Navigating Emotional Risk in an Online Environment

How can you take care of your team members and yourself when you are not able to connect in person? How do you safely discuss emotional content within an online structure? Navigating emotionally intense conversations in an online space can be difficult. Join entrepreneur Anna Westbrook in this short presentation and facilitated discussion on creating a safe space within an online environment.

Anna Westbrook is the creator of Isabel & The Runaway Train, a musical theatre and professional development company that teaches people to support survivors of sexual maltreatment. In 2020, Anna successfully pivoted the Isabel training programs to be entirely virtual by pivoting around her unique brand and using that brand to re-frame her understanding of mental health and community engagement.

This presentation can be expanded to include a panel of experts that match your industry.

Former Hosts: Austin Start Up Week, 2020

How to Market with Creatives

Looking for a new way to market your product/service? Have you ever considered partnering with creative artists? Learn how with local composer, playwright and musical theatre producer Anna Westbrook. In 2018, Anna used her unique sales strategies to successfully premiere her show Isabel & The Runaway Train, recruiting a live audience of 300 people and collaborating with over 10 local businesses. Her strategies for story-based, experiential marketing may be exactly what your business needs to thrive.

Anna Westbrook is a Composer, Playwright, and Activism Consultant working out of Austin, TX. Her organization, Isabel & The Runaway Train runs musical theater and professional development programs to teach people to support survivors of sexual maltreatment. And they do it all while pretending to be on a train. Isabel premiered in 2018 at the Dougherty Arts Center in Austin to an audience of 300 “Passengers” (as audience members are known in the Isabel world) and collaborated with over 10 local businesses and nonprofits.

Former Hosts: South Austin Business Association, 2020