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Meet Stacey Shipman

Stacey Shipman

Stacey Shipman - publisher of Shed The Formality, an email newsletter for entrepreneurs and founder of Hamwey’s Hummus - is here to remove formal protocols stifling personalities and ideas.

Because you can’t advocate for yourself or your genius hiding behind: “I’m too busy,” perfectionism, data, PowerPoints, collaborators who get all the credit, or the belief you need more credentials.

Plus, human connection is impossible when you are acting like a robot.

Boring, bland and basic are default settings – but they aren’t the only settings. With Stacey's guidance, you will drop learned behavior that never felt natural in the first place so you feel lighter, more in control and more confident putting yourself and your ideas out there.

What I Do

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Hamwey's Hummus

Bringing people together with great tasting Mediterranean dips and salads.

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Shed The Formality

Newsletter for solo entrepreneurs ready to elevate themselves and their ideas.

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Speaking

Elevate your events when you hire Stacey to keynote, M.C., host, or moderate a panel.

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Stacey Shipman is one of the most inspiring speakers I have had the pleasure of hearing. She spoke to our Women's Council of Realtors gathering a few weeks ago and I have heard wonderful feedback from the attendees. Her talks are riveting because they go beyond business and have a deeper personal message. Thank you Stacey! I highly recommend her skill set and diverse topic knowledge.

P. Dinger

South Shore Realtors

Stacey Shipman is a dynamic, engaging speaker and the Plymouth Area Chamber of Commerce felt lucky to have her speak at our Women Mean Business Luncheon. Her keynote presentation “Present Ideas with Ease & Influence” was truly uplifting, entertaining, and enlightening. What a refreshing topic, and one that should be shared with all! Our group is made up of highly accomplished business leaders in the community and Stacey was able to craft a message that combined her body of expertise with the audience’s immediate needs - her delivery was exemplary. By combining humor, examples, and an informal but highly focused presentation, she demonstrated her command of communications and gave the group positive takeaways. Looking forward to having her speak again at another Chamber event!

Meaghan Doherty

Plymouth Area Chamber of Commerce

Stacey always takes the time to get to know you and your audience – What is the venue? What do you want to accomplish? How do you want people to feel when they leave? She collects all the data up front to ensure a successful outcome and event!

Mary Newell

AMN Healthcare

Stacey provides a comforting environment with active exercises to build self-awareness of one's thought processes when communicating. This also includes non-verbal communication, body language, posture, eye contact and breath cadence; all of heightened importance in navigating this new era of remote communication. She is genuine and a delight to work with.

Eric Fine, PH.D.

CRIO

I appreciated Stacey’s ability to engage all of us and make sure we each had an opportunity to deep dive during the breakout session and then share and reflect on the activities during the larger group discussion time. We won't normally think about our body language, tone of voice, etc., so it was helpful to do different activities that made me more aware of these so that I can actively work on them when communicating both internally and with clients.

Megan Richards

CRIO

I had such a great time participating in Stacey's leadership development workshop! She provided a safe and comfortable environment and a judgment-free zone for open discussion. I often feel judged by those around me, but she set up the workshop in a way that I felt like my thoughts and questions were being taken seriously. Thank you for making me step out of my comfort zone, Stacey!