Category: Speaking

  • I’ve been meaning to share my life-changing experience moderating a panel for the UN Population Fund and Special Olympics at the Nairobi Summit in Kenya two months back. But every time I try to summarize it, I get overwhelmed. In…

    That Time I Hopped a Plane to Africa…for the UN Population Fund
  • On Friday, Oct. 11, I made a quick trip to NYC to speak on a panel about representation of women and girls in media. The panel was hosted by UN Women, UNICEF, The Unstereotype Alliance and Plan International at the…

    #DayOfTheGirl and Quick NYC Trip
  • It’s been forever since I’ve posted. I’ve simply been doing. Reading. Working. Volunteering. Dreaming. But I want to share my excitement about an upcoming speaking engagement for The Hollywood Commission on Eliminating Sexual Harassment and Advancing Equality in the Workplace’s…

    I’m Going Hollywood (Somewhat)
  • Happy to share the news that I will be speaking about Pathways to Safety International at the Foreign Association of Women’s Clubs Overseas (FAWCO) Biennial Conference in Edinburgh, Scotland, on March 23. I will Skype into the session unless my…

    FAWCO: Edinburgh
  • If you have 15 minutes to spare, come on a journey with me through an idea I’d like to see take hold in companies everywhere. No note cards, no monitor, just me and 12 minutes of everything I want people…

    My TEDx is Posted!
  • I’m summarizing my TEDxCentennialParkWomen Talk from Friday, Nov. 30, here as a means to relive my joy, and also, to counteract my disappointment in learning it will take 8-10 WEEKS before the talks are uploaded to the TEDx site. Egads.…

    Thanks for coming to my TEDxCPW Talk!
  • I returned to Rome two weeks ago for the first time in nine years. I had dreamed of doing that for so long. My last memories were captured here after I had returned in July 2009 for an interview with…

    When a Door is So Much More
  • And so, it begins. Today, I spoke on Sexual Violence Intervention to 100 or so young men representing the University of Massachusetts football team. In a newly crafted presentation, I walked them through the parts of our nation’s epidemic that…

    Speaking Season: UMass Football
  • I spoke at CoSIDA and NACMA on Unconscious Bias and Mental Health/Self Care.

    Slightly Off Topic, but Totally On Point!
  • I was asked by a journalist I know here in Atlanta to participate in his new monthly series Truth Talks, sponsored by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Southeast Chapter. The goal of the series is to share…

    Putting the Truth in Truth Talks