Christina Wallace: How to stop swiping and find your person on dating apps
クリスティーナ・ウォレス: 出会い系アプリでスワイプするのをやめて恋人を見つける方法
A self-described "human Venn diagram," Christina Wallace has crafted a career at the intersection of business, the arts and technology. Full bio
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my freshman year of college,
大学1年の時でした
in case you can't see my wrinkle.
2001年のことです
I'm six-feet tall,
身長180cm超えで
basketball team averaged five-foot-eight,
ディビジョン3では約173cmだと知って
scene and went online.
インターネットに懸けました
was pretty close to the plot
『ユー・ガット・メール』の筋書きと
back and forth for weeks,
you'd realize you have no chemistry
相性が合わないと気づき
has changed a lot in the last 17 years,
大きく変わりましたが
and professional circles.
math and theater nerd,
数学・演劇オタクで
I tend to take a step back,
一歩離れて
to figure out why, and to fix it.
問題点を見つけ 解決します
I took myself on a relationship off-site.
彼氏探しを一時休止して
in Maine for a week,
一人でキャンプに出かけ
of mediocre relationships.
振り返りました
I knew what I wanted in a partner.
本当は自分で分かってたんです
a sense of purpose.
自分より高身長
prioritized those things,
優先してたわけではありません
項目だっただけです
looked great on paper
in the spring of 2016,
私はネットに戻り
through some classic business tools.
このプロセスを再構築することにしました
the gamification of swipe-based apps.
ゲーム感覚は避けたかったのと
a writing sample.
品定めするためです
that would qualify a lead.
定義したのです
合格としました
and with good grammar;
完全文で構成されていること
something in my profile,
a copy-and-paste situation;
of my 210 inbound messages,
なんと たったの14%でした
as quickly as possible,
なるべく早く実際に会うこと
I couldn't see online.
ネットでは分からないからです
with someone to tell if you click.
うまが合うかどうか分かります
「ゼロデート」です
dinner with this person?
three hours across the table
この人と過ごしたいか?」です
a conference call with China --
中国との電話会議とか
you schedule a first date.
最初のデート日を決めましょう
you downshift into entertainer mode
接待モードでやり過ごして
for your next networking event.
you can squeeze up to three in one evening
一晩に3人と会うこともできます
and pick out one great outfit a week.
週に1回で済みますよね
to see how they responded
誘った時の相手の反応も
would dig my moxie, and I was right.
予想したところ 当たってました
only 15 replied to my message,
私に返信したのは15人だけで
そのうち6人でした
舞台セットデザイナーでした
was with a set designer.
with peanut butter,
好きだったので
it wasn't going to be a thing
合わなそうだと分かり
spending dinner with him.
ホッとしました
about going to my next zero date.
少し臆病になりましたが
on the Brooklyn Heights Promenade
既に決まってました
夕日を眺めるというもので
to watch the sunset,
2ブロックの距離だったし
from my apartment.
I have a podcast,
ポッドキャストを配信してたので
we can talk about our podcasts.
話せばいいと思いました
and asked even better questions.
質問はもっと上手でした
and his eyes twinkled when he laughed
笑うと目がキラキラして
目をギュッと閉じました
our zero date became a first date.
dryer and two house plants together.
2つの観葉植物を共有しています
you're going to end up with house plants.
お約束できませんが
doesn't have to suck.
ということです
and don't treat it like a resume review.
and qualify leads
絞るために使いましょう
as possible with the zero date.
ゼロデートに持ち込んでください
スワイプすることじゃなく
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Christina Wallace - Entrepreneur, podcaster, storytellerA self-described "human Venn diagram," Christina Wallace has crafted a career at the intersection of business, the arts and technology.
Why you should listen
Christina Wallace is currently the VP of Growth at Bionic, co-host of The Limit Does Not Exist podcast and co-author of upcoming business book New-to-Big, which will be published by Currency (Penguin Random House) in Spring 2019.
Wallace previously founded fashion company Quincy and ed-tech startup BridgeUp: STEM inside the American Museum of Natural History, and she opened the New York office for Startup Institute. Mashable named her one of "44 Female Founders to Know" and Refinery29 declared her one of the "Most Powerful Women in NYC Tech."
In her free time, Wallace sings in a community choir, climbs mountains, runs half (and some full) marathons and volunteers for progressive political causes. She lives with her fiancé and their two houseplants in Brooklyn, New York.
Watch Wallace's TEDxSanAntonio 2016 talk here.
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