Women in Entrepreneurship Speaker Series: Building Global Brands
- Event Type
- Lecture
- Sponsor
- Origin Ventures Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership, Gies Business
- Virtual
- Date
- Nov 8, 2021 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- Speaker
- Yolonda Brinkley
- Registration
- Registration
- Contact
- Valeri Werpetinski
- werpetin@illinois.edu
- Phone
- 217-333-7158
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- Originating Calendar
- Origin Ventures Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership
Women in Entrepreneurship Speaker Series
Join Origin Ventures Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership for the Women in Entrepreneurship Speaker Series to celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week, an international movement to empower entrepreneurs and help make it possible for anyone, anywhere to start and scale. Sessions are virtual, open to the public, and include time for interactive Q & A. Please share the event series flyer.
Building Global Brands with Yolonda Brinkley
November 8 | 12-1 pm | Register
Yolonda Brinkley, Gies alumna and Creator of Diversity in Cannes, an independent film movement promoting inclusion at the Cannes Film Festival, will present on “Building Global Brands.” Learn more about global brand building with a focus on social media to create brand awareness from the self-proclaimed global disruptor, supporter of hundreds of underrepresented filmmakers, and producer of “Justice Denied,” a short film inspired by her cousin Kevin Brinkley, who was wrongfully imprisoned 40 years for a crime he didn’t commit, premiering at the 2022 Diversity in Cannes Short Film Showcase.