Building inClusive communities seminar series: Dr. Tariana V. Little
February 8, 2021
The fourth event in our 2020-2021 virtual series was led by Dr. Tariana V. Little and titled “Transforming Setbacks into Success: A Framework to Fail Forward.”
Dr. Little began the workshop by sharing her journey. This created space for an exceptionally engaging reflection and discussion that followed. She guided participants through a curated framework with the goal of recontextualizing set-backs. The main take away from the event was not only how failures can be redefined, but how they don’t define us as human beings. Instead we chose to define ourselves, among many other things, as learners, sisters, community builders, and friends.
About the Speaker
Dr. Tariana V. Little is CEO and co-founder of EmVision Productions, a media boutique that helps forward-thinking organizations convey how they are changing the world. Leveraging their storytelling framework, they have helped Hasbro, The Jimmy Fund, The City of Chelsea, and other clients better convey who they are, what they do differently, and why it matters. They serve emerging and established organizations, from startups to corporations, and their portfolio has a strong focus on social justice, diversity and inclusion, health, and education.
Working at the intersections of media, public health, and business, Tariana teaches about entrepreneurship and innovation at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, serves on various non-profit boards, and is an emerging philanthropist in her native Boston, MA. She holds a Doctor of Public Health from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Driven by science, storytelling, and social justice, Tariana’s work embodies what she calls “intentional creativity for social change.”
