Izolda Trakhtenberg, Storyteller

Playwright, Author, Director, Podcaster

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Writer, speaker, singer, educator

Category: speaking

  • The Mother of Communication? – lessons on writing, talking, and connection

    Yesterday, at Balticon, I had the honor of sitting on a panel that discussed how to adapt fiction to stage or screen. One of the questions the moderator asked was to define the nuts and bolts of doing that sort of adaptation. One of the other panel members said that you needed to only the…

  • Voice-to-Text, a primer

    I love Voice-to-text (V-t-T). As the technology improves, conducting business via V-t-T becomes  easier and more accessible. Business and communication become more portable and that creates more flexibility in how and where we manage our affairs. For example, I can now write emails and texts while walking my dog. I can give quick answers to…

  • My Faux Pas transformed into a Faux Pie: Say what you mean with the appropriate flavor

    I can no longer leave voicemails without adding in the Voice-to-Text commands that make words into sentences. I just left a voicemail that went like this: “Hi [period]. This is Izolda [period]. I had a couple of questions for you [period]. Can you give me a call when you get a chance [comma], please ?…