Podcasts about billee howard

On What's Your Work Fit we posed this question: How Do I Leverage Agile Employee Emotional Intelligence? Answering that question and others is our returning guest, Billee Howard.  Billee is the Co-Founder and CEO of BRANDThrō. She is a passionate AI explorer, insights innovator, communications veteran and C-Suite advisor who counsels the world's top brand … Continue reading How Do I Leverage Agile Employee Emotional Intelligence? →

My guest this week is Billee Howard. She's the co founder and CEO of Brandthro, the only AI research company that scores customer emotion via human input to create the first ever emotional segmentation datasets.

Global suicide prevention and crisis support organisation Lifeline International has launched a new campaign, Decriminalise Suicide Worldwide: the first initiative of its kind to call for legal change in 25 countries around the world where suicide and attempted suicide are still a criminal offence. The charity's communications and campaign director Nick Stravs, a former leader at BCW and Weber Shandwick, joins the PRovoke Media podcast to talk about the critical role of communications in the campaign's strategy and potential success, along with Billee Howard, founder and CEO of AI-powered emotional insights software platform Brandthrō, who is working alongside Stravs on the campaign.

On What's Your Work Fit we ask a viewer's question: why doesn't my boss get Gen Z? This week, work futurist and LinkedIn top voice for Gen Z Danielle Farage and the founder and CEO of BRANDthrō Billee Howard answer this and other questions. Why doesn't [my boss] get Gen Z? According to Danielle, it is because Gen Zers don't live to work. "We're working to live." Main segment starts at 3:16 In this episode, we ask Danielle and Billee: Why doesn't my boss get Gen Z? Starts at 3:16 What's wrong with Goldman Sachs' Gen Z-targeted recruitment ads? (Click here to view the ad discussed.) Starts at 13:45 Are bosses prioritizing productivity and profits above their people? Starts at 25:01 What's your work fit? Starts at 28:56 Why Doesn't My Boss Get Gen Z? Billee adds that "these are fractured times, and we're seeing a reversal of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs." Main segment starts at 3:16 About our guests: Danielle Farage is a member of the Gen Z cohort, a LinkedIn top voice for Gen Z discussion, and a respected work futurist. She tackles timely workplace issues such as neurodiversity and civility. Danielle serves as the Director of Growth and Marketing for Café (YC S21). She lives and works in New York City. Billee Howard is a globally recognized marketing insights leader and the founder and CEO of market research firm BRANDthrō. Her research leverages emotional insight to help marketers connect well with their consumers and hired talent. She is a member of the Fast Company Executive Board, and, she is a Senior Contributor to Forbes. Billee lives and works in New York City. This episode originated as a live show on October 18, 2022. You can watch the show in its entirety on the What's Your Work Fit YouTube Channel. EPISODE DATE: October 21, 2022 Danielle's social media: LinkedIn Website Billee's social media: LinkedIn Book Page Fast Company Forbes Website Please Subscribe to What's Your Work Fit on: – Apple Podcast – Android – Google Podcasts – Pandora – Spotify – Stitcher – TuneIn …or wherever you get your podcasts. You may also click HERE to receive our podcast episodes by email. Image credits: Gen Z, SeventyFour for iStock Photo; portrait, Danielle Farage; portrait, Billee Howard; podcast button, J. Brandt Studio for The Dan Smolen Experience.

The future of work is changing, and employee experience will be one of the most important factors to consider. In this video, we explore how employee experience will evolve in the future and what companies can do to stay ahead of the curve! The Future of Work is a hot topic these days. With so much uncertainty around what the future holds, it's no wonder that employees are feeling anxious about their place in the workforce. In this podcast, Nathaniel Schooler is joined by some amazing guests to discuss the Future of Work and how the Employee Experience will evolve. Billee Howard, Diane Gayeski, and Dan Smolen all have unique insights into this topic, and they provide valuable information that will help employees navigate the ever-changing landscape of work. This is a must-listen for anyone who wants to stay ahead of the curve when it comes to the Future of Work. Here is a link to the show notes and transcript.

“Brand citizenship is a way of doing business – from a company’s core purpose; to its delivery of goods and services; to its responsibility to its employees, community, the environment and the world – that people trust, believe in and rely on…all with the aim of earning profits that are maintainable over the long term.”     Anne Bahr Thompson on Green Connections Radio podcast Do you get mad seeing ads selling normal stuff these days, as if we’re not in a global health crisis? What should companies, leaders and marketers do in this unprecedented crisis? Should you just post messages of support for first responders and healthcare workers? Do special offers work now?   Listen to this fascinating Green Connections Radio podcast interview with Anne Bahr Thompson, veteran branding expert, former head of a division of megabranding agency Interbrand and author of “Do Good: Brand Citizenship to Fuel Both Purpose and Profit,” to find out. You’ll hear: How to be compassionate and a good corporate citizen at this time, from how you can help, to how you treat your employees, to ads you run (or don’t). The five stages of Brand Citizenship® and how to do them (trust, enrichment, contribution, etc.). Why planning and understanding what your relationship is with your customers are both crucial. What “fitness stretches for your brand” are and why they matter. Plus great career advice! ““We each come into the world with gifts. And, how do we apply those gifts and have them intersect with the things we’re good at and the things we’re interested in so that we can contribute.” Anne Bahr Thompson on Green Connections Radio Which brands do think are doing well and why? Tweet them to us @joanmichelson or post them on our Facebook Page — and ask to join our private Facebook group. You’ll also want to listen to: Anne Bahr Thompson, on her book about Brand Citizenship, branding for purpose and profit.   Diane Diaz, The Brand Teacher, on finding your personal brand.   Billee Howard ,of Brandthropolgie on using neuroscience to understand your customer and design your brand.   Beth Colleton, former Chief Sustainability Officer of the NFL and NBCUniversal on integrating purpose into your branding. Subscribe to our newsletter to receive our podcasts, blog, events and special coaching offers.. Thanks for subscribing on Apple Podcasts or iHeartRadio and leaving us a review! Reach us on Twitter @joanmichelson

Billee Howard’s book, WE-Commerce: How to Create, Collaborate and Succeed in the Sharing Economy, highlights a world in which culture and commerce collide in ways that are considered unprecedented and an economy driven by entrepreneurialism and creativity. Howard talks about how the sharing economy ushered a variety of micro-economies that enable people to come together and experience luxuries they’ve never experienced before. She makes the argument that millennials, and Gen Z behind them, aren’t interested in owning possessions, but in sharing, borrowing, and using technology to come together and help make the world a better place. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Billee Howard discusses using neuro-powered marketing and advertising technology to quantify, measure + understand human thought…and with that understanding design better business strategies. Billee is Chief Strategy Officer at Centiment.io and the author of the book "We-Commerce: How to Create, Collaborate, and Succeed in the Sharing Economy." Listen for three action items you can use today. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? DigitalTransformationPodcast.net/guest Do you want to be a sponsor? DigitalTransformationPodcast.net/sponsor  

I’m going to introduce Billee Howard who you will find shares some very valuable information around the latest in neuro marketing, emotional AI and how it all impacts storytelling and new approaches to customer engagement in our new Emotion Economy. Billee Howard is founder and CEO of BRANDthro, which is a neuro marketing, consultancy that harnesses creativity and technology to power a brand’s purpose and experience in ways that demonstrate a deeper understanding of brand targets and the language and content most apt to drive their engagement. Billee and I discussed storytelling and it’s power as a business currency as she has more experience than most people in it that I know....so it’s well worth listening to this episode. Billee has a strategic vision for how brands can differentiate themselves from their competition through the lens of purpose and sharpened emotional intelligence. She was founder of the global corporate storytelling practice, the GSMG, at Weber Shandwick for many years, following a career as press secretary for the President of the Philippines and his cabinet. I know Billee from from when I went to IBM’s THINK event. We met in Las Vegas and had a really good time there and really good conversation around emotional AI. Billee is also author of the book We-Commerce and the well read Forbes Ask the CMO column. So let’s, let’s dig into this really exciting episode. If you want to keep up with what’s going on in the marketing world, this is something you can’t afford to ignore.  Billee Howard 2:37 Good to see you. How are you? Nathaniel Schooler 2:40 Very well. Thank you very well. Just quite excited. I shouldn't really say that. I say too many times in my podcast, but I am kind of excited I enjoy what I do you see, and I just I enjoy hearing about what everyone else is up to, you know, and I know you've got you've got some sort of big announcements to make about what's going on with your your firm right now and stuff. But before we get into that I wanted to just talk for like, I wanted you to talk really for 10-15 minutes about storytelling, because I know that is your that is your speciality. Right! And yeah, I'd love to sort of hear from your perspective, you know how that's changed? I think, first of all, first of all, what is storytelling? And how does it help people to sell stuff? I think that's the key. Billee Howard 3:29 Well, the heart of everything I do is really based off of the same thing that drives an effective story, which is in order to get people to act, you have to first make them feel and the way that you do that is through stories that are compelling, are about characters are about things that drive emotion and when brands look at storytelling, one of the key mistakes that they make is they talked too much about the what and the what it is they're trying to sell, as opposed to the who and why. Which is what actually engages someone in a narrative and engages somebody to become part of a brand and then ultimately become a customer. So, you know, understanding the ins and outs of storytelling today is critical to anyone. Because as I see it, stories are not just stories, there are a vital currency of business. Nathaniel Schooler 4:27 Okay. Okay. So that, in essence, comes from the mission of the business, right? And what sits sort of behind it. I mean, I was talking yesterday with someone about about that and kind of like the ethics and the morals and the sort of principles of, of the actual business itself. And then that becomes part of the story, doesn't it? Billee Howard 4:51 Well, it depends. I mean, what's driving a lot of storytelling today is again, this shift from brands talking about the what to talking about the who and the why which is all about a grander sense of purpose, and a way of contributing to the world more than just the bottom line, this is becoming a critically important tool, whether you're trying to engage customers, or you're trying to attract and retain employees. ...

NeuroData and AI Neurodata with AI to deliver tangible returns and competitive advantage with Billee Howard, Ex head of global media at Weber Shandwick. Billee Howard is Chief Strategy Officer of Centiment and she is certainly no stranger to emotional intelligence. She merged her firm Brandthropologie with Centiment. Billee’s firm Brandthropologie is focused around storytelling reached a point where she was asked by IBM how she could use IBM Watson in storytelling to be more creative. Neuromarketing, neurodata and neuroscience are things people are talking about and Billee explains clearly what these terms actually mean, affective computing, emotional intelligence, Eye tracking, facial tracking and voice tracking have been used for years. Apple bought emotion in this space a few years ago and the market around this is 59 Billion USD. Neurodata is a science based understanding of ways people react emotionally to brand wording and what it means to them and the actions it encourages.The neurodata that Centiment uses gives them a big picture process to look at brand wording at all levels of the customer journey and what these words mean to people and what content means to people to encourage them to take action. Making sure the brands content needs to connect with people and the content needs to reach the right people, if we can help a brand to understand how people feel and think then we can create content and experiences to ensure they really connect with the right audience and in the right way to make a real difference to the bottom line. We want people to feel positively about a brand, which will help them to buy the product, connecting with the brand and then recommend the product and to become an advocate of the brand. Everyone is trying to connect with their customers on an aspirational and emotional level, on a hyper-personalized level. If you do this blindly without understanding who you are talking to and what makes them tick then the likely-hood of success is diminished. There is an emotional blind-spot created if this is not done initially and brand communications are not directed by data driven analysis using AI (Artificial Intelligence). Making sure the customers are beneficial financially, not only on the short term but over the longer term is also a crucial element to account for within this process of analysis and marketing management.The service offering sentiment has is becoming the worlds first emotional database, breaking up people into phenotypes breaking up segments for example millenials become more easy to target as they are hyper-targeted from using neurodata analysis. Marrying neuroscience with data science connects emotions to language and increases the likelihood of success becomes much larger so marketing campaigns and brand communications deliver exceptional results. The EIQ report that sentiment provide is the best place to start and adding this into their existing customer segmentation methods are where marketers can start, then Centiment uses algorithms to make this work. The likelihood of success to market to these smaller segments makes it much more efficient for marketing departments. By analysing :-Common languageResponsive languageTrigger language The business currently sits between the agencies and the brands, using this tool and services as a competitive differentiator in this arena enables brands to deliver more return on marketing investments. What makes people tick on an emotional level is where the real value is added, adding a surgical understanding of the emotional connection between all of their marketing practices across all categories, calls to action and at all stages of the customer journey. Different groups and filters will be added so they can drill down into hyper-personalized communications, this may well be the holy grail in marketing…Using AI and Neurodata is going to be able to deliver lots of dramatic results for marketers and for business leaders.

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About our Guest: Billee Howard is the Founder and CEO of Brandthropologie Media, an artist collective dedicated to placing brands and their leaders at the collision point of culture and commerce. She works with her clients to create captivating stories that are consumed shared and drive meaningful engagement. She does this through her proprietary executive produce your brand process to develop produce and distribute her clients winning narratives. She is also the author of We-Commerce, which has been rated a must read by Inc. CIO and Investopia for thoughts and strategies to succeed and lead in the sharing economy. Billee is also a contributor to Forbes and HuffPost on the topics of the sharing economy, marketing and the power of storytelling as a business competency. Billee has worked for 15 years at the world’s leading PR firm Weber Shandwick and founded their Global Strategic Media Practice, which was focused on telling stories globally for the world’s leading brands and their CEOs. In this capacity she had the privilege of taking MasterCard public, repositioning DreamWorks Animation as a leading tech brand, and helping Samsung make one of its biggest splashes in the US by launching #D TV and managing their corporate brand. She first started in communications as the press secretary of the Philippines. She loves to read, cook and go to the beach. Her three favorite places in the world are Paris, East Hampton and St Barts. Lessons Learned: Everywhere you look across business and culture collaboration is the driving force Uber and Airbnb are billion dollar companies invented through the model of sharing vs ownership. But companies like GE, Marriott and Nike are inventing their futures around the same principles ie GE Predix. Sharing is the ultimate currency of business today and is about way more than hailing a car or renting out a person’s home. ACTIVATE YOUR POWER AND BE UNSTOPPABLE TOGETHER Former executive turned Lifestyle entrepreneur, Connie Pheiff is ridiculously dedicated to inspiring individuals to activate their power & live their dream as a lifestyle entrepreneur. Each week we bring you confident conversations with today's leading entrepreneurs who made the bold choice to go from moving up the corporate ladder to moving out and building a successful lifestyle business. We are Unstoppable Together. The Up or Out Network is reaching over 150m potential listeners each week. And we’re not done yet… We can be heard on… Be sure to subscribe, you don’t want to miss any of the good stuff. C-Suite Radio Apple Radio iHeartRadio Google Radio Stitcher Multiple online networks 1,900 analog stations in 145 Countries. Let us know what you need to hear on a future episode of Up or Out with Connie. We are here to help Lifestyle Entrepreneurs activate your powers and develop high-performance habits and be Unstoppable Together. Apply to be a guest at www.uporout.com, and be sure to subscribe to Up or Out with Connie on Need a Business Coach or a Motivational Speaker for your next event? Connie is now booking for 2019. Contact Connie's scheduling manager at jen@pheiffgroup.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 167 - Kevin Craine and Billee Howard discuss the use of nuero-powered technology to quantify, measure and understand human thought. Explore how to use artificial intelligence and sentiment analysis to connect customer emotion directly to improved business performance. Understand the convergence of 'big emotion' and 'big data' and how it is valuable from a strategic and marketing perspective. Stay tuned for three action items in the second half. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? http://Everyday-MBA.com/guest

In this Thrive LOUD Minisode we go back to where it all began.  The very first Thrive LOUD episode with Billee Howard. The founder and CEO of Brandthropologie highlights what an amazing time we're living in to be an entrepreneur and how it important it is to "follow your dreams". Enjoy!

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A Conversation with Billee Howard, CEO of Brandthropologie Media and Author of We Commerce What a treat it was to speak with Billee a real Dynamo and a true authority on the power of creativity and collaboration. She really sums it up best when she says, “If you inculcate creativity, storytelling and purpose directly into […] The post Using Creativity & Collaboration, Embodying Purpose & Fusing Content Into Commerce appeared first on Custom Ecommerce Web Development.

Billee shares with us her thoughts on the future of of marketing, storytelling, content creation and thought leadership.   How to Connect with us: Lou: Twitter:  @ThriveLOUD Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThriveLouD/ Site:  www.thrivepartners.net   Billee: Twitter: @MashupTweet Site: www.brandthropologie.com       More About Billee: Billee Howard is Founder + Chief Engagement Officer of Brandthropologie, a cutting edge consultancy specializing in harnessing creativity to solve business problems. . Billee is a veteran communications executive in brand development, digital storytelling, trend forecasting, corporate reputation management, content creation and production, strategic media relations, and C-suite executive positioning   Her work has spanned from her early days as Press Secretary for the President of the Philippines to helping transform dozens of global brands like Samsung, PespiCo, MasterCard, AllState, DreamWorks and Fast Company.   She is the author of We-Commerce dedicated to the study of the sharing economy. She is an active contributor on Forbes.com and the Huffington Post and Billee is also an influencer and futurist for IBM.   Follow her on Twitter @MashupTweet and at www.brandthropologie.com  

My friend Billee Howard joins me to discuss trends she sees for 2017. Fascinating information from a fascinating and well studied woman. Bille wrote what I called as the best business book I read in 2015. Get your copy today of "WE-COMMERCE, How to Create, Collaborate, and Succeed in the Sharing Economy.Bille is an expert story teller. She helps companies craft their stories and messages at her company www.brandthropologie.com. So, get prepared for a great 2017 and beyond by taking a lot of notes during my interview with my special guest Billee Howard.You can find Billee on Linkedin and Facebook.A special thanks to Kevin's Worldwide for underwriting this show with Billee Howard. You can learn more about Kevin's - one of America's largest branded promotional products company at www.kevinsww.comYou can call or text me at 570 815 1626Marty Wolff - Business Builders Show Host and President of Executive Coaching Company, Marty Wolff Business Solutions See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Billee Howard is the Founder & CEO of Brandthropologie, an artist collective that helps place brands at the epicenter of culture and commerce. Billee is also the author of “We-Commerce” a book designed to help companies and leaders embrace the principles of the collaborative economy in ways that improve their bottom line. What do you do in the first 60 minutes of your day? Billee begins her day by looking at what's going on in the world -- spot trends and apply them into your business. ONWARD! Favorite quote or lesson? "If you're not the lead dog, the view never changes." How do you define success? Success is really knowing that you've pushed yourself to be the best you can be at any moment. What strategy do you use to combat fear? Billee looks at others and says "if they can do it -- I can do it" -- and Billee tells the reasons why here. What makes as "A player" an "A player"? An "A player" is someone who can constantly evolve and find new and exciting ways to develop their own skills.   Final Round – “Breaking Down the Recipe for Success”  How can we become better mentors? Don't try to make your mentees a carbon of you Allow yourself to be mentored by people you wouldn't think of as mentors How can we build an audience? Build a collaborative culture inside your organization Understand how you are going to meet the needs of consumers Put communications at the beginning of a supply chain of invention instead of at the end How can business owners reach that elusive next level? Look at how you can change up your routine and shed what's holding you back Take yourself out of your comfort zone and look at how to expand your offering Embrace failure as a tool to drive yourself towards new success How best to connect with Billee: Website: www.brandthropoloie.com Email: billee@brandthropologie.com LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/billeehoward Twitter: @Mashuptweet

This episode of $mart Women boldly goes where no episode has gone before, to the future. We are thrilled to welcome Billee Howard to the show. She is veteran trend forecaster who studies the rising intersection of culture and commerce and identifies the trends that are defining our future. Billie also wrote “We Commerce” a reinvented business toolkit that teaches you how to create, collaborate, and succeed in the age of the sharing economy. Together with host Michelle McKinnon, the two ladies take a look at what it takes to win as a female in business, and what trends you should be aware of for tomorrow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Billee Howard talks about her book "WE Commerce" with Bizcast host Kevin Craine. In WE-Commerce, visionary marketing strategist Billee Howard lays out her plan for a new vision of success and long-term, purposeful profitability in the new global, sharing economy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 63 - Billee Howard discusses her book WE-Commerce and how the most successful businesses and entrepreneurs thrive through connectivity, socialization, and sharing. What is the 'sharing economy?' How can you inspire trust in your brand?  And what are the skills that will position you for success? Stay tuned after the interview for five action items to take advantage of the ideas and advice in this interview, and hear bonus comments from Billee. Host, Kevin Craine   @Everyday_MBA

Billee Howard believes that culture and commerce are colliding in ways we've never seen before, and we agree. Here more on The Nice Guys today.   Billee on Twitter- @mashuptweet Doug on Twitter- @djdoug Strick on Twitter - @NiceGuyonBiz   Here are some of the things you'll hear from Billee on the podcast today:   - It's a new era of engagement. It's not enough to just sell anymore, you have to engage your consumer.   - Use storytelling to connect with your potential customers.   - Create a level of immersion with your brand.   - Her company Brandthropology does everything from brand positioning, content creation and production, to SEO and Web design.   - How can a company stand up and be noticed when there are literally a thousand others just like them?   -The world is so small today, how is it possible that to take the little guy and put him or her on the main stage?   - What mistakes do you see being made by organizations today in trying to get there message out to the world.   E-Mail- billee@brandthropologie.com Get a copy of Billee's book here: We-Commerce: How to create, collaborate and succeed in a sharing economy.   And check out BRANDthropologie here: http://brandthropologie.com/   Please visit our sponsors- Get Doug's micro-learning course plus a free copy of his audio book for the amazing price of $49.00, that's $171.00 off of the regular price just for being a listener to the podcast! Click http://www.dougsandler.com/microlearning/ and use promo code Podcast.   Start using Tweet Jukebox for free and simplify your social media: http://www.tweetjukebox.com/   Click through our Amazon.com link before buying anything. As Amazon.com affiliates, we receive a small commission on purchases made after clicking our links. It cost you nothing extra but supports the podcast. Thanks in advance.   Want to ask us a question or record a show intro for us? Call 4242-DJDoug and leave us a message.   Subscribe to the Podcast   Caddyshack- Billy, Billy Billy.... More Caddyshack   Don't underestimate the Power of Nice.

Billee Howard is the Founder + Chief Engagement Officer of Brandthropologie, www.brandthropologie.com, a cutting edge communications firm specializing in helping organizations and individuals to produce innovative, creative and passionate dialogues with target communities, consumers and employees while blazing a trail toward new models of artful, responsible and sustainable business success.Bille is also the author of my favorite business book of 2015 "WE-COMMERCE: How to Create, Collaborate, and Succeed in the Sharing Economy". I consider Billee one of the top thinkers in the new and expanding collaborative culture. She is one of the most creative people I have ever been around!In this interview Billee gives us a new look and thought process on how to "executive produce" our brand. Ready? OK, cameras, ready, action.....Please text me at 570 815 1626 with your comments or questions. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Billee Howard is the Founder & CEO of Brandthropologie, an artist collective that helps place brands at the epicenter of culture and commerce. Billee is also the author of “We-Commerce” a book designed to help companies and leaders embrace the principles of the collaborative economy in ways that improve their bottom line. Secret – timesaving technique Billee pushes herself to a place of discomfort -- innovation is discipline. ONWARD! Daily habit that contributes to success Understand the context of the environment of who you're talking to -- Billee strives to not be overly insular. Could have ruined your business – but now – an invaluable learning experience Billee was forced to leave her industry -- and Billee tells the whole story here. Most critical skill you think business owners need to master to be successful "Creativity needs to be a centrality of business -- and view storytelling as a business competency." Most influential lesson learned from a mentor "Reward somebody who deserves to be rewarded before they ask for it."   Final Round – “Breaking Down the Recipe for Success”   What systems would you go back and put into place sooner? I would take the time to deconstruct what went right and what went wrong. What one strategy or “recipe” would compound into big wins for business owners? Successful business today should be able to embrace ideas no matter where they come from. How to exceed expectations and add the most value? An individual would push themselves every day. What strategy would you recommend new business owners focus on to best ensure success? Understand that there has never been a better time to be an entrepreneur Believe in yourself -- you cannot succeed if you don't first fail Have a niche focus -- don't be all things to all people How best to connect with Billee: Website: www.brandthropoloie.com Email: billee@brandthropologie.com   You can also find us here: ----- OnwardNation.com -----

Today, the most successful businesses and entrepreneurs thrive through connectivity, socialization, and sharing. It is an age of WE-Commerce, an economy centered on the power of “we” instead of “me,” focused on the needs of the many over the few. On-demand, sharing economy, gig economy, collaborative consumption -­ whatever the latest term, there's a great economic shift happening, and consequently a need to transform and overhaul our business models in order to thrive and keep up with the times. We were joined on the show by author and CEO Billee Howard. Billee Howard is based in New York and is founder and chief engagement officer of Brandthropologie, and president of Mojo Risin Studios. She also founded Eleven, a national women's network with the mantra ‘United We Rise United We Stand, and The House of We dedicated to the new sharing economy. Howard has been guiding companies to produce, envision, innovate, and create passionate dialogues and has had the privilege of working with many great leaders and brands including Jeffrey Katzenberg, Dreamworks Animation, Faith Popcorn, PepsiCo, Samsung, FastCompany, Boeing, Warby Parker among others. Howard was the winner of PR Week's 30 under 30, and 40 under 40, as well as being selected for the Media Professional of the Year Award twice.   To learn more about Billee visit: www.brandthropologie.com You can keep up to date with the ACA changes at : www.houstonfrstfinancialgroup.com then click health insurance or to compare different plans in Texas, check subsidies and enroll go to my site at: https://www.healthsherpa.com/?_agent_id=christopher-hensley Personal Finance Cheat Sheet Article:http://www.cheatsheet.com/…/how-schools-can-improve-their-…/ Financial Advisor Magazine Articles: http://www.fa-mag.com/…/advisors-stay-the-course-amid-monda… http://www.fa-mag.com/…/on-it-s-80th-anniversary--advisors-… You can listen live by going to www.kpft.org and clicking on the HD3 tab. You can also listen to this episode and others by podcast at:http://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/moneymatters or www.moneymatterspodcast.com ‪#‎KPFTHOUSTON‬ ‪#‎NakedCultureBH