EIC 043: Hosting a Virtual Summit 2 Years in a Row - What Worked and What Didn't
The Empowered in Color Podcast: Helping People of Color Thrive in Business and in Life
Release Date: 02/11/2021
The Empowered in Color Podcast: Helping People of Color Thrive in Business and in Life
Today's episode is short, but we're expanding! While this episode is basically an update episode, I've learned so many things about myself and changed as both a person and entrepreneur that I hope you can learn and take note from in your own business or your own team!
info_outline EIC 053: A Radically Honest Conversation About Spirituality in The Diaspora with The Bratty Brujita, Yvette MontoyaThe Empowered in Color Podcast: Helping People of Color Thrive in Business and in Life
Happy Latinx Heritage Month! Today we're covering an extremely personal topic on the podcast: spirituality.
info_outline EIC 052: Women of Color in Venture Capital and the Immigrant Experience with Surbhi Rathore of Symbl AIThe Empowered in Color Podcast: Helping People of Color Thrive in Business and in Life
We are BACK and coming back strong! Today we have our first-ever venture capital-funded entrepreneur! Surbhi is a co-founder of Symbl AI and is an immigrant. Today she shares her story getting into tech, becoming a startup founder, and even a little bit about being an entrepreneur on a visa and what that process is like.
info_outline EIC 051: Dealing With A Career Crossroads & What To DoThe Empowered in Color Podcast: Helping People of Color Thrive in Business and in Life
I've spent the last few months at a career crossroads, torn between what my head says to logically do and what my heart wants me to do to be fulfilled.
info_outline EIC 050: Intersectionality and PrideThe Empowered in Color Podcast: Helping People of Color Thrive in Business and in Life
We want to close out Pride Month talking about something that impacts how we approach everything we do at Empowered in Color: Intersectionality.
info_outline EIC 049: Ask HR about Diversity, Equity, Inclusion with Patricia Figueroa of Your Human ResourceThe Empowered in Color Podcast: Helping People of Color Thrive in Business and in Life
Today's episode was taken from our first-ever workshop/webinar back in April where we had HR professional Patricia Figueroa talk about how people can navigate discussions and concerns over DEI in the workplace, as well as offer some insight from a human resources perspective.
info_outline EIC 048: The "PI" in AAPI with Lilian DirrebesThe Empowered in Color Podcast: Helping People of Color Thrive in Business and in Life
While the month of May is meant to celebrate both the Asian American & Pacific Islander (PI) communities, PI (aka Pasifika) folks are often tokenized or completely left out of the celebration.
info_outline EIC 047: Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month and Mental Health Awareness MonthThe Empowered in Color Podcast: Helping People of Color Thrive in Business and in Life
After a monthlong break, we are back to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (AAPIHM) as well as Mental Health Awareness Month!
info_outline EIC 046: Anti-Asian Violence and How Podcasting Has Shaped My VoiceThe Empowered in Color Podcast: Helping People of Color Thrive in Business and in Life
This episode was originally going to be a reflection of the last 3 years of Empowered in Color, but with the recent Anti-Asian events, I decided to focus on that with a little bit of reflection on how podcasting with EIC has helped me be able to speak the way I am speaking about these events today.
info_outline EIC 045: How to Become an Unapologetic Woman and/or Support Them in Your LifeThe Empowered in Color Podcast: Helping People of Color Thrive in Business and in Life
March is Women's History Month, and earlier this week we celebrated International Women's Day! In honor of that, I'm sharing with you my story on how I have become more confident in myself and who I am as a woman and woman of color. I'll even share some practical, actionable tips for you whether you are a woman working on yourself or a man listening but want to support the women in your life.
info_outlineLast month, we hosted our 2nd Annual Empowered Summit! It was a success, though not in the ways that I expected, and this week I'm sharing lessons learned as a result. Whether you are interested in hosting virtual events or just like attending them, you are bound to learn something new in today's episode!
You'll learn about:
- What it takes to host a virtual event
- Tools to use for virtual events
- What worked for this year's event
- What didn't work for the event
- My honest failures and struggles in the process
- What to expect for next year's summit and future virtual events we host
- How you can catch this year's summit even if you missed it
Mentioned on this week's episode:
- EIC 025: IRL & Online Event Debrief - Lessons Learned
- 2021 Empowered Summit Replays
- Crowdcast (affiliate link, this doesn't affect you but subscribing through this link will support me :))
- Crowdcast Equality Program for community organizers
- EIC 035: Building Empires with Joy Valerie Carrera
- Steady Studio in Santa Ana, CA
- Candy's Kloset
- Network and Get Work, our newest online course!
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