Ashlee Braxton
Nickname: AB or Brax
Countries I've lived in: France, Spain, England, Portugal, Dubai
Favorite dish: Everything but anything french :)
Languages I speak (and languages I'm learning/butchering): French, Spanish, Portuguese
First job ever: At a library as a page (I put away all the books)
Most unexpected place I've worked or performed: In a castle in Venice, Italy for a prince and his wife for date night
A country I'd move to tomorrow if I could: Thailand!
Best piece of advice I ever got (and who gave it to me): The most expensive thing on you is your mind and your beliefs
Something people are always surprised to learn about me:
My proudest "unofficial" job title:
The event/moment I still can't believe I got to be part of:
My Bio:
Ashlee Braxton didn't take the conventional path, and that's exactly the point. She got her start in LA, working as assistant and talent manager to her aunt, R&B legend Toni Braxton, coordinating international tours, working behind the scenes on Braxton Family Values, and occasionally stepping into the spotlight herself as a backup vocalist.
In 2014, she moved to Paris without speaking a word of French, starting over as an au pair before working her way into executive roles at two top French tech companies, including Ledger and OpenClassrooms, where she became the bridge between company leadership and execution.
Now based in Barcelona, Ashlee has built a career at the intersection of high stakes logistics and human connection, leading VIP guest experience for LIV Golf Andalucia and PIF Las Vegas, managing transport operations for LIV Golf Riyadh and the Italian Supercup, and serving as emcee and VIP hospitality lead for Team American Magic at the America's Cup. Her client list includes LIV Golf, Cannes Lions, FC Barcelona.
Alongside her events work, Ashlee coaches clients on public speaking, helping people move past the freeze up and the stiff, over rehearsed delivery to actually connect with a room. That same instinct, reading a room and adjusting in real time, is what shapes every talk, event, and workshop she leads.
SIGNATURE TALKS & WORKSHOPS
Available as a keynote, workshop, or panel: Keynote (45 to 60 min): story and framework
Workshop (90 min to half day): live exercise, participants leave with a tool
Panel (30 to 45 min): conversation format with other speakers
SAY IT LIKE YOU MEAN IT
The problem: Most people prepare a talk to get through it, not to connect through it. They over rehearse the words and never practice reading the room, so they come across stiff or scripted, even when they know the content.
The story that proves it: Ashlee has worked as a public speaking motivator, coaching real clients through the exact moment where preparation breaks down, the freeze up, the stiff delivery, the loss of connection with the room, and helping them fix it with technique, not just encouragement.
Talk description: The actual techniques Ashlee uses as a public speaking motivator, helping real clients hold a room's attention and read live feedback, applied directly to interviews, pitches, and presentations. Not generic "speak with confidence" advice, real, usable technique.
Workshop exercise: "Script to Connection": Participants deliver a short prepared statement (an intro, a pitch, an opening line) twice. First as memorized script, then using a specific technique to actually read and connect with the room. Immediate, live practice, not theory.
Corporate: executive presence, pitching, presentations
University: public speaking anxiety, class presentations, interview prep
Industry: pitching creative work in the room
NO NEAT LITTLE BOXES
The problem: Career advice still assumes one lane, but most real careers today are non linear, and people whose paths don't look "clean" on paper feel like they're doing it wrong, when really they haven't yet named the throughline connecting it all. The story that proves it: Ashlee's own path, touring with a Grammy winning artist, executive support at tech startups, global VIP events, podcast host, model and actress, looks scattered until you see the one thing underneath all of it: genuine connection, and authenticity
Talk description: Ashlee makes the case that a "scattered" resume isn't a liability to explain away, it's a signal, once you can name the thread. She shows how to stop apologizing for a non linear path and start pitching it as a strength.
Workshop exercise: "The Thread Finder": Participants list four to six seemingly unrelated things they've done (jobs, projects, passions) and work through a guided process to find a line connecting them, then build a single, confident sentence they can use in interviews, pitches, or bios instead of over explaining a "messy" resume.
Corporate: career development programs, non traditional hires, internal talent reviews
University: career services, students anxious about not having one clear path, career changers
Industry: creatives and marketers whose best work comes from cross disciplinary backgrounds
The Leverage You Already Have
The problem: Most people believe they need credentials, connections, or a "clean" resume to get into the room that matters, so they never try, and talented people stay stuck outside doors they're fully capable of opening. The story that proves it: Ashlee moved to Paris speaking zero French, with no industry contacts and no formal events industry background, and negotiated her way from au pair into executive roles at two top French tech companies (Ledger, OpenClassrooms), eventually managing entire executive teams. Talk description: Ashlee breaks down what she actually had (not what she lacked), adaptability, willingness, one transferable skill, and how she turned that into leverage in rooms where she had zero formal standing. This isn't a "believe in yourself" talk; it's the real, sometimes uncomfortable mechanics of how doors actually open.
Workshop exercise"The Leverage Inventory": Participants map out what they assume they're missing to make their next move, and what they actually have that's transferable, a skill, a relationship, a willingness others won't match. They leave with a short, specific outreach or negotiation script built on that leverage, ready to send or say within a week.
Corporate: career switchers, internal mobility programs, new market entry teams
University: students entering the job market with no internships or network, first gen students
Industry: creatives and freelancers trying to break into an agency or client relationship without a traditional pedigree
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– Former Customer
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