Creator, Gracenotes
Gracenotes, messages of mattering
Andrea Driessen speaks globally on Gracenotes®, messages of mattering. She’s a TED speaker whose talk has nearly 2 million views; an award-winning entrepreneur, and a three-time award-winning author of The Non-Obvious Guide to Event Planning.
Andrea’s Gracenotes idea grew from a living tribute shared with her father into a method, mindset and global movement. Her clients include Amazon, Seattle Convention Center, Boeing, Usona Institute, Blue Mountain Action Council and the National Hospice & Palliative Care Org.
A longtime hospice volunteer in Seattle, WA, Andrea was featured in a short film about Gracenotes.
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A Gracenote® is a Swiss Army knife for modern life that moves you from uncertain to purposeful, from invisible to invaluable, from a mean world to a more meaningful world. When there is record loneliness, anxiety and uncertainty, employees feeling invisible and burned out, waning trust and less human-to-human connection, knowing how you matter, you have more resilience, peace and purpose. More engaged, humane workplaces can be built and more of our talents can be harnessed.
Learning outcomes:
Explore how to write Gracenotes to make mattering visible and actionable
Discover how a simple note can reawaken your why, improve focus, boost belonging, and bring more meaning
Engage with fellow participants and immediately begin to apply new skills

Join for big talk over small talk. Discuss what matters most as we age. What does it feel like to be deeply seen? How can you quickly and easily show others how they matter? What possibilities are unleashed when you do? Walk away feeling more connected, more energized, more purposeful and more connected to your why.
Learning outcomes:
Explore how to make mattering visible and actionable
Discover easy ways to express mattering
Learn about the power of showing yourself how you matter

A Gracenote® is a Swiss Army knife for modern life that moves you from uncertain to purposeful, from invisible to invaluable, from a mean world to a more meaningful world. When there is record loneliness, anxiety and uncertainty, employees feeling invisible and burned out, waning trust and less human-to-human connection, knowing how you matter, you have more resilience, peace and purpose. More engaged, humane workplaces can be built and more of our talents can be harnessed.
Learning outcomes:
Explore how to write Gracenotes to make mattering visible and actionable
Discover how these simple, powerful notes boost belonging, bring more meaning and improve focus
Engage with fellow participants and immediately begin to apply new skills