Ep. 169 - Human Element Series - A Real Life Doogie Howser with Dr. Abbie Maroño

Today we will be talking with Abbie Maroño, a nonverbal communications and social influence coach. Abbie published her first paper in nonverbal communication at 19 years old, going on to do her PhD in behavior analysis and become a university lecturer at 23. She now directs a research group, BRINC, alongside her coaching and teaching. [May 9, 2022]

00:00 – Intro

• Social-Engineer.com
• Managed Voice Phishing
• Managed Email Phishing

• Adversarial Simulations -
• Social-Engineer channel on SLACK
• CLUTCH
• innocentlivesfoundation.org

02:52 – Abbie Maroño intro

04:47 – At what point in your life did you want to become a Nonverbal expert?

06:56 – The reality of getting to where you want to be

08:39 – What kept you going after rejections?

11:15 – How does a person learn to find their passion?

14:06 – How did you decide to make Nonverbal Communications a career?

17:53 – How important is Open VS Closed Body Language?

23:00 – What is orientation and why does it matter?

27:49 – The role of body language in a virtual setting

33:30 – The "perception" of eye-contact in a video call

35:31 – Find Abbie Maroño on the web

• Website link: abbiemarono.com
• Twitter: @abbiejmarono
• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/abbie-maroño-35ab2611a

36:05 – New Job Announcement

38:16 – Who would you consider your biggest mentors?

• Dr David Keatley
• Joe Navarro

41:16 – Book Recommendations:

• The Body Keeps the Score - Bessel van der Kolk
• What Every BODY is Saying – Joe Navarro

• Unmasking the Social Engineer - Christopher J. Hadnagy
• The Code of Trust - Robin Dreeke
• The Timeline Toolkit - David Keatley
• The Polyvagal Theory - Stephen Porges

43:47 – Guest Wrap Up

44:17 – Outro

• www.social-engineer.com
• www.innocentlivesfoundation.org