“WORD SCULPTOR” with the RIGHT TALK
Iris Formey Dawson distinctively entertains, inspires, and educates audiences from the classroom to the boardroom and beyond. A quick wit and an amazing command of the power of language are the tools she uses to craft compelling images as she communicates a variety of transformational messages.
A Princeton-educated author, poet, playwright, freelance writer and corporate trainer, she pours her energy and innovation into every engagement. From riveting original “intro-dramas” to spectacular spoken word clinchers, Iris consistently connects with entire audiences from the beginning of a presentation to the end.
As a principal of Artison Associates, a Savannah, Georgia-based performance improvement consultancy, Iris specializes in seminars, workshops, and inspirational sessions. Incorporating a unique blend of research, development, and creativity, she derives her captivating style from two interestingly complementary sources–a 16-year academic career and over 20 years of performance artistry. With pieces such as her signature dramatic monologue, JUST TIRED, her crowd-pleasing poem, “The Concerto of My Life: in B Sharp” (featured in ESSENCE magazine), and her corporate training winner, WHAT TIME DO YOU HAVE? (presented for the #1 Fortune 500 company), she appeals to diverse audiences–from youth to the general public to professional specialty teams.
In an extraordinary show of bipartisanship, as an expression of southeast Georgia’s goodwill, U.S. congressmen Jack Kingston and John Barrow jointly delivered Iris’s acrostic, “Astride the Promise of Change: An Inaugural Poem,” to then President-elect Barack Obama’s White House office.
Iris’s allure stems from an outside-the-box approach that has the capacity to “make something old...new again.” Whether it’s a keynote address for thousands or a customized training for the smallest of teams, she refreshingly explores timely topics and issues. Whether reciting a poignant piece from her poetry collection or sharing a spellbinding scene from one of her plays, she paints images that invariably leave her audiences asking for more.
As she leads individuals and teams to an increased awareness of heightened potential, Iris sculpts just the “right talk.”
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