How many bad meetings have you attended in your life? And in particular during this pandemic? My dear friend and co-conspirator all topics of the future, Justin Flitter, kindly invited me to keynote Playbooks.Live Town Hall event this week. The theme? The future of meetings. At first I wasn’t sure Read more…
Ahhhhh finally, our frontline friends share selfies from vaccine lines, our good news arriving in needle form. Collective hope restored by pandemic numbers on the decline and leadership on the rise. And though our loins ache for the roaring 20’s we’ve spent the last year dreaming of, it looks like Read more…
“It’s through her storytelling that she paints a vivid picture of how embracing your true self, the weird unicorn in all of us, can have the greatest impact on your future success.“ – Kind words from the Envision Experience Team about my work (!!) There is nothing more intimidating as Read more…
There are few things from the ‘before times’ that I miss more than travel. Business and speaking took me around the world, and while I never took it for granted, I couldn’t have anticipated how much the absence thereof would affect my sense of identity. It’s been a rough 11 Read more…
CES 2021 would have been my 10th show in attendance. Sharing ideas and favorite gadgets with the consumer technology community the first (or second) week of January is one of my favorite times of the year. Given my love for all things geeky, I didn’t want to let the pandemic Read more…
The team at Beep! Digital were kind enough to invite me on their CES 2021: What’s Next show in lieu of our annual gathering in Las Vegas. It was a total blast to share my thoughts on the future of networking, why remote work is more inclusive of diversity than Read more…
As a single person living alone, the Sunday Scaries have evolved into the Friday Scaries. Without plans or social interaction (or positive touch…) what do we do besides work, monitor our TP rations, and romanticize our last shag? Yes, I exercise with my dog and do my best to make Read more…
Kia Ora & Good Morning Everyone, It’s Savvy one of your emcees here, and it’s my job to make today a little different than the virtual conferences you’ve attended before. As a community builder and pro speaker, it’s a bummer we don’t get to meet face to face – I’m Read more…
Today is my attempt to answer the question: do yard signs really matter? The audio above is included with the hopes of making this piece accessible/want to hear the raw emotion of the moment. I just had a profound moment with a stranger and wanted to share this in an Read more…
If you know me at all, you know I’m properly obsessed with New Zealand. I studied abroad there in 2008, and started returning regularly as a speaker/mentor in 2015. I’ve made the transpacific journey 13 times, and have come to fortunately refer to the Air New Zealand long-haul between SFO Read more…