Joan Blades

Businesswoman and Political Activist

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Berkeley, CA, USA
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Joan Blades Biography

Joan Blades is a co-founder of LivingRoomConversations.org, an open-source effort to rebuild respectful civil discourse across ideological, cultural and party lines while embracing our core-shared values. She is also a co-founder of MomsRising.org and MoveOn.org. She is a co-author of The Custom-Fit Workplace: Choose When, Where and How to Work and Boost Your Bottom Line, winner of a Nautilus book award in 2011, and The Motherhood Manifesto, which won the Ernesta Drinker Ballard Book Prize in 2007.

Last century, Blades was a software entrepreneur, a co-founder of Berkeley Systems, best known for the Flying Toaster and the game "You Don't Know Jack." A mediator (attorney) by training and inclination, she is a nature lover, artist and true believer in the power of citizens and our need to rebuild respectful civil discourse while embracing our core shared values.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 05/08/2024.

Joan Blades Videos

  • Joan Blades | MoveOn.org Founder on Movement Building - YouTube
  • Bioneers Speaker, Joan Blades of MoveOn, MomsRising & Living ...
  • Joan Blades interview - YouTube

Joan Blades Books

  • The Custom-Fit Workplace: Choose When, Where, and How to Work and Boost Your Bottom Line
    The Custom-Fit Workplace: Choose When, Where, and How to Work and Boost Your Bottom Line
  • The Motherhood Manifesto: What America's Moms Want - and What To Do About It
    The Motherhood Manifesto: What America's Moms Want - and What To Do About It
  • Family Mediation
    Family Mediation

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Joan Blades is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics . The estimated speaking fee range to book Joan Blades for your event is $10,000 - $20,000. Joan Blades generally travels from Berkeley, CA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Amy Goodman, Maddy Dychtwald, Rebecca MacKinnon, Soraya Darabi and Tiffany Shlain. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Joan Blades for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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