Frank Warren

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PostSecret Live
"PostSecret Live” is a multi-media presentation by Frank Warren, founder of PostSecret. See the postcards that were banned from the books. Hear the inspiring and funny stories behind the secrets. Share your secret at the microphone. It’s about recognizing something about yourself that you see in others. About courage. Sharing in the joys and fears of others. About finding a deeper sense of authenticity or self discovery.

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"We all carry a secret that would break your heart if you just knew what it was. And if we could remember that, there might be more understanding and peace in the world."

Frank Warren is the most trusted stranger in America. He's creator of the The PostSecret Project, a place where people share their private hopes, desires and fears. A place where the secrets they could not tell their friends and family would be treated with dignity in a non-judgmental way. The result is PostSecret - a collection of intimately personal and artistic postcards mailed anonymously from individuals worldwide, sharing personal secrets. The PostSecret website has become a phenomenon earning over 450 million visitors and refreshing every Sunday with new secrets received by Warren and viewed by almost a million visitors. PostSecret is the largest advertisement-free Blog in the world. The popularity of the project and its impact has earned Frank Warren recognition as one of the top 5 influential people on the internet by Forbes and has been named Weblog of the Year at the Seventh Annual Weblog Awards.

Warren's books have become bestsellers including the New York Times bestseller, PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives, and his work has been featured prominently in on USA Today, The Today Show, 20/20, CNN, MSNBC, CBC, NPR, George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight and more. The PostSecret App hit #1 on iTunes immediately after its September release.

At times hilarious and heartbreaking, the secrets he receives and shares reflect the full spectrum of complicated issues that many of us struggle with every day: Intimacy, trust, meaning, humor, and desire. Frank Warren thinks of PostSecret as a safe and anonymous "place" where people can hear unheard voices and share untold stories.

He believes: "a secret is something that, when you're keeping it, you think nobody would understand. But as soon as you share it, it doesn't just connect you to your humanity; it connects you to the larger community in a way that's very meaningful. Sometimes with our burdens, we think we're carrying them by ourselves and if we hear about somebody else with that same condition or infliction or experience, it doesn't necessarily make ours go away, but it allows us to feel like we're sharing our burden. Sometimes a burden that's shared is a little bit lighter."

As an advocate for mental health initiatives & suicide prevention, the National Mental Health Association recognized him with a special award for how he has "moved the cause of mental health forward." Warren is a volunteer for and actively involved in the organization Hopeline/1-800-SUICIDE. In 2011 Warren was the recipient of the "Mental Health Advocacy Lifetime Achievement Award".

In 2011, his work was on exhibit at New York's Museum of Modern Art and the American Visionary Art Museum.

He has delivered keynote addresses around the world at colleges and universities, mental health conferences and major events such as SXSW, PopTech, "City of Ideas", in Mexico, and "The Congress of Brilliant Minds", in Spain and spoke at "National" TED in Long Beach, California in 2012 where his video went viral.

Client Testimonial:

"Frank Warren and The PostSecret Project brought great energy [and gave] students a chance to check out new secrets and really think about what secrets mean to us all."

University of South Carolina