Sarah Nichols | Q&A with an Employment Lawyer About Workplace Rights During COVID-19
Sarah Nichols is an attorney with more than 20 years of experience in HR and employment law, and she is the Founder of Nichols Law PC. She has spent years representing Fortune 100 companies but she has since pivoted and now represents employees who have experienced discrimination, harassment, or retaliation by their employers. Sarah is also […]
Dr. Tracy Brower | How We Can Get Back to Work and Bring Life to Work
Dr. Tracy Brower is a work environment sociologist and a Principal with the Applied Research + Consulting Group at Steelcase. She is the author of Bring Work to Life by Bringing Life to Work: A Guide for Leaders and Organizations, which focuses on work-life fulfillment. Dr. Brower is a contributor for Forbes and Fast Company, as well as […]
G. Steve Cleere|Food Startup Innovation and Food Supply Chain Disruptions in the Age of COVID-19
Steven Cleere is the Founder and Chief Brand Developer of Nexxt Level Brands. For over 30 years, he’s been actively involved in marketing, advertising, and promotion disciplines, and in 2014, he founded NexxtLevel Brands, a consulting group aimed at helping small and medium-sized businesses to scale and to grow especially those in the food and CPG areas. He has helped by introducing new systems such as Revel Systems to these entrepreneurs.
Derek Sivers | Breaking out of Berklee, Making it Big in Music, and Building Key Relationships
Derek Sivers has been a musician, producer, circus performer, entrepreneur, TED speaker, and book publisher. He started two companies called CDBaby and HostBaby a number of years ago which were quite successful and later exited them.
Brendan Dell | Is Your Positioning Appropriate for Today’s World?
Brendan Dell is the Founder of Spark, a messaging consultancy agency which works with some of the world’s most amazing companies like Expedia and Cvent and helps them with positioning, messaging, and articulating their story. He is also the author of The 12 Immutable Laws of High-Impact Messaging and host of The Hook Podcast.
Stephanie Sims | Knowing your Worth and Moving Forward in an Uncertain Economy
Stephanie Sims is the Founder of Finance-Ability, a business that helps fellow entrepreneurs navigate their steps from startup to continued success through education and confidence building. She is an entrepreneur, author, speaker, and podcaster, and she carries more than two decades worth of experience in finance quality, IT management, in the valuation of public and private entities. Her career started in real estate investment banking working with Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers, just to name a few. She also went international, assisting Swiss startup MicroChemical Systems in business development capital, financial projections, and keeping venture capital investors happy.
Mark Bayer | How to Communicate Complexity
Mark Bayer is the President of Bayer Strategic Consulting, a specialized training and advocacy firm in the Washington DC area. He’s a former US Senate Chief of Staff and self-professed persuasion nerd teaching scientists and engineers to effectively communicate the real world value of their work to their most important stakeholders in jargon-free and engaging terms that get results.
Gina Furia Rubel | Live Episode: How to Communicate in a Crisis – Lessons for Covid-19
Adrienne Richardson is a paid traffic specialist and a business growth strategist. She is also the Founder of Powerplay Media, where she helps coaches, consultants, and other online service-based business owners get more leads and clients through high-converting Facebook ads.
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