Pamela Meyer

Pamela Meyer
Born
Washington, DC
NationalityAmerican
Alma materWashington University in St. Louis
Harvard Business School
Claremont Graduate School
Occupation(s)Author, entrepreneur
Notable workLiespotting: Proven Techniques to Detect Deception
SpouseFrederick Kempe
Websitehttps://pamelameyer.com/

Pamela Meyer is an American author, certified fraud examiner, and entrepreneur. Described by Reader's Digest as "the nation's best known expert on lying," Meyer is the author of the 2010 book Liespotting: Proven Techniques to Detect Deception.[1][2][3] Her 2011 TED talk, "How to Spot a Liar," has exceeded 31 million views and is one of the 20 most popular TED talks of all time.[4]

Meyer is the CEO of Calibrate, a company that trains financial institutions, insurance providers, law firms and human resource professionals on verbal and non-verbal cues to deception, facial micro-expression interpretation, advanced interrogation techniques and information elicitation.[1][5][6]

Early life and education

Meyer was born and raised in Washington, DC. She majored in psychology and political science at Washington University in St. Louis, and earned a master's degree in public policy as a Coro fellow at Claremont Graduate University.[7] She received an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1986.[3][8][9][10]

Career

Meyer's early career was focused on media. Prior to attending business school, she co-founded California Community TV Network, a non-profit focused on community action and public broadcasting in Northern California. After receiving her MBA she held senior positions at Electronic Arts, National Geographic, The Ford Foundation and Vestron. In 1995, she founded Manhattan Studios, a New-York based incubator and new media company focused on strategic investments. In 2003, she launched Simpatico Networks, an affinity-based network of websites. Partially funded by Zelnick Media, the network included faith.com and expats.com.[11][12][13][14][15]

Meyer became interested in the science of deception through a workshop at a Harvard Business School reunion during which a professor detailed his findings on behaviors associated with lying. She subsequently worked with a team of researchers to survey and analyze existing research on deception from academics, experts, law enforcement, the military, espionage and psychology. Meyer also received advanced training in interrogation, microexpression analysis, statement analysis, behavior and body language interpretation, and emotion recognition.[6][16][17]

Liespotting: Proven Techniques to Detect Deception, based on her training and research, was published by St. Martin's Griffin in 2010. In 2013, she founded Calibrate, a deception detection and insider-threat recognition training center.[3][18]

Personal life

Meyer and her husband, Frederick Kempe, have one daughter. They live in Washington, DC.[19]

References

  1. ^ a b Kelly, Maura (April 2, 2014). "How to Catch A Liar". Reader's Digest. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
  2. ^ Perman, Cindy (December 9, 2011). "How to Spot a Liar: A New Year's Resolution for Business". CNBC. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
  3. ^ a b c Carozza, Dick (May 2012). "Spotting those elusive liars". Fraud Magazine. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
  4. ^ "The most popular talks of all time | TED Talks". www.ted.com. Retrieved April 25, 2022.
  5. ^ Stock, Kyle (December 29, 2010). "Wary Investors Turn to Lie Pros". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
  6. ^ a b O'Brien, Mark (March 26, 2012). "Liespotting for insurers: An interview with Pamela Meyer". Journal of Insurance Operations. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
  7. ^ "Expert on lie detection captivates students at Collection for National Library Week". sidwell.edu. Sidwell Friends School. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
  8. ^ Yoti, J. (September 27, 2010). "AN INTERVIEW WITH PAMELA MEYER (HBS'86)". harbus.org. The Harbus. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
  9. ^ "Alumni". coronorcal.org. Coro. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
  10. ^ Raz, Guy (June 20, 2014). "Can You Learn to Spot A Liar?". NPR. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
  11. ^ "Zelnick Media News". Zelnick Media News (press release). June 28, 2005. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
  12. ^ Variety Staff (December 11, 1997). "Broadway Video tapping into tube-side". Variety. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
  13. ^ "Microsoft Research Social Computing Symposium". research.microsoft.com. Microsoft. Retrieved August 11, 2015.
  14. ^ "Company Overview of Simpatico". Bloomberg. Bloomberg Business. Retrieved August 11, 2015.
  15. ^ Friedland, Lewis (July 2001). Civic Innovation in America Community Empowerment, Public Policy, and the Movement for Civic Renewal. California: University of California Press. p. 12. ISBN 9780520226371. Retrieved August 11, 2015.
  16. ^ Orsini, Patricia (December 30, 2011). "Truth Be Told, There's a Business in Spotting Liars". CNBC. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
  17. ^ "Pamela Meyer Bio". The Huffington Post. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
  18. ^ "Liespotting". MacMillan (US). MacMillan. Retrieved August 11, 2015.
  19. ^ "Frederick Kempe biography". Atlantic Council. Retrieved August 11, 2015.