Felicia Day Demonstrates to #heweb17 That She is Indeed The One Who’s Cool.
Entrepreneur, actress, singer, writer, and web series creator Felicia Day told a packed house at #heweb17 about how she was able to combine creativity and technology and "being very strange" to forge new paths and build a career.
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@feliciaday Are you as excited to see me as I am to see you at #HEWeb17? Just six minutes!
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So psyched to see/hear the amazing @feliciaday at our #heweb17 geek camp! pic.twitter.com/EIz2ceurdC
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Felicia noted that this group of geeks plays hard.
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Woot! Ultima! Used to play those games up to and including UO. @feliciaday #heweb17
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Shoutouts to Infocom and Mr. Wizard already. @feliciaday is definitely our people! #heweb17
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I’M NOT FREAKING OUT RIGHT NOW. #heweb17 pic.twitter.com/iOceaxZ2bM -
Day embraced the power of being a nerd, thanks to a non-traditional upbringing.
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“As a woman, as a girl, nobody every taught me I wasn’t supposed to be nerdy.” – @feliciaday #heweb17
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“As a girl, no one ever taught me that I wasn’t supposed to be nerdy.” @feliciaday #heweb17 pic.twitter.com/GMoiQOWdMg -
Being isolated as kid not such a bad thing; @feliciaday explains she wasn’t exposed to “norms” (ex: girls can’t like dragons) #heweb17
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There is something to preserve with the internet – that space for people who feel isolated to find their tribe. @feliciaday #heweb17
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“It’s the greatest tragedy to dissuade someone from something they love.” @feliciaday #heweb17
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She ended up taking a very unusual route to college, after a violin professor helped her to gain admission without a H.S. diploma or G.E.D.
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Took the SAT. No GED. Went to college. Dominated life. Teaching nerds and geeks that we are accepted and awesome. #heweb17 @feliciaday pic.twitter.com/okn2KwAtP3 -
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Yassssss. @feliciaday sharing her first website at #heweb17 ❤️❤️😆😆#futura4ever pic.twitter.com/hBJeA27Xns -
Started college at 16 “and I had no friends… because it was illegal to talk to me” @feliciaday #heweb17
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She earned two college degrees.
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Wow, hilarious promotional poster @feliciaday made for her college violin recital. Felicia Warrior Princess! #HEweb17 pic.twitter.com/zk41VADQyk -
Work really hard and get ahead? Not so much. Confidence and luck got @feliciaday ahead in Hollywood. #heweb17
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After a few rough patches as an actress, she found herself addicted to World of Warcraft.
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@feliciaday escaped to… and got addicted to WoW. Rather than face problems, escaped from them there. #heweb17
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“Video games aren’t inherently unhealthy. But anything can be a venue for addiction if you’re unhappy.” @feliciaday #heweb17
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A support group helped her channel her energies in positive ways, which turned into a script that became the web show "The Guild."
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“I used to think “support group” was a dirty word, but now I find it to be the most important part any talk I give.” – @feliciaday #heweb17
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“My whole career is out of spite. Negative things can totally motivate you.” #HEWEB17 @feliciaday
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“Without my support group, I wouldn’t be here today.” Yay for self care! @feliciaday #heweb17
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Her struggles helped Day learn that it's okay not to be perfect.
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#heweb17 @feliciaday ‘Mistakes are rewarding” ♥️♥️♥️
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“…waking up at 4 am to farm dreamfoil in Azshara…” – @feliciaday yuuuup *raises hand* But she’s right: mistakes are best teachers #heweb17
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“Mistakes are rewarding. They are the best thing you can do.” –@feliciaday Recurring theme at #heweb17.
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As The Guild took shape, she learned to market in the "wild west" of the emerging Internet…and to go around Hollywood.
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@feliciaday went where her audience was… the web… and the rest is history. Know. Your. Audience! #heweb17
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For The Guild, @feliciaday did then-novel marketing on every social channel including “burning embers of failure” startup sites. #heweb17
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A year before Kickstarter, @feliciaday used online crowdfunding to shoot The Guild series. Fan involvement made it better. #heweb17
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The Guild taught Felicia a lot of lessons
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Wearing a lot of hats was very rewarding (and fun) for @feliciaday. Great life lesson. #heweb17
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“I defined myself. I gave myself my own stereotype. That’s my success.” — @feliciaday #heweb17
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“I’m able to play people like me because I found who I am and showed it to the world” – @feliciaday #heweb17
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“I showed people who I wanted to be.” –@feliciaday #heweb17
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Fan involvement (art, etc) was most rewarding part about The Guild’s success. @feliciaday — audience engagment FTW. #heweb17
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Day's experiences in fan communities taught her some other valuable lessons,
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Kicking jackasses out of my personal space was so fulfilling, like a popping a pimple. @feliciaday #HEWEB17
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.@feliciaday got the #1 channel on Twitch because it was founded on, fueled by kindness and community. #heweb17
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“Don’t please everybody, but please deep. And not in a porn way.” @feliciaday #heweb17
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Preach. “Why do we allow stuff to happen online that we wouldn’t allow in person?“ – @feliciaday #heweb17
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Preach!! “@facebook and @Twitter don’t protect their users. **They protect their advertising dollars.**” @feliciaday #heweb17 pic.twitter.com/tzj4RwJOeJ -
Anxiety prevents us from being our full selves. It takes so much away from us. #HEWEB17 @feliciaday
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“Express yourself for your own fulfillment” @feliciaday #heweb17
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“Treat yourself like your own research project.” Super inspiring keynote with @feliciaday happening now at #HEWEB17!
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“Somewhere along the way, we learned that different is not good, to be shunned. Surround yourself by different.” @feliciaday #heweb17
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“Surround yourself with positive people.” – @feliciaday
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Use technology to be creative. There are no gate keepers. @feliciaday #HEWEB17
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“Our lives are enhanced by ‘different.'” Preach, @feliciaday #heweb17
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“The greatest tragedy is to not be who you are.” @feliciaday #heweb17
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“I’m puzzled by ppl who find differences to be taking away from them.We are all richer by being exposed to difference” @feliciaday #HEWEB17
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“We should never be the same people we used to be… We should never be static.” @feliciaday #heweb17
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Feeling creatively burnt out? Take a creativity vacay by learning smthing new for fun, so your creative voice can find its way back #heweb17 pic.twitter.com/2agBygyWWi -
“Regret is one of the most important things to let go of.” @feliciaday #heweb17
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It's safe to say she wowed the crowd.
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Listening to @feliciaday talk about how she created the inclusive community she wanted sounds a lot like @HighEdWeb… #heweb17
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Felicia Day keynote is really amazing. #heweb17 was amazing. This conference is always… https://www.instagram.com/p/BaHNBIMHBcj/
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Keynote speaker @feliciaday is so smart and so accomplished but it’s her humanity that stands out the most. #heweb17
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Everyone else is also low-key a mess abt this @feliciaday talk, yes? Esp. about not letting who you were restrict who you’ll be? #heweb17
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I love that @feliciaday turns to learning to get through periods of burnout… I love @TheGreatCourses for that. And museums. #heweb17
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I’ve thought it for a while, but today’s keynote confirms it… @feliciaday is my people. #heweb17
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This has been one of my favorite sessions I’ve seen. Thanks for being “one of us”. #geeksunite @feliciaday #heweb17
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“The dark side of the coin of being surrounded by Ultima fans is being surrounded by Nazis.” Avoid the #filterbubble. @feliciaday #heweb17
