Goldfish have better memories than people.

Memorable words get you massive results.

20+ years.
200+ clients.

Claxon was born out of our founder’s obsession with two things:

The power of words
Making the world a better place

Erica Barnhart put those two things together and has been helping leaders and teams grow their organizations, achieve their goals, advance their mission, and increase their impact ever since.

About Erica

Erica Barnhart is a communication expert, speaker, author, and coach. She is Founder & CEO of Claxon, a company focused on teaching companies and leaders how to use words to change workplaces and the world. Erica also serves as an Associate Teaching Professor at the University of Washington. She now calls Seattle, Washington home, but a piece of her heart will always be in Vancouver, Canada, where she was born.

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Things Erica has done:

Spoken

at huge conferences and intimate leadership trainings. Learn about Erica’s speaking here.

Written

Book: Pitchfalls–why bad pitches happen to good people

Book: Recharge: energize your employees one word at a time

Article: The Stanford Social Innovation Review
“Great mission. Bad statement : why the social sector should worry about words”

Consulted

with clients like the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Global Impact, Microsoft, LifeScience Washington, Group Health Research Institute, and dozens more. To learn more visit the consulting page.

Invented

The Wordifier, The Claxon Method, The 1, 2, 3 Marketing Tree

Traveled

to France, Cambodia, Hong Kong, China, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, England, Ireland, Mexico and Brunei.

Born

in Canada to American parents so she’s Camerican.

The Claxon Team

Sophie Gagnaire

Sophie makes sure Claxon’s clients have an exceptional experience and takes care of all the behind-the-scenes things that makes a business hum along. She has traveled all over the world and currently calls New York City home.