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Speaking engagments

workshops

She podcasts Live! 2021
Scottsdale, AZ
Led a group workshop on the main stage of a major women in podcasting conference. The session focused on giving women a quick assessment tool to help them take charge of their lives and careers from a place of peace, not panic!
Pepperdine University
Columbia college chicago
Walked graduating students through the next steps in their careers and gave them tools for setting goals and connecting with their values and purpose at this pivotal moment in life. **invited back multiple years**
one on one la trip
Los Angeles, CA
Led opening workshop for actors new to Los Angeles and embarking on a week-long conference with industry professionals with the goal of creating comaraderie, openness, and giving them a framework for making career decisions. **invited back multiple years**
Master your acting career webinar
Zoom
Developed and led deeply discounted workshop for over one hundred actors focused on branding and strategy in 2020 as a way to uplift the entertainment community during COVID lockdowns.

Panelist

Portland Film festival
Portland, OR
Participated in filmed panel discussion on directing independent film.
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Network of Executive Women
Passionistas Project Women’s Equality Summit 2020
Lunafest
Participated in multiple panel discussions on women in film with students and advocacy groups as the writer/director of Lady Parts, a film highlighting the daily struggles of being a woman in a male-dominated field.
Satisfied eye film festival
London, UK
Participated in Women in Film panel offering my perspective as a filmmaker working in the US.

moderator

Tallgrass film festival
Wichita, KS
Pitched and moderated a panel on navigating the entertainment industry as a multi-hyphenate creative, and hosted talkback with creative team and actors from feature film, Dramarama.
Tallshorts fundraiser
Wichita, KS
Hosted fundraiser and screening for Tallgrass Film Festival and moderated Q&A with filmmaker.
various screenings
Los Angeles, CA
Moderated talkbacks with cast and creative teams of short films, webseries, and pilots at the request of local colleagues.

© 2020 by Erin Rye

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