IT’S TIME TO
TURN ON YOUR CREATIVITY.

Are you ready to ignite creative wildness and inspiration for yourself, your organization, or your big-impact project? 

Are you looking for...

A dynamite speaker to light up your next event? A globally recognized thought leader to share insight and inspiration for your publication? A transformational workshop facilitator to lead your team to new levels of creativity and collaboration? 

Or maybe you're searching for...

creative direction, narrative design, and blue sky development for mind-blowing immersive, theatrical, and other entertainment projects.

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let me introduce myself

Hi, I’m
Joanna.

Writer, experience designer,
and embodied creativity expert.

I’m most excited about lighting up projects and people that have the power to shift the world through the alchemy of business, art, and personal transformation.

LET'S TURN ON THE SPARK

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MY SERVICES

For nearly six years, I was the Senior Story Creative Director for Meow Wolf, leading story development and world building for multiple projects, including the Omega Mart exhibition in Las Vegas, Convergence Station in Denver, and the overall strategy for the company’s story universe. I am currently a narrative and experience design consultant on a range of projects, including with Jon Favreau, Chloe Zhao, Wim Hof, and for Virgin Voyages.

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Consulting

I can help you hone your strategy for building and empowering creative teams; improve creative satisfaction for your organization; craft a compelling pitch and narrative for your next work; or develop a blue sky process for an upcoming project.

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Creative Development

I lead creative/story development for a range of projects, including theatrical, immersive/experiential, transmedia, or film/TV.

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Speaking & Workshops

I love to bring insight and inspiration to events and organizations, speaking on a range of topics including creative innovation, creative embodiment, storytelling strategies, and immersive design.

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Online Course

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Ready to turn on your creative practice? Join me for a powerful 12-week course that will supercharge your creative flow.

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Insights and inspiration about creative business, process, and practice, as well as some more personal stories from my journey into wild, embodied creativity.

ON THE BLOG

Ideas & Insights
What to do when you don't want to write
What to do when you don't want to write

Got writer’s block? Here are 6 ways to get going.

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Tips for Getting into Creative Flow
Tips for Getting into Creative Flow

One of the best things I did for my creative practice was become an energy worker. Here's what I've learned about how to quickly drop into inspiration for your next writing project.

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What Actually Encourages Creativity At Work (hint: it’s not doughnuts)
What Actually Encourages Creativity At Work (hint: it’s not doughnuts)

From my experience and many, many conversations with artists and creative workers, here are seven categories of support that are essential to maximize creativity at work.

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INSPIRED CLIENTS

  • “One of the best talks I’ve seen in years... a MASTER storyteller and creative DYNAMO.”

    —Sean Lynch, VP, HBO

  • “Galvanizing, inspiring, hypnotic, and grounding — all at the same time. Leading off with her workshop was essential to the success of the summit.”

    —Steve Boyle, Epic Immersive

  • "Anyone would benefit from an hour with Joanna Garner, and the more folks we can corral into a room to listen to what she has to say, the better off we’ll be as storytellers and as human beings.”

    —Hannah Manikowski, AREA15

  • “Joanna is the whole package: a fantastic writer, a terrific problem-solver, and someone you genuinely want to spend time around. I’d work with her again in a heartbeat.”

    —Dana Staskerz, Director, Nike

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