Jan 28, 2021
There is a currency even more valuable than the money that holds our industry together, that not many people truly understand.
It’s what makes the most noteworthy events, it’s what makes attendees say “Wow! That was the best speaker I have ever heard.” It’s what keeps your ads working and virtual events engaging.
What is that currency? It’s creativity.
Creativity is the most essential skill to hone, own and implement in your business. When reading that sentence you may have the knee-jerk reaction to say “But I am not creative?” Let us assure you that if you are an entrepreneur, speaker, business owner, or meeting planner, you are the most creative of us all.
Creativity goes so much further than how well you can paint, draw, sculpt or take a picture. Creativity is more than just the arts. Creativity goes to the core of who you are.
Today we welcome speaker, computer scientist, entrepreneur, and influencer Shelly Bell Inside The Greenroom!
Shelly is a master of weaving creativity with professionalism. She has gone from poet, computer scientist and entrepreneur. If there is anyone that could teach us how to toe this line; it’s her.
Named as one of Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top 100 Powerful Women in Business, Shelly Bell is a computer scientist, system disruptor, and business strategist, who moves ideas to profit, while empowering people to live, build, and foster better relationships.
Listen in to the real and raw conversation with Shelly and Blair and learn how to start infusing creativity into every part of your life and business.
More of What We Cover:
- The #1 reason you should hire someone
- Why every entrepreneur should be delusional
- Shelly’s impressive start-up story
- How to give yourself permission to create
- Shelly’s partnership with Nike™
- How every entrepreneur is an artist
- The toughest crowd to speak too
- How Shelly blends computer science and art
- Where creativity and money-making meet
- Sticking to the core of who you are
- Finding common ground with everyone
LINKS:
Connect with Shelly:
- Website: www.iamshellybell.com
- SM Links: @IAmShellyBell
- Facebook: @IAmShellyBell
- Twitter: @IAmShellyBell
- Insta: @IAmShellyBell
Connect with Blair:
- blair@advanceyourreach.com
Connect with us:
- Facebook: www.facebook.com/advanceyourreach
- Website: advanceyourreach.com
- Email: info@insidethegreenroompodcast.com
Learn More About our Stage Agency:
- https://elitespeakersagency.com/
- stageagency@advancyourreach.com
Episode Minute By Minute:
- 0:23 Welcome Inside The Greenroom!
- 0:34 Meet Shelly
- 1:36 How Shelly started her business
- 10:06 Create your own playbook
- 15:49 The secret sauces to growing your business
- 17:55 The power of mirroring
- 20:36 How Shelly creates opportunities for underrepresented voices
- 23:13 Who are you to your company?
- 25:08 How Shelly has leveraged stages to build her business
- 31:22 Shelly’s favorite success stories
- 35:08 How the murder of George Floyd affected Shelly’s founders
- 37:55 Winning tips to keeping a virtual audience engaged
- 42:35 The speakers who have impacted Shelly the most
- 45:02 You can make people uncomfortable and not hurting their feelings.
More About Shelly:
Named as one of Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top 100 Powerful Women in Business, Shelly Bell is a computer scientist, system disruptor, and business strategist who moves ideas to profit while empowering people to live, build, and foster better relationships. She connects entrepreneurs, investors, and corporations in order to diversify their talent pipeline, increase equity, and grow their brands.
About Black Girl Ventures: Black Girl Ventures, founded in 2016 as a solution to wealth disparity and lack of access to capital. We began with our signature event, the BGV Pitch Competition. Since then we have traveled to 4 cities, raised over $30K, funded 10 founders, created a pipeline of over 300 black/ brown women founders, formed over 20 partnerships, and engaged a following of over 20K people with diverse backgrounds. BGV believes that the best way to engage Black/Brown founders is by using intense short-term learning experiences followed by an online peer to peer mentoring with experts available to guide and coach when necessary. Our approach is to create fee-based engagements in increments of two hours, half-day (4 hours) and (8 hours) full day with specific tangible outcomes to cater to the lifestyle of Black and Brown women founders. Black Girl Ventures has made a national footprint by creating uniquely engaging crowdfunded pitch competitions in Washington, DC, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Chicago, Austin, and NYC.
About Black Girl Ventures: Black Girl Ventures,
founded in 2016 as a solution to wealth disparity and lack of
access to capital. We began with our signature event, the BGV Pitch
Competition. Since then we have launched chapters in 5 cities,
raised over $1M, funded over 130 founders, created a pipeline of
over 300 black/ brown women founders, formed over 20 partnerships,
and engaged a following of over 30K people with diverse
backgrounds. BGV believes that the best way to engage Black/Brown
founders is by using intense short-term learning experiences
followed by online peer to peer mentoring with experts available to
guide and coach when necessary. Black Girl Ventures has made a
national footprint by creating uniquely-engaging, crowdfunded pitch
competitions in Washington, DC, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Atlanta,
Chicago, Austin, NYC, Miami, Houston, and Detroit.