Hot Shot Teamwork, TEDxTucsonSalon
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Anyone who knows me, knows I like to talk. So it’s no surprise that when I have the right opportunity, I like to talk about who I am, what I do and the lessons I've learned along the way.
From the TEDx stage in Tucson, Arizona, I talked about the value of teamwork and how I found out that I wasn't alone even while doing the very lonely job of writing a book. I have been fortunate to have talked to grade-school students about loyalty and teamwork, to college students about journalism and books, and to people of all ages about what it’s like to be an immigrant who writes in a foreign language. When my husband died, I thought I wouldn’t talk in public again, not because I didn’t want to, but because I didn’t think I could. But then I realized I had a lot to say and that people were willing to listen. I’ve spoken about the power I’ve found in the written and spoken word to rebuild mine and my daughter’s life at the Friends of the Phoenix Public Library Annual Meeting; the Arizona Interscholastic Press Association; the Sisterhood of Super Women, a nonprofit business-affinity group based in Phoenix; the Ag Media Summit; and several others. |
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I am honored to have been named the 2015 Associated Press Robert R. Eunson Distinguished Lecturer by the School of Communication at Northern Arizona University. I am grateful to have been the keynote speaker at the Roger Tatarian Journalism Symposium at Fresno State University; the Behind the Flames Firefighters Charities Dinner, organized by the Scottsdale Firefighters Association, in Arizona; and the Must See Monday series at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. I broadcast the talk on Facebook Live, and you can click here to watch it.
I have moderated several panels, including a Zócalo Public Square discussion on the significance of Mexico’s economic rise for the Southwest, featuring Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton, and a discussion of the documentary 9500 Liberty, which premiered on MTV, on the tensions over illegal immigration in Manassas, Virginia, and trained journalists and editors on narrative storytelling techniques. I have also spoken at a number of journalism conferences, including The Power of Narrative conference at Boston University, mídia.JOR in São Paulo, Brazil, and numerous universities, in the United States and abroad. |
Photo Credit: John Trotter
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Lecture Topics
- Culture of loyalty: How to foster it — at work, in daily life — and make the best use of it to achieve your goals.
- The power of second chances and why giving them to others will help you, too.
- How to find and tell untold stories.
- What you need to do — and avoid — to turn daily news stories into books.
- Do’s and don’ts of reporting on tragedy and grief.
- Rebuilding life after tragedy.
- Finding joy in the small things around you.