Beverly Kopf: Trust Your Instincts & The Creative Process

<p>Beverly joins us to outline her success and challenges as a writer and producer. She managed to overcome heavy obstacles and face her fears to claim awards and recognition, and even snagged an Emmy Award. Family death, rediscovering  God, and coming out of the closet personally, and professionally. Mind you, this was about a millennia before LGBTQ movements began to shake foundations. Please join us and Beverly Kopf for some good ol' fashioned wisdom on this episode of What's Your Why! </p> <p><span style="font-family: 'ArialMT',serif;">Beverly Kopf has a unique background of collaborating with A-list celebrities, developing hit shows, and working successfully within a wide range of formats – everything from reality to magazine to talk to long-form documentary.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'ArialMT',serif;">Kopf received an EMMY Award and a GLAAD Media Award for writing the hit ABC talk show</span> <strong><em><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">The View.</span></em></strong> <span style="font-family: 'ArialMT',serif;">As creator of ‘Hot Topics,’ she helped develop the smart, off-the-cuff conversation that has made the show so successful.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'ArialMT',serif;">Prior to The View, Kopf enjoyed a successful career in Hollywood as a Segment Producer and Talent Executive where she conceived, booked, wrote, and produced hundreds of celebrity and issue-oriented segments for</span> <strong><em><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Good Morning America</span></em></strong><span style= "font-family: 'ArialMT',serif;">,</span> <strong><em><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">CBS Morning News</span></em></strong> <span style= "font-family: 'ArialMT',serif;">and</span> <strong><em><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Entertainment Tonight</span></em></strong><span style= "font-family: 'ArialMT',serif;">. She was one of a small team that created the award-winning series</span> <strong><em><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;