Looking for a lively, unorthodox & highly inspiring communication expert?
I LOVE teaching people how to write with style, simplicity & power — online & off.
Contact me to set up an interview, guest post or live demonstration. (My hair is perpetually camera-ready.)
RECENT BUZZ & LOVE
I’ve been interviewed & spotlighted on over 50 blogs & radio programs on creativity, communication & entrepreneurship — including American Public Media’s Marketplace, The Daily Love, The Huffington Post, BlogCastFM and LifeByMe, alongside such luminaries as Deepak Chopra, Arianna Huffington & Seth Godin.
My forthcoming book — 50 Ways To Say You’re AWESOME — has been kindly mentioned in Publishers Marketplace and on WritersDigest.com.
You can also find my words featured in a new collection of wall art on Fab.com, in collaboration with painter Kent Youngstrom.
Lots of big jazz brewing. Media opportunities & promotional collaborations = always welcome.
PHILOSOPHY & HOT TOPICS
My communication philosophy, in fifteen words?
Write the way you naturally speak. Speak with compassion. Make it simple. Keep it classy.
I LOVE talking & teaching about …
ϟ How to craft a powerful personal introduction — even if you’re “between” jobs, careers or identities.
ϟ 5 steps to scripting a firm-but-compassionate NO — for anything, anytime, ever.
ϟ How to get LESS EMAIL — by teaching people how to treat you.
ϟ 5 tips for breaking a commitment — without ruining your reputation.
ϟ How to deliver an unforgettable compliment — and why we ALL need to express our affection, more often.
ϟ Surprising ice-breakers and conversation-starters for the dinner table — or your next professional meet-up.
ϟ The power of FOCUS — how to write, create (and even clean out your closet) a bazillion times faster.
ϟ The “It’s Not Rocket Science” approach to making your dreams come true.
BIOS, GALORE
long-ish bio //
ALEXANDRA FRANZEN is a communication expert who focuses on self-expression, ease & play. Her first book — 50 Ways To Say You’re AWESOME — will be released by Sourcebooks in September 2013.
Alexandra has been spotlighted on over 50 blogs & radio programs on creativity & entrepreneurship, including American Public Media’s Marketplace, The Daily Love, The Huffington Post, BlogCastFM, Kind Over Matter and LifeByMe, and in a handful of books, including Grow Your Handmade Business, When Talent Isn’t Enough and The Declaration of You!
She’s been called a “profoundly gifted wordsmith” and a “twinkling, magnanimous talent” with the power to “describe the indescribable” — and her wildly sought-after writing intensives are priced at $1,500 a day and booked up to 9 months in advance.
Learn how to write with astonishing ease at AlexandraFranzen.com.
short bio //
ALEXANDRA FRANZEN is an inspirational writer, communication expert & author of 50 Ways To Say You’re AWESOME.
She wants to live in a world where emails are short, love letters are brave, and every ‘thank you’ note is scribbled by hand.
Learn how to write with astonishing ease at AlexandraFranzen.com.
even mo’ shorter bio //
ALEXANDRA FRANZEN wants to live in a world where it’s easy to understand yourself — and be understood.
Hop, skip & jump over to AlexandraFranzen.com for weekly lessons on writing with style, simplicity & power.
AS SEEN IN …
WATCH, LISTEN & LOVE
Ta da! A few of my favorite audio & video interviews.
ϟ How to be unmistakable | BlogCastFM
ϟ Learning to own your gifts | Good Clean Love on LA Talk Radio
ϟ How Alexandra Franzen makes $1500 a day as a writer | Tiphani Montgomery
ϟ Jamming with Catherine Just on greatness, kindness & self-expression …
ϟ Musing with Ije Ude on writing, entrepreneurship — and how to discover your natural creative rhythm …
ϟ Chatting with Michelle Nickolaisen about career reinvention — and how to communicate BIG changes, with grace.
SNAZZY SHOTS
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photo credit (first two images): Leslie Plesser.
photo credit (rest o’ the images): Jenn Kelly
HIGH PRAISE
“Alexandra Franzen is a GENIUS. I consider her one-in-a-million level talent with a killer combination of speed, intelligence, wit, charm and a gigantic heart. I could not be more honored to work with her.”
—Marie Forleo, CEO & Founder of MarieTV & B-School | Bestselling author of Make Every Man Want You
“Alex has a knack for inviting conversation, and then swooping in & refining what each student is trying to articulate … bringing it right out of them, on the spot. Here’s the gist: Alex. Fucking. Rocks!”
—Erika Lyremark, Business Coach | Creator of The Morning Whip
“Alexandra is a ridiculously talented writer, teacher, and spirit. When she guest lectures for my Clear Coaches program, the coaches RAVE and practically foam at the mouth with excitement with the content she delivers.”
—Susan Hyatt, Martha Beck-certified Master Coach | Author of Create Your Own Luck: 7 Steps to Get Your Lucky On
“You may know Alex Franzen as a brilliant writer, strategist and dispenser of panache-filled entrepreneurial wisdom. But she is so, so much more. Her secret is out … she’s an astonishingly gifted teacher.
In the past year, she’s twice taught a class in my Become Your Own Business Adviser program. Each time, she’s blown everyone away with the clarity, depth and transformative power of her presentation.
“Way to over-deliver!”
“I loved the class with Alex, and all the resources she gave us.”
Alex teaches with heart, humor and a storyteller’s dramatic flair. She knows so much about how to write brilliantly, cogently – about matching elegance of structure and form with depth and clarity of content.
And she has the rare ability of a true teacher to bring out the very best in her students. Her experiential, interactive exercises are perfectly designed to lead you to discover and express your own truth, in your own essential voice.
Embrace every opportunity to learn from her. You’ll be so very glad you did!
—Hiro Boga, Intuitive Business Strategist | Creator of Become Your Own Business Adviser
More sparkling praise, just around the bend …
LITERARY REPRESENTATION
My literary agent is the (fabulous) Kristina Holmes.
Got a book project in mind, for me? Talk to me — or talk to her. She knows everything.
