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Sima Dahl, CSP, AS, and MBA, is an international speaker and branding visionary who will revolutionize the way you think about the business of personal brands. Her experience as an award-winning marketer paved the way for Sway Factor™, a progressive mindset that empowers professionals to stand out, stay relevant, and be in demand. With bold candor, unfiltered honesty, and her signature charismatic style, Sima has traveled from Boston to Budapest to show organizations and their staff how to drive sales, attract top talent, increase employee retention, and market themselves.
Whether she’s keynoting, delivering corporate training, presenting a virtual workshop, or coaching executives, her passion is palpable. Her clients tend to be forward-thinkers eager to out-hire, out-sell, and out-perform the competition. Associations, smart small businesses, and global enterprises, including Allscripts, BMO Harris Bank, CDW, Jones Lang LaSalle, M3 Insurance, Elkay Manufacturing, Orbitz, United Airlines, United Benefit Advisors, and Zebra Technologies, rely on Sima to raise their Sway Factor.
Sima is one of 12 percent of speakers worldwide who earned the Certified Speaking Professional designation from the National Speakers Association. She is also one of 93 Accredited Speakers, an honor conferred by Toastmasters International. As of 2024, only three women in the world hold both.
Sima earned a BA in Communications at the University of Illinois, where she was an Edmund James Scholar, and graduated with honors from DePaul University, where she earned her MBA in Management. She lives in Chicago with her husband, Bill, and their dog, Lolla (Palooza.)