"Flip Your Script" Book Launch
| Date |
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
6 - 8 p.m. |
| Location | Benson Great Hall - View maps and directions |
| Instructions for Guests | Please park in the West Lot and enter through the Community Life Center (CLC). |
| Cost | General Admission | $35 (book included-pick up at event); Bethel Students and Employees | $15 (book available for purchase at event) |
| Ticketing | Purchase tickets online at tickets.bethel.edu or call 651.638.6333 Buy Tickets |
Event Description
Join us for a special evening with Kristi Piehl, celebrating the launch of her new book, Flip Your Script: Own your story & unlock the positive power of social media.
Enjoy networking, hor d'oeuvres, a book signing and an in-depth conversation with Kristi hosted by Jo Saxton, author, speaker, and Executive Director of the Bethel University Leadership Institute. Jo and Kristi will explore Kristi's leadership journey, the heartbeat behind the book and the lessons she believes every leader needs to hear as they engage in the digital landscape in an increasingly complex world.
About Kristi’s book:
Taking excerpts from her grandma’s diaries, Kristi tells a compelling story of what it means to leave a legacy in the past, present, and future. Sharing real examples and a playbook with proven success, Piehl makes a case for flipping your script on social media: it’s up to each of us to use it for good.
This book weaves storytelling with practical guidance for modern leaders who have an opportunity to make a positive impact even in the midst of difficult circumstances. Through this lens, Piehl vulnerably shares her son’s cancer diagnosis and how storytelling brought light to a dark season.
You will feel inspired, motivated, and equipped to start owning your story and reaping the benefits of making positive connections that will build trust, grow your network, improve revenue, bring new opportunities, impact your family, and help others.
About Kristi Piehl:
Kristi is a Bethel University alum (class of ‘97), founding member of The 25, member of the Board of Trustees, Emmy-award winning journalist, and Founder and CEO of Media Minefield, a national award-winning public relations firm specializing in media relations, executive social media and thought leadership, and crisis communications.
Kristi won the 2024 PRNEWS Top Women Award, the 2023 and 2024 PRNEWS People of the Year Award, and has been named one of Minnesota’s 500 Most Powerful Business Leaders.
Kristi earned her Master of Science in Management and Leadership from Pepperdine University’s Graziadio Business School. She is an experienced speaker, founder of the Flip Your Script podcast, is frequently interviewed on various local and national news outlets, and is a contributing writer for Inc.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
6 p.m. | Doors open and networking begins
6:45 p.m. | Conversation with Jo and Kristi in Benson Great Hall
7:15 p.m. | Q&A with Kristi in Benson Great Hall
7:30 p.m. | Book signing
Questions?
For event questions, please contact Gabriela Ortega at g-ortega@bethel.edu
For ticketing questions, please contact the Bethel Ticket Office at 651.638.6333 or email ticket-office@bethel.edu