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When you work with Dr. Tabia Pope, here's what you'll get:
A powerful customized presentation that will reinforce the importance of aligning each individual contributor's brand with social impact within your business, organization or educational structure so that everyone can achieve massive growth and sustainability. This message resonates through Dr. Pope's signature talks regardless of if she is speaking to social entrepreneurs, business owners, or influencers within the image, communications, health, wellness, sports, fitness, or lifestyle industries.
Social Impact Branding
Align Your Brand with Social Impact
Customized Signature Talks
ALIGN Your Brand Values to your Cause, Purpose, Vision & Mission
ALIGN Your Brand with Social Impact Strategy
ALIGN Your Strategy to Your Market Research
ALIGN Your Research to Inform Your Massive Growth
ALIGN Your Growth with Packaging & Selling Your Brand Story
National Invited Speaker for Masterclasses on Health Communications and Business and Practice Management
Dr. Pope is an award winning nonprofit trailblazer by the Black Sports Business Symposium! She received her first award as a Student Researcher by the National Black Speech-Langugae-Hearing Association. She has been invited twice by Topic Chairs for the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention.
Companies bring Dr. Pope to speak about:
- Restructuring, Rebranding, or Realigning their brand with social impact
- Growth mindset and the sales psychology behind it
- Focus on the right type or assets, market intelligence data, and strengthening connections and conversations with partners and sponsors along with traditional fundraising initiatives
- Clarify your value to attract high-value partners, sponsors, and donors
- Strategic offers, positioning, and revenue architecture
- Positioning, LinkedIn strategy, discovery, pricing, and proposals
- Convert visibility and thought leadership into real, measurable growth
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Build scalable revenue systems
The I am Dr. Sharon Show and Vision & Purpose LifeStyle Magazine and Media, LLC
Dr. Pope served as a guest on The I am Dr. Sharon Show produced by FAM TV Plus and aired on Roku TV. Head to Speech, the nonprofit organization in which she founded was later featured in the Vision & Purpose LifeStyle Magazine in the article entitled, Mind Over Matter: Unlocking Potential, Elevating Performance, Celebrating Innovation, Advocacy, and Excellence in Athlete Brain Health.
Motivational Speaker
Empowering the next generation of Speech-Language Pathologists to align their brands with social impact at the Black SLP Magic Conference!
Workshop Facilitator
Dr. Pope served as a workshop facilitator two times inside Dr. Ebony Green's The SLP Business Suite Community. She provided private practice owners with key insight into social media marketing and personal branding.
Signature Topics for Brain Health and Sports Concussion Management
Featured on MedBridge a platform that is trusted by over 360,000 healthcare providers!
Educated over 13,000+ SLPs
Dr. Pope's On the Neuro Podcast Series and Return-to-Learning After Sports Concussion presentations through SpeechTherapyPD.com have reached over 13,147 SLPs and gained 4.5 - 5 star reviews.
Career Pathways in Brain Health and Sports Concussion Management with Dr. Tabia Pope
In this episode, Dr. Tabia Pope joins Renee to explore the expanding role of speech-language pathologists (SLPs) in brain health and sports concussion management. We discuss the growing demand for specialized expertise in assessing and treating communication and cognitive disorders related to brain injuries, particularly in athletes. Learn how SLPs can develop skills in this emerging area and how workforce development shapes new career pathways. Whether you are an aspiring SLP or a seasoned clinician, this episode offers valuable insights into an evolving and impactful practice area.
Speech Scope Episode 10: How can SLPs and ATCs Work Together for Sports Concussion Management?
Join host Sarah Baar as we welcome Dr. Tabia Pope, an expert in the areas of athlete brain health and sports concussion management. In this episode, Dr. Pope shares with us her journey from collegiate sports to spearheading interprofessional education through her nonprofit, Head to Speech, which emphasizes the critical role of SLPs in concussion care. The discussion delves into essential strategies for bridging gaps between athletic trainers and speech-language pathologists to enhance proactive care and support adult athletes in return to play and return to learning. Discover research highlights, collaborative models, and actionable strategies that redefine how SLPs and ATCs can work together in sports concussion management.
The Effects Concussions Have on Athletes
In this episode Dr. Tabia Pope and the Founding Chair and CEO of Head to Speech, Inc. joins Glenn on the Field to discuss how concussions affect an athlete’s cognitive functions and speech abilities, the link between brain health and speech patterns, the differences between concussions and traumatic brain injuries, and the rehabilitation processes involved in speech therapy to help athletes recover from the aftermath of concussions.
Brain Health Prehab
Dr. Pope was featured inside Significance in Athletics and Sports Magazine, a bi-annual publication where Black Women Leaders in Athletics and Sports Business share their insights and "Specialized Knowledge" in their own voices to inspire the next generation in the industry.
Sports Television
Watch the episode on Bowie TV. Find all of the latest news on your favorite topics. From entertainment, sports, and community news, Bowie TV has everything you need right here! Based out of Bowie, Maryland. Also found on Comcast Xfinity Channels 190 and 1097 in Prince George's County, Maryland and surrounding areas.
Sports Radio
"Listen in With KNN '' presented by FOX Sports Radio
On this special edition of "Listen in With KNN '' presented by FOX Sports Radio, host Kelsey Nicole Nelson welcomed special guest Dr. Tabia Pope, President and CEO of Head to Speech Inc. to the show. Dr. Pope is a certified Sports Speech-Language Pathologist, who has an upcoming book, Protect Your Brand: A Healthy Brain is a Wealthy Brand™. Hear about the 3rd Annual Head to Speech Retreat and Awards Luncheon on July 26, 2025 and ways athletes can protect their cognitive health.
Local Television
Watch Dr. Pope's episode on UDC-TV, a 24-hour educational cable program service, is operated by the University of the District of Columbia and serves as the District government's non-commercial, adult education program service.
UDC-TV is part of the Comcast, RCN, Verizon television cable systems, reaching approximately 187,000 residential households in the District of Columbia and every major hotel, federal and Congressional offices.
In Washington, DC, UDC-TV can be viewed on Comcast Channel 98, RCN Channel 19, and Verizon Channels 19 and 21.
Colleges & Universities
Dr. Pope is always in the community!
Colleges
Authentic Personal Branding
Universities
Brain Health and the Bottom Line in Sports Management
Panel Discussions
Women In Sports
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BOOK DR. TABIA POPE
Tabia Pope, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Certified Sports SLP™ is a three-time Alumna of Howard University’s Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders in Washington, DC. Dr. Pope is specialized in traumatic brain injury, sports concussion management, neuropsychology, and health communications. She has been nationally recognized as an invited speaker and author on topics ranging from health literacy and social marketing to interprofessional collaboration, workforce development, and business and practice management.
Dr. Pope is the Founder, President & CEO of Head to Speech, Incorporated, the nation's leading nonprofit organization dedicated to athlete brain health, sports concussions, and their effects on speech-language, hearing, and cognitive-communication skills. The mission is to promote athlete brain health by closing the gap between athletics and communication sciences and disorders through four pillars, bridge, connect, integrate, and expand. Head to Speech is an award winning nonprofit by the Black Sports Business Symposium for receiving national recognition with NFL's My Cause, My Cleats.
In 2024, she founded the Academy of Certified Sports Speech-Language Pathologists™, an online certification program that distinguishes SLPs who work within athletics, sports and fitness. In 2025, she created The SPORTS SLP SOCIETY, a lifestyle clothing company.
Dr. Pope is also a distinguished Clinical Instructor of Speech-Language Pathology at the University of the District of Columbia and is one of the coordinators of the B.R.A.I.N. Lab. She enjoys advising students on how they will work on interprofessional teams to obtain experience in the field of brain injury by using clinical education, simulation, research, technology, community outreach, and industry-based experiences.
She currently teaches Masterclasses on the Head to Speech Ambassador Podcast and mentors Ambassadors on how to create episodes that raise awareness within their communities. Her On the Neuro Podcast Series and Return-to-Learning After Sports Concussion presentations through SpeechTherapyPD.com have reached over 13,147 SLPs and gained 4.5 - 5 star reviews. Her article, Brain Health Prehab was featured in the 7th Issue of Significance in Athletics and Sports Magazine. She has also been featured on NBC, CBS News, Fox, Field Goals for the Focused Driven Athlete Podcast, and several sports and brain health platforms.
Health and player safety is of utmost importance to her family. She is the wife of a retired international professional basketball player and mom of two boys who are active in sports and recreational activities. She serves on the Leadership Council for the Sports Philanthropy Network, Washington, DC Chapter.
For more information please connect with Dr. Pope on LinkedIn
http://linkedin.com/in/drtabiapope or visit www.headtospeech.org and www.BIABrand.TV