Mar 15, 2024
I’m ready to dazzle! I have on my heels, my dress, and my glitter as I enter the doors of Blaisdell Arena and make my way to my seat near the front row. I can feel my heart racing with anticipation.
Then, the lights go out. The fog on stage gets thicker. The familiar beat begins, and it’s as if my heart starts to...
Mar 9, 2024
I’m on a Zoom call rehearsing with a group of speakers who are getting ready for an upcoming TEDx event. Yet something’s off.
After finishing her run, one speaker admits, “I don’t really feel like I’m connected.”
And that’s when I realize something. She’s scanning the room and not really seeing anyone....
Mar 6, 2024
I’m standing backstage with my dad in a room full of speakers who are getting ready to make their TEDx debuts. We’ve been working for over eight months for this moment, yet the nervous energy in the room is palpable.
So Greg, the event organizer, takes the microphone and gives a short, inspirational talk. Then he...
Feb 22, 2024
I’m at the Annoyance Theater in Chicago taking a week-long intensive Improv class. In the middle of a scene with my scene partner, I have this brilliant idea. So I start forcing the scene in the direction I have in mind.
My partner follows along…and the whole scene ends up being pretty flat and predictable. After...
Feb 20, 2024
I’m in the final planning stages for Story to Standing Ovation, our annual live event, when my dad randomly stops by to drop something off. He comes toward my office, stops in the doorway, and says, “What the heck is that?”
As he points at my sliding glass doors, I tell him, “This is my brain on sticky notes.”...