Speaker

As a speaker and edutainer, Heather is known for her engaging and informative presentations. She uses her humor, storytelling skills and deep knowledge of the entertainment industry to inspire and motivate her audiences through keynote addresses, emceeing and moderating to facilitating workshops and week-long intensives to audiences of all kinds all around the world – from small, intimate groups to huge conferences of professionals, aspirants and college students. 

“I love to teach. It is perhaps my favorite thing to do. “Edutaining” means to educate while entertaining. I love to make audiences laugh and cry, think and do. Emotional engagement, intellectual stimulation and actively interacting with new skills are the most fun, effective and memorable ways to learn. I strive to inspire professionals and aspirants alike to be the heroes of their own stories and proactively produce their own careers to make their own dreams come true.”

Educator + Entertainer + Edutainer

I’ve been blessed that my popular motivational and empowering speaking has allowed me to travel all over the world including: Kowloon, Hong Kong; Kobe, Japan; Barcelona, Spain; London, England; Dublin, Ireland; Sydney, Australia, Vancouver, Canada – and all over the US.

I’ve been an entertainment industry Judge in Genoa, Italy; Marseille, France; Los Angeles, Arizona and Georgia. I’ve spoken to colleges and universities, corporations, Chambers of Commerce and non-profits on all aspects of the entertainment industry, Artrepreneurship and a variety of other local, micro to macroeconomic and social issues. 

I teach cutting-edge, relevant, practical and motivating classes and customize retreats, develop curriculum for workshops and embedded events on everything from PowerNetworking and goal achievement to film and television screenwriting, directing, producing, to writing and acting improv games, to careers in the entertainment industry, to investing in independent films, to blueprinting (and actualizing) dream careers in any industry, business or field as well as entrepreneurial skills including leadership, ethics, event planning, publicity, time and contact management and – inevitably – for everything: sales and marketing.

 

Most Recent Speaking Engagements

Partial List of Past Speaking Engagements

Corporations & Non-Profits

  • ABC Drama Department (Custom Executive Pitch Workshop)
  • AEON Corporation, Kobe, Japan
  • Allstate Market Research Department
  • American Savings Bank
  • Comedy Store, The (Stand-Up in the Main Room and Belly Room on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood)
  • GE Capital
  • Great Western Savings & Loan
  • Mazda
  • PMI Mortgage Insurance Company
  • Reebok
  • Sony
  • Washington Mutual Bank

Non-Profit Organizations

  • The California Main Street Program
  • The Century City Chamber of Commerce
  • Kids Making Movies (Homeschool Program)
  • The La Mesa Chamber of Commerce
  • Legal Aid Services of Orange County
  • Meeting Professionals International (MPI)
  • MENSA International
  • MENSA’s Regional Gathering: GLAAM StarGazing (Greater Los Angeles Area Mensa) 2012 – 2013
  • The Modesto Chamber of Commerce
  • National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE)
  • NATPE Educational Foundation
  • The Orange County Professional Speakers Bureau
  • The San Juan Capistrano Chamber of Commerce
  • The Santee Chamber of Commerce
  • State of California Small Claims Federal Court System
  • The Tuolumne County Visitors Bureau
  • Various Economic and Redevelopment Agencies and DownTown Merchant Associations

Film, TV , Festivals and Writers Workshops

Universities, Colleges and Trade Schools

“I love to teach. It is perhaps my favorite thing to do. Edutaining” means to educate while entertaining. I love to make audiences laugh and cry, think and do. Emotional engagement, intellectual stimulation and actively interacting with new skills are the most fun, effective and memorable ways to learn. I strive to inspire professionals, aspirants and students alike to proactively make their own dreams come true.”