Io Wright
A mentor by nature, iO Tillett Wright is a leading voice of a new generation. His work in art and activism led him to his speaking career on the back of the wildly successful We Are You campaign. With roots in the LGBTQ fight for equality, iO quickly revealed himself to be a powerful asset to inspiration and motivation to people from every walk of life. iO's fundamental belief is that you will have the best results when you start to get real: with yourself, with others, and with your passions. Whether it's your personal journey to fulfillment and happiness, or your career that needs some adjusting, iO approaches everything with humor, and irreverent real talk. Whether you're a teen looking for guidance, or an adult who needs a reboot, you'll be too busy laughing at his self-deprecating humor to realize your perspective has been shifted on the things that really matter and you'll leave pumped up and excited to get moving on your dreams.
iO's TED talk has been viewed nearly 3 million times. He cohosted MTV's Catfish and Suspect, He was a featured contributor to T Magazine at The NY Times for two years, and his memoir was published by Ecco/Harper Collins in 2016. His photography has been exhibited internationally, and he is now taking on the Youtube short film genre. He has written a children's book, designed clothing for Mother Denim, he was a professional actor, and he spearheaded numerous grassroots community resource drives in the wake of natural disasters. He has been speaking professionally since 2013 at events, universities and companies around the world including Nike, Stanford, The Atlantic and Pure Romance.
A mentor by nature, iO Tillett Wright is a leading voice of a new generation. His work in art and activism led him to his speaking career on the back of the wildly successful We Are You campaign. With roots in the LGBTQ fight for equality, iO quickly revealed himself to be a powerful asset to inspiration and motivation to people from every walk of life. iO's fundamental belief is that you will have the best results when you start to get real: with yourself, with others, and with your passions. Whether it's your personal journey to fulfillment and happiness, or your career that needs some adjusting, iO approaches everything with humor, and irreverent real talk. Whether you're a teen looking for guidance, or an adult who needs a reboot, you'll be too busy laughing at his self-deprecating humor to realize your perspective has been shifted on the things that really matter and you'll leave pumped up and excited to get moving on your dreams.
iO's TED talk has been viewed nearly 3 million times. He cohosted MTV's Catfish and Suspect, He was a featured contributor to T Magazine at The NY Times for two years, and his memoir was published by Ecco/Harper Collins in 2016. His photography has been exhibited internationally, and he is now taking on the Youtube short film genre. He has written a children's book, designed clothing for Mother Denim, he was a professional actor, and he spearheaded numerous grassroots community resource drives in the wake of natural disasters. He has been speaking professionally since 2013 at events, universities and companies around the world including Nike, Stanford, The Atlantic and Pure Romance.
Fifty Shades Of Gay And The Vital Importance Of Visibility
His approach is warm, and funny, allowing listeners to...
Opportunity in the Unexpected
This keynote is a reminder that sometimes things go sideways. Change can be incredibly uncomfortable, confusing and even painful, but in the end, it's all for a good reason.
Using his life story, with big dreams as a child actor, and as a survivor of neglect, iO weaves a funny, honest thread of hope and resilience, and the power of shifting your perspective. This talk is inspiring and calming, because it strikes to the core of what we all fear: change and failure. Listeners will...
Expanding Your Circle Of Normalcy
This talk looks at how we are hard wired to stick to what we're used to, and how that hinders our creativity, innovation and decision making, personally, creatively and in business. Like Tim Ferris says, 'you can't live an exciting life with the E brake on'.
This talk delves into the power of leaders who break the mold and blaze a path by not sticking to the familiar.
We Are Hardwired To Discriminate
For centuries, we have been conditioned to be biased and prejudiced. It's not our fault that we grow up with that mentality based on what we learn and observe around us, but the good news is, there is a lot we can do to change it.
In this talk iO looks at how we are hard wired to favor those who look and sound like us, why our work and lives improve when we change that, and how we can each do that in our daily lives without dropping everything and turning to a life of activism.
Your Calling
In this talk iO uses his life story to discuss the importance of doing what you're made to do - finding your most authentic self, and the flourishing successes that follow. We're told that we are meant to find our one path in life, and stick to it, but that path has many off roads, and that's fantastic!
In this inspiring talk listeners learn to embrace their particular gifts and the brilliance they can achieve when they dive into their gifts, rather than telling themselves their...
Purpose
Too often we are told that there is one path in life, and one iteration of our future selves. We need to go to college, get a job, get married, have babies, buy a house, die. How depressing and old fashioned. We are in the era of the polymath!
This is the age of the internet, fast travel, and only some of us are taking advantage of it. The only thing standing in the way of our transformative power as creators and innovators is our belief in ourselves.
In this talk we dive...
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