Watch Kristi Eaton of ke comms on trauma-informed storytelling: what reporting in India, Zambia, and a refugee camp taught her about listening before telling.
Trauma-informed storytelling means letting the person who lived the story decide how much of it gets told. Kristi Eaton, Founder and CEO of ke comms, spent two decades as a journalist before building a PR agency for social good causes, and in this conversation she explains how that reporting still shapes her work.
Watch to learn:
• What interviews in India, Zambia, and a refugee camp taught her about giving people time to speak
• Why she explains where a story will run and how visible it will be before an interview starts
• Why she will bring in an interpreter so people can speak in their own language
• How going from journalist to PR strategist meant learning to voice her own point of view
• Why she checks in on people when she thinks of them, not only when she needs something
Kristi's one-word advice for anyone telling a mission-driven story: be thoughtful.
Listen to the full episode: https://www.theblisspodcast.com/stories-that-serve-a-bigger-good-with-kristi-eaton/
Read the companion post: https://www.theblisspodcast.com/blog/visibility-with-responsibility/
Guest profile: https://www.theblisspodcast.com/guests/kristi-eaton/
More Featured Guest Series conversations: https://www.theblisspodcast.com/categories/bliss-businesses-series/
Learn more about ke comms at https://www.kecomms.com/