Find your “why” and elevate your mission to social impact and advocacy.
Shabnam Mogharabi
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
MISSION-DRIVEN ENTERTAINMENT EXECUTIVE
POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY PRACTITIONER
SPEAKING FEE: $20,000 - $30,000
Meet Shabnam
Co-founded SoulPancake with actor Rainn Wilson, amassing 1B+ video views and Emmy & Webby awards
Award-winning journalist and editor & lifelong student of positive psychology
Expert on how to create socially impactful content through storytelling
Shabnam Mogharabi is an entertainment entrepreneur, author and journalist with more than 15 years of leadership experience in media and storytelling. She is a lifelong student of positive psychology, a freelance documentary film producer, and an expert on how to create socially impactful and entertaining content.
With actor Rainn Wilson, Shabnam co-founded SoulPancake, the inspiring entertainment company behind beloved video series such as Kid President and My Last Days. Under her tenure, SoulPancake amassed ten million social media fans and nearly 1B one billion video views on its daily positive videos about human connection. The company eventually had a successful exit to social impact film studio Participant.
It was in espousing the values of SoulPancake that she personally believes in—the importance of joy, hope, purpose, and gratitude—that Shabnam found a calling as a public speaker. In her talks she shares her uplifting, vulnerable message on how to harness the power of joy at dozens of conferences and events a year.
Prior to SoulPancake, Shabnam was an award-winning journalist and editor and one of the youngest winners of the Jesse H. Neal Aard (the Pulitzer Prize of B2B journalism). She has worked as a contributing writer, editor, and stringer for a number of publications, including People, Pool & Spa News, Sunset, and HuffPost. She is a New York Times bestselling author of SoulPancake: Chew on Life’s Big Questions.
Shabnam is a Henry Crown Fellow and member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network. She is on the advisory board of Seed & Spark; an industry advisor for USC’s Digital Media program, and on the board of directors for of the national nonprofit Tahirih Justice Center.
SPEAKING TOPICS
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We are more distracted, lonelier, and anxious than ever in history. And the past few years has only exacerbated this mental health crisis. In today’s world, embracing the power of joy is an act of rebellion. In this insightful, interactive session, entertainment entrepreneur and storyteller Shabnam Mogharabi will share practical tips and easy-to-implement learnings from her work creating uplifting and inspiring video content about what it takes to truly bring more joy into your life both personally and professionally. Shabnam believes that joy is more than an emotion; it’s a propelling and powerful force for good. And in this keynote, she will show attendees how to harness the power of positive psychology to shift their perspective away from toxic positivity to a meaningful mindset change.
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Every day we are bombarded with messages that a life without purpose is a life without direction and meaning. Companies are being urged to stand for something in order to survive. The pressure is on, personally and professionally. It seems that knowing your purpose unlocks your superpower. But what if you don’t know what that purpose is... or how best to find it? In this personal development session, entrepreneur Shabnam Mogharabi pulls back the curtain on the purpose myth to reframe what it means to know yourself. By pulling lessons from her own experience and her time leading a purpose-driven entertainment studio, SoulPancake, Shabnam will help audience members figure out their personal “why” and develop a personal plan to fulfillment by investing in our basic human need to be of use.
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A society is influenced by and reflected in its stories. As individuals, and as marketers, understanding the art and science of storytelling can be a powerful personal and professional tool. Storytelling can play an important role in your company, meetings, and cultures, as well as in helping your business spread ideas and engender brand loyalty. In this keynote presentation, entertainment entrepreneur and producer Shabnam Mogharabi will offer insights into how and where to leverage storytelling as a marketing tool, what powerful moments lead to the strongest stories, and how to find opportunities for storytelling to impact your internal teams. Leveraging real-world examples, case studies, videos, and interactive exercises, she will give attendees the tools they need to tell memorable, impactful, and effective stories.
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