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Sound can bring joy, laughter, and emotionally filled memories. Sound can also serve as a vibrating introduction to the world. Our voice, while unique like a fingerprint, has the power to engage, collaborate, intimidate, and welcome. Blakely shares her voice and the role society plays in organizing the power of voice across communities. Veronica Blakely is a native of Tampa, Florida where she is an educator, community volunteer, and former corporate manager. While opportunities gained in the business sector enriched her life, she considers being a teacher the most important, challenging, and rewarding experience of her career. The idea of transforming a person’s mind from, “I can’t to I can,” is a very humbling and rewarding experience. She uses this experience as a Coach and Facilitator in her Speech Communications business.

In addition to Veronica’s many talents, she was a movie extra in Ocean’s Eleven which was filmed in St. Petersburg, FL. She is also a former NFL cheerleader for the Tampa Bay Bucs and for the WFL (World Football League) Tampa Bay Bandits. Veronica has performed in several local plays and she has produced and directed numerous Gospel Productions in Tampa. Veronica is a former President and Area Governor of a Toastmaster’s International Public Speaking club.

As a community volunteer, Veronica has been the workshop facilitator and Board Member for the Tampa Organization of Black Affairs Youth Oratorical Scholarship Contest, Loaned Executive for the United Way, Co-Chair/Program Manager for the MLK, Jr. Breakfast and NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet, and Co-Host with local TV News Anchors for community events. Veronica was also the Host for The Soledad O’Brien Starfish Foundation PowHERful Summit in Tampa, FL. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx