How to Fight Fear: 15 Years in Media Revealed This | Kim Rittberg | TEDxJeffersonU
Award-winning media executive Kim Rittberg spent 20 years in TV, digital, and print, learning firsthand how fear can silently derail even the biggest ambitions. She shares lessons from her career and reveals how judgment, failure, and self-doubt often hold us back more than talent or time. With practical steps to crush fear and own your confidence, Kim shows how to finally move forward and achieve what you want. Kim Rittberg spent 15 years as a media executive at Netflix, PEOPLE Magazine, in TV News and launched the first-ever video unit for Us Weekly magazine and was integral in its $100 million sale. She’s a 6x-award-winning digital marketer and video expert. Kim has been featured in Business Insider and Forbes and contributes to Fast Company, is a speaker across the country including at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Convention, Inman Connect, Fast Company Innovation Festival and she guest lectures at Syracuse University. She is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Annenberg School. She also hosts the top 1% podcast The Exit Interview with Kim Rittberg and is a judge for the Emmys, Webbys and Anthem Awards. Kim’s podcast was spurred by her decision to quit corporate and launch her own business after working in the hospital while giving birth to her second child. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
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