loyalty. Based upon research, and interviews with hundreds of business, education, and healthcare professionals, Rebecca takes her high energy/highly effective message to various businesses and organizations around the country.

Formerly the Chief Speech Pathologist at the renowned Lahey Clinic, she is currently in private practice at the Hallowell Center for Cognitive and Emotional Health in Andover and Sudbury Massachusetts (www.drhallowell.com). Rebecca's client list includes Tufts Health Plan, Genuity, Docent Corporation, Stratos Computers, University of Massachusetts, Cisco Systems, Hyatt Regency Hotels, Epsilon, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, John Hancock/Real Estate Investment Group and Sun Microsystems. She is the author of
The Zen of Listening:Mindful Communication in the Age of Distraction (2000) .