Anastasia Ashman

Blogger, Change Agent, Connector, Entrepreneur, Global soul, Idea generator, Producer, Startup, Web guru, Writer/Editor

Digital life trailblazer. Author/editor/producer agented by Foundry Literary + Media. Social community builder, GlobalNiche curriculum designer. As an entrepreneur, I draw on my New York publishing & Hollywood entertainment industry experience with unique global dexterity from 14 years of international living. You might know me from my expatriate literature collection Expat Harem, or its offshoot discussion community for global citizens. I've put all that theory into practice by building a multimedia curriculum to help people everywhere find their purpose and place online, and in community -- using content and culture to aid connection. I've also got a pretty sweet track record of empowering people around the web's new vulnerability, visibility and voice, and won an award for my strategy to build a global platform for 5 million women change-agents using free social web technology. Try my on-demand, self-paced social web training for free.

helping people be their own North Star on the Internet

We're all DIGITAL STRATEGISTS now. If you aren't thinking much or too deeply about how and where and with whom you appear and interact on the web, you need to start.

Cultural Criticism, Identity and personas, Lifestyle & Concepts, Lifestyle Design, Multimedia producer, Popular Culture, Publishing & New Media, Web & Internet, Women's Empowerment, Writer/Editor

I attended TEDGlobal2009 and TEDGlobal 2010. I've also taken part in TEDxBosphorus in 2009, TEDxIstanbul in 2010, TEDxReset in 2011. I attended the TEDGlobal2011 simulcast in Istanbul with TEDxReset and TurkishWIN (founded by TEDxGotham organizer Melek Pulatkonak). Attended TEDxBayArea in 2011 and 2012.

interior decor. isolating scents and flavors, describing colors and textures. trilling like a cat.