Step on stages. Skyrocket your brand.
Change lives.
Wise Whisper helps you craft your signature talk and land your spot on paid stages around the world — so the people who need your words can finally hear them.
“They’re gifted creatives who were able to help me take my book and distill it down into a powerful talk that’s just exactly what I wanted it to be.”
“The team helped me build a talk that felt totally like me — but sharper and more structured than anything I’d ever created before. It’s built my credibility, grown my business, and helped me get booked on major stages.”
“Only six weeks after finishing, I just found out I secured my first TEDx talk. So many coaches promise the world — with Ashley and the team, every promise has been fulfilled.”
“Everyone I have spoken with has been extremely patient, kind, supportive and, most of all, knowledgeable. I would highly recommend this program to anyone considering a career in public speaking.”
“One of the best investments I’ve ever made in pursuing using my voice. Not only how to deliver a meaningful message, but how to navigate behind the scenes to get it heard.”
“They’re visionaries with world-class qualifications who can help you tell a story in a way that creates real results for your business.”
“Wise Whisper helped me achieve a major goal in my 10-year career plan that I had honestly given up on. I booked my first talk within a week of our last class.”
“Having gone through the class, there’s no reason not to give a talk. They remove the obstacles, instead of your head spinning for years on a project that doesn’t take that long.”
“After 25 years away from the stage, I had no idea how to come back. They helped me find my way again — today I’m doing what I love most once more.”
“The frameworks were practical, easy to follow, and immediately helped me become a stronger writer and speaker. Far exceeded what I expected.”
“They’re gifted creatives who were able to help me take my book and distill it down into a powerful talk that’s just exactly what I wanted it to be.”
“The team helped me build a talk that felt totally like me — but sharper and more structured than anything I’d ever created before. It’s built my credibility, grown my business, and helped me get booked on major stages.”
“Only six weeks after finishing, I just found out I secured my first TEDx talk. So many coaches promise the world — with Ashley and the team, every promise has been fulfilled.”
“Everyone I have spoken with has been extremely patient, kind, supportive and, most of all, knowledgeable. I would highly recommend this program to anyone considering a career in public speaking.”
“One of the best investments I’ve ever made in pursuing using my voice. Not only how to deliver a meaningful message, but how to navigate behind the scenes to get it heard.”
“They’re visionaries with world-class qualifications who can help you tell a story in a way that creates real results for your business.”
“Wise Whisper helped me achieve a major goal in my 10-year career plan that I had honestly given up on. I booked my first talk within a week of our last class.”
“Having gone through the class, there’s no reason not to give a talk. They remove the obstacles, instead of your head spinning for years on a project that doesn’t take that long.”
“After 25 years away from the stage, I had no idea how to come back. They helped me find my way again — today I’m doing what I love most once more.”
“The frameworks were practical, easy to follow, and immediately helped me become a stronger writer and speaker. Far exceeded what I expected.”
You’ve got something to say — and you’re no longer willing to be a best-kept secret.
Our clients are veterinarians, lawyers, health practitioners, CEOs and coaches — extraordinary people who know they’re meant to share what they’ve lived. Some know exactly what they want to say; some haven’t crystallized it yet. Some speak for free; some get paid here and there, but not consistently. All of them are ready to put rocket fuel on their message — and become the hero their ideal clients need.
✓“I’ve been thinking about getting on stages for years.”
✓“I’ve done some speaking, but I don’t know where to start.”
✓“I get paid here and there — but it’s not consistent.”
✓“I’ve been burned by people promising the world.”
We’ve heard every one of these — and we know how to help with each. Getting clear is the work, and it’s work you don’t have to do alone.
Through speaking, you can reach many goals.
We start by asking what you’re actually building toward — because the right talk for a book launch isn’t always the right talk for lead generation, a pivot, or a paid speaking career.
Goal 1Become a paid speaker
Build the talk, the positioning and the industry know-how that turns free gigs into a paid speaker fee — and one speaking gig into a booked calendar of paid gigs for the year.
Goal 2Speak for lead generation
A room of 200 is the warmest lead list you’ll ever have. Our clients have walked off stages with new clients, patients and partnerships.
Goal 3Attract career opportunities
One talk in front of the right room has led our clients to board seats, media features, book deals and roles they weren’t even chasing — but that proved crucial for their careers.
Goal 4Make a career pivot
A talk on a major stage is the fastest way to be known for the thing you’re moving toward, rather than the thing you’re leaving.
Goal 5Become the authority
Distil years of thinking into the one idea people repeat back to you — and become the household name in your corner of the world.
With the help of Wise Whisper, you will…
You’ll unlock your original thinking
We help you find the hot take only you can give — even if you can’t name it yet on day one.
You’ll craft your greatest talk
Structure, story, opener, soundbites, and a close that lands — built alongside you, never handed to you.
You’ll ace your stage presence
Tone, pacing, nerves — so the talk you wrote is the talk the room receives.
You’ll decode the speaking industry
How the industry actually works, and how event organizers really choose who they book.
You’ll create your brand assets
The promo materials, proposals and applications that get you the gig — built to a professional standard.
You’ll land more paid gigs
We get you in front of the right people — event managers and bookers — with our prospecting software that gets replies.
Our clients are ready to show up and change lives — ready to be the hero they once needed, and to build a brand that carries them for years to come.
Your words are medicine. We’re here to help you become the hero to the people you’re meant to help.
Wise Whisper is a creative team of working artists: New York Times bestselling writers, film and television writers, a former Apple executive speechwriter. We don’t just tell you to go get a paid gig — we make you an artist with your work, starting from your most original thinking.
Between them, our creatives have shaped hundreds of talks that have reached tens of millions of people — and helped land clients on stages like SXSW, C200, People 1st and TEDx.
“We don’t invent your story. We pull it out of you — and turn it into your greatest work.”
Ashley Stahl went from working in counterterrorism to sought-after paid speaker — with two viral TEDx talks.
Her first talk — the first speech she’d ever given — went viral. Her second, “How to Figure Out What You Really Want,” is one of the top 100 most-viewed talks on YouTube’s TEDx channel. Those two talks changed the trajectory of her career: a spokesperson deal, book offers, tripled keynote fees.
Knowing what one talk can do, she built Wise Whisper to make that possible for other people — and gathered a creative team good enough to deliver it.
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The questions people actually ask us
Pulled straight from our conversations with people considering this work.
I’ve been burned before by programs that over-promised. How is this different?
We hear this constantly — and it’s why we never guarantee outcomes we don’t control. Nobody can promise you a specific stage; the organizers decide that. What we promise is the work: live coaching with real creative directors, direct feedback on your actual talk, and the industry knowledge to go after stages yourself. As one client put it: “every single promise has been fulfilled.”
Do you write the talk for me?
Typically you write your own talk inside the cohort — a talk somebody else wrote never sounds like you on stage, and you’ll learn the craft for life. But if you’d like it written for you, we also offer a white-glove option: one of our top writers — from shows like Grey’s Anatomy, The White Lotus and Succession — crafts your talk with you over four to five meetings.
What if I don’t know my topic or message yet?
Almost nobody does at the start. It’s hard to read the label when you’re stuck in the jar — which is exactly why the first thing we do together is find where your most original thinking lives. Clarity is the outcome of the work, not the price of admission.
Do I need a big following or a famous name?
No. Big stages aren’t reserved for famous people — organizers are looking for ideas worth hearing. Plenty of our clients arrived with no platform, no offer, and a healthy dose of imposter syndrome. And our signature prospecting software puts your talk directly in front of the event organizers and bookers looking for speakers like you — no big following required.
Is this only about TEDx?
Not at all. TEDx-style stages are one route; corporate keynotes, conferences, summits, expos, panels and podcasts are others — and often the paid ones. One well-built talk works across many of them. (To be clear: we’re an independent company and not affiliated with TED or TEDx.)
How much time does this take?
We work with our clients over six months.
Who is this not for?
People who want a talk handed to them without their real involvement, people still deciding whether they want to be visible at all, and anyone chasing a viral moment without caring about the substance behind it. We’d rather tell you that now than take your money.
What does it cost?
We have multiple price points for different budgets, depending on what your needs are — and every option ensures you get a very personal touch from our creative directors and from our founder, Ashley Stahl. It starts with an initial 20-minute call to hear what you’re looking for.
What happens when I reach out?
A short, genuinely low-pressure 20-minute conversation about your story and your goals. If we’re the right team for you, we’ll say so. If we’re not, we’ll tell you that too — and you’ll still leave with more clarity than you came in with.
Tell us where you want your voice to reach. We’ll tell you honestly whether we’re the right team to help you get there — and if we’re not, you’ll still leave the conversation clearer than you came in.
