Robyn’s Bio
Robyn Shumer is a leadership development expert and storyteller who seeks to amplify the skills and competencies, including ‘un-tapped’ genius, in all. She is a storyteller and teaches the craft so that people are better able to share their personal and business stories successfully and in an engaging way. “Preparing for and delivering a TED talk has been more impactful in my overall well-being, than all of the hours of therapy I’ve had,” she says.
She finds the bright spots amidst disorder and can make an audience laugh and cry. Working mom, CEO of the family home, yoga teacher, executive coach, TEDx speaker and advocate for all thing’s mental health and well-being. She enjoys helping people to see their strengths and HOW to leverage them coupled with a focus on reengineering fitness into their lives in a way that sets them up for success. She is an engaging speaker who connects with all audiences.
She is on the leadership team of Johnson & Johnson’s Mental Health Diplomats – a group dedicated to eliminating stigma around mental health. She is also a national ambassador for the eating disorder non-profit, Project HEAL, adjunct faculty for the JNJ Centers for Leadership & Growth, facilitating “Captivating Communications” and is certified by the Wiseman Group to facilitate their training, “Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter,” at Johnson & Johnson. Most recently she founded ‘What’s Your Story, USA,’ www.wysusa.com, an initiative that teaches storytelling and organizes storytelling events that also raise money for non-profits. Connected to her community, she has been recognized as the volunteer of the year multiple times.
Robyn’s graduate work was in public health and a lifelong learner, she is a certified Executive Coach, certified yoga teacher and earned her Lean Six Sigma Greenbelt.
INFO ABOUT WYS
In 2018, our founder, Robyn Shumer gave a TEDx talk called “What’s Your Story” where she challenged the audience to think about their deepest most profound moments of failure and accomplishment and to get comfortable sharing the stories that shaped who they are. She also launched “What’s Your Story,” a sustainable community storytelling initiative that changes peoples’ lives through creating connections, pathways to healing and raising money for nonprofits.
SPEAKER TRAINING & COACHING
What began as preparation for her own TEDx talk led Robyn to create a “Storytelling 101” workshop. Delivered in-person and remotely, this engaging training equips participants with a “recipe” for how to prepare to tell their personal or business story. After the workshop, on-going speaker coaching is available. Appropriate for high-schoolers and beyond.
STORYTELLING EVENTS & FUNDRAISERS:
Community storytelling events and a progressive fundraising solution about life-changing moments so your organization doesn’t have to walk another mile. What happens when The Moth and TED have a baby? You get “What’s Your Story.”
Robyn's goals for you
To teach the world the power of their story. I want people to stand up to stigma and safely share the stories that shaped them. Sharing creates a space for freedom from the past. It creates space for possibilities and it creates connections that are sometimes, life-changing.
Why was it started
In 2018, our founder, Robyn Shumer gave a TEDx talk called “What’s Your Story” where she challenged the audience to think about their deepest most profound moments of failure and accomplishment and to get comfortable sharing the stories that shaped who they are. She also launched “What’s Your Story,” a sustainable community storytelling initiative that changes people’s lives through creating connections, pathways to healing and raising money for nonprofits. The power of storytelling was so impactful on Robyn that she created WYS as a way to offer that gift to others.