Kelly Tutors
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Wise people always say, “Never be the smartest person in the room,” so we’ve got that covered!!
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The blogs blend humor, storytelling, and insightful commentary about the experience of attending top-industry events as an outsider trying to learn. I document what is said (and not said).
Ethical Artificial Intelligence (and a surprise protest)
TLDR: A conference on AI ethics and international regulation is disrupted by protesters who accuse the corporate sponsor of complicity in genocide through technology sales, leading to an emotional and chaotic event that overshadows the planned panels.
Chasing Ai Across Borders… Carefully… part 2 (protest-free)
TLDR: Author travels to Portland for an AI unconference covering agentic workflows, AI education for youth, media literacy, SEO 2.0, and the future of storytelling, absorbing wide-ranging discussions from consultants and creatives while brainstorming her own AI education website.
Chasing Ai Across Borders, Carefully… (day 1+2)
TLDR: Kelly travels to Portland for an AI event featuring a powerful presentation on using AI to combat child sexual abuse material online, plus a doctor's talk on AI in healthcare covering medical scribes, drug discovery, and ethical frameworks.
EDGAR in the building! Financial Literacy Webcast
TLDR: Author watches a Computershare webinar about the SEC's EDGAR Next modernization, which overhauls the 20-year-old filing authentication system with multi-factor tokens and authorized-filer delegation lists, with a hard September 15 deadline that promises chaos for anyone who waits.
Influencer Invitation, Welcome Back Party
TLDR: A gathering of YouTubers with millions of followers discussing monetization strategies, community building, taxes, and content creation tactics, revealing the business mechanics behind influencer culture.
#THEUPDATE Amidst Work Week
TLDR: A non-event blog where Kelly pauses attending conferences to focus on building out her Kelly Tutors website, covering merch design, AI youth education classes, downloadable content, rewriting fairy tales, social media strategy, and blog reorganization after breaking all her old links.
The Ghosted Speech That WAS, wasn’t, wasn’t AGAIN IRL.
TLDR: Kelly was scheduled to speak at an event she helped plan extensively, including volunteering on Mother's Day, only to be left off the schedule and ghosted by three different organizers, prompting a break from events to focus on her own projects.
Natural Disaster Prep & Nursing Gala
TLDR: A double-header day covering a natural disaster preparedness lunch (earthquakes, wildfires, hospital readiness) and a depressing nursing fundraiser gala that could barely raise $14K while asking underpaid nurses to fund their own scholarships through overpriced raffles and auctions.
Vulnerable Kids/Youth Immersive Education Fundraiser Lunch and Learn
TLDR: Author attends a museum fundraiser lunch that raised $500K for STEM education but is underwhelmed by a cringey "science on wheels" demo, keyword-heavy speeches, and a heartbreaking scene on the way home of a toddler being emotionally rejected by her distracted mother.
Gymnasium Annulment (Pt 2: Wake up and Smell the Bye Bye Bye)
TLDR: Kelly quits her gym after experiencing degrading music, neglectful kids' center practices, hazing-style group classes, and the gym trying to charge her over $1,000 to cancel, critiquing the profit-over-people fitness industry culture.
Celebrating Mothers and Painting Event Prep
TLDR: Kelly rearranged her Mother's Day plans to help paint and prep for an upcoming conference she was invited to speak at, only to discover the art project was not what she expected and growing concern that her speaking slot might not actually exist on the schedule.
The Affordable Housing Babysitter Dresses to Impress an Actress
TLDR: A split-day blog covering an affordable housing advocacy event at Seattle city hall -- with speeches on rent control, housing production shortfalls, and messaging strategy -- followed by filming a promo video as an actress for a nonprofit the author supports.
The Gymnastics of Consistency (Pt. 1: New Beginnings)
TLDR: Author joins a gym as a two-month self-experiment in consistency and bone health after learning that physical decline starts in your 40s, using it as a daily grounding ritual while simultaneously prioritizing her AI education content and KT business cleanup.
An Event on Time… Postponed!!
TLDR: A humorous post about a time-management event that ironically got canceled, which the author uses to share updates on her AI worksheet projects, merch, and being invited to help plan the family section of Seattle's upcoming Climate Week.
Life is a Beach… the Menices of Venice
TLDR: Kelly takes a budget solo trip to Venice Beach, observing skateparks, the broken local economy, dead tourism, international visitors, and reflecting on personal privacy, surveillance, intuition, and self-trust while grounding herself in the sun.
Gear up for GeoEngineering!? The Lunch and Learn
TLDR: A lively lunch-and-learn discussion on geoengineering where participants debate sulfur dioxide injection, ocean reflectivity, carbon removal, and the ethics of large-scale climate intervention, with the author noting how disorganized and disconnected the climate solutions industry appears.
Event Week Finale, Celebration in Conversation
TLDR: The author wraps up a self-declared "event week" at a brainstorming and coworking session at a Seattle boat venue, where participants share struggles and ideas in a group "costorm" format, reinforcing her drive to build AI education classes for kids and consider hosting her own events.
Entrepreneurial Energy Preservation for Mental Athletes + Ai for Marketing (EWD4)
TLDR: A full-day event covering startup pitching, burnout prevention, AI-powered marketing tools, and entrepreneurial habits like hydration, authenticity, and compounding small efforts for long-term business success.
Flustered with Finance + Neurodivergency (E. Week, Day 3)
TLDR: A double-feature day where Kelly passionately challenges a financial influencer's ETF-heavy advice as systemically harmful to retail investors, followed by an empowering neurodivergency workshop exploring empathy types, sensory experiences, and self-advocacy.
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