ElaineCHANEY

Growing up doesn't mean giving up your spark. In this refreshing and funny talk, Elaine shows how curiosity, imagination, and play aren't kid stuff. They're superpowers that help you stay sharp, resilient, and joyful in school, work, and life.

Backed by the science of how play shapes the brain, from the dopamine that fuels motivation to the calm that helps you perform under pressure, Elaine makes the case that joy isn't the reward for success. It's the strategy.

Playful. Heartfelt. Thought-provoking.

Elaine mixes stand-up-level humor with storyteller depth, blending science, psychology, and personal stories into an experience that feels like coffee with your funniest, most inspiring friend.

Stories stick in the brain in a way statistics never will. Drawing on her work as a museum guide and educator, Elaine shows how to read a room, adapt a story in the moment, and hold an audience's attention from the first line to the last.

It's practical professional development for anyone whose job is to make history, culture and ideas come alive, and a reminder that the best storytellers are first great listeners.

Delivered for the Hearst Castle Guides Association and as a training unit for newly recruited Hearst Castle Guides.