Lauren Ready is a keynote speaker and the Principal Storyteller of Forever Ready Productions, a video production company with headquarters Memphis, Tennessee. A 6-time regional Emmy award winner, Lauren is passionate about asking questions that challenge us to go deeper and telling stories that inspire action.

Her production company creates impactful videos for nonprofits and businesses, enabling them to realize and harness their collective purpose. Her mission-driven videos have helped nonprofits raise over $17 million.

Lauren began her TV news career at 17 as a production assistant. She then spent ten years as a video journalist, covering local and national breaking news across Iowa, Nebraska, and Memphis.

In 2014, she founded Forever Ready Productions to make video storytelling accessible to nonprofits. Her company has been recognized with the Small Business of the Year Award from the Memphis Business Journal. Lauren has also been named both a Super Woman in Business and a Top 40 Under 40 by the Memphis Business Journal.

She is a 2024 Evident Change Just Society Awards Finalist for her short documentary film “What We Will Never Know,” which explores the story of a teen who falsely confessed to murder. The project helped change child interrogation laws in Tennessee and has received awards from the Lane Doc Film Festival and Indie Memphis Film Festival, making her one of the most decorated filmmakers in the festival’s 25-year history.

Today, Lauren lives in Memphis with her husband, Scott, and their son, Max. She’s a certified drone pilot—proudly among the less than 6% of U.S. certified drone pilots who are women—and is on a mission to visit all the National Parks with her son, with her camera always in hand.