Speaking Bios

Jenny Blake Media Kit – Bios and Headshots

Thanks for asking me to be a part of your program! It’s always an honor for me to share, speak, and write for new audiences. These are my standard bios and headshots – if you need more information, please don’t hesitate to ask.

Short Bio:

Jenny Blake has worked at Google for five years, and is currently a Career Development Program Manager and internal coach. She is the author of the upcoming book, Life After College: The Complete Guide to Getting What You Want (Running Press, 2011) and blogs at LifeAfterCollege.org, where she provides simple, practical tips about life, work, money, happiness and personal growth. Jenny’s goal is to help people focus on the BIG picture of their lives…not just the details. Follow her on Twitter @jenny_blake.

Short bio with a few fun facts:

Jenny Blake has worked at Google for five years, and is currently a Career Development Program Manager and internal coach. She is the author of the upcoming book, Life After College: The Complete Guide to Getting What You Want (Running Press, 2011) and blogs at LifeAfterCollege.org, where she provides simple, practical tips about life, work, money, happiness and personal growth. Jenny’s goal is to help people focus on the BIG picture of their lives…not just the details.

Other fun facts: Jenny is obsessed with cupcakes, coffee and personal development books. Dogs, dancing, gadgets, yoga, football, baseball, writing and travel make her pretty happy too. Read 100 things about her, check out her life checklist, organize your life with one of her infamous templates or follow her on Twitter @jenny_blake.

Long Bio:

Jenny started working at Google in 2006, where she currently serves as a Career Development Program Manager and internal coach. Her role involves coaching, manager training, and building scalable solutions to help Googlers focus on their personal growth and career development. She is the author of the upcoming book, Life After College: The Complete Guide to Getting What You Want (Running Press, 2011).

While working at Google, Jenny completed training to be a life coach through the Coaches Training Institute in 2008, and finished her certification in 2010. She is a certified Myers-Briggs practitioner, and is currently serving on the Board of Governors for the International Association of Coaching. Jenny also completed yoga teacher training in 2010 through the White Lotus Foundation in Santa Barbara.

Prior to Google and halfway through her junior year at UCLA, Jenny took a leave of absence to help launch a political polling start-up company, Polimetrix (later acquired and renamed YouGov America), with her college professor and mentor. For two years she served as the office manager, marketing assistant, and webmaster. Jenny returned to finish at UCLA in the spring of 2005. She graduated in 3 years with degrees in political science and communications, and with several distinctions: Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude, and College Honors.

After stumbling through the “real world” (and reading more than 150 business and personal development books), Jenny felt compelled to share her knowledge with other young professionals. The experience of leaving school before her friends and her love of teaching others inspired her to launch LifeAfterCollege.org, a blog that provides simple, practical tips about life, work, money, happiness and personal growth. Jenny’s goal is to help people focus on the BIG picture of their lives…not just the details. Follow her on Twitter @jenny_blake.

Headshots:

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