When leading my signature team-building workshop "Build Your Tribe" at SalesForce last week, I tried to create a fun environment that was intentional every step of the way. All of the group's movement, music and interaction reinforced the concepts I taught.

The physio...

A funny thing happened recently at the end of the Walmart RCE corporate holiday party that I was emceeing. Many of the employees came up to thank me and give me high fives as they were really appreciative of my efforts in creating a fun event for them. I was having suc...

Sometimes when I look at a sea of blank faces, I worry that these people don’t want me here. As an event emcee who has to host in front of a large group of strangers, I fear that they see me as an outsider who’s come in to tell them something they already know.

And you...

I recently emceed a wedding on the beautiful beaches of Sri Lanka and I warmed up the dance floor by leading a couple of crowd dances. It's my specialty! I absolutely love getting people off their seats to be playful together. But it's always a daunting task to get a g...

  Heidi found herself in an uncomfortable situation.Having lived in New York city for 8 years, she had it all, a dope apartment in the Lower East Side, a strong group of friends and a loving church community. But she found herself leaving it all behind at her comp...

So I'm taking the mission of connecting people's stories, dance and emotions to the streets of NYC. I have started my new video series called We R Human Street Stories where I get people to share something personal and then teach them a couple of dance moves. It's kind...

"Nikhil you need to come outside the closet right now!!!!"

I shouted back while fighting off my tears, "No Mom, I can't, I just can't". I was devastated and I couldn't bear to look at myself or others. In the spring of 2005, I had just received word that my top colleg...

"Where does our gratitude go?" 

 I quizzically looked at my girlfriend Hannah as she sat on her self fashioned seat, aka her suitcase. Since her flight was delayed, we decided to hole up near a good power outlet and wait it out on this late Sunday night. I started telli...

Recently, I felt very hurt when a colleague at work made some disparaging statements against me. At the time, I smiled and laughed it off with others at work but as the day progressed, I noticed that I was becoming more and more upset. By the time I got home, I soon fo...