Stacy Dymalski

Experience

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  Saffire Systems & Development, Inc.

  Mar 1988 - Mar 2003

  Writing/Publishing Consultant and Producer

  Branded as the Memoir Midwife, quite simply I you find, write, and share your personal stories. My mission is to show you how to break down the barriers that prevent you from meeting your story head on and getting it down on paper. Guided by my conviction that everyone has a valuable story to tell, I believe that it’s personal stories and the sharing experiences that will change the world. Personal stories unite us. They breed compassion in a world that desperately needs to understand the commonality of being human. My goal as the Memoir Midwife is to help you give birth to your story (not write it for you). Because after you get over the pain of getting your story out, we’ll all be better people for listening to what you have to say.Most of the stories I mentor end up as books. And some of those books are destined to be movies--and if so I can help there, as well.I started my own media production company under which to produce independent writing and film/video projects. Check out my film and TV credits on IMBD.com. Show less

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  (freelance)

  Jan 1990 - now

  Keynote speaker

  Stacy is an award-winning keynote speaker, and a comedian well-versed in stand-up and trained in improv comedy. She's performed in comedy clubs all over the country (including the Comedy Store and Improv in L.A.) and has done technical training and public speaking for companies such as Biz Divas, Hewlett-Packard, Evans & Sutherland, Arthur Andersen, and Hill Air Force Base, just to name a few. The video below is her semi-finalist performance in the 2012 Toastmasters International Speech Contest in which she competed for the title of World Champion of Public Speaking. Show less

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  KPCW Radio

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2015

  On-air Interviewer

  I interview Sundance filmmakers every year during the Sundance Film Festival. And I'm a frequent guest host on the KPCW Classifieds Show (Saturday mornings) when one of the regular hosts can't be on the air.

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  Stacy Dymalski Entertainment

  Mar 2003 - now

  Producer

  Learn all about Stacy's professional screen and TV credits by viewing her IMDB page.

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  University of Utah

  Sept 2011 - Nov 2012

  Instructor (part time)

  I teach a "How to Self-Publish Your Book" through the university's Lifelong Learning program.http://continue.utah.edu/lifelong

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  Toastmasters International Park City Club

  Jun 2012 - Jun 2013

  Past Club President

  Run the weekly club meetings, finalize the agenda, go to District meetings, attend the International conference, represent our club.

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  The Memoir Midwife

  Nov 2012 - now

  Story Consultant

  Stacy has helped literally hundreds of people realize their dreams of becoming an author. Click the link to meet just a few of them.

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  TEDx WestminsterSLC

  Apr 2016 - Apr 2016

  TED Speaker

  Stacy’s TED talk reveals the story of a Federal prisoner’s quest to be heard. Over the course of two years, the stories trapped behind bars begin to piece together as Stacy mentors inmate David Charlton Taylor to bring to life his autobiographical novel JACUMBA CONNECTION. Her talk not only outlines the creative process of bringing an idea born in prison from paper to book to big screen, but also offers an insider’s look at illegal immigration, as well as behind the scenes interaction with the U.S. penitentiary system. (Event date: April 16, 2016; talk length: 16 minutes))For more introspection on life as a Federal prisoner, please visit David C. Taylor’s blog Postcards From Prison. Show less

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  Pasadena City College

  Jan 2020 - now

  Instructor

  I teach story development and self-publishing in the extension program.

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  Los Angeles Valley College

  Sept 2023 - now

  Instructor

  I teach story development and self-publishing in the Community Services Education Department.