Kay Demartini
Keynote KayDeMartini.com | Comic / Storyteller / Improviser l Smart Brevity Certified
- Role
- Creator, Executive Director at Real Stories
- Location
- Walnut Creek, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Kay Demartini
Kay DeMartini brings the funny! As a clean comic, she delivers stories that connect, inspire, and encourage laughter. From the stage, she shows how adversity can translate into laughter. Humiliation into humor. Grief into guffaws. Creating consistently sold out shows, she\'s as comfortable on a single stage to broadcasting live at Twitter Headquarters. Glynn Washington, host of NPR Snap Judgement calls her \'a healer, a gift. A funny woman that delivers a message to match the audience.\' Her blend of Minnesota comedic style, which includes raising chicken and children, lead to features on TV, NPR, The Moth, The National Storytelling Festival and corporate platforms.\'Life is more fun when we laugh. The problems of today are just fuel for humor, so take notes!\' With over 13 years of experience as the founder and principal of KayDeMartini.com she has worked with Twitter, Genentech, AutoDesk, AKQA, MHI, Wells Fargo, The Oakland A\'s, Kaiser and more, presenting conference keynotes, workshops and retreats. She is the creator and executive director of LongStoryShort, KayDeMartinPresents and Unruly StoryFest. She created the first personal narrative storytelling festival in Northern California, and has been an Improv Performer since 2009. Look for her new book,\'Find Your Funny: release the crap and embrace the laugh.\'
Experience
Creator, Executive Director
Feb 2015 — Present · CA
The first true personal narrative storytelling festival in the San Francisco Bay Area. This non-profit event (UnRuly = Unbridled Creativity) was held in downtown Oakland, benefiting Oakland Public Schools. Bringing together Bay Area storytelling shows, storytellers from LA, a story slam, teaching workshops, and a finale hosted by Glynn Washington of NPR\'s Snap Judgement.
Education
University of Minnesota
BS, Education
1971 — 1976
Skills
- Event Planning
- Comedy
- Social Media
- Radio
- Voice Acting
- Creative Writing
- Event Management
- Social Networking
- Powerpoint
- Editing
- Public Speaking
- Entertainment
- Online Advertising
- Newsletters
- Sales
- Voice Over
- Marketing
- Books
- Film
- Social Media Marketing
- Producing
- Storytelling
- Small Business
- Blogging
- Public Relations
- Entrepreneurship
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