Photo by Jason Sean Weiss

Kalina Silverman Offers:

  • 1-2 Hour Big Talk Workshops / Team-Building Session Facilitation

  • Keynote Speaking

  • Research Partnerships

  • Interviewing

  • Moderated Discussions

  • Facilitating Big Talk Icebreakers at Events

  • Big Talk Event, Media, and Consulting Partnerships

  • Video Content Creation

  • Guest Blog Posting

  • Creator Partnerships with @makebigtalk

  • Ambassador Partnerships

Please email kalina@makebigtalk.com with interest.

Present
Key-note Speaker and Workshop Facilitator: Deliver Big Talk presentations globally to foster meaningful connections, combat loneliness, nurture empathy, and build a sense of community belonging. Audiences include diverse organizations such as the United Nations, Fortune 500 companies, non-profits, universities, entertainment firms, and government bodies.

2019–Present
U.S. Fulbright Ambassador: Selected by the Institute of International Education and the U.S. Department of State to represent the Fulbright Program. Presented Big Talk workshops to over 1,500 Masters and PhD students from more than 75 countries worldwide.

2017–2018
U.S. Fulbright Program Research Scholar, Singapore: Conducted research in Intercultural Communications and New Media at the National University of Singapore’s School of New Media and Communications (under the guidance of Dr. Jude Yew). Research project: “How to Bridge Cross-Cultural Communications through BIG TALK.”

  • Evaluated the effects of Big Talk in fostering empathy between Singaporeans and migrant workers.

  • Designed and implemented a Big Talk system of questioning and communication through in-person workshops and video recordings.

  • Aimed to bridge communication gaps and encourage empathy in intercultural and interpersonal settings.

Kalina has delivered Big Talk workshops at Fulbright seminars for over 1500 Masters and PhD students from around the world.

Speaking at Jay Shetty’s Fire Relief Fundraiser

Comic-Con 2024

Past Speaking Engagements

CAMFT Conference. Image courtesy of Malcolm Guess, Photographer

  • Jay Shetty’s Wildfire Relief Fundraiser (Los Angeles)

  • Uber Postmates Off-Site (Virtual)

  • Comic-Con International (San Diego)

  • Fulbright Workshops – 1,500 PhD and Master's students (Washington, DC; Atlanta; Nashville; San Diego)

  • Chai Ventures – 60 Venture Capitalists, Entrepreneurs, and Students (Nashville, TN)

  • California Marital & Family Therapist Conference – 150 Marriage & Family Therapists (Los Angeles, CA)

  • Johnson & Johnson – 30 employees (Virtual)

  • UN’s International Day of the Girl – 1,000 teenage girls at St. Catherine’s Girls School (Virgin Islands)

  • Academy Xi – 80 members of the general public (Melbourne & Sydney, Australia)

  • U.S. Embassy Tashkent – 90 exchange alumni and members of the public (Tashkent, Uzbekistan)

  • Acelero Learning’s Senior Leadership Institute – 100+ program managers (Wisconsin)

  • Institute of International Education – 15 Fulbright Alumni Ambassadors (Washington, DC)

  • Microsoft – 30 tech professionals (Chicago, IL)

  • Uber / Postmates Offsite – 30 attendees (NYC, NY)

  • Adobe Women in Tech Neighborhood Mixer – 200+ women (San Francisco, CA)

  • Google – 20 members of the Material Design Team (San Francisco, CA)

  • Elite SEM Digital Summit (Keynote Speaker) – 200+ marketing executives and employees (New York, NY)

  • U.S. Embassy Singapore – 100 attendees at the Exchange Alumni Dinner (Singapore)

  • National University of Singapore – Communications School

  • Thiel Summit - 200 attendees (San Francisco, CA)

  • SoGal Influencer Summit - 200 attendees (Los Angeles)

  • USC Annenberg - (Los Angeles)

  • MTSU - (Tennessee)

  • Columbia Middle School - (Colorado)

  • TEDx - 7 million views

  • Northwestern University (Chicago)

Kalina Silverman leads Big Talk for 200 Women Entrepreneurs, Venture Capitalists, and Community Builders.

9/8/17 Delivering a Research Seminar at NUS.

9/8/17 Delivering a Research Seminar at NUS.

9/6/18 Speaking for Elite SEM Digital Summit 2018.

9/6/18 Speaking for Elite SEM Digital Summit 2018.

TEDx TALK

The above TEDx talk was at Westminster College in Missouri. The virality of the video (6m + views) has led to the formation of partnerships with people and organizations from around the world. 

Other Research / Education Work:

Summer Partnership with USC Annenberg Innovation Lab

In the summer of 2015, Kalina worked with the Annenberg Lab to research communication strategies as they relate to the future of innovation. She delivered multiple talks and created a series of videos for the Annenberg website on what the future of innovation looks like. 

 

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Co-Founder and President of MIXED student coalition at Northwestern

At Northwestern University, Kalina co-founded and served as President of MIXED, Northwestern's first ever Mixed Race Student Coalition. Through academic and social events, discussions, and internal support, we created a community of students united in their differences. 

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Edovo Jail Education Solutions Users make BIG TALK

Big Talk partnered with Edovo, Jail Education Solutions startup to create a Big Talk self development and communications course for inmates. Read about it at Edovo's website. 

 

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Researcher at the Delta Lab Northwestern (2015)

Breaking Boundaries focuses on exploring novel interactions and connecting people in unusual and unexpected ways.