I met my friend Kelly Stoetzel the first time I attended the TED Conference. She was the Head of Conferences there, and we had a very unexpected interaction that cemented our friendship. Kelly is a hero of mine and someone to whom I owe a great deal. These days, she is the Managing Director of the Edelman Fossil Park and Museum, which is a very exciting new creation that is just coming to life! We tell the story of our fateful meeting, we go deep on TED and TED Active geek stuff, and she shares a lot of cool behind-the-scenes stories from the TED Conference. We discuss her most important advice to TED speakers: "Be the most yourself that you can be!" We talk about Human connection and communication, listening to, supporting, and looking after each other, and more. She also shares about the Edelman Fossil Park and Museum, which is super cool!
Kelly Stoetzel is an energetic executive leader who brings creativity, strategic thinking, and curiosity to her work. Her focus is on spreading knowledge and ideas through content and experiences and on building, growing, and nurturing the communities around them.
She loves working with impact-driven organizations and collaborating with others on diverse and dynamic cross-functional teams. She has extensive experience in leading teams through periods of growth and transition.
Her areas of specialty are leadership, content curation, programming, communication, storytelling, community, experience development, partnerships, operations, strategy, and building from the ground up.
Follow her on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellystoetzel/
See more about the Edelman Fossil Park here: https://www.rowan.edu/fossils/
And you can see Dr. Ken's Paleontologist TED Talk here: