Saying Yes Before You Feel Ready:
a talk by Kelly Taws
As part of our Open Mic series of five-minute talks, recorded live at the end of our Inspiration Sessions, Kelly Taws, founder of Athena Event Solutions, gave a fantastic talk entitled ‘Saying Yes Before You Feel Ready’.
She explained that when an opportunity comes your way, you should not always wait until you feel ready, because you might never be.
Say YES if it is exciting but scary.
Say YES if you would rather say no and it makes you feel sick.
Say YES if you think it will help you grow.
Say YES if you think it will help someone else grow as well.
As Kelly puts it: “Sometimes the best thing you can do is say YES, show up and trust that your confidence will catch up with you.”
Listen to Kelly’s session on Spotify, Apple podcasts, or YouTube
Our sound and mix engineer is Matteo Magariello and our producer is Peter Kerwood.
About Elevate
Elevate is a pioneering free mentoring programme that has been designed with a specific goal in mind – to inspire, inform and empower people within the event industry.
Elevate operates thanks to the generosity of our global headline partners; Amplify, Seed and Wonder.
Our global partners are Cvent, Identity, First, Illusion, Inconf, Powwow, PSP and The Production Department. Our partners are ASEMBL Group, CastleBell, Curious Nation, Jimmy Garcia Catering, Event Decision, Hel’s, We Are Collider, Seen Presents, 2LK, TRO, Live Union and The Training Department. Our venue partner is White Rabbit Studios, our training partner is Special Sauce Training and our people and culture partners are TIMES x10 and Nic Neal.
Together, we’re changing lives, careers and the events industry for the better.