Jen Oleniczak Brown

Writer

Jen Oleniczak Brown is the Founder of The Engaging Educator (EE), a women-owned and operated company dedicated to helping people find their unapologetic, authentic and best voice, communication style, and self through improv-based education and Fearless Winston Salem, a collaborative collective for and by women. Jen’s work can be found in publications like Bustle, Fast Company, Forbes and Moneyish, as well as her first self-published book Improv(e): Using Improv to Find Your Voice, Style and Self (Balboa Press, 2018) and the upcoming Think on Your Feet: Tips and Tricks to Improve Your Impromptu Communication Skills on the Job (McGraw Hill Education, November 2019) and Care and Keeping of Museum Professionals (May, 2019). A firm believer in the idea that Yes, And can change the world – so firm it’s tattooed on her arm, Jen’s personal mission is to empower as many women as possible to stop playing small and know their incredible supernova powers. She currently lives in Winston Salem, NC with her husband Alex, dog Drumstick, and about two-dozen houseplants.

In The Spotlight

  Jacinta White What makes you YOU? I think it’s my love of intimate conversations, my ability (sometimes) to be completely present, my need for space and contemplation, my freedom of expression,

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I Wish I Knew

You know that song lyric, “I wish that, I knew what I know now, when I was younger?” from the band The Faces? Read on to what Forsyth County women

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Finding Your Motivation

  One of the first questions I ask new clients: How are you motivated? This results in one of two things – either an outpouring of information that may or

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What We Lose

  We’ve been aware of the gender gap, the pay gap, the leadership gap, and all of the other gaps that face women in life daily. Too often I’m working

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In the Spotlight

Mari Kris Fulk What makes you YOU? I’m a Filipino immigrant who grew up in Queens, NY, so while I’ve lived in the United States for almost three decades, I

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Date Yourself

  I got married and divorced in my early 20s. I got remarried in my mid-30s. My second marriage is my life marriage – this is the one that will

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Pocket Statements

  I work with a lot of anxious people. Being a public speaking and interpersonal communication coach, many people come to see me when they are struggling in some way

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Articles By Jen Oleniczak Brown

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