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The Power of Secrets

on YouTube 30m
Talkat AlterConf Portland 2016 · on Saturday, 2016-10-01· [soft-skills]

speaker

name:Sarah Withee
website:https://www.geekygirlsarah.com

resources

video:https://youtu.be/DowgJEA0z7k
slides:none on file

summary

Publishes a Medium post on Sept 29 revealing a transgender history and pushes it via Twitter, then monitors Medium stats and Slack responses; the post hits roughly 1,000 views day one, 3,000 by day three and 6,000 by week one and a single tweet records 68,000 impressions. Uses the Slack mental-health channel during the immediate panic, collects thousands of supportive messages, gains new connections and speaking attention, and documents that public vulnerability improves team trust and personal authenticity.

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chapters (4)

  1. 0:00Start
  2. 14:42Imposter Syndrome
  3. 19:25The Power of Vulnerability
  4. 21:20Road Rage

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