WTB 13 - Black Media & The Good News with Tierra Smith + Crowdfunding!
07/01/23 • 66 min
Welcome to the Women of Color Talk Biz podcast. I’m your host, Monica Barriga-Weyers. This platform is for you if you want to hear about women of color sharing success strategies in the trenches from their early years to working their way up as managers and founders. We’re covering areas in tech, media, and the corporate floors of America. Getting access to how they do it is key to knowing how you can move smarter and faster by leveraging their diverse stories.
Our guest speaker is Tierra Smith, an award-winning journalist, editor, speaker, and world traveler. In this interview, she covers how she balances her career at KPRC Channel 2 in Houston, the NBC affiliate tv station, while also running her new media company. She’s also going to share with us how she successfully organized and ran a crowdfunding campaign during the pandemic!
Her passion is in storytelling to uplift the voices of women and marginalized communities. In 2019, Tierra launched Wins For Black Girls, a media platform that prioritizes spreading the good news about Black women. Through her text messaging platform, she sends tri-weekly news articles that cover news, politics, entrepreneurship, sports, and culture. Wins for Black girls also features the virtual Black girl showcase, the Black Women's Marketplace, and the Watch Me Win Podcast. Her goal is to connect with those who want to know and celebrate Black women.
Takeaways:
- How to Organize yourself as Side Hustler and Full-Time Employee
- What it's like to run a New Media company as a Black Woman
- Who can Support you in your Side Business
- Learning to Listen while providing Value to your Network
- Crowdfunding Pros & Cons
- Resources for Black Start-ups Nationally
- The Secret Sauce to Doing it all!
To learn more about Tierra smith, you can find her on her on Instagram & Facebook, @winsforblackgirls, or on the Watch Me Win Podcast. To subscribe to Tierra’s #BragAlerts, text 'brag' to 414-240-6004.
You can hear this free show & follow on 96% of podcast apps via Spotify, Google Podcasts, and Apple Podcasts, or just ask Alexa.
To join the community find us on LinkedIn, Instagram, & Pinterest, @woctalkbiz.
We welcome your anonymous questions for speakers and topics that you’ve been dying to get an answer to; just go to woctalk.biz, or email me at [email protected].
If you found value in this show, share an episode with a friend and stay connected with the pulse of women shaping the world today by following us for another gem on living out your vision. We're grateful for your listenership.
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Welcome to the Women of Color Talk Biz podcast. I’m your host, Monica Barriga-Weyers. This platform is for you if you want to hear about women of color sharing success strategies in the trenches from their early years to working their way up as managers and founders. We’re covering areas in tech, media, and the corporate floors of America. Getting access to how they do it is key to knowing how you can move smarter and faster by leveraging their diverse stories.
Our guest speaker is Tierra Smith, an award-winning journalist, editor, speaker, and world traveler. In this interview, she covers how she balances her career at KPRC Channel 2 in Houston, the NBC affiliate tv station, while also running her new media company. She’s also going to share with us how she successfully organized and ran a crowdfunding campaign during the pandemic!
Her passion is in storytelling to uplift the voices of women and marginalized communities. In 2019, Tierra launched Wins For Black Girls, a media platform that prioritizes spreading the good news about Black women. Through her text messaging platform, she sends tri-weekly news articles that cover news, politics, entrepreneurship, sports, and culture. Wins for Black girls also features the virtual Black girl showcase, the Black Women's Marketplace, and the Watch Me Win Podcast. Her goal is to connect with those who want to know and celebrate Black women.
Takeaways:
- How to Organize yourself as Side Hustler and Full-Time Employee
- What it's like to run a New Media company as a Black Woman
- Who can Support you in your Side Business
- Learning to Listen while providing Value to your Network
- Crowdfunding Pros & Cons
- Resources for Black Start-ups Nationally
- The Secret Sauce to Doing it all!
To learn more about Tierra smith, you can find her on her on Instagram & Facebook, @winsforblackgirls, or on the Watch Me Win Podcast. To subscribe to Tierra’s #BragAlerts, text 'brag' to 414-240-6004.
You can hear this free show & follow on 96% of podcast apps via Spotify, Google Podcasts, and Apple Podcasts, or just ask Alexa.
To join the community find us on LinkedIn, Instagram, & Pinterest, @woctalkbiz.
We welcome your anonymous questions for speakers and topics that you’ve been dying to get an answer to; just go to woctalk.biz, or email me at [email protected].
If you found value in this show, share an episode with a friend and stay connected with the pulse of women shaping the world today by following us for another gem on living out your vision. We're grateful for your listenership.
Follow WOC Talk Biz:
Instagram@woctalkbizLinkedInWOC Talk Biz on Google Podcastswww.woctalk.biz
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WTB 12 - Careering, Identity, & Female Founders with Native American, Terri Kozlowski
Welcome to the Women of Color Talk Biz podcast. I’m your host, Monica Barriga-Weyers. This platform is for you if you want to hear about Women of Color and allies sharing work strategies in the trenches from their early years to working their way up as managers and solopreneurs. We’re covering areas in tech, media, and the corporate floors of America. Getting access to how they do it is key to knowing how you can move smarter and faster from our diverse community and interviews.
Today, I’m honored to welcome Terri Kozlowski, our first Native American speaker from the Raven Clan or Athabascan , Tlinglet tribe. She is currently a VP of Operations at North American Medical Corporation, a new author, blog writer, podcaster, and a certified Life Coach through the Academy of Modern Applied Psychology. Her Bachelor’s Degree is in Social Sciences, and she’s a student of The Course in Miracles.
Her shining background stands out in an exceptional way; she is a survivor of child sexual abuse and her new book, Raven Transcending Fear, leads by explaining how people can transform their fear to live in their calling. Today, she’ll share numerous gems as we cover points you can apply immediately during Covid and WFH.Takeaways:
- How to Organize yourself for the teams you engage with
- Developing your Purpose is as a Woman of Color
- Bringing Authenticity to Zoom meetings
- Job Searching Niches + Strategies to keep Managers Organized
- Learning to Listen better on the Job
- Transforming Fear and Your Triggers
- Resources for writing your own book
- Transitioning into a Female Founder
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Terri Kozlowski Links:
Website: www.TerriKozlowski.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KozmicSoulSolutions/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/tmkozlowski
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/terrikozlowski/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/terrikozlowski/
Linked-In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/terrikozlowski/
Podcast: www.SoulSolutionsPodcast.com
Upcoming Book: www.RavenTranscendingFear.com
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