Dana Pake's guest appearances

Dana Pake

The Shameless Mom Academy

Event Experience

Kamala Harris

Michelle Obama

Ruth Soukup

Katie Goodman

Laura Vanderkam

Nicole Walters

Mike Vardy

Christine Hassler

Terri Cole

Cathy Heller

Amy Wilson

Rachel Hollis

Jessica Turner

Gretchen Rubin

Jill Simonian

OwlTail

Dana Pake is a Seattle-based Shameless Mom to two daughters, Ellie (10) and Holland (7). A recovering people pleaser and perfectionist, she's a work-in-progress learning to savor the present and the impermanence of life with light-hearted flexibility. She's a lot like you. Working every day to be the best version of herself while simultaneously breaking the mold of her roles as wife, mom, daughter, sister, and employee.Everyone has a story. Hers is punctuated by turning hardships into gifts. From her parent's divorce, living on her own since she was a senior in high school, weathering her father's suicide at age 19, outrunning Hurricane Maria and helping her husband through a difficult health episode, Dana has learned to metabolize hardship for inward and upward growth.When she's not spending her days creating in real-life moments and human interactions that matter at events as an experience designer, you can find her planning her next trip to parts unknown (whether that's exploring new corners of the world with her family or discovering new versions of herself).Listen in to hear Dana share: The impact of her parents divorce and how she became a parental figure to her sister at age 8 The impact of losing her father to suicide at age 19 How she and her family narrowly escaped Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico and set off on a year-long nomadic adventure with her husband and two young daughters How she’s used work to hide, escape, and avoid pain, grief and growth - and how it’s caught up with her Her family motto: embrace the detours The power of the victim vs player mentality How owning her resilience informs her personal and professional decisions today Links Mentioned: 2020 Plan &amp; Prep Pajama Party Find Dana onTwitter Find Dana on LinkedIN Thank you to our sponsors:  Talkspace: To match with your perfect therapist for a fraction of the price of traditional therapy, go to talkspace.com, Make sure to use the code SHAMELESS to get $100 off your first month and show your support for the show.  Best Fiends: Download FREE on the Apple App Store or Google Play.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dana Pake is a Seattle-based Shameless Mom to two daughters, Ellie (10) and Holland (7). A recovering people pleaser and perfectionist, she's a work-in-progress learning to savor the present and the impermanence of life with light-hearted flexibility. She's a lot like you. Working every day to be the best version of herself while simultaneously breaking the mold of her roles as wife, mom, daughter, sister, and employee.Everyone has a story. Hers is punctuated by turning hardships into gifts. From her parent's divorce, living on her own since she was a senior in high school, weathering her father's suicide at age 19, outrunning Hurricane Maria and helping her husband through a difficult health episode, Dana has learned to metabolize hardship for inward and upward growth.When she's not spending her days creating in real-life moments and human interactions that matter at events as an experience designer, you can find her planning her next trip to parts unknown (whether that's exploring new corners of the world with her family or discovering new versions of herself).Listen in to hear Dana share:<ul> <li>The impact of her parents divorce and how she became a parental figure to her sister at age 8</li> <li>The impact of losing her father to suicide at age 19</li> <li>How she and her family narrowly escaped Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico and set off on a year-long nomadic adventure with her husband and two young daughters</li> <li>How she’s used work to hide, escape, and avoid pain, grief and growth - and how it’s caught up with her</li> <li>Her family motto: embrace the detours</li> <li>The power of the victim vs player mentality</li> <li>How owning her resilience informs her personal and professional decisions today</li> </ul>Links Mentioned:<ul> <li><a href="shamelessmom.com/pajamaparty" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2020 Plan &amp; Prep Pajama Party</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/datapake" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Find Dana onTwitter</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/danapake/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Find Dana on LinkedIN</a></li> </ul>Thank you to our sponsors:<ul> <li> Talkspace: To match with your perfect therapist for a fraction of the price of traditional therapy, go to <a href="https://www.talkspace.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">talkspace.com</a>, Make sure to use the code SHAMELESS to get $100 off your first month and show your support for the show.</li> <li> Best Fiends: Download FREE on the Apple App Store or Google Play.</li> </ul> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

402: Dana Pake: Embracing The Detours With A Player's Mentality

Resilience

InVision

Dana Pake (Senior Director of Global Experiences at InVision) shares her UX-focused approach to events, what it’s like to work as part of a globally distributed team, how to hire for a rapidly growing events program, and what it means to lead with resiliency. At InVision, Dana oversees over 150 events worldwide. She previously worked at Tableau where she grew the annual Tableau Conference from roughly 1,200 -12,000 total attendees in four years.

Dana Pake (Senior Director of Global Experiences at InVision) shares her UX-focused approach to events, what it’s like to work as part of a globally distributed team, how to hire for a rapidly growing events program, and what it means to lead with resiliency. At InVision, Dana oversees over 150 events worldwide. She previously worked at Tableau where she grew the annual Tableau Conference from roughly 1,200 -12,000 total attendees in four years.

Dana Pake, InVision: Hiring for Rapid Growth, Leading with Resilience, and UX-Focused Events