"Part of a pioneering movement."
TODAY SHOW

One of the Women Shaping the 21st Century
Newsweek Magazine
Included on NPR's list of
Best Commencement Speeches, Ever
"A modern polymath"
Fortune Magazine
Tiffany Shlain is a multidisciplinary artist, writer, filmmaker, and public speaker. Her work explores the relationship between humanity and technology, the future of work, digital wellbeing and happiness, gender and women's rights, to neuroscience and creativity. The Museum of Modern Art in New York premiered her one woman spoken cinema show Dear Human right before the pandemic.
Honored by Newsweek as one of the "Women Shaping the 21st Century, Tiffany an Emmy-nominated filmmaker, founder of the Webby Awards, and author of the national bestselling book 24/6: Giving up Screens One Day a Week to Get More Time, Creativity, and Connection, which won the Marshall McLuhan Outstanding Book Award. She has received over 80 awards and distinctions for her films and work, including selection by the Albert Einstein Foundation’s as one of the 100 visionaries who carry on his legacy, inclusion on NPR’s list of Best Commencement Speeches, film premieres at the Sundance Film Festival and the US State Department selected Tiffany and her films to represent America at embassies around the world.
Working across film, animation, video and performance, her new visual artwork recontextualizes images, sculpture, photography and collage to see new insights about perspective, scale, humans, nature and time. Tiffany is the Artist-in-Residence for 2022 at SHACK15 on the top of the San Francisco Ferry Building and will have a solo exhibition of the new artwork this fall. Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.


Speaking
Included on NPR's list of "Best Commencement Speeches, Ever," Tiffany speaks worldwide and is known for her lively, engaging, visual and interactive talk experiences.

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24/6 Book
“In this wise, wonderful work, filmmaker Shlain eloquently argues the merits of taking a break from technology, particularly smartphones, one day a week …Bolstered with fascinating and germane facts about neuroscience, philosophy, psychology, and the history of the concept of a day of rest, this excellent cross between instruction and memoir deserves a wide audience.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“I’m won over to a day with people, not screens….” “I tried Shlain’s idea and I highly recommend it.”—David Leonhardt, The New York Times

The Future of Work:
What is the New Work Life Balance?
New Interactive Talk Experience
In this new one-hour science-backed experience, Tiffany and her Let it Ripple Studio team will get you and your company team on a pathway forward to a work/life balance that works better for everyone. Companies will see better productivity, teamwork, perspective, and decision making; employees will feel more rested, happy, and inspired to show up. Both in person and remote. Learn more and bring it to your company/organization.






"I could not take my eyes off of it."
The New York Times
Films
Tiffany & her Let it Ripple Film Studio's films and original series explore a range of topics including the relationship between tech and humanity, creativity and neuroscience, digital wellbeing and happiness, gender and reproductive rights, the science of character and purpose, cultural identity and ritual, and what it means to be human in today's world.

Art
The Museum of Modern Art New York premiered Tiffany's one woman spoken cinema performance, Dear Human, in February 2020, weeks before the world shut down (photo above of sold out crowd). Check out more about Dear Human as well as other recent museum experiences and installations.

Experiences & Events
From Tiffany's days running The Webby Awards to Let it Ripple's global initiatives Character Day and 50/50 Day, which engaged millions around the globe, to her pandemic-inspired ZoomChallahBakes, Tiffany's events and experiences are inviting, inspiring, interactive, and one-of-a-kind. Join one or work with us to plan your own.

Press
Fresh off the heels of 24/6, Tiffany has recently appeared on NBC, ABC, MSNBC, CNN, and CNET, and her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, PEOPLE, and many more. She has also had recent Op-Eds in The Boston Globe and Psychology Today.
Tiffany's public media career began in her 20s, when she was the "Internet Expert" on Good Morning America with Diane Sawyer. She has since appeared in every major media outlet, as a filmmaker, an activist, a global initiative leader, and a passionate advocate for both using technology for good, and for knowing when to turn it off.

Newsletter
Tiffany has been sending an acclaimed newsletter for 25 years that includes big picture insights, updates on our films, series, and events, and a highly curated combination of things by others to entertain, educate, delight, and inspire.
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Mar 2022 We're Living in an Experiment
Feb 2022 Love & Lost Emails
Jan 2022 Covid Laughs at Our Plans + 1 Min Film Booster Film for 2022
Dec 2021 Love, Support & Hopeful Dr. Dispatch
Nov 2021 10 Silver Linings of the Pandemic
Oct 2021 Feeling Cautiously Optimistic
Sept 2021 A Year to Let the Land Rest
Sept 2021 How To Navigate a Future That's Unknown
Aug 2021 Important Delta Dispatch from My Brother Dr. Jordan Shlain
July 2021 New Film + The New Workplace -- Launching Program for Companies Today
June 2021 What the Graduates Say: Odessa's Speech about the Last Four Years
May 2021 Nourishing Things For Your Brain, Body & Soul
April 2021 Brother's Latest Dr Dispatch + Things to Make You Laugh and Ponder
March 2021 Love, Vaccines, and Spring
Feb 2021 One Year Later, Where Are We Now?