Dr. Audrey Nelson is an internationally recognized trainer, key-note speaker and consultant. She specializes in gender communication, conflict management, dealing with difficult people, communication skills, and sexual harassment-discrimination.

Dr. Nelson’s professional background includes 10 years teaching in the Dept of Communication at the University of Colorado, Boulder. For 30 years she has trained and consulted for a wide variety of government and Fortune 50 companies in 48 states, Australia, Great Britain and Canada. Among them are Xcel Energy, Pricewaterhouse Coopers, American Board of Trial Attorneys , AT&T, Honeywell, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Upjohn Pharmaceuticals, Pentax, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Dept. of Justice.

She holds a B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. in Communication. She conducted post-doctoral work at Warnborough College in Oxford, England. Her award-winning research is cited in such books as More Power to You and Communication Between the Sexes.

Dr. Nelson won the “Teaching Excellence” award at the University of Colorado, Boulder. She was designated “Woman of the Year” by the Business and Professional Women. She also served as President of the Organization for the Research on Women and Communication. She was awarded a grant from the State of California “Teaching and Learning Council” for her excellence in teaching.

Audrey is a published author: You Don’t Say: Navigating Nonverbal Communication Between the Sexes - Prentice Hall 2004! Now in 5 languages.

A manager at US Sprint described her this way: “She walks the walk and talks the talk.”