Talking Taiwan15 Kesä 2020

Ep 80 | JD Chang: Founder of Crushing the Myth

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin:

Crushing The Myth (CTM) is an Asian American speaker series that shares Asian American stories and perspectives with a global audience. Established in January of 2019, CTM aims to connect Asian Americans and allies to each other.

I spoke with the Founder of Crushing The Myth, JD Chang about why he created CTM, and its mission.

Crushing The Myth is about showing that Asian America today is more than just the "Model Minority" label and telling Asian American stories that make people LISTEN, LEARN, and INSPIRED.

Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:

JD's experience of the model minority myth
What Crushing The Myth is about and what it represents
What is the mission of Crushing The Myth (CTM)
How JD started his career as a film line producer
What JD thinks about TED Talks
South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference
What Crushing the Myth offers to its participants (prospective speakers)
What's the biggest challenge JD has experienced with Crushing The Myth
The highlights of working on Crushing The Myth
How people can sign up to do a Crushing The Myth talk
The training that Crushing The Myth provides to its speakers
JD's tips for public speaking
JD's tips for looking good on video
Where you can watch the CTM talks

Related Links:

Crushing The Myth's website: https://www.crushingthemyth.com/

Crushing The Myth on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crushingthemyth/

Crushing The Myth YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKLyCJ6sOp72YB2iXJhd9DA

JD Chang on social media:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jdchang360/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/jdchang360

APEX for Youth: https://www.apexforyouth.org/

Asia Society: https://asiasociety.org/new-york

South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference: https://www.sxsw.com/

TED Talks: https://www.ted.com/talks

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