Tricia Brouk
Award Winning Director, Producer, Author and Founder of The Big Talk Academy at The Big Talk
Leadership
Education: Stephens College
New York, NY, USA
Biography
Tricia Brouk helps high-performing professionals transform into industry thought leaders through the power of authentic storytelling. Her methodology centers around transforming her client’s authentic stories into an industry-leading voice and commanding media presence to gain wider recognition to become the go-to experts in their fields. With her experience as a seasoned and award-winning director, producer, and mentor to countless speakers, Tricia has put more than 60 speakers onto TEDx stages in less than four years. She has spoken at Forbes, Pride Global, The New York Public Library, Barnes and Noble, Ellevate, The Jumbo African Support Hub and The National Organization for Rare Disorders.
Tricia founded The Big Talk Academy where she certifies speakers in the art of public speaking. She was the executive producer of Speakers Who Dare and TEDxLincolnSquare and is the producer and host of The Big Talk, an award-winning podcast and YouTube Channel. She curates and hosts the Speaker Salon in NYC and is being featured in a new documentary called Big Stages. Tricia’s book, The Influential Voice: Saying What You Mean for Lasting Legacy, was a #1 New Release on Amazon in December 2020.
Tricia was awarded Top Director of 2019 by the International Association of Top Professionals and Top Ten Speaker Coaches in Yahoo Finance in 2021 and the Empowered Women Award in 2021 by the IOATP and Awarded Most Influential Leader in Media and Production by Corporate Vision in 2022 along with being featured on the cover of Brainz Magazine. Her documentaries have received critical acclaim—winning numerous awards including Best Documentary Short at The Olympus Film Festival and Los Angeles Movie Awards.
Passion
Being able to support people who have important messages onto the big stage or the big screen is why I get up in the morning. Teaching people how to communicate with dignity and truth is how I can leave a legacy and be significant in the world. I want to leave the world a better place.
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I am willing to travel
More than 100 miles
When it comes to payments
I generally get paid for speaking but make exceptions
Topics
Best Story
When my friend asked me to direct her TED Talk, I thought it would be fun, just like a one woman show. It was incredible to be able to witness someone who cares so much about impacting the world. She planted the seed that I should "do" this. So I started doing it. I began to attract speakers and had no place to put them, so what's the best stage for speakers? TEDx. I got my license, became the executive producer of TEDxLincolnSquare. I have since put over 50 speakers onto more than 15 TEDx stages. And now I am the executive producer of my own platform The Big Talk Live.
Origin Story
I moved to New York City to pursue a career in dance. I toured all over the world for two decades, worked with some of the greats in the modern dance world, including Barishnikov. I organically moved into choreography, where my first gig was choreographing a feature film starring James Gandolfini, Christopher Walken, Kate Winslet, and Susan Sarandon. From there I moved into directing and writing and filmmaking. And now coaching speakers. I make the world a better place by putting people with important messages onto the big stage or the big screen.
Example talks
Being An Influential Voice: How To Effectively Communicate for Impact
In this inspiring and motivational talk, Tricia shares how purpose, values and mission support your influential voice along with the five techniques that will support your effective and impactful communication. Whether you are communicating from across the kitchen table, the boardroom or in your community, how you communicate can change and even save a life.
Tricia calls on her more than three decades of experience in film, television and theater, directing actors and now speakers in order to teach you how to become an influential voice and have global impact.