I struggle with sharing my creative in the world. I’m a mediocre middle aged white non-binary autist with a painful body. I tend to be very serious & blunt when communicating online which generally makes people block me on social media. But I pour my heart into my projects

And in my projects I communicate to the world the change I want to see. I planned a paid conference for the end of May & tickets sales have been mild while I did the usual planning w/ speakers. But now I have 20 days to convince people to trust in my vision to bring an experience

But here is the challenge - how does a mediocre middle aged autistic person with a little reach make a big wave? Traditionally I would go the media relations route & I will but trad. Media is becoming complicated to get into

And really we know that media right now is clogged with current events. So I pondered making something go viral on TikTok https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤣" title="Lachend auf dem Boden rollen" aria-label="Emoji: Lachend auf dem Boden rollen"> Can I dance my way to a full ticket sold conference? I have no rhythm & I’m fat so you can imagine what will fill my comment section https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😬" title="Grimasse schneidendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Grimasse schneidendes Gesicht">

And someone today said “why a paid conference? Lots of companies offer it for free.” And I said because I want to pay my speakers & some of these speakers have big fees because this is work for them too. Asking a business owner to do things for free all the time wears on you.

And again - this project IS my communication method. These events - whether it was the Etsy Made in Canada show pre-pandemic or an online conference with business leaders who are changing the face of business - its my communication method. It’s how I contribute to my community

And I am recording this here because - even though I know only 3 people will read these tweets. But I needed to just tell someone that I struggle to communicate to the world. Even after 20+ years in a communications career. But that was for other people’s stories

Even if that someone is myself a year from now. I can come back to this thread and acknowledge that even though no one is listening, I still made a sound.
I’ll keep communicating through my projects. The events that are community catalysts.