If you’ve dreamed of a career as a TV anchor/host or authoring children’s books, then you can’t miss this episode with Emmy-award-winning TV host, author, digital marketing executive, and creator Markette Sheppard.
You’ll get the real scoop on the glamorous struggle to get into the host’s chair – and stay there – and also why she left that life, where she found success next, and how she uses her talents, skills, and experiences to support people of color now.
We also talk about: Why you need to keep an eye out for big changes in your industry, what children of color need to see and why, the dirty little secret about getting access to the better opportunities in TV media, what I always say about a problem with no solution, how your creations can create opportunities for others … and more!"When kids are learning their colors, their shapes, learning how to read, learning how to write … if you see yourself in the images, you’re going to have a lifelong understanding that you matter.” – Markette Sheppard
Highlights From This Episode:
- True Story! Your book can be a bestseller – before it’s even printed
- Rewriting other people’s stories (in more ways than one)
- Perfect Example: Create the change you want to see in the world
- Living the difference between IF and WHEN
- Markette’s “secret sauce” is…
- True Story! Predicting the fall of a multibillion-dollar industry
- Expand your skillset to refine your career path
- More and more evidence of #BlackGirlMagic
- Pro Tip: Don’t have connections in your industry? Here’s what you do…
- How privilege keeps “po’ folk” out of the TV industry
- Is TV anchor/host a dead-end job?
- Inside Scoop: 3 ugly truths about working in television
- Glow Stream TV’s opportunities for people of color
- You’ve got to start somewhere – so start here and here…
- Pro Tip: 4 ways to leverage a great video
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