Expert on Human Connection in the Age of AI and Innovations That Expand Students’ Social Capital; Director of Education Research, Clayton Christensen Institute; Co-Author, “Who You Know”

Washington, DC, USA
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Julia Freeland Fisher Biography

Who you know matters, especially when it comes to accessing opportunity. Julia Freeland Fisher believes expanding networks – people’s stock of “social capital” – will be a game changer for future generations’ learners and workers.

A highly regarded expert in education and workforce, Fisher is the author of “Who You Know: Unlocking Innovations That Expand Students’ Networks” (Jossey-Bass, 2018). The book focuses on emerging tools and practices that can deepen and diversify students’ networks to expand their access to opportunities. As the director of research at the Christensen Institute, Fisher has published and spoken extensively on trends in education and human connection and how disruptive innovations will impact students’ networks in the years ahead.

Those themes have newfound resonance in the age of AI, where chatbots could begin to disrupt human connection as we know it. Her recent research, Navigation and Guidance in the Age of AI, offers an in-depth look at how chatbots are transforming college and career guidance. Her upcoming research will focus beyond the classroom, analyzing what’s motivating young people to engage with AI companions in the consumer market, and what it will take to safeguard human relationships in this new era.

Fisher’s research has been featured in The New York Times, Boston Globe, Axios, Harvard Business Review, and Stanford Social Innovation Review. Prior to joining the Institute, she worked at NewSchools Venture Fund, a venture philanthropy organization that supports education entrepreneurs who are transforming public education. She also served as an instructor in the Yale College Seminar Program. Fisher holds a bachelor’s degree from Princeton University and a JD from Yale Law School.

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Julia Freeland Fisher Speaking Topics

  • Human Connection in the Age of AI: Disruption, Dystopia, or Discovery?

    In this provocative presentation, Julia Freeland Fisher, Director of Education at the Christensen Institute, outlines why AI is on a path to disrupting human connection as we know it – and how technology, education systems, and policy will need to evolve to meet this challenge. Audiences will learn how disruptive innovations take root and scale, and explore how AI could be built to be more prosocial.

  • Networks for Success: Identifying, Unlocking, and Building Social Capital to Advance Your Goals

    What is social capital, why does it matter and how can building it help strengthen professional ties? In this engaging presentation, Director of Education at the Christensen Institute, Julia Freeland Fisher, presents accessible strategies for leveraging new and existing relationships to achieve professional goals. Audiences will learn how social capital gets built, how to create webs of support within existing networks, and how to reciprocate and strengthen ties even more. These simple, actionable steps empower participants to begin bolstering their networks immediately.

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Julia Freeland Fisher Videos

Cultivating Human Connections in the Classroom of Tomorrow

Cultivating Human Connections in the Classroom of Tomorrow

This talk focuses on the importance of relationships in student success, exploring aspects that are sometimes overlooked in typical postsecondary...

Fireside Chat: Julia Freeland Fisher and AI Reshaping Human

Fireside Chat: Julia Freeland Fisher and AI Reshaping Human

In this fireside chat with Julia Freeland Fisher, Director of Education Research at the Christensen Institute, we'll talk about how AI is changing,...

NAF Next 2023 | Julia Freeland Fisher

NAF Next 2023 | Julia Freeland Fisher

NAF is a national network of education, business, and community leaders who work together to ensure high school students are college, career, and...

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Julia Freeland Fisher is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Human Connection in the Age of AI: Disruption, Dystopia, or Discovery?, Networks for Success: Identifying, Unlocking, and Building Social Capital to Advance Your Goals and The Missing Piece of Education Reform: Social Capital. The estimated speaking fee range to book Julia Freeland Fisher for your event is available upon request. Julia Freeland Fisher generally travels from Washington, DC, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Christine Walker, MPPA, Stephanie Cooper-Lewter, Hernandez Stroud, James Zogby and Bill Ayers. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Julia Freeland Fisher for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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