Melissa Reaves from Story Fruition on mind movies to raise venture capital, memorable speeches and Melanin Stories Matter.

Melissa Reaves is a Seattle based storyteller, a professional improviser and storytelling coach for executives and entrepreneurs. She founded Story Fruition LLC after noticing that founders were lacking stories in their pitches. "Storytelling is an essential business skill, " she says and why she devotes her energies infusing more leaders to utilize the power of storytelling to enhance their success.  Story Fruition offers corporate workshops, Story Library Building, 1:1 coaching and keynote coaching for special events.  Melissa's own storytelling has been featured at several The Moth, Risk! Podcast, Fresh Ground Stories, Ignite Seattle, Speak Up Podcast, NAMI and a story contributor on NPR and will be on PBS's Stories From the Stage this fall.

Find Melissa here:

https://storyfruition.com/ https://www.instagram.com/story_fruition/ https://www.instagram.com/melaninstoriesmatter/ https://www.facebook.com/StoryFruition https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissareaves1/ Twitter: @StoryFruition

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About Erin Keam

Erin Keam is a Kiwi living in Seattle who works with women solopreneurs to create their ideal life and achieve their vision. She combines her 23 years’ experience mentoring and being mentored in the recovery field with her career in marketing, film, media, TV, advertising, real estate and customer service (and a passion for fashion) to be a trusted source for solutions to what is getting between you and the life you want.

She offers two paths to progress. One is her unique LifeStyle Statement sessions, in which women uncover their personal themes which are distilled into a one-of-a-kind Statement which can then be taken to every area of their life from wardrobe to relationships to their business to their career and their home.

The other are her “pressure relief” mini-intensives where the focus is on moving closer to your vision through exploring and tackling personal and marketing issues which are keeping you stuck, whether clarifying your website’s message to your clients, looking at how you spend your time and money, decluttering (mental and physical), dressing as who you want to be, assessing the first impression your media and home office make on your ideal clients and creating action plans to get you the life you want.

When she’s not doing this, she’s interviewing women entrepreneurs on her podcast Conversations About Closets With My Closet 1000 Friends, about what they do, why and what they love about it, with one or two questions in there about clothing (there’s that passion for fashion!). Female-identifying (or non-binary) and want to be a guest? Book here!

You can find out more on her website erinkeam.comShe would love to connect with you on Instagram or LinkedIn or Facebook.

Hey, Koa Club members! Something getting between you and your goals? Often, all we need is someone to hold space while we talk through what’s keeping us stuck and the solution presents itself. Book a Talk it Out Call here with Erin. If you want an action step, she’ll suggest one.

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