Title: The Importance of Capturing Our Lives' Stories

In this episode, Dr.Jandi Kelly discusses the importance of storytelling. She helps us learn how to strengthen interpersonal relationships and foster conversations.

She answers the following questions:

• What does your company A Talk to Remember do?
• Can you walk us through the legacy film creation process? How does this all work? 
• Why is it important to capture our life stories? 
• How do you partner with wealth managers to preserve their clients’ life stories? 

Dr. Jandi Kelly is the founder of A Talk to Remember, a boutique production company that helps families and organizations capture their legacies in documentary films and oral history projects. For the past fifteen years, Jandi has worked as a university researcher, instructor, and administrator at the University of Chicago, Northwestern University, and the University of Michigan. She received her Ph.D. in higher education from the University of Michigan and her academic scholarship focuses on the topics of teaching and learning, life purpose, and identity development. Her research has been featured in The Journal of Higher Education and other publications. Jandi and her family live in Bend, Oregon, where she serves on the board of trustees for an independent K-12 experiential learning school.

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