Mavens Do It Better

Episode 47 of the Mavens Do It Better Podcast features April Wensel software engineer, technical leader, keynote speaker, writer, runner, and ethical vegan. She is also the founder of Compassionate Coding, a conscious business that helps technical teams cultivate sustainable, human-centered software development practices built on a foundation of emotional intelligence.

April and Heather caught up virtually in San Diego, CA and Marina del Rey, CA.

Listen in as April and Heather talk about:

April’s background as a software engineer leading engineering teams in Silicon Valley and how she moved into lecturing, speaking and bringing a human side to coding and tech through looking at issues of burnout, inclusion, diversity, engineering teams, giving workshops on how we need to care about people more and grow our emotional intelligence.

How we can build products and systems that address mental health by taking on new compassionate tech values: leaving ego and embracing humility, leaving elitism and embracing inclusion, leaving competition and embracing cooperation, leaving being “smart” and embracing learning, leaving being a “Rockstar” and embracing being a mentor. These values have been part of keynote speeches she has given at a wide variety of events.

A dive into individual happiness and being the best versions of ourselves and the workshops that she offers with a boutique approach to shape the curriculum for her client’s needs. Workshops are often grouped into three sections – The self: dealing with taking care of one’s self, looking inward. Communication with other people: talking through how to understand that everyone is unique with their own set of qualities. An action plan: giving attendees to way apply the principles learned moving forward.

How a passion for ultra-marathon running transformed her life and how a compassion retreat helped her see how her actions didn’t reflect her values leading her to become an ethical vegan. She explains what both are and how that retreat inspired her and much of her work in compassionate coding and emotional intelligence.

To connect with April: Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIN | Twitter | Compassionate Coding Website

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Episode 46 of the Mavens Do It Better Podcast features Sharon Weaver, coach, speaker, consultant, trainer, and owner of Smarter Consulting. Sharon has a long history in technology and is a highly sought after speaker and consultant.

Sharon and Heather caught up virtually from Lenexa, Kansas and Marina del Rey, CA.

Listen in as Sharon and Heather talk about:

Sharon’s love of helping people solve problems with technology and her being a leader in her Kansas City SharePoint community leading many events and their user group. We talk about the many ways she is helping clients with Office 365 and and realizing their business goals through technology and how she runs her growing consulting business and also works with students as an adjunct instructor and private corporate clients.

Her fun new side business hosting people on their first vacation cruises, teaching first timers how to get the most out of a cruising vacation – with her first learning tour happening this Autumn. We talk about her history and love of cruising including her favorites with some tips and tricks on how to get the most out of it. Cruising is one of the ways Sharon works on wellness in her life and we discuss finding that balance with busy lives in the tech industry.

Being a psychology major and starting her career in pharmacy. Wanting to go to medical school and then heading into IT through other jobs and how she has become a business owner in technology sharing her thoughts about what’s currently happening in the industry.

To connect with Sharon: Facebook| LinkedIN| Twitter| Smarter Consulting Website| SharePoint Goddess Blog

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Sharon Weaver

Sharon Weaver is a SharePoint and Process Improvement consultant. Sharon's background in Business Analysis and Project Management combined with her Developmental Psychology degree and Six Sigma Black Belt blend perfectly with her love of helping and training people to make her a well-rounded consultant.

Solving both process and technical problems, Sharon has the ability to understand her client's pain points and develop a plan to not only build solutions, but also drive adoption, educate, and manage team dynamics in a way not typically seen from technical consultants.

Sharon speaks professionally at global events and teaches subjects such as Office 365, SharePoint, Business Analysis, Leadership, and other continuing education courses publicly as an adjunct instructor and privately for corporations. When she's not working, Sharon is likely reading self-improvement books or on a cruise out of the country with no access to communication.

Episode 45 of the Mavens Do It Better Podcast features Adam Smith, Executive Director, Comic-Con Museum, San Diego, CA. Adam is a twenty-year museum professional who is leading the conception, fund-raising, and build of the highly interactive Comic-Con Museum, a permanent year-round exhibit space devoted to popular art, comics, film, and television. The museum is presented by Comic-Con International and setting up shop at the previously titled Hall of Champions in Balboa Park in San Diego.

Adam and Heather caught up virtually from San Diego, CA and Marina del Rey, CA.

Listen in as Adam and Heather talk about:

The exciting pop-up version of Comic-Con Museum that will take place during this year during the 50th San Diego Comic-Con. Discussing the preparations underway to activate all three floors of the 68,000 square foot building with exciting exhibits, programs, and experiences. The Pop-Up will feature The Batman Experience Powered by At&T, The Art of Comic-Con, Geek Couture: Designs from the Her Universe Fashion Show, Paint Like Bob Ross, Mondo Gallery: 80 Years of Batman and daily panels giving the broader community a taste of the great variety and depth of Comic-Con programming.

A look into his twenty year career as a museum professional curating and building museums and programs from the ground up. His beginnings in Scotland getting his postgraduate degree from the University of St Andrews and working as a curator for the Museum of Flight at the National Museum of Scotland and adding in thoughts and guidance for those who also want to become a museum professional.

A discussion of experiential programming including a look into technology, curating, the current state of how people view museums and attractions, a peek into some of Adam’s favorites and what he loves to see and is inspired by when he goes to other museums and how he brings everything he sees to his creativity and daily job.

The major exhibit at the Peterson Museum in conjunction with Comic-Con: Hollywood Dream Machines: Vehicles of Science Fiction and Fantacy.

Thoughts on what it means to build a museum and celebrate the tradition that is Comic-Con. How Adam and the team are bringing it to life listening to their fans and how fans of Comic-Con can be involved from day one through their Charter Membership program.

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To connect with Adam and the Comic-Con Museum: Adam LinkedIn

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Recommendations from Adam: Peterson Museum, LA | Ghibili Museum, Japan | Meowwolf, Santa Fe NM | Strong National Museum of Play, Rochester NY | Corning Museum of Glass, Upstate NY | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland OH | National WWII Museum, New Orleans LA

A note from the producer: Please be sure to turn off your Alexa listening device while enjoying this episode, unless you would like Tide laundry detergent or 1,400 candy bars added to your shopping cart.

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Episode 44 of the Mavens Do It Better Podcast features Mark Fidelman, author, podcast host, speaker, influencer, CEO and Founder of Fanatics Media. Mark is an epic marketer and expert on AI, chatbots and Blockchain. He has led and spearheaded some of the industry’s most recognizable marketing campaigns across digital, e-commerce, mobile, and experiential for global companies.

Mark and Heather caught up virtually in Los Angeles, CA.

Listen in as Mark and Heather talk about:

The early days of AI and chatbots in marketing and sales being a new way for businesses to share their stories, their message, and break through the noise in the marketplace.

The launch of his new upcoming podcast called AI Marketing, which will solely focus on bringing AI into a company’s sales and marketing processes through his experience and interviews with others on the topic.

A discussion on how to build, produce and run a podcast – sharing stories on the how-to behind the scenes.

His beginnings in technology writing and how his college experience inspired him to practice his craft and start a blog in the late 90’s, leading him to writing weekly for Forbes.com and to write his excellent book, Socialized!: How the Most Successful Businesses Harness the Power of Social. Published in 2012, it remains relevant as a blueprint for corporations to successfully transform into social business enterprises, shifting the focus from computers and tools to developing skills and attitudes around social technologies.

To follow Mark: Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn | Socialzied Book

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Mark Fidelman

Mark Fidelman is the CEO for Fanatics Media, a Full Service Digital Marketing Agency with a focus on B2B and B2C Influencer marketing. Mark has been named a Top 20 influencer of CMOs by Forbes Magazine, a Top 25 Social Media Keynote Speaker by Inc Magazine, and a Huffington Post Top 50 Most Social CEO. Mark writes the Socialized and Mobilized Columnist on Forbes and is the author of the book SOCIALIZED! He also hosts a popular marketing YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/fanaticsmedia

His experience includes more than two decades of technology sales, marketing and customer experience with organizations including A.T. Kearney, EDS (now HP), CT Space and Autodesk. Mark draws upon his experience as a Chief Marketing and Sales Strategist where he has led numerous strategic initiatives and programs while working in partnership with companies like Oracle, Microsoft and IBM.

His latest book, Socialized! is regarded as the playbook for building a social business. Fidelman uses his own experience plus interviews from hundreds of executives to create a highly acclaimed book considered by many to be required reading for their organizations. The book has been endorsed by top executives at IBM, Microsoft, Salesforce.com and SAP.

Mark is a globally recognized thought leader on the subject of Social Business, Mobile Business and Mobile Social Networks. He’s interviewed hundreds of Global 3000 CXOs and speaks and writes regularly about how they are impacting today’s business. Follow Mark on twitter at http://twitter.com/#!/markfidelman

Episode 43 of the Mavens Do It Better Podcast features Gina Belafonte, artist, producer, artivist and executive director of Sankofa.org. Sankofa.org is an organization in service of artists and grassroots movements and equitable change in the world using art and culture as a healing opportunity to express fear, anger and frustration, empowering people and organizations to find non-violent ways for response and for everyone to have a whole human experience in our lives.

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Gina and Heather caught up virtually in Los Angeles, CA.

Listen in as Gina and Heather talk about:

Being an artivist at the intersection of art and activism to open hearts and minds using art as a tool to communicate thoughts and ideas.

How as the executive director of Sankofa.org, an organization founded by her Father, Harry Belafonte, they educate, motivate, and activate artists and allies, supporting grassroots movements and equitable change by developing cultural content in partnership with community partners. Sanokfa.org started five years ago, activating fully after the Trayvon Martin murder and verdict along with many other organizations like Black Lives Matter, Movement 4 Black Lives, The Justice League.

Growing up with two parents, Harry and Julie Belafonte, who were and are today, deeply rooted in the Civil Rights Movement having the likes of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Shirley Chisolm and others around her kitchen table inspiring, shaping, and developing her artivist roots and way she moves in the world.

A discussion of many social justice issues and organizations that are making a change in the world, looking at how we are only as good in our society as the most marginalized citizens. And a look into how movements are built, strategized and the responsibility we have as human beings being beneficiaries of the legacy and work of those that came before us.

How one dinner with her friend Stacy Lynch, daughter of East Coast political strategist, Bill Lynch, became more dinners and has developed into a group of women, working, dreaming, and activating together. The group includes: Gina Belafonte, daughter of Julie and Harry Belafonte; Suzanne Kay, daughter of Diahann Carroll; Stacy Lynch, daughter of Bill Lynch; Dr. Hasna Muhammad, daughter of Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee; Ilyasah Shabazz, daughter of Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz; Dominique Sharpton, daughter of Reverend Al Sharpton; and Keisha Sutton-James, granddaughter of Percy Sutton. The daughters explore how their shared memories growing up watching their parents at work overlap and intertwine, as did the lives of their parents—activists, artists, politicians, political strategists, religious leaders, and founders of the civil rights movement. The group is calling themselves Daughters of the Movement, taking their stories to a broader audience through panel discussions, speaker series and an upcoming new podcast.

To follow Gina Belafonte: LinkedIn | Instagram | Twitter

Gina Belafonte Bio:

Born and raised in New York City, Gina Belafonte has spent her life in the arenas of entertainment and activism where her professional work thrives today. As the youngest child of Julie and Harry Belafonte, whose impact in these fields is among the most influential and progressive in the world, Gina’s passions come as no surprise. Gina was the lead producer on the internationally acclaimed documentary film, SING YOUR SONG, exploring the extraordinary life and legacy of Harry Belafonte that was selected as the opening film for the Sundance Film Festival in 2011.

After many years working as actress in NYC, with several off broadway and touring companies like The National Shakespeare Company and The Mirror Reparatory Company in NYC, under the Artistic Direction of John Strasberg, alongside greats such as Geraldine Page, F. Murray Abraham, Anne Jackson and Elisabeth Franz, a series of opportunities to work in film and television moved her to Hollywood, where she appeared in several guest-starring roles, and landed a television series called THE COMMISH. After two formative years on screen with the series, her lifelong passion for stage production ultimately led her to produce theater in Los Angeles. Gina’s technical expertise and insight into the world of film and television production were developed while working with Paula Weinstein and Barry Levinson at Baltimore Spring Creek/Warner Brothers.

After becoming a mother, Gina followed her early childhood environment by immersing herself in activism. Collaborating with leading gang interventionist, Bo Taylor, Gina developed a deeper understanding of gang culture by working in the California prison system and co-founded a non-profit organization called The Gathering For Justice. This multi-cultural, multi-generational organization focuses on youth incarceration and the criminalization of poverty. She currently sits on the Board of 2nd Call a community-based organization designed to save lives, by reducing violence and assisting in the personal development of high-risk individuals, proven offenders, ex-felons, parolees and others who society disregards and the internationally acclaimed Actors Gang Theatre founded by Tim Robbins.

After dedicating over a decade to addressing gang intervention and incarceration, Gina traveled around the world with her father to bring together two inspiring generations of art and activism with the critically acclaimed HBO film SING YOUR SONG.

Today, Gina lives in LA and New York and is working with diverse artists, activists, and organizations worldwide to promote cultural and civic engagement in the 21st century. Ms. Belafonte is currently involved in many artistic ventures, such as producing a documentary film titled Another Night In The Free World that explores the lives of three young women activists, their struggles and challenges and the difference they are making in the world, developing alongside her father with Martin Scorsese on a television mini-series about the colonization of the Congo by King Leopold the 2nd, and the staged version of the Grammy nominated 6 CD box set anthology of black music The Long Road To Freedom. She and her father are the executive producers of Lyrics from Lockdown - a hip-hop theater, multimedia production addressing the impact of wrongful imprisonment and mass incarceration. Driven by her passion for the arts and activism, Gina reflects: "After we finished Sing Your Song, I knew then as long as my dad had an idea, I would do whatever I could to help bring those ideas to fruition, continue the best of my elders’ traditions, and preserve our family’s legacy."

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Sankofa.org: Founded by Harry Belafonte, Sankofa.org educates, motivates, and activates artists and allies in service of grassroots movements and equitable change. Sankofa.org is fiscally sponsored by the New World Foundation, a 501c3 public charity. Sankofa.org addresses injustice and creates change at multiple levels. In support of our grassroots partners, Sankofa. Org enlists artists, performers, and prominent individuals to deliver messages of moral and political consequence. We stage a wide range of events to amplify our message further and elevate the voices of those already doing this critical work. Additionally, we employ online and offline media to increase the awareness and spirit of activism. Money raised by Sankofa.org is re-granted to our coalition partners working on the ground for lasting change and towards building a self-sustaining endowment to continue our work.

To connect with Sankofa: Website | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

Daughters of the Movement: We are legacy holders. A group of women who sat at the feet of those who were on the front lines of the civil rights movement. We carry the oral history, cultural values, and wisdom passed down to us by some of the revolutionary leaders who turned the tide of American history. We are the Daughters of the Movement. This unique sisterhood is a podcast and a speaker series with a target audience of women of all ages and advocates for social justice. Through the lens of living in the Movement, we take deep dives into critical and controversial topics. Lessons From the Daughters of the Civil Rights Movement, Elle Magazine, by Brea Baker.

To connect with Daughters of the Movement: Facebook

2ndcall.org: 2nd Call is a community-based organization designed to save lives by reducing violence and assisting in the personal development of high-risk individuals, proven offenders, ex-felons, parolees and others who society disregards.

To connect with 2ndcall.org: Website | Facebook | Twitter

For Freedoms: Where Do We Go From Here?: A visual art exhibit curated by Ava Hess, in collaboration with For Freedoms, that explores the role of art and visual representation in American civic life. The exhibition features a series of photographs that re-envision American artist Norman Rockwell’s paintings of the "Four Freedoms" articulated by Franklin D. Roosevelt in his 1941 State of the Union Address.

Episode 42 of the Mavens Do It Better Podcast features Garry Smith, CEO, and Founder of Revealit an interactive video platform employing AI and the power of blockchain, micro-payments, and the crowd to deliver innovative zero-interruption advertising inventory to the future of video.

Garry and Heather caught up in person in Marina del Rey, CA.

Listen in as Garry and Heather talk about:

Working in the worlds of startups and a look into new platforms in video, marketing, and advertising. And his start in technology as an Excel support technician at Microsoft Australia in Sydney.

Garry’s new company Revealit, which has created a brand-new video platform that caters to their needs and delivers multiple interactive viewing experiences, like augmented reality in every frame of video. The Revealit platform is natively social and respects the viewer by delivering information, entertainment, and shopping research that is always self-directed and in context.

A discussion on entrepreneurship and how starting a business needs time, care, contracts, and how free work is really never free.

To follow Garry: LinkedIn | Revealit

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Originally working at Microsoft in software after gaining a formal education in business, Mr. Smith gained a strong and formative foundation in enterprise consulting in the Microsoft ecosystem as a gold certified partner specializing in collaboration and finance. As CEO, Garry brings a strong and formative foundation in enterprise consulting and software development from time spent in the Microsoft ecosystem as a Gold Partner. Garry has a passionate focus on software entrepreneurship and is a proven leader in leading teams from idea to successful exit, including hands-on product development and enterprise sales growth.

Episode 41 of the Mavens Do It Better Podcast features our host Heather Newman, recently back from travels, talking about some morning machinations and giving a shout out to our guests and listeners.

Recorded this morning from Creative Maven HQ in Marina del Rey, CA.

Listen in as Heather talks about:

Travels and learning about different cultures, where she has been and where she is going

Working in diversity and inclusion and how to navigate some of the slippery slope that is about making change in our world

A whole lot of thank you and gratitude for all of our guests and listeners who have been on and support this podcast. You all are wonderful. Truly thank you.

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Heather is a Microsoft MVP for Office Servers and Services and is also the Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer of Content Panda, a high tech business dedicated to creating products that deliver a superior user experience that drive value to businesses. Heather is also the founder and CEO of Creative Maven, a marketing consulting firm accelerates marketing dollars through clarity, consistency and experience to marketing teams, startups, enterprise businesses, and individual artists. She has produced thousands of events, campaigns, and experiences in the high-tech and entertainment industries and is also the host of the Mavens Do It Better Podcast, that features interviews with extraordinary everyday experts who light a spark in our world.

Heather lives in Marina del Rey, California and enjoys traveling the world speaking about Office 365, SharePoint, and Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging. She is a published playwright and graduate of the University of Washington School of Drama, Seattle WA. Catch Heather on Medium where she is a top writer in Inspiration. Full disclosure on LinkedIn.

Episode 40 of the Mavens Do It Better Podcast features Director of Public Affairs, Planned Parenthood Los Angeles, Dr. John Erickson, Ph.D. John also serves as a commissioner on the California Commission on the Status of Women, having been appointed by Governor Jerry Brown in 2017. In addition to the commission, John serves as the President of the Hollywood Chapter for the National Organization for Women (NOW), a Planning Commissioner for the City of West Hollywood, a Board member for the ACLU of Southern California, a Board member for the National Organization for Women (NOW), and the Legislative Action Chair for Stonewall Democratic Club.

John and Heather caught up virtually from West Hollywood, CA and Marina del Rey, CA.

Listen in as John and Heather talk about:

· His involvement in helping start the Women’s March Los Angeles, with 800,000 people meeting and protesting in Pershing Square in 2017 and with 1.5 million people attending over the past 3 years – the most massive marches held in California.

· John’s work as the Director of Public Affairs for Planned Parenthood in Los Angeles and how the organization fights for reproductive healthcare and rights by making policy, connecting groups, people and organizations, and providing access to healthcare (low-cost, affordable care including education programs, advocacy, and health services).

· How men can and should be involved with women’s rights, health, and issues and what it means to him to be a feminist in the world. John shares his thoughts on how we get to true gender equality by looking at our privilege, using that privilege to make change, and understanding how patriarchy affects all of us no matter what gender.

· What a 501(c)(4) organization is and how non-profits work talking 501(c)(3) vs. 501(c)(4) - and how 501(c)(4)s are involved in political work and advocacy.

· A look into getting his Ph.D. from The Claremont Colleges in American Religious History focusing on the separation between sexuality and spiritually within the LGBTQ community from Stonewall to the fight for Marriage Equality.

To follow John: LinkedIn | Twitter | Instagram

Organizations Mentioned: Planned Parenthood Los Angeles | ACLU of Southern California | Hollywood NOW | Stonewall Democratic Club

Spare Time Activities: The Engaged Gaze | Pop! Culture Theologians Podcast

John Erickson has a Ph.D. in American Religious History and holds two MA’s from Claremont Graduate University. He co-founded the digital publication the Engaged Gaze and the podcast Pop! Culture Theologians and regularly contributes to several online publications on the topics of LGBTQ history, feminism, masculinity studies, and American religious history. In addition to his academic work, John serves as the Co-Chair for the American Academy of Religion Western Region’s Queer Studies in Religion section and is on the steering committee for the American Academy of Religion’s Lesbian-Feminist Issues in Religion section.

John was one of the main organizers of the Women’s March Los Angeles in 2017, 2018, and 2019 that brought together 1.5 million people to Downtown Los Angeles. He was also a coordinator for the #ResistMarch on June 11, 2017, that brought together 100,000 people to the City of West Hollywood.

John is dedicated to being of service to his community and the causes he cares passionately about.

Episode 39 of the Mavens Do It Better Podcast features CEO of Jivoo and Microsoft Azure MVP, Steven Fowler. Steven is a Microsoft Azure MVP, entrepreneur, and Board Member of the Atlanta Chapter of the IAMCP.

Steven and Heather caught up virtually from Atlanta, GA and Marina del Rey, CA.

Listen in as Steven and Heather talk about:

· His start in technology with basic programming on the Atari 400 to be an entrepreneur System Integrator in the SharePoint world to his new start up, Jivoo, which will launch a new product for Cloud governance and becoming a Microsoft Azure MVP.

· His work in IoT and winning an award for working with a small lettuce farm in Georgia by bringing efficiencies, new revenue streams by modeling data and create new product lines that were not possible before launching their IoT solution.

· An explanation into what it is like to be an Azure MVP and thoughts on how the 152 or so services and workloads are brought into clients – with the best use of cloud – moving CAPEX and OPEX, virtualization (lift and shift) and darker containers and serverless for enterprise and medium-sized businesses.

· How to love what you do, have a positive impact in the world in everything you do and a look into his humanitarian work in Puerto Rico and Honduras with his family working with orphanages and assisting college students to get the support they need in their local communities.

To follow Steven: LinkedIn| Twitter| MVP Listing

Steven Fowler is a Founding Partner of Sevenbrook a DX company focused on IoT, Cloud, and Data Analytics. Steven is a top 50 IoT Influencer, award winning IoT Leader, and Microsoft Azure MVP. Steven presents at prominent conferences such as IoT Evolution EXPO, Predictive Analytics World, and IoT Solutions World Congress.

Episode 38 of the Mavens Do It Better Podcast features President, Chris Bayot and Founder and Creative Director, J’aime Kailani of Mama Earth, a community organization with a mission to make positive change through the power of music, culture, art & nature. Mama Earth has many initiatives #Pride4PH is one that connects leaders from a collection of nonprofit organizations, corporations, government officials and international celebrities to work cooperatively for the good of our earth while sharing the spirit of ALOHA with the world. Chris and J’aime are both entrepreneurs, producers, speakers, activists and philanthropists. Chris worked for years as a consultant in the SharePoint technology community and along with her role at Mama Earth, she now manages award-winning musician, singer and her husband, Hawaii’s own Johnny Valentine tours and bookings. J’aime is an artist, maker, mover and shaker and founder of a gorgeous line of essential oils, ilovebyj’aime and founded Mama Earth over twelve years ago in tribute to her Mother, emerging artists and to shed a light on land and ocean conservation efforts globally.

Chris, J’aime and Heather caught up virtually from Los Angeles, Ohio and Marina del Rey, CA.

Listen in as Chris and J’aime talk about:

· Why J’aime founded Mama Earth in 2007 and all the wonderful programming and initiatives they continuously bring into the world including five years of producing the One Peace Festival, an annual pop-up art exhibit that showcases outstanding work by emerging and established artists supported by Leonardo Dicaprio.

· Producing the original One Peace Festival dedicated to J’aime’s Mother, artist, entertainer and producer – Bernadette Bayot-Hernandez and how her brother, Bruno Mars, and other artists and entertainers have contributed to their environmental efforts. The next One Peace Festival is June 26-28 in Honolulu which also benefits #PrideforPH an initiative that brings together some of the most influential people in environmental advocacy to clean up Manila Bay, Philippines while supporting the local people and culture.

· Chris’ move from working as a consultant and regional director in technology to the President of Mama Earth and road manager and how her days in tech has influenced her producing events and initiatives for Mama Earth. Along with diving into what she loves about non-profit work, raising money for great causes and enjoying every moment, her family, and working and playing in paradise in Hawaii.

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For more on Mama Earth and One Peace Festival:

One Peace Festival| June 26-30, 2019 | Honolulu, Hawaii

· 6/26 - Film Screening at Hawaii State Art Museum

· 6/28 - One Peace Festival with Art + Music + Film

· 6/30 - Beach Cleanup on the North Shore of O’ahu

In support of #Pride4Philippines(#Pride4PH)

To follow Chris: LinkedIn| Twitter| Instagram

To follow J’aime: LinkedIn| Twitter| Instagram

To follow Mama Earth: Mama Earth Facebook| Mama Earth Twitter| MamaEarth Instagram| MamaEarth website

To follow ilovebyj’aime: ilovebyj’aime Twitter| ilovebyj’aime Instagram| Ilovebyj’aime website

Chris C. Bayot has a diverse background in technology, artist management and in the nonprofit sector that makes her uniquely qualified to help support charitable organizations in a variety of ways. Her more than 7 years supporting nonprofits have been focused on working with art and music centered programs. During this time, she learned the ins and outs of creating and running a nonprofit business and became a certified grant proposal writer. Chris also spent more than 10 years as the Director of a technical consulting firm, helping businesses such as the Hawaiian Airlines and the Bank of Hawaii create enterprise solutions to improve efficiency. Chris hopes this variety of experience as well as the connections she has made managing her husband’s music career will bring benefit to the charities she works with and ultimately have a positive impact on our community.

J’aimeKailani Bayot is an artist, entrepreneur, activist, producer and a mother to two sons, Marley and Jaimeson. She founded Mama Earth Project in 2007 with a vision to provide people with the opportunity to experience the power of giving and making a difference. Since then, Mama Earth has launched several successful initiatives in Los Angeles that continue to make an impact through arts, music and nature. J’aimeKailani believes that people can truly connect through acts of kindness and the transformative power of sharing and positive exchange of energy; whether it be through a song or dance or artwork. She is dedicated working for the good of Mama Earth.