Black Creatives Know Black Culture is Pop Culture
By:Joel DanielsLook at Little Richard, at Jean Michael Basquiat. Look at Peaches Monroee, Rihanna, Big Freedia. Ask about Travis Scott, Beyoncé. Think of Michael Jordan, Allen Iverson, Muhammad Ali. From music to art, fashion and sports, Black culture has influenced how we speak, how we dress, how we act. But, chances…
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Taylor Scores Big at Super Bowl LIV
By:Celeste FieldsFor more than 25 years, Taylor has been activating at the Super Bowl on behalf of leading brands. Super Bowl LIV, however, may have been the busiest ever for Taylor as it supported multiple client partners including OLAY, Secret, P&G, DraftKings, Zenni Optical, and Panini. OLAY Lily Singh…
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From the Bronx to TED: How Storytelling Became My Home
By:Joel DanielsIt was a very cool autumn evening. My partner Bria and I had just left our birthing class, both of us hungry and tired and excited, her bump fully developing—our daughter, our first child, growing inside of her. It was while I crossed the street and refreshed my Twitter mentions…
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Joel at TEDWomen
By:Kait SheppardThe energy in the theater was palpable. Each talk inspirational. Even more, conversations amongst complete strangers empowered one another to think differently and act on that newfound knowledge. TEDWomen 2019: Bold + Brilliant convened earlier this month in Palm Springs, CA, with over 1,000 "dangerous women" and a…
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Leadership Lessons from the 2019 NYTimes Dealbook Conference
By:Melissa TaylorRecently, I was fortunate enough to attend the 2019 NYTimes’s Dealbook Conference with financial pundit and author Andrew Ross Sorkin. At the eighth annual “Playing for the Long Term” conference, Sorkin spent the day interviewing some preeminent voices in business, politics and media on the biggest issues facing the…
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