PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT NERDS (PDN)

Passionate and curious about going down rabbit holes to learn all she could about topics that caught her fancy, Amanda started off as an Personal Development Nerds (PDN) attendee and frequent collaborator, co-hosting events that brought together seemingly disparate communities of entrepreneurs interested in personal development looking to reignite their creativity and artists looking to hone their businesses sense and make time to connect with people working in other industries.

Amanda was chosen to be 1 of 4 PDN Committee Members from 2018-2019, the first committee of its kind within the community. She has helped produce events, workshops, panels and retreats for the 2,700+ NY-based PDN community of lifelong learners working towards personal and professional development within a culture of growth and play and captured photos and videos at each gathering.

From featured workshops to curated panelists presenting their latest learnings and projects to 40+ attendees at monthly events across NYC, to intimate retreats for 30-50 PDN’ers in upstate NYC, to partnership events with other communities like Next Gen Summit and Map & Movers, Amanda has been an instrumental part of helping the PDN community kick open doors for each other and make magic happen in NYC.

Most recently, Amanda was tapped to lead a contingent of volunteers for the Map & Move and Personal Development Nerds Summer Camp in October 2019. She advised the team as a producer and community builder and masterminded a camp-wide game within a game for attendees that was part gameshow, part scavenger hunt, and part Mafia/Assassin to the delight and surprise of camp attendees who were initiated on the first night of Summer Camp. Attendees had to compete team vs. team, working in tandem to get points via running through the camp’s tree top ropes course, completing dares, answering trivia questions, and strategizing around double agents planted within each team.