Tamekia MizLadi Smith

Performer

Tamekia MizLadi Smith is the founder and CEO of EDU Arts, LLC and the author of “Take the Stage”. With over 20 years of diverse speaking and training experience her provocative approach to educating her audience through various forms of creative arts has made her a sought after speaker. Tamekia is passionate about subjects including but not limited to: Social Determinants of Health, Suicide Prevention, Mentoring, Women and Youth issues. As a speaker for the TED Conference in Vancouver, Canada she was able to present a training that she developed entitled “I’m G.R.A.C.E.D” which explores the importance of training front desk staff to collect data with compassionate care.

Training and Development

Training and Engagement of Non Clinical Staff

I was at the Opera in the lobby; a woman that I did not know began to engage me in conversation. I told her that I had done a TEDx Columbus talk and without hesitation or even hearing me speak she said “You should do the real TED!” She told me about the search in New York. I applied for the search and was one of the 13 finalists and shortly after my audition I was told that I was selected for TED Vancouver.