“Call it putting lipstick on a pig… But it works.”
Pulling from a lifetime of experiences of traumas and failure, Meredith Howard shares how these moments and the resulting resilience shaped her journey and ultimately made her who she is today. She helps us all see where our resilience comes from and why the experiences that cause it aren’t something we need to fear.
About the speaker
Meredith Howard is a global social media leader and content strategist. Over the last ten years, she's worked on award-winning digital content strategies for Fortune 500 brands such as Wells Fargo, Western Union, Morningstar Inc., and now at Deloitte.
As a budding journalist, Meredith already understood social media’s benefit to publishers and reporters, but quickly realized its immense potential to help brands better connect with audiences. As a result, she traded in the traditional journalism track to pursue a career in social media and digital storytelling. In addition to her work at Deloitte, she serves as an Adjunct Marketing Professor at St. Edward’s and sat on the Board of Advisors for the University’s newly established MS Digital Marketing and Analytics program.
She is passionate about continued learning and has worked with the global education organization, General Assembly, to build and teach technology and digital marketing-focused workshops for students considering a career change. She's been a featured speaker on stages at SXSW, Digital Summit, and Social Media Week. She volunteers her time supporting local women’s organizations and considers herself an advocate and steward of women’s issues and gender equality.
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