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Storyteller: Truelove Arhin

Truelove Arhin is a senior at Michigan State University graduating with a Degree in Journalism with a concentration in Broadcasting. She is an on-air personality and a producer for the nationally syndicated morning talk show The Breakfast Club on Power 96.5. Her dream career is to have her own daytime television talk show and to do philanthropy work helping women and children in impoverished areas. Truelove is from Ferndale, Michigan and a fun fact is that is she fluent in Twi; an Akaan language from Ghana, West Africa where her parents are originally from. A quote that Truelove lives by is “But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all things shall be given to you.” Matthew 6:33

Learn more: http://power965fm.com/personalities/t...

Instagram: @your_truelove

Thank you Truelove for sharing your struggles to inspire and better the lives of others.

This independent edition of Failure Lab was hosted by Spartan Innovations, Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and ComArtSci Media Sandbox.

Bring Failure:Lab to your city, university or workplace today!

Visit http://failure-lab.com/ for more information.

Failure:Lab is a raw and intimate event showcasing personal stories of failure. With a refreshing environment of openness, it helps pave the way for change by crushing the isolation and stigma around failure. Failure then takes its rightful place as the crucial first step to the next big thing. Embrace it, learn from it, build on it.

Failure:Lab is filled with storytellers and entertainers recounting their most memorable brush with failure. It’s an intimate story of what went wrong–no lessons learned or talk of who’s to blame. The audience is encouraged to share their thoughts on Twitter using the hashtag #failurelab during the moment of reflection between stories. A musical performance follows each story to clear the air and allow the audience to recharge.

Don't let the name fool you - while the stories may be about failure, the event is really about courage, determination, and the strength to get back up.

Bring Failure:Lab to your city today: http://failure-lab.com/host-your-own-...

Failure:Lab is an international movement that features personal stories of failure. By sharing powerful narrative from successful people we're eliminating the fear of failure and encouraging intelligent risk taking.

Failure:Lab | Event Series

Our special ingredient that makes us the most unique format in the world, is that we don't allow our speakers to share lessons, they confess a failure and walk off stage. We then invite each audience member into the story by crowdsourcing their lessons and publishing them online: failure-lab.com/lessons-learned/. In this way we're helping people to learn and grow from the untold mistakes of others, while removing mental roadblocks to innovation, communication, and community.

We’ve had a string of sold out events throughout the country and recently launched a digital platform with resources to empower organizers within communities to host their own. Our first independent event was held this past November in Chandigarh, India - at Chandigarh University with a sold out crowd of over 500 people. The idea of Failure:Lab has created a cultural shift in thinking globally, we now have 15 events scheduled for 2015-2016 and the number is growing daily: http://failure-lab.com/events/

Thus far we've featured 65 storytellers from around the world. We've given the stage to NBA & NHL players, Grammy winners, CEO's, rappers, principals, philanthropists, actors, entrepreneurs, mothers, and every day people. All of which live online and free here: http://failure-lab.com/videos/.

Failure:Laboratory ( http://failure-lab.com/failure-labora...)

Failure:Laboratory helps organizations and individuals remove roadblocks to innovation, collaboration, and creative thinking. This curriculum is designed to change the conversation about failure. Teams apply comprehensive, insightful course modules to everyday work situations through the use of social science, brain science, and storytelling. The Laboratory experience helps organizations replace fear and resistance with excitement and learning. You can view a summary of the modules here: http://failure-lab.com/failure-labora... and I’ve also provide a more detailed attachment.

Lots of people are talking about us along with our stories being aired on NPR. The power of Failure:Lab received coverage in the national press from Fortune Magazine, The Huffington Post, The Washington Times, Crain’s Detroit Business, USA Today, and even Playboy to name a few.

As we move forward and organize events and workshops around the world we're looking for strong partners who believe in our mission and want to help share the story.

A bit more about us if you're so inclined:

+ USA Today: http://usat.ly/1uZfSkL

+ Fortune Magazine: http://for.tn/1ysIzeW

+ Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbbbH...

+ Web: http://failure-lab.com/

+ The press: http://failure-lab.com/press/

Bring Failure:Lab to your city, university or workplace today!

Visit http://failure-lab.com/ for more information.

Failure:Lab is a raw and intimate event showcasing personal stories of failure. With a refreshing environment of openness, it helps pave the way for change by crushing the isolation and stigma around failure. Failure then takes its rightful place as the crucial first step to the next big thing. Embrace it, learn from it, build on it.

Failure:Lab is filled with storytellers and entertainers recounting their most memorable brush with failure. It’s an intimate story of what went wrong–no lessons learned or talk of who’s to blame. The audience is encouraged to share their thoughts on Twitter using the hashtag #failurelab during the moment of reflection between stories. A musical performance follows each story to clear the air and allow the audience to recharge.

Don't let the name fool you - while the stories may be about failure, the event is really about courage, determination, and the strength to get back up.

Failure:Laboratory helps organizations and individuals remove roadblocks to innovation, collaboration, and creative thinking. This curriculum is designed to change the conversation about failure. Teams apply comprehensive, insightful course modules to everyday work situations through the use of social science, brain science, and storytelling. The Laboratory experience helps organizations replace fear and resistance with excitement and learning. You can visit the Failure:Laboratory section of our website here: http://failure-lab.com/failure-labora...

Bring Failure:Lab to your city, university or workplace today!

Visit http://failure-lab.com/ for more information.

Failure:Lab is a raw and intimate event showcasing personal stories of failure. With a refreshing environment of openness, it helps pave the way for change by crushing the isolation and stigma around failure. Failure then takes its rightful place as the crucial first step to the next big thing. Embrace it, learn from it, build on it.

Failure:Lab is filled with storytellers and entertainers recounting their most memorable brush with failure. It’s an intimate story of what went wrong–no lessons learned or talk of who’s to blame. The audience is encouraged to share their thoughts on Twitter using the hashtag #failurelab during the moment of reflection between stories. A musical performance follows each story to clear the air and allow the audience to recharge.

Don't let the name fool you - while the stories may be about failure, the event is really about courage, determination, and the strength to get back up.

Failure:Laboratory helps organizations and individuals remove roadblocks to innovation, collaboration, and creative thinking. This curriculum is designed to change the conversation about failure. Teams apply comprehensive, insightful course modules to everyday work situations through the use of social science, brain science, and storytelling. The Laboratory experience helps organizations replace fear and resistance with excitement and learning. You can visit the Failure:Laboratory section of our website here: http://failure-lab.com/failure-labora...

Sam Tzou speaks at Failure:Lab Hope College.

Bring Failure:Lab to your city today: http://failure-lab.com/host-your-own-...

Failure:Lab is an international movement that features personal stories of failure. By sharing powerful narrative from successful people we're eliminating the fear of failure and encouraging intelligent risk taking.

Failure:Lab | Event Series

Our special ingredient that makes us the most unique format in the world, is that we don't allow our speakers to share lessons, they confess a failure and walk off stage. We then invite each audience member into the story by crowdsourcing their lessons and publishing them online: failure-lab.com/lessons-learned/. In this way we're helping people to learn and grow from the untold mistakes of others, while removing mental roadblocks to innovation, communication, and community.

We’ve had a string of sold out events throughout the country and recently launched a digital platform with resources to empower organizers within communities to host their own. Our first independent event was held this past November in Chandigarh, India - at Chandigarh University with a sold out crowd of over 500 people. The idea of Failure:Lab has created a cultural shift in thinking globally, we now have 15 events scheduled for 2015-2016 and the number is growing daily: http://failure-lab.com/events/

Thus far we've featured 65 storytellers from around the world. We've given the stage to NBA & NHL players, Grammy winners, CEO's, rappers, principals, philanthropists, actors, entrepreneurs, mothers, and every day people. All of which live online and free here: http://failure-lab.com/videos/.

Failure:Laboratory ( http://failure-lab.com/failure-labora...)

Failure:Laboratory helps organizations and individuals remove roadblocks to innovation, collaboration, and creative thinking. This curriculum is designed to change the conversation about failure. Teams apply comprehensive, insightful course modules to everyday work situations through the use of social science, brain science, and storytelling. The Laboratory experience helps organizations replace fear and resistance with excitement and learning. You can view a summary of the modules here: http://failure-lab.com/failure-labora... and I’ve also provide a more detailed attachment.

Lots of people are talking about us along with our stories being aired on NPR. The power of Failure:Lab received coverage in the national press from Fortune Magazine, The Huffington Post, The Washington Times, Crain’s Detroit Business, USA Today, and even Playboy to name a few.

As we move forward and organize events and workshops around the world we're looking for strong partners who believe in our mission and want to help share the story.

A bit more about us if you're so inclined:

+ USA Today: http://usat.ly/1uZfSkL

+ Fortune Magazine: http://for.tn/1ysIzeW

+ Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbbbH...

+ Web: http://failure-lab.com/

+ The press: http://failure-lab.com/press/

Bring Failure:Lab to your city, university or workplace today!

Visit http://failure-lab.com/ for more information.

Failure:Lab is a raw and intimate event showcasing personal stories of failure. With a refreshing environment of openness, it helps pave the way for change by crushing the isolation and stigma around failure. Failure then takes its rightful place as the crucial first step to the next big thing. Embrace it, learn from it, build on it.

Failure:Lab is filled with storytellers and entertainers recounting their most memorable brush with failure. It’s an intimate story of what went wrong–no lessons learned or talk of who’s to blame. The audience is encouraged to share their thoughts on Twitter using the hashtag #failurelab during the moment of reflection between stories. A musical performance follows each story to clear the air and allow the audience to recharge.

Don't let the name fool you - while the stories may be about failure, the event is really about courage, determination, and the strength to get back up.

Bring Failure:Lab to your city, university or workplace today!

Visit http://failure-lab.com/ for more information.

Failure:Lab is a raw and intimate event showcasing personal stories of failure. With a refreshing environment of openness, it helps pave the way for change by crushing the isolation and stigma around failure. Failure then takes its rightful place as the crucial first step to the next big thing. Embrace it, learn from it, build on it.

Failure:Lab is filled with storytellers and entertainers recounting their most memorable brush with failure. It’s an intimate story of what went wrong–no lessons learned or talk of who’s to blame. The audience is encouraged to share their thoughts on Twitter using the hashtag #failurelab during the moment of reflection between stories. A musical performance follows each story to clear the air and allow the audience to recharge.

Don't let the name fool you - while the stories may be about failure, the event is really about courage, determination, and the strength to get back up.

Failure Lab is a raw and intimate evening showcasing personal stories of failure.

With a refreshing environment of openness, it helps pave the way for change by crushing the isolation and stigma around failure.

Failure then takes its rightful place as the crucial first step to the next big thing.

Embrace it, learn from it, build on it.

Learn how you can bring Failure Lab to your city: http://failure-lab.com/host-your-own-...

Dr. Nkechy Ekere Ezeh - Founder & CEO of Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative (ELNC). An international scholar, Dr. Ekere Ezeh is also a tenured Associate Professor of Education and Director of Early Childhood Education Program at Aquinas College. In addition, for the past 20 years, she conducted Professional Development and Parent Education workshops throughout the United States of America, Australia, China, Dubai, India, Japan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Qatar, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, and Zambia.

Tickets are now on sale for the 5th annual Failure Lab Grand Rapids. This year's event will take place in the historic Fountain Street Church.

Join us for what will be the biggest and spiciest Failure Lab yet. We've got more stories, entertainers, and drinks for you. Keep an eye out for lineup announcements soon. 

Buy tickets here: http://bit.ly/2n795eu
More info here: http://failure-lab.com/

Bring Failure:Lab to your city, university or workplace today!

Visit http://failure-lab.com/ for more information.

Failure:Lab is a raw and intimate event showcasing personal stories of failure. With a refreshing environment of openness, it helps pave the way for change by crushing the isolation and stigma around failure. Failure then takes its rightful place as the crucial first step to the next big thing. Embrace it, learn from it, build on it.

Failure:Lab is filled with storytellers and entertainers recounting their most memorable brush with failure. It’s an intimate story of what went wrong–no lessons learned or talk of who’s to blame. The audience is encouraged to share their thoughts on Twitter using the hashtag #failurelab during the moment of reflection between stories. A musical performance follows each story to clear the air and allow the audience to recharge.

Don't let the name fool you - while the stories may be about failure, the event is really about courage, determination, and the strength to get back up.

Failure:Laboratory helps organizations and individuals remove roadblocks to innovation, collaboration, and creative thinking. This curriculum is designed to change the conversation about failure. Teams apply comprehensive, insightful course modules to everyday work situations through the use of social science, brain science, and storytelling. The Laboratory experience helps organizations replace fear and resistance with excitement and learning. You can visit the Failure:Laboratory section of our website here: http://failure-lab.com/failure-labora...

Bring Failure:Lab to your city today: http://failure-lab.com/host-your-own-...

Failure:Lab is an international movement that features personal stories of failure. By sharing powerful narrative from successful people we're eliminating the fear of failure and encouraging intelligent risk taking.

Failure:Lab | Event Series

Our special ingredient that makes us the most unique format in the world, is that we don't allow our speakers to share lessons, they confess a failure and walk off stage. We then invite each audience member into the story by crowdsourcing their lessons and publishing them online: failure-lab.com/lessons-learned/. In this way we're helping people to learn and grow from the untold mistakes of others, while removing mental roadblocks to innovation, communication, and community.

We’ve had a string of sold out events throughout the country and recently launched a digital platform with resources to empower organizers within communities to host their own. Our first independent event was held this past November in Chandigarh, India - at Chandigarh University with a sold out crowd of over 500 people. The idea of Failure:Lab has created a cultural shift in thinking globally, we now have 15 events scheduled for 2015-2016 and the number is growing daily: http://failure-lab.com/events/

Thus far we've featured 65 storytellers from around the world. We've given the stage to NBA & NHL players, Grammy winners, CEO's, rappers, principals, philanthropists, actors, entrepreneurs, mothers, and every day people. All of which live online and free here: http://failure-lab.com/videos/.

Failure:Laboratory ( http://failure-lab.com/failure-labora...)

Failure:Laboratory helps organizations and individuals remove roadblocks to innovation, collaboration, and creative thinking. This curriculum is designed to change the conversation about failure. Teams apply comprehensive, insightful course modules to everyday work situations through the use of social science, brain science, and storytelling. The Laboratory experience helps organizations replace fear and resistance with excitement and learning. You can view a summary of the modules here: http://failure-lab.com/failure-labora... and I’ve also provide a more detailed attachment.

Lots of people are talking about us along with our stories being aired on NPR. The power of Failure:Lab received coverage in the national press from Fortune Magazine, The Huffington Post, The Washington Times, Crain’s Detroit Business, USA Today, and even Playboy to name a few.

As we move forward and organize events and workshops around the world we're looking for strong partners who believe in our mission and want to help share the story.

A bit more about us if you're so inclined:

+ USA Today: http://usat.ly/1uZfSkL

+ Fortune Magazine: http://for.tn/1ysIzeW

+ Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbbbH...

+ Web: http://failure-lab.com/

+ The press: http://failure-lab.com/press/

Tickets are now on sale for the 5th annual Failure Lab Grand Rapids. This year's event will take place in the historic Fountain Street Church.

Join us for what will be the biggest and spiciest Failure Lab yet. We've got more stories, entertainers, and drinks for you. Keep an eye out for lineup announcements soon. 

Buy tickets here: http://bit.ly/2n795eu
More info here: http://failure-lab.com/

Bring Failure:Lab to your city, university or workplace today!

Visit http://failure-lab.com/ for more information.

Failure:Lab is a raw and intimate event showcasing personal stories of failure. With a refreshing environment of openness, it helps pave the way for change by crushing the isolation and stigma around failure. Failure then takes its rightful place as the crucial first step to the next big thing. Embrace it, learn from it, build on it.

Failure:Lab is filled with storytellers and entertainers recounting their most memorable brush with failure. It’s an intimate story of what went wrong–no lessons learned or talk of who’s to blame. The audience is encouraged to share their thoughts on Twitter using the hashtag #failurelab during the moment of reflection between stories. A musical performance follows each story to clear the air and allow the audience to recharge.

Don't let the name fool you - while the stories may be about failure, the event is really about courage, determination, and the strength to get back up.

Failure:Laboratory helps organizations and individuals remove roadblocks to innovation, collaboration, and creative thinking. This curriculum is designed to change the conversation about failure. Teams apply comprehensive, insightful course modules to everyday work situations through the use of social science, brain science, and storytelling. The Laboratory experience helps organizations replace fear and resistance with excitement and learning. You can visit the Failure:Laboratory section of our website here: http://failure-lab.com/failure-labora...

Bring Failure:Lab to your city today: http://failure-lab.com/host-your-own-...

Failure:Lab is an international movement that features personal stories of failure. By sharing powerful narrative from successful people we're eliminating the fear of failure and encouraging intelligent risk taking.

Failure:Lab | Event Series

Our special ingredient that makes us the most unique format in the world, is that we don't allow our speakers to share lessons, they confess a failure and walk off stage. We then invite each audience member into the story by crowdsourcing their lessons and publishing them online: failure-lab.com/lessons-learned/. In this way we're helping people to learn and grow from the untold mistakes of others, while removing mental roadblocks to innovation, communication, and community.

We’ve had a string of sold out events throughout the country and recently launched a digital platform with resources to empower organizers within communities to host their own. Our first independent event was held this past November in Chandigarh, India - at Chandigarh University with a sold out crowd of over 500 people. The idea of Failure:Lab has created a cultural shift in thinking globally, we now have 15 events scheduled for 2015-2016 and the number is growing daily: http://failure-lab.com/events/

Thus far we've featured 65 storytellers from around the world. We've given the stage to NBA & NHL players, Grammy winners, CEO's, rappers, principals, philanthropists, actors, entrepreneurs, mothers, and every day people. All of which live online and free here: http://failure-lab.com/videos/.

Failure:Laboratory ( http://failure-lab.com/failure-labora...)

Failure:Laboratory helps organizations and individuals remove roadblocks to innovation, collaboration, and creative thinking. This curriculum is designed to change the conversation about failure. Teams apply comprehensive, insightful course modules to everyday work situations through the use of social science, brain science, and storytelling. The Laboratory experience helps organizations replace fear and resistance with excitement and learning. You can view a summary of the modules here: http://failure-lab.com/failure-labora... and I’ve also provide a more detailed attachment.

Lots of people are talking about us along with our stories being aired on NPR. The power of Failure:Lab received coverage in the national press from Fortune Magazine, The Huffington Post, The Washington Times, Crain’s Detroit Business, USA Today, and even Playboy to name a few.

As we move forward and organize events and workshops around the world we're looking for strong partners who believe in our mission and want to help share the story.

A bit more about us if you're so inclined:

+ USA Today: http://usat.ly/1uZfSkL

+ Fortune Magazine: http://for.tn/1ysIzeW

+ Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbbbH...

+ Web: http://failure-lab.com/

+ The press: http://failure-lab.com/press/

Failure Lab is a raw and intimate event showcasing personal stories of failure.

With a refreshing environment of openness, it helps pave the way for change by crushing the isolation and stigma around failure.

Failure then takes its rightful place as the crucial first step to the next big thing.

Embrace it, learn from it, build on it.

Learn how you can bring Failure Lab to your city: http://failure-lab.com/host-your-own-...

Laketa Alexander is the Founder of AlexChantal, a web platform dedicated to sharing her life experiences with other millennial women to create community as they walk together in the journey of discovering identity and purpose.

This is definitely not another advice blog. Think of AlexChantal as our public diary and community; we are all learning, experiencing, and growing together.

Learn more: www.alexchantal.com
Instagram: @alexchantal
Twitter: @alexchantalblog

Thank you Laketa for agreeing to share your struggles to inspire and better the lives of others.

This independent edition of Failure Lab was presented by WCR West Michigan.