Steph Minaya
I don’t just inspire joy. I create experiences that make it happen.
New York City, New York, United States
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I'm a joy and experiential learning speaker for organizations, conferences, museums and creative teams. I help audiences build stronger connections, spark curiosity and turn ideas into meaningful action through interactive experiences and practical tools, so they can avoid disengagement, burnout and the feeling that learning or professional development has to be boring or disconnected from real life.
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Joy Is a Universal Language: Communicating Complex Ideas Across Disciplines and Audiences
How do we make complex ideas meaningful to people who don't share our expertise? Whether communicating scientific research, conservation initiatives, educational concepts or organizational goals, the challenge isn't simply delivering information. It's creating a connection that inspires people to care, understand and take action.
This keynote explores how joy, storytelling, curiosity and intentional communication can bridge disciplines and audiences. Drawing on experience across nature education, media, social media and experiential programming, Steph explores how to translate complex subjects into accessible, memorable and engaging experiences. Through practical examples and interactive exercises, audiences learn how to move beyond information-sharing and create communication that resonates, builds connection and motivates meaningful action.
Learn how to make complex ideas accessible, create emotional connections and turn communication into action.
Finding Your Quirks
What if we stopped waiting for the perfect circumstances to experience joy? Too often, we postpone happiness until we reach a milestone, find the right opportunity, achieve a goal or finally have enough time. But joy isn't something we should have to earn or wait for. It's something we can intentionally curate in the lives we're already living.
This keynote explores the power of embracing our quirks, following our curiosity and recognizing the small, unexpected moments that make us feel most like ourselves. Through storytelling, reflection and practical exercises, audiences discover how their unique interests, perspectives and everyday experiences can become tools for creating more meaningful and joyful lives.
Stop waiting for life to happen. Learn to recognize, create and curate joy right where you are.
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