Erica Williams Simon

Award-Winning Narrative Strategist, Author & Interviewer; Former Head of Snapchat’s Creator’s Lab

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Erica Williams Simon Biography

Erica Williams Simon is an award-winning narrative strategist, author, creative and interviewer. As the founder and former Head of Snapchat’s Creator’s Lab, Erica creates content and conversations that help a diverse, digital native generation tell new stories about “who we are and how we want to live”. Her work incorporates elements of her multi-industry career to surface countercultural wisdom for work, life and social impact.

Through her company Sage House, a strategic content, experience and consulting firm Erica works with clients like Spotify, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and countless creative partners to bring big ideas for cultural and social impact to life. She is also host of the popular podcast The Call with Erica.

Previously, Simon worked as Senior Editor and Creative Director of Upworthy.com and as a guest columnist for TIME.com. Before moving to a career in media, she spent nearly a decade in Washington D.C. power circle’s at the nation’s premier progressive think tank, Center for American Progress, and the country’s oldest civil and human rights coalition, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, developing innovative Millennial engagement programs on key social issues. For her social impact work, Simon was named one of Politico’s Top 50 Politicos to Watch, an NAACP’s 40 under 40, a world Economic Forum Global Shaper, and an Aspen Institute Ideas Fellow.

Her first book, You Deserve the Truth, was published by Simon & Schuster in 2019 and puts the power of story back into the hands of the people, exploring how to engage with the dominant cultural narratives of our time to build an authentic life worth living.

Simon received the O magazine Women Rule Leadership Award has also been featured in Harvard Business Review, The Washington Post, Huffington Post, and ESSENCE magazine. Simon, a self-proclaimed “armchair theologian” and preacher’s daughter for life, serves on the board of ColorofChange.org and NPR’s Generation Listen.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 05/09/2024.

Erica Williams Simon Speaking Topics

  • Real Leadership for the Next Generation Policy/Politics: Equal rights, Voting, Social Justice, Economic Inequality, Higher education, etc.

  • Society by Design: How Innovation, Efficiency & Beauty can Change the World

  • Help! I Work with Millennials

  • Tweeting the Revolution: What activism looks like today

  • Diversity 2050: When everyone is a "minority"

Erica Williams Simon Videos

  • Creative Outsiders with guest Erica Williams Simon
    Episode 5 we sit down and chat with Erica Williams Simon. Erica Williams Simon is an award-winning strategist, author, and creative.
  • Revisiting Erica Williams Simon: Change Your Story
    In solidarity with #BlackLivesMatter and #AmplifyMelanatedVoices, CIIS Public Programs is highlighting conversations from its archives.

Erica Williams Simon Books

  • You Deserve the Truth: Change the Stories that Shaped Your World and Build a World-Changing Life
    You Deserve the Truth: Change the Stories that Shaped Your World and Build a World-Changing Life

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Erica Williams Simon is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Real Leadership for the Next Generation Policy/Politics: Equal rights, Voting, Social Justice, Economic Inequality, Higher education, etc., Society by Design: How Innovation, Efficiency & Beauty can Change the World, Help! I Work with Millennials, Tweeting the Revolution: What activism looks like today and Diversity 2050: When everyone is a "minority". The estimated speaking fee range to book Erica Williams Simon for your event is available upon request. Erica Williams Simon generally travels from and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Ai-jen Poo, Marilyn Tam, Tina Tchen, Sarah Ferguson and Kimberly Brown. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Erica Williams Simon for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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