Kristin Pedemonti
Speaker
“The story shared is what the audience most needs to hear.”
A masterful, dynamic, engaging speaker who presents worldwide for clients such as World Bank, GIZ, MIT, Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, International School of Paris and others.
Andrei
Andrei Tolstopiatenko
Lead Knowledge Management Specialist, World Bank
Susanne
Susanne Kaarle
Malardalen University, Sweden
Elizabeth
Elizabeth Ellis
Master Storyteller
Kristin’s Featured Talks
Healthcare: more info …
Youth/Young People: more info …
Guest Lecture: University more info …
We Become the Stories We Tell. It’s the truth:
The stories we tell ourselves about ourselves combined with the stories we consume, click and share deeply impact our views of ourselves, others and the world around us. They impact our ability to navigate challenges, have healthy relationships at work and in our personal lives, and they impact our bottom line.
Are the stories you tell serving you or stopping you? Building bridges or walls? How do you begin to re-frame and re-tell?
- Be aware of the impact the stories you tell yourself and consume are having on you, your interpersonal relationships and your interactions.
- Understand how these stories can serve or stop you in being resilient and able to navigate challenges.
- Assist you to begin to set a new foundation with tips and techniques to re-frame, re-tell and be the author of your own story.
- Be able to better negotiate and navigate challenges.
- Stop the stories that stop you.
- Connect more completely to clients and potential partners.
60 minutes keynote
for more information: We Become the Stories We Tell
Every Story Matters:
every person has a story and every encounter is an opportunity to learn. Break stereotypes, see beyond a job title or diagnosis, reveal the human condition. Can be customized for your specific sector. 45 to 60 minutes.
I Know Victoria’s Secret:
She’s Not Perfect Either/ Love Your Body:
Every day we are inundated with airbrushed beyond recognition images of the human body; often these images are literally impossible to achieve and yet we struggle to mold & morph our bodies to fit the frame. Through a multi-media interactive, participatory presentation, Kristin re-frames our thinking to focus on all that our bodies CAN do and offers tips, activities and practical advice to celebrate rather than berate our bodies. This program can be customized for teens, adults and also for those recovering from catastrophic illness. 60 minutes.
Potential & Possibility:
True Stories gathered from in person interviews around the world to inspire participants to discover their own gifts, talents and skill sets and connect them to a challenge or cause to create the change they wish to see. Breakdown stereotypes, foster cross-cultural understanding, while illustrating the power of story to change perceptions and inspire action. 60 minutes with Q & A
More Than A Diagnosis:
Patients are more than their diagnosis or a coding number. Staff are more than their title. Are we fully hearing the stories of our clients and patients? Are we seeing beyond the diagnosis? Clients/patients are multifaceted human beings, unlock their stories so you can provide better care with more positive patient compliance and outcomes. Partner activities provide participants with hands-on application. 60 minutes
Wings of Hope:
Pushes past stigma and stereotypes in mental health. Every one of us is more than one descriptor, we do not need to be defined by a diagnosis. Kristin shares her journey out of darkness and the unexpected gifts gleaned from growing up with a Vietnam Vet, special ops and often suicidal father, an understandably anxiety-ridden mother and an alcoholic brother. She shares her story and those of survivors from around the world. Where there is darkness, there is also light and by sharing our stories we can offer healing to others and ourselves. 45 to 60 minutes.
Everyday Superhero:
True tales culled from the internet & in person interviews across the globe of people who positively impacted through sometimes seemingly small actions that created big changes. This highly interactive program serves students in identifying their own inner Super Powers; their gifts, talents and skill sets and illustrates how they can utilize these gifts to positively impact their communities. 45 minute presentation followed by 30-60 minutes break-out brainstorming sessions. Geared toward youth in Middle, High School and College.
We Become the Stories We Tell:
see general audience description: adapted for High School through University level
Cross Cultural Communication Through Story:
This talk illuminates the power of story to foster greater cross-cultural understanding engendering acceptance, tolerance and valuing differences while celebrating similarities. 60 to 90 minutes with Q &A
HERstory: Weaving Women’s Stories:
re-framing History with true stories of women throughout the world and time who paved their own path and left their mark across sectors including community efforts, education, environmental change, entrepreneurship, and government. Seeks to inspire and encourage women and men to see their own gifts, talents and skill sets and share them locally and globally. 60 minutes