2023 has been an incredible year for me! I am so grateful for all of your support for my memoir, my podcast, events, writing and videos! Please find links below to highlights from my 2023 content:
New York City: A NYonAir doors off helicopter and CityClimb are amazing ways to get great views of the city! Speaking at the Travel Show, Signing books at AdWeek, Going to the Clinton Global Initiative Conference and the UNGA, 10th Women’s Travel Fest and more TV!
UTAH: Skiing with my DAD, Carl and Fuzz Federsen, an Olympic champion as well as the grand opening of the new National Ability Center building.
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Grateful for Your Support in 2023
Lisa Ellen Niver
2023 has been an incredible year for me! I am so grateful for all of your support for my memoir, my podcast, events, writing and videos! Please find links below to highlights from my 2023 content:
MY MEMOIR: BRAVE-ish: One Breakup, Six Continents and Feeling Fearless After Fifty published on September 19, 2023 in print and e-book! Did you get your signed copy yet? Look for the audiobook in 2024!
SPEAKER and Events:
PRESS: interviews including Bloomberg, Forbes, Conde Nast Traveler, Business Insiders as well as on Television: Good Day LA, Good Day DC, The Jet Set TV, The Daily Blast, NBC 10 Philadelphia and more…..interviews and podcasts and reviews!!
My PODCAST:
MAKE YOUR OWN MAP won an AWARD and has been watched in 41 countries on 6 continents
My VIDEOS:
I now have over two million views on my YouTube channel
Find my recent articles PUBLISHED in:
Jewish Journal, MSN, Google News, Ms. Magazine, Travel and Leisure
TRIPS:
Chicago: Exploring in Winter and speaking at the Travel Show
New York City: A NYonAir doors off helicopter and CityClimb are amazing ways to get great views of the city! Speaking at the Travel Show, Signing books at AdWeek, Going to the Clinton Global Initiative Conference and the UNGA, 10th Women’s Travel Fest and more TV!
UTAH: Skiing with my DAD, Carl and Fuzz Federsen, an Olympic champion as well as the grand opening of the new National Ability Center building.
San Diego: Camp Travel Mom
Ireland: Travel Classics and Beyond!
Loreto, Mexico: A Magical Mexican Pueblo
Destin Fort-Walton, Florida: Judge for the Lionfish Derby
Washington DC: Filming for Good Day DC and The Jet Set TV
Puerto Rico: Luxury at Fairmont El San Juan and Dorado Beach, A Ritz-Carlton Reserve for World Environment Day
New Orleans: DEMA Dive Show!
and more– Philadelphia for LLBC Gala and my book talk, Dallas for the travel show, Ann Arbor, Michigan and Fort Wayne, Indiana for baseball AND
Miami: Judge for the Business Traveler Awards and interviewed for WHERE NEXT on ReachTV!
AWARDS:
AND BEYOND….
2022: Creating Content in 2022
2021: Creating 2021 Content during COVID-19
2020: Creating 2020 Content during COVID-19
Please see “A Decade of Content from Lisa Niver: From 2020 to 2010,” for my articles, interviews and videos.
2019: Wonderful Wanderings
2018: Where were Lisa’s Wonderful Wanderings?
2017: We Said Go Travel is GLOBAL!
2016: What did Lisa LOVE the most?
2015: Highlights from Lisa’s videos and adventures
2014: A real rollercoaster!
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