Emily Chang - Present | The Spare Room

The Present

I launched this site in the midst of my “professional halftime,” in Fall 2019. After 20+ years in the corporate world, I took the summer off to invest in my family (last year, we moved back to the States after eight years in China) and to write a book.

As I move out of my professional halftime, I’m excited to embark on my next journey. As of 9/9/2020, the book is available for pre-order and my new job starts at McCann China.

Click below to join my on my journey or for more information on the book or what I will be doing at McCann.

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Meet Wayne, our new Spare Room kid!

Last week, we got a call... a four-year old boy needs a place to stay. He's got hydrocephalus, just like Teo. But he seems to have been rescued far later than Teo was (for photos of Teo, check out our photo album). Within two days of the call, Minki was on his way to...

Be more engaging; eliminate this two-letter word.

We’ve all participated in more than our fair share of video conferences lately. And, during all those calls, have you noticed that "ummmm" sounds more like "UMMMM" online? This two-letter word can hold you back from landing a point, particularly in virtual forums....

Holmes & Marchant Workshop

Holmes & Marchant workshop + book signing for 60 people!

Let people do silly things.

I recently did a podcast with the P&G Alumni Podcast, when we talked about early defining moments. I had the incredible luck and privilege of working for Brian McNamara when I first joined P&G full-time. Twenty-two years later, I can still say that Brian was...

For Taxi Chat #13, I asked Laini…

Where do you think our next kid will come from? Since each person who's stayed in our Spare Room has come to us through a completely different experience, I was curious what she might say. From Lia who was huddled, injured, on the side of the street... to Jaesin...