Everybody wants to have influence, in business or in life. Too often we think it's the big bosses who everybody listens to in meetings, or the influencers who get hundreds of likes on LinkedIn are the ones who have it. Turns out, science has a message for us all: your influence is greater than you imagine. And when we apply these findings to the context of events, it opens up some serious possibilities.

In this episode I chat with Dr. Vanessa Bohns, a social psychologist and professor of organizational behavior at Cornell University.  We talk about how to tap into your own personal influence, experiments on shared experiences, what it means for event networking, and burnout. Connect with Vanessa:

LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessa-bohns-33219710/

Twitter and Instagram: @profbohns

Website: www.vanessabohns.com

Resources:

• You Have More Influence Than You Think 
• Invisibility Cloak Illusion, Scientific American blog
• Shared Experiences are Amplified [research paper]
• Event Psychology Lab online course

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