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Building (& Maintaining) a Community
Visionary founder of The Creative Collective and CultureCon, IMANI ELLIS shares her transformative insights on building and sustaining vibrant professional and creative communities. In this keynote presentation, Ellis shares her strategies for creating authentic connections while ensuring long-term engagement through practical advice to help you cultivate a thriving and resilient community.
Talent Empowerment: How to Spark Creative Innovation
Unlock your team’s full potential with IMANI ELLIS’s expertise on talent empowerment in this keynote equipping you with the tools to inspire your team, harness creativity, and achieve breakthrough results. Ellis offers a compelling framework for identifying and nurturing talent, fostering an environment of collaboration, and driving innovative thinking by creating a culture where everyone feels empowered to contribute their best ideas.
How the Creator Economy Benefits Your Business
Discover the untapped potential of the creator economy with IMANI ELLIS’s insightful presentation on leveraging creative talent for business success. Ellis explains the benefits of engaging with content creators, from enhanced brand authenticity to increased customer loyalty and market reach.
How Imani Ellis went from NBCU Page to VP to CEO in under ten years
CEO and Founder of CultureCon IMANI ELLIS’s career trajectory, from her start at NBCUniversal to creating a successful and influential community for creatives of color, provides a powerful and motivational story. Ellis began her career in the NBC page program and rose to the position of Vice President of Unscripted Entertainment Publicity within a decade. At the top, she saw an opportunity to support talent development for other young creative professionals and began organizing The Creative Collective’s pop-ups, panels, and fireside chats that lead to employment opportunities for attendees. Ellis’s experiences resonate with audiences seeking inspiration in entrepreneurship, leadership, and resilience.
Imani Ellis is the Founder and CEO of CultureCon and The Creative Collective, a community dedicated to facilitating brave spaces for Black and Brown creative professionals. Born in Imani’s one-bedroom apartment as a means to foster meaningful connection, TheCCnyc is now the leading destination for diverse creativity and connection, providing thousands of Black and Brown creatives with the community and resources they need to thrive in their professional careers.
TheCCnyc's marquee event is CultureCon, the largest conference celebrating Black and Brown creatives and their undeniable impact on culture. CultureCon is a first-of-its-kind ideas conference that caters to all aspects of creative and professional life. The
festival-styled conference is jam-packed with masterclasses and workshops featurings a myriad of topics including entrepreneurship, marketing, mindfulness, leadership and professional growth. The CultureCon campus includes Activation Alley where guests can shop the Black-Owned Business market or get their headshot taken for their portfolio. Past speakers include Tracee Ellis Ross, Issa Rae, Spike Lee, Regina King, John Legend, Lena Waithe, and more.
In addition to monthly community events, The Creative Collective provides countless resources and workshops for its community throughout the year, including Career Transparency insights and career opportunities across companies. In the height of the pandemic, The Creative Collective launched CultureCon At Home, a virtual campus that reached over 22,000 creatives in over 131 countries around the world, and Creative Curriculum, a series of digital masterclasses (instructors included Kerry Washington and Janelle Monáe to name a few) touching on everything from entrepreneurship to navigating the corporate world.
Named a "2024 Closer of the Wealth Gap" by Time Magazine, a "Breakthrough Creative" by Ebony, and a "Diversity Champion" by Adweek, Imani has been recognized by Forbes as a "Visionary" and "One To Watch" by Black Enterprise. Imani graduated from Vanderbilt University with a major in communications and a double minor in German and Film.
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