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my tedxhouston 2012 talk: look for the light

My TEDxHouston talk is finally up.  I hope you enjoy it.

Posted in speaking gigs, travel, big plans, the beauty of different, uncommonly beautiful, way to much about me and tagged with look for the light, tedxhouston.

January 29, 2013 by Karen Walrond.
  • January 29, 2013
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The courtyard of the  Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City , where the ALT Summit is held every year.

altitude design summit 2013: the thing about going to conferences

Thoughts and favourite images from the third annual Altitude Design Summit in Salt Lake City.

Posted in friends, favourite links, travel, speaking gigs, places, scenes from the weekend, big plans, people and tagged with The Happy Film, Stefan Sagmeister, alt summit, Katie Sokoler, Laurie Smithwick, altitude design summit.

January 28, 2013 by Karen Walrond.
  • January 28, 2013
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tedxhouston: resonate

I fulfilled a secret dream of mine this weekend:  I spoke at a TEDx conference, TEDxHouston.  It was everything I could have possibly hoped.

Posted in friends, favourite links, speaking gigs, scenes from the weekend and tagged with chitra divakarini, jane weiner, chitra divakaruni, stephen klineberg, nilofer merchant, tedxhouston, patrick miller, ted.

November 5, 2012 by Karen Walrond.
  • November 5, 2012
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i'm doing something freaking spectacular today...

So send me warm, good-luck thoughts!

Posted in speaking gigs, big plans and tagged with tedxhouston, ted.

November 3, 2012 by Karen Walrond.
  • November 3, 2012
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the incredible getty images

I had the honour of speaking at Getty Images this week.  It was the experience of a lifetime.​

Posted in favourite links, awesome videos, places, speaking gigs, travel, big plans, photography and tagged with getty images, photography.

August 17, 2012 by Karen Walrond.
  • August 17, 2012
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scenes from the mom 2.0 summit

I didn't take many photographs while at the Mom 2.0 Summit; but I do love the images I did manage to capture.​

Posted in favourite links, friends, places, speaking gigs and tagged with ritz carlton key biscayne, liz gumbinner, cool mom picks, cool mom tech, kristen chase, helen jane hearn.

May 8, 2012 by Karen Walrond.
  • May 8, 2012
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my adventures at fort benning

​This week, I was honoured to speak at Fort Benning Maneuver Center of Excellence, in Columbus, Georgia.  This ridiculously long post describes my amazing experience.

Posted in travel, speaking gigs and tagged with ft benning, georgia, fort benning, the beauty of different.

April 27, 2012 by Karen Walrond.
  • April 27, 2012
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