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United States Pamela Meyer is an American author, entrepreneur, and leading expert in deception detection, recognized for her work in identifying verbal and non-verbal cues to truth and dishonesty.
Pamela Meyer is a TED Speaker and TED Attendee. Her 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.
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.
Pamela Meyer, a Harvard-educated deception expert who is a certified fraud examiner and the author of the 2010 book “Liespotting: Proven Techniques to Detect Deception,” provides tips on detecting lies and analyzes 'thinking errors' that lead to being fooled by fraudsters.
In an interview with CFA Institute Magazine, Meyer discusses the BASIC method of lie detection and optimizing the technique of baselining for investment professionals.
Pamela Meyer was the CEO of social networking company Simpatico Networks, which she launched in 2003, with the network including faith.com and expats.com, partially funded by Zelnick Media.
Pamela Meyer was born and raised in Washington, DC. She pursued her education with a focus on psychology and political science at Washington University in St. Louis. She later earned a master’s degree in public policy as a Coro fellow at Claremont Graduate University and an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1986. Her early career involved media and entrepreneurship. Prior to business school, she co-founded California Community TV Network, a non-profit organization dedicated to community action and public broadcasting in Northern California. After completing her MBA, Meyer held senior roles at companies including Electronic Arts, National Geographic, The Ford Foundation, and Vestron. In 1995, she established Manhattan Studios, a New-York based incubator and new media company, and in 2003, she founded Simpatico Networks, an affinity-based network of websites.
Meyer’s interest shifted towards the science of deception following a workshop at a Harvard Business School reunion. This led her to dedicate several years to researching deception, working with a team to analyze existing studies from various fields such as law enforcement, military, psychology, and espionage. She received advanced training in multiple areas, including interrogation techniques, microexpression analysis, statement analysis, behavior and body language interpretation, and emotion recognition. These experiences formed the foundation for her bestselling book, “Liespotting: Proven Techniques to Detect Deception,” published in 2010. In 2011, she delivered her TED Talk, “How to Spot a Liar,” which has garnered over 31 million views and is counted among the most popular TED talks of all time.
In 2013, Meyer founded Calibrate, a training center focused on deception detection and insider-threat recognition. Through Calibrate, she trains executives, financial institutions, insurance providers, law firms, and human resource professionals on identifying verbal and non-verbal indicators of deception. Meyer, described by Reader’s Digest as “the nation’s best known expert on lying,” continues to be a prominent voice on the subject, providing insights into detecting dishonesty and promoting truth in various professional and personal contexts.
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