Karen Dukess: Author, Journalist
KAREN DUKESS is the author of The Last Book Party, and a journalist whose work history is as eclectic as her taste in books. She has been a tour guide in the former Soviet Union, a newspaper reporter in Florida, a magazine publisher in Russia and, for nearly a decade, a speechwriter on gender equality for the United Nations Development Programme. She has blogged on raising boys for The Huffington Post and written book reviews for USA Today. She has a degree in Russian Studies from Brown University and a Master’s in Journalism from Columbia University. She lives with her family near New York City and spends as much time as possible in Truro on Cape Cod.
The videos below are organized by topic and run between 30 seconds and 5 minutes. Click on any video. You must be connected to the Internet to view the videos.
EXPOSURE TO BROAD INFLUENCES: 1:02 min.
CREATIVE FLEXIBILITY: 1:24 min.
DEVELOP A VOICE: 2:24 min.
EXPOSURE TO BROAD INFLUENCES: 2:57 min.
EMPATHY: 1:46 min.
OVERCOMES CHALLENGES TO SUCCEED: 4:49 min.
CREATIVE FLEXIBILITY: 1:49 min.
UNDERSTANDS THE AUDIENCE’S PERSPECTIVE: 2:15 min.
OVERCOMES CHALLENGES TO SUCCEED: 2:00 min.
SELF-CONFIDENCE: 1:19 min.
EXPOSURE TO BROAD INFLUENCES: 1:30 min.