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OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesDJ Doran for Chicago Mayor - Discusses Key Issues (2023 Race)In this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with DJ Doran, a media entrepreneur, LGBTQ community organizer, 23 year US Airforce veteran, and long-time Chicago citizen. Chicago News: Breaking DJ Doran announces his candidacy for Mayor of Chicago. (April 6, 2022). The election is in February 2023. Mayoral candidate DJ Doran has never held a public office, his background is well suited to tackle the big issues Chicago faces. In our conversation, Doran lists 7 key issues and the practical high-level steps he'd take toward improving life fo...
2022-04-0640 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesEstate Planning Wills and More for LGBTQIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Dr. Kelly. Today we are chatting about the need and importance of having wills and other end-of-life planning for LGBTQ persons. Don't leave headaches, problems, burdens for others. Estate planning including a will ensures your wishes and desires are carried out as you would like. It can be slightly more complex for persons who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, asexual, intersex, transgender or queer in several ways. First, if estate planning is not done, fami...
2022-02-0932 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesLoving Yourself to Financial Abundance with Martin CowartIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Martin Cowart, a spiritual and mindset coach helping clients heal personally and financially. Listen in or watch now or later on the video or audio apps you already use. The summary below doesn't fully explain. Be sure to listen or watch the full episode. Martin works with gay, bisexual, and transgender business owners. Previously he was a wealth manager at a large firm. He found himself in a toxic work environment which affe...
2021-10-0444 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesHot New Book "The Wisdom of Guncles" from Gay Author Michael DumlaoIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with out gay author Michael Dumlao regarding his new book "The Wisdom of Guncles" (gay uncles).Michael Dumlao (he/his) is an artist, author, and activist equipped with more than twenty-one years of advancing diversity, equity, and social justice through award-winning brand strategy, digital marketing, and creative storytelling in corporate, federal, academic, and non-profit environments. He led the rebrand of a Fortune 500 company as its first Director of Brand and serves as a senior advisor f...
2021-08-2737 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesTechnology Support and Education for LGBTQ African NGOsIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Jaco Kleynhans is a South African based technology business owner, NijaCo, and founder of the NGO A Community of Humans that provides technology support and training to other LGBTQ NGOs throughout Africa.In Jaco's early career he was in the South African Air Force where he was assigned a special project to learn web development and create websites for various South African Air Force divisions. He fell in love with web and software development. A...
2021-08-2533 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesIT Security For LGBTQ+ Owned Businesses & OrganizationsIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Sarah Lynn, an IT security professional focusing on LGBTQ+ owned small and midsized businesses and LGBTQ+ community non-profits. Lynn has a 30-year career in technology with a significant portion of that career dedicated to information technology security. She is a partner in BPM CPA and leads the IT Security division. Lynn stated that she started focusing on IT security for small and medium businesses because in that industry they were and still are very under...
2021-08-2337 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesLGBTQ+ 2nd Parent Adoptions - What You Need to KnowIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Dr. Kelly about legal issues LGBTQ+ persons should be aware of in 2nd parent adoptions building their family. We welcome your comments and questions. Join us on https://outbur.com and join the Out-Families group! Family law throughout the United States and Canada can vary from state to state. LGBTQ+ persons desiring to build their family by whatever means can face challenges not necessarily faced by heterosexual families. Many states have...
2021-08-2218 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesLeadership Coaching Centered on Your State Of ConsciousnessIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Kevin Huntting, a Leadership Coaching Centered on Your State Of Consciousness.If you are a professional or entrepreneur in either capacity and would like to up your leadership skills, make sure you watch/listen. Along the way, we'd love for you to drop a comment. What did you learn? What was new or interesting to you? What are your goals and what's blocking you?Kevin has had a long career in the l...
2021-08-2049 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesCreating Services for LGBTQ+ Homeless Youth in South DakotaIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Joseph Barb founder of the LGBTQ+ Family Connections Center located in South Dakota to support LGBTQ+ homeless youth. Joe has a career background in corporate human resources and had a moment of realization that turned his life to focus on the underserved LGBTQ+ community in South Dakota. Growing up in Connecticut where he had 3 LGBTQ+ community centers all nearby. However, where he, his husband and their son (pictured with him in the thumbnail/feature im...
2021-08-1931 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesBeing LGBTQ and Sikhism with Gurchaten "Nanoo" SandhuIn this episode of OutBüro Voices host, Dennis Velco chats again with our friend Gurchaten "Nanoo" Sandhu who is the LGBTQ Global Leader at the United Nations about being LGBTQ and Sikh. OutBüro Voicesfeaturing LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world. During the recording of our initial interview (link below) at the tail end, I asked Nanoo about being gay LGBTQ, and being Sikh. His response was rather surprising to me stating that, unlike several other prominent world religions, the Sikh faith has no mention of homosexuality in its scriptures at all...
2021-08-1104 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesAn Exit Strategy is a MUST have to Grow Your BusinessIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Stephen Crawford a Business Coach who focuses on the end game. Stephen Crawford throughout his career has been a teacher and/or coach in some manner. For the bulk of his career, he was a vocal coach helping his clients and students be pitch-perfect while performing and guiding their careers. He has owned two successful vocal studios and has clients who have gone on to reach prestigious positions. Stephen focuses on the end...
2021-08-0842 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesUnited Nations Globe President Gurchaten "Nanoo" Sandhu - LGBTQ+ LeaderIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with the United Nation's LGBTQ+ personnel leader Gurchaten "Nanoo" Sandhu. His reach incorporates 70 UN organizations in a unique personnel bargaining way.This is just the text description is just a brief overview, so be sure to listen or watch and post any questions you might have for Nanoo in the comments.Nanoo who is a British citizen by birth, his parent immigrated comes from Northern Indian with Punjabi heritage and a with a S...
2021-07-2046 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesLGBTQ Caregiver Center - New Resource for Information and SupportIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Jennifer Henius and Zander Keig founders of the LGBTQ Caregiver Center. Jennifer has a long history of working in the caregiving space at the national headquarters for the US Veterans Affairs where she was in a leadership role within the caregiver support program. In that role, she worked on public policy including LGBTQ policy and the caregiver education and training curriculum where she worked to integrate LGBTQ awareness and sensitivity into the training curriculum. Sh...
2021-07-1744 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesRichard LaMay - Executive Producer, Director, Screenwriter, and AuthorIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Richard LeMay. He is an executive producer, director, screenwriter, screenwriting instructor, actor, and author. If you have questions or comments for Richard or Dennis, please add them to the comments. Richard's career started out as a physical therapist. His current career started out when he was discovered and asked to be in some commercials. He's made several LGBTQ films, most notably "Children of God" that he produced. It went on to win 27 int...
2021-07-1639 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesThe HPV Pandemic - What You Need To Know - HPV Global ActionIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Teresa Norris and Anthony Lombardi from the HPV Global Action registered charity. Be sure to listen or watch this episode packed full of great information. https://hpvglobalaction.org/ Teresa founded HPV Global Action in 2002 after her best friend died of cervical cancer the year earlier. There was not much awareness of HPV and Teresa changed her career plans to provide information and awareness of HPV (human papillomavirus). The organization is based in Mon...
2021-07-1545 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesCurtis Danskin-Ainslie: Virtual Assistants for Entrepreneurs & Life Purpose CoachingIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Curtis Danskin-Ainslie: Helping Entrepreneurs with Virtual Assistants & Life Purpose Coaching. In this lively, open, and candid conversation, we cover quite a bit - so be sure to listen in. Curtis started his career in music as a became musical director of a church. He lived oppressing his own identity to fit in marrying his best female friend. He came out as gay at the tender age of 42. He started the virtual assistance busi...
2021-07-1343 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesJennifer & Stephanie: Science and Loving Yourself Toward Great RelationshipsIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Jennifer and Stephanie of Enchanted Awakenings - they are holistic relationship coaches.Listen in to learn more. Jennifer and Stephanie are a warm, open, and giving couple that immediately makes anyone feel comfortable and safe. Jennifer and Stephanie both have long careers in service to others. Stephanie has long been a social worker focusing on victim support while Jennifer, along with her past career and education in psychology, recently became an ordained minister. They h...
2021-07-1243 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesElla Slade - IBM's LGBTQ+ Striving for Authenticity ReportIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Ella Slade who is the LGBTQ+ Global Leader at IBM. We discuss the recently completed LGBTQ+ Striving for Authenticity report by IBM with support from LGBTQ+ organizations Out&Equal and Workplace Pride (link below). Be sure to watch or listen to this lively and insightful conversation. Ella started her career at IBM first as a college intern working in recruitment marketing covering Europe. They have been very involved in the LGBTQ+ and were active in...
2021-07-1133 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesMichael Grey - Holistic Spiritual Life Coach for the LGBTQ CommunityIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Michel Grey, a holistic spiritual life coach for the LGBTQ community and great allies. Michel is a non-binary queer professional that has past experience as a youth soccer coach and was always the person that others depended on for advice. As an entrepreneur, you are taking a risk on yourself and your ideas. Having support is so important. Michel believes, like me, that positive thought is not enough. What you think about you bring ab...
2021-07-1035 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesBob Witeck - Pioneer in LGBTQ Marketing CommunicationsIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Bob Witeck, a legend in the LGBTQ marketing space. He founded the first LGBTQ marketing communications agency helping brands connect with the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer community. Bob grew up in the Washington D.C. area. For 10 years he was the Press Secretary to a US Senator. After his time there he became a vice president of the global marketing communications firm. Hill+Knowlton. He was very active as a volunteer in th...
2021-07-0553 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesAndy Cramer - LGBTQ Community Pioneer - Now Creating a Safe Space for All CaregiversIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders worldwide, host Dennis Velco chats with Andy Cramer, retail entrepreneur, founder of the gay.com network, ROIgenius™, and his newest venture with his husband, Al. It’s called ExtendaTouch.com.Growing up in the 1950's he was closeted in an era where Allan Turing, arguably the father of computers, was castrated for being homosexual. Andy attended the University of Pennsylvania at the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce. After college, Andy headed out West and opened his first retail store in Albuquerque, New Mexic...
2021-06-1446 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesScott Seitz - SPI Marketing Helping Brands Reach the LGBTQ+ CommunityIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Scott Seitz of SPI Marketing. SPI Marketing was one of the first LGBTQ-focused marketing agencies founded in 1996. Early on SPI Marketing was able to attract beverage and spirits companies. Seitz's past career in those industries proved useful. They've also worked with RuPaul's Drag Race for its first six years. Seitz explains they've also have worked with pharmaceutical companies and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Other key clients have been Absolute Vodka, Miller C...
2021-06-1041 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesJacob Kneip: Building LGBTQ+ Community SupportIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Jacob Kneip who saw a need to create an LGBTQ+ community support center in a conservative suburb 45 minutes outside of Chicago - Wheaton, Illinois. I apologize for my mis-introduction. Neither caught that to rerecord. Watch or listen to Jacob share his ah-ha moment and his journey so far in creating a safe and welcoming space for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, asexual, intersex, queer, and questioning youth. 01:30 Jacob shares his background and how...
2021-03-1550 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesAlfred Verhoeven: Marketing the Rainbow - Corporate LGBTQ AdvertisingIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Alfred Verhoeven, marketing consultant and Marketing Ph.D. candidate. 01:15 Brief intro by Alfred 02:30 Alfred's background includes a law degree and initially stubbled into marketing and has worked in corporate financial institutions yet has been in private practice for around 20 years so far. 04:20 In the military, Alfred was a language specialist where he learned Russian working in the military intelligence realm. 06:00 We discuss how both sales and marketing are areas wh...
2021-02-271h 02
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesBrian Sims: Pennsylvania State Lawmaker Announces Running for Luitenent GovernorIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with out gay Pennsylvania State Lawmaker Brian Sims, who just days after this recorded chat wherein I asked about political aspirations, he announced that he is running for Pennsylvania Lutienent Governor. Sly devil. Here is his announcement. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejiy3kNTI6gAt 29:00 Brian shares what his calendar looks like today, an average day. Oh goodness, I needed another coffee just hearing that. After a week of that schedule, a good...
2021-02-1539 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesRomy Newman: Social Entrepreneur - Empowering Careers of WomenIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Romy Newman a social entrepreneur with a focus on advancing workplace gender equality, career opportunities for women, and corporate transparency. Romy brings a long and rich career background in marketing and business development to Fairygodboss. Co-founded with Georgene Huang, Fairygodboss is a community network centered on career women, employer branding, and job marketplace aiding employers to reach the female demographic supporting their workplace equality strategy. Women may anonymously rate recent past and current employers. This p...
2021-02-1244 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesDarren Loli: Creating LGBTQ Content with Passion and VigorIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Darren Loli, Founder/CEO and Executive Producer of Happening Out Television Network providing an LGBTQ perspective and programming. Based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Darren has a long and rich career background in business operational efficiency consulting via his company, the Loli Group. The Loli Group focuses on operations consulting specializing in turnaround and new division management. It has cross-industry experience guiding high-level management in developing business vision and overall strategy. They design and build human...
2021-02-0843 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesWesley Smoot: Unleashed LGBTQ - Virtual ShowcaseIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Wesley Smoot, Marketing Director for Unleashed LGBTQ. Located in Dallas, Texas Unleashed LGBTQ is an expo and due to COVID a virtual event featuring brands, talent/entertainers, apps, films, fresh music from LGBTQ artists, virtual tours of LGBTQ travel destinations, tutorials, virtual fashion show, panel discussions, keynote speakers such as Pennsylvania State Representative Brian Sims, and more. They tout it as brands, services, and campaigns entering the LGBTQ market. The 2021 event will be h...
2021-02-0519 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesAJ Mizes: 80% of Jobs are Filled Through ConnectionsIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with AJ Mizes a career coach, leadership coach, and HR consultant. A.J. is a talent and human potential aficionado with over a decade of experience within Career Coaching and Human Resources--and has been featured in NBC, CBS, FOX, The International Business Times, and Yahoo! News. Most recently, though, AJ left Facebook as a Global HR Leader where he supported an international team and launched many innovative leadership programs under his guidance--that are still in full...
2021-02-051h 00
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesChris Rollins: A Coach for LGBTQ+ HR, People, and Culture ProfessionalsIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Chris Rollins who is a coach for HR, people, and culture professionals.Chris Rollins is a Leadership and Executive Coach for HR, People, and Culture Leaders, especially in the LGBTQ+ community, yet not exclusively. He does this work to deepen the commitment to his purpose: to hold safe space so that people have the courage to find and live their truth. His purpose-driven approach to coaching helps his clients connect more powerfully with who t...
2021-02-0447 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesLisa Geason-Bauer: Environmental and Sustainability ConsultingIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Lisa Geason-Bauer based in Wisconsin is an entrepreneur focusing on environmental and sustainability consulting. 01:30 Lisa describes her career started as a sociologist putting that background into practical use in sustainability. 02:00 She aids her clients to Implement sustainability actions, practices, and protocols within their business. 02:30 She works at the intersection of corporate responsibility, employee engagement, and marketing communications. 03:20 How do Sustainability and Employee Engagement and Equality fit together? 04:00 D...
2021-02-0240 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesJohn-Manuel Andriote: Exploring Resilience of the LGBTQ CommunityIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with John-Manuel Andriote, freelance health/medical-focused journalist for the likes of The Atlantic, Psychology Today, and others and author. In his early journalist career, he focused his reporting on HIV/AIDS and then broadened it to the wider health and medical topics. Over the past 10 years, he has focused on psychological and emotional resilience. He is currently training to become a personal resilience coach to help others build their own resilience.John shares that...
2021-01-3142 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesZander Keig: Trans US Veteran Mental Wellnes CoachIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Zander Keig, a US military veteran, a trans man who has dedicated his career in service to others.After a military medical discharge, his career took a slightly winding path yet always with a focus on being of service to others. He became a local police officer, achieved a degree in conflict resolution with a focus on corporate merger and acquisition. But he then attended seminary focusing again on service to others achieving a Ma...
2021-01-3049 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesArt Smith: Documenting LGBTQ Community History Through Bygone BarsIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Art Smith, artist, promoter, entrepreneur, and founder of Gay Barchieves. Art shares his story of working for two local LGBTQ community local print media companies starting in the mid-'80s. This forced him to both be out as gay but also out and active in the community calling on businesses of all sorts. Through this, he formed relationships with many bar and club owners who wanted to advertise their business and events. In 2019...
2021-01-2644 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesBuilding Business and Life from Opportunity and PassionIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Dëv Ramsumair, out gay entrepreneur, fashion event producer, museum curator, foster parent, and much more. Warning! When Dëv and I have the opportunity to chat we cover lots of ground. This interview conversation is no different. What I love about this is the openness and vulnerability demonstrating the width and breadth of us all as humans in where we have so many facets to our lives. I hope you enjoy this conversation. Leave a...
2021-01-1852 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesKevin Shah: Learn Empathy in Just 6 Minutes a Day with JaagoIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Kevin Shah. Kevin is an out gay entrepreneur, product manager with an engineering background, immigrant, filmmaker, startup founder of Jaago, and so much more. I listed many things that Kevin identifies as, an illustration of intersectionality. Kevin and I discuss what is intersectionality, the buzzword that has become quite popular in the realms of diversity and inclusion over the past few years. It is key to understanding yourself and others to build empathy. Empathy is the...
2021-01-1749 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesChristopher Clawson-Rule: Writer's Block is Bullshit!In this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Christopher Clawson-Rule, publisher, author, out gay entrepreneur. Christopher, who has several books published himself turned publisher with over 150 authors he represents says writer's block is bullshit. He elaborates that writer's block is just laziness. In our discussion, we explore his journey from starting his first book, ways to overcome writer's block, and how he became a publisher. Christopher started writing after his 16-year-old daughter challenged him when after reading a book he said, "I could wr...
2021-01-1645 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesTyler Davis: New America Awakenings - Author ChatIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Tyler Davis author of the book titled "New America Awakenings". "New America Awakenings" is a fictional tale of a world where the United States grapples with divisive factions of radical extremists who burst into a full civil war and foreign invasion all leaving the country ripped apart. The government creates wards separating and grouping people base on faith, race, and other factors where citizens must wear a color stripe to signify what group they belo...
2021-01-1440 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesMichael Johnson-Ellis: Building LGBTQ FamiliesIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Michael Johnson-Ellis gay dad and entrepreneur helping the LGBTQ community be informed on family building and family life. When Michael met his partner, his partner had a daughter from a previous marriage with a female. Michael had worked for some time in the fertility industry marketing to prospective parents. Early in their relationship they talked of having kids together and started their research to find information tailored to a gay couple. It became apparent that...
2021-01-1232 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesScott Ballina: Diversity and Inclusion in PracticeIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Scott Ballina, Senior Director, Diversity, Belonging & Giving for a global technology company.Scott learned the value of diversity while serving in the US Navy as an officer leading a diverse group of sailors from all walks of life. It was also in this role where he experienced living double life hiding his sexual orientation through avoidance, double-speak, and living if needed to keep his identity a secret. While working as a technology consultant at Del...
2021-01-0834 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesMax Appenroth: Transgender Experience Focused Healthcare ConsultantIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Max Appenroth: Transgender Experience Focused Healthcare Consultant based in Berlin, Germany.Max is a male of transgender experience and has had to navigate the public medical system of Germany where doctors are assigned. The assigned doctors were generalists with little to no experience with transgender patients. This led him to have in most cases to educate his doctors on what he needed and how to best treat him. Max is striving to educate the heal...
2020-12-2944 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesAshley Brundage: Empowering Differences Author and Transgender ActivistIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Ashley Brundage, author, transgender activist, and VP of Diversity and Inclusion for a national financial institution. Ashely's journey is remarkable and inspiring. When faced with homelessness and a family of four counting on her she was pretransition trying to find a job. Frustrated with seeking employment while presenting as male not being true to herself, one day she said enough. From that point forward with her family's support she started the job search for a new...
2020-12-2852 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesDonna Williams: LGBTQ Authentic Stock Images on LibertiPixIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Donna Williams, out lesbian entrepreneur and co-founder of LibertiPix.LibertiPix is a new online stock photography site that is authentically LGBTQ from A to Z. Co-founder Donna Williams has years of experience in the marketing media industry. In that role she became frustrated with the limited selection of stock images and video represent, or trying to represent the LGBTQ community. She discusses some of the negative stereotyping as well as images that clearly misrepresent comp...
2020-12-2440 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesTyler DeSouza: Fashion Pioneer for the Transgender and Cross-Dressing CommunityIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Tyler DeSouza, CEO of enFemme.Tyler is an out sexually fluid entrepreneur who grew up with his mother being a stylist for crossdressers. The business started in their living room over 25 years ago when his mother started helping predominately heterosexual Men fulfill their desire to dress as a female. Being a bit of a high fashionista herself she helped the men pull together outfits and accessories that suited them. A few years ago mom ret...
2020-12-2346 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesWendy Weiss: The Queen of Cold CallingIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Wendy Weiss: The Queen of Cold Calling.Wendy started her career as a ballerina dancer. She moved to New York City to pursue that dream. Like most, she had to work a day job to make ends meet. After getting tired of waiting tables she started a job with a telemarketing firm where she received training and mentoring. She found that she enjoyed the job and was quite good. After some time she ventured on her...
2020-12-2150 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesGina Battye: Fostering Psychological Safety in the WorkplaceIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Gina Battye, out lesbian entrepreneur in corporate diversity and inclusion with a keen focus on psychological safety.This short description nearly does this robust and in-depth conversation justice. This is a must-watch or listen to casual interview chock full of insights, examples, and personal stories you might relate to. Gina spent significant time and effort reaching and developed her cornerstone 5 Pillars to Psychological Safety in the workplace. The 5 Pillars Of Psyc...
2020-12-191h 01
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesMichael Stephens: Discovering Who Am IIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Michael Stephens, founder of Create Space.In this candid conversation, we share some personal experiences that led us both in different ways to arrive at the same destination: ourselves.We discuss the struggles so many LGBTQ persons have with deeply identifying with themselves. Rooted in a need as growing up to hide our true self, we can put forth a fake facade striving to fit in, to not be bullied, to be a...
2020-12-1448 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesMartin Stark: World Gay Boxing ChampionshipIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Martin Stark, founder of the World Gay Boxing Championship based in Sydney, Australia. After a medical condition with Addison's disease nearly took Martin's life, he searched for ways to improve his overall health and strength. Once he came across boxing classes he was hooked. Boxing classes involve whole-body strengthening, cardio, flexibility, coordination, endurance, and emphasizes a good healthy diet. Martin found that through the foundation of boxing he also gained confidence on many leaves. He was...
2020-12-1329 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesPaul Lorenz: Painter, Composer, Architect, Renaissance ManPaul Lorenz is gay LGBTQ artist renaissance man whose work not only spans but unites art, painting, photography, dance, performance, video, film making, architecture, and music. Paul is definitely an LGBT artist worth checking out. He is a multi-disciplinary multi-medium artist who not only has incredible abstract paintings he blends his painting with performance work including dance, video, and originally composed music. He is a trained architect renaissance man. His artwork has been seen globally in exhibitions, galleries, and museums in both solo and group shows. As a trained architect he explores the concept of a line in form and...
2020-12-0714 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesB. Danielle Watkins: Lesbian, Author, Screenwriter, Film MakerIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with lesbian entrepreneur B. Danielle Watkins. Like most professionals, Danielle's path started on a winding trail lead by her passion for writing. Her writing grew into publishing full novels and a trilogy. A friend asked for her help in writing a screenplay and, BAM she was hooked. This event changed the course of her primary focus to work in the film industry. For a few years, Danielle worked for a production company being a principal screen...
2020-12-0439 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesJeff Hammerberg: Locate an LGBTQ Realtor on GayRealEstate.comIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with entrepreneur Jeff Hammerberg. Jeff is the founder of www.GayRealEstate.com. https://www.gayrealestate.com/To connect with Jeff find him on OutBüro here. https://outburo.com/profile/gayrealtor/ Jeff started out serving in the US Navy for 4 years in the San Diego, California area. After his military service, he relocated to Denver, Colorado to begin a career in commercial real estate. After several years in commercial real estate, Jeff made the ju...
2020-11-2945 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesTom Carlucci: Building Rome - The Largest LGBTQ Resort in FloridaIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with serial entrepreneur Tom Carlucci in St. Petersburg, Florida. Tom is building ROME, which will be the largest gay resort and entertainment complex in Florida serving both local as well as vacation travelers. Prior to launching Riceplex (more info below), Tom spent several years in the hospitality industry working at large casino resorts in Atlantic City. He worked in many areas of the resort's operation which provides him a great foundation for his newest entrepreneurial ques...
2020-11-2444 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesMatt Skallerud: Innovative, Pioneer, LGBTQ Marketing LeaderIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with serial internet marketing entrepreneur Matt Skallerud. Matt founded one of the first internet websites focused on the gay community. Within a short period, he also founded one of the first websites (gaywired.com 1995) for the lesbian community (shewired.com) both acquired by Here Media (2006) and no longer active. Matt shares a bit of history surrounding the development of early LGBTQ web platform presence. Matt shares how the LGBTQ were early adopters using sites to connec...
2020-11-2137 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesStan Kimer: VP of Training for National Diversity Council & ConsultantIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Out gay professional and entrepreneur Stan Kimer. Stan shares how he not only held several professional roles within IBM over his 31-year career there but how he moved between several departments such as operations, sales, product development, marketing, and Human Resources (Diversity & Inclusion). He has always thrived while constantly learning and challenging himself. When assigned to a cross-departmental project he would take it upon himself to learn as much as possible about the functions and st...
2020-11-1939 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesSharon Rea: Overcoming Fear to Transform Your LifeIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Sharon Rea, a Total Life Change Expert coach located in South Whales. 01:00 Understanding WHY someone does what they do is insightful and inspirational. Further, hear how they arrived at where they are today in their professional career, business, or community leadership role may inspire others. 01:45 Sharen shares that earlier this year she had the idea to launch 3 Empowerment Days. One focused on the LGBTQ+ community, the second on women, and the third on men. ...
2020-11-1446 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesBrison Downing: Seeking Parents of Transgender Persons for StudyIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Ph.D. candidate Brison "Scholar Lee" Downing about his thesis project.Downing, a person of transgender experience himself knows all too well the adjustments, strains, and struggles family members can often experience when a child or loved one comes out as transgender and during the transitioning experience. As Downing expresses, family, loved ones, and friends are not the persons directly going through the physical changes, yet they too are going through the transition often ex...
2020-11-0440 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesScott Seitz: Internet Domain Extensions as Queer as YouIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with PrideLife domain registrar founder and CEO Scott Seitz.Be bold, be OUT, be visible, and now thanks to the new domain extensions .GAY and .LGBT your organization, business, and brand can be just that with your internet presence too. See the interview/podcast timestamps below as an overview and to jump to a section of interest.OFFER: 38:00 Many are starting their own business. PrideLife through the end of 2020 offering a 30% off plus buy...
2020-10-3043 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesTodd Evans: Rivendell Spans 95% of US & Canadian LGBTQ MediaIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Todd Evans, CEO of Rivendell Media. Rivendell Media has over 42 years of being an integral part of the LGBTQ community. It represents around 95% of all LGBTQ print and online media in the United States and Canada for advertising. If you want to run a marketing ad to reach the LGBTQ community in the US and/Canada, Rivendell will highly likely be a part of your strategic partners. They help media companies grow and stay alive b...
2020-10-1952 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesAli Mustag: Learn How to Ask the Right Questions to Get The AnswerIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Ali Mustag.Ali Mushtag is a university professor and out gay entrepreneur Social scientist with a strong background in the higher education industry with skills in data analytics, leadership, qualitative analysis, multivariate statistics, research, and business insights. Professional with a Doctor of Philosophy - Ph.D. focused in Sociology from the University of California, San Francisco.How to ask questions. It seems simple since as humans our first words relied heavily on as...
2020-10-1748 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesThe Last Queen of Scotland: Author & Playwright Ray Barron-WoolfordIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Ray Barron-Woolford, a community activist to his core, political assignation attempt survivor, book author, playwright, and so much more.Ray Barron-Woolford is a life-time community activist, broadcaster, playwright, and author. His most recent play is Liberty about Kath Duncan's role in establishing the LGBTQ and civil rights movement in 1930's Britain, laying the groundwork for The National Council Civil Liberties. Liberty is based on his book The Last Queen of Scotland exploring the rich and...
2020-10-1147 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesRay Baron-Woolford: Community Leader, Gay Author & Playwright - Part 1In this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Ray Barron-Woolford, a community activist to his core, political assignation attempt survivor, book author, playwright, and so much more.If you want inspiration into the potential impact one person can make when you believe in yourself AND take action, this conversation is for you. Ray Barron-Woolford is one of the first out gay politicians in Britain (United Kingdom). He has a lifetime record of being a community activist championing for establishing the first not for...
2020-10-0947 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesTom Christ: Helping the LGBTQ Community be Secure and SafeIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Tom Christ, an out gay entrepreneur in the home, business, and personal security space.He has represented ADT as an Authorized Provider for many years. He and his life/business partner have also been active large event marketers and leverage lessons learned there to bring innovative marketing to the home security industry. He is a leader in the space for the LGBTQ community. In our conversation, we discussed how many current features of ADT serv...
2020-10-0843 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesFranchise Connect Pro: Helping LGBTQ Entrepreneurs Start a BusinessIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Franchise Connect Pro owners Craig and Sue Derene are LGBTQ community allies helping LGBTQ entrepreneurs considering franchises as a business opportunity. Franchises are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer community welcoming. They want diversity in the owners. Craig and Sue explained that as franchise consultants, they are very much like a home real estate agent. There are over 4000 franchise companies to choose from. To consider all as an individual would be near impossible. They work th...
2020-10-0631 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesLorenzo Thione: Out Gay Entrepreneur, Venture Investor & Broadway ProducerIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Lorenzo Thione, Managing Director of Gaingles (https://www.gaingels.com), an LGTQ equality centric venture capital syndicate. Lorenzo is a serial out gay entrepreneur, venture capitalist, writer, Broadway producer, and LGBTQ non-profit founder. Born and raised in Italy, he moved to the United States to attend college in Texas focusing on computational linguistic artificial intelligence. He co-founded his first start-up business right out of college and it's been the entrepreneur's path ever since. Loren...
2020-09-2139 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesMyles Meyers: Building Community Through LGBTQ Financial Services - Superbia!In this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats again with Myles Meyers CEO and founder of Superbia Services.We chat about the very long road to bringing his vision to serve the United States LGBTQ community through financial services and products that eliminate discrimination and biases. Further, through using those services, provide much-needed funding for LGBTQ community organizations. With his 30 years of financial institution experience lense in early 2015, Myles sought out an LGBTQ financial services organization and found there was none. Knowing the inst...
2020-09-1740 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesVictoria Villasenor: Lesbian Entrepreneur, Author, and EditorIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Victoria Villasenor.Be prepared to laugh and perhaps tear up a little too. Victoria Villasenor is an out lesbian entrepreneur, award-winning author, editor, author's coach, community service leader, and simply a wonderful soul. We had such a great conversation. As she states, "Do well, to do good. I love words. I love molding them, playing with them, learning about them. I love helping other people use them. I love to read and I'm a fan of...
2020-09-1742 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesMyles Meyers: Superbia! 1st in Gay Banking, Insurances and Money ManagementIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Myles Meyers CEO and founder of Superbia Services.The credit union is owned and managed by its gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersexed, asexual, gender nonconforming, queer, and or great community allies who join. It provides all the traditional financial and banking services for personal and small businesses. The services side is working to provide life and health insurance as well as wealth management. Mr. Meyers has decades of financial services experience and founded Superbia bas...
2020-09-1619 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesFabrice Houdart: LGBTQ Equality & Corporate ResponsibilityIn this episode host, Dennis Velco chats with Fabrice Houdart about LGBTQ equality and corporate responsibility. Fabrice has had a fascinating career championing for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer rights and equality. Currently, he is the Managing Director, Global Equality Initiatives at Out Leadership.01:00 Fabrice Houdart's introduction - exploration at the World Bank how LGBTQ rights impact the economic development of businesses and the economies of countries 02:45 Joins the Office of High Commissioner on Human Rights at the United Nations in 2016 00:30 Describes how he works toward helping corporations to understand LGBTQ righ...
2020-09-1346 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesDr. Markus Loew: Queer Staff Network BerlinIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Dr. Markus Loew about the Queer Staff Network of Berlin.Dr. Loew describes the group as an LGBTQ professional network of networks. It is a coming together of all the LGBTQ employee resource groups (ERGs) from all corporate employers with offices operating in Berlin. They have 3-4 meeting a year in where they discuss issues, strategies, opportunities, collaborate and share to advance lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer equality, workplaces belonging, career advancement, and how...
2020-09-0937 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesMartin Kmiecik & Diversity Pride: Workplace Inclusion Strategy & TrainingIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Martin Kmiecik, out gay entrepreneur, discusses Diversity Pride. The startup is focused on diversity, inclusion, and belonging strategy consulting and training. Based in London, United Kingdom, Diversity Pride has a network of diversity consultants ready to work with clients around the world who are ready to embrace diversity at its core and reap all the organizational benefits of being a welcoming work culture for all. Diversity Pride not only has a keen focus on the...
2020-09-0825 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesBen Finzel: Public Relations Leader With a Focus on the EnvironmentIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Ben Finzel, founder of RENEW PR.Ben Finzel, is not a typical business startup entrepreneur. He launched ReNew PR, a public relations firm that primarily focuses on renewable energy, sustainability, environmental, and LGBTQ topics. He is an out #gay business owner (LGBTQ entrepreneur) with over two decades of top PR agency experience in Washington, DC. With experience at prestigious firms such as Edelman, FleishmanHillard, and others. 00:50 Personal background - the beginning of a gay...
2020-09-0729 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesTristen Schukraft: Hey Mistr are you on PrEP?Tristen Schukraft is the CEO/Founder of Mistr (https://www.heymistr.com) an online source for PrEP, the HIV prevention medication. In our chat with Tristen, an openly gay entrepreneur we discuss briefly his first business in the travel industry He openly shares how he borrowed $10k from his parents and sold over 450 Razor scooters to gather enough capital to start that business. Tristen demonstrated the scrappy grit of bootstrapping entrepreneurial spirit. That business is still in operation 20 years later and a is significant player in the travel technology arena. Tristen is still a majority shareholder yet not involved in t...
2020-08-2318 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesSaraounia Mboka-Boyer: Empowering LGBTQ NGOs in AfricaIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Saraounia Mboka-Boyer, a Senior Capacity Development and Inclusion Specialist at Pact.Saraounia is a bilingual organizational change management and development specialist focusing on the intersections of Capacity Development/Building, sustainability, Gender equity, and Climate Change for systems strengthening in an international development context(s). In our discussion, she explains what Capacity Development is and how improving the basic operational skills can improve an organization's chances of gaining grants or other funding so they may w...
2020-08-1827 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesBruce Knotts: Persistence at the United Nations for LGBTQ RightsIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Bruce Knotts, Director of the Unitarian Universalist Office at the United Nations.Bruce was a persistent voice in United Nations committee meetings always raising his hand asking, "what about LGBTQ people in this". Prior to him, there had been occasional mention of lesbian rights with women-focused summits, but never the full LGBTQ spectrum. Bruce worked tirelessly to lobby other delegates to gain vocal support for LGBTQ rights. The momentum began. Bruce was granted a UN wo...
2020-08-1717 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesBruce Knotts: Unitarian Universalist An LGBTQ Welcoming FaithIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Bruce Knotts, Director of the Unitarian Universalist Office at the United Nations.In this chat with Bruce Knotts, we discuss what is Unitarian Universalist and each of our own paths to it as a welcoming faith that is welcoming and inclusive of LGBTQ members. I would take that a step further, the Unitarian Universalist are champions of #LGBT people, not only with the congregations but for the dignity, rights, and equality of gay, lesbian, bi...
2020-08-1021 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesLetters to a Gay Black Boy - Terry Dyer - LGBT Author ChatTerry Dyer is an African American gay male author. His first book titled "Letters to a Gay Black Boy" is released in a critical time of public dialog about racial disparity, inequality, tensions, ignorance, biases, and more throughout the United States and around the world. Similar issues are still faced at this time within the LGBTQ community. Dyer takes a head-on approach to authentically personalize the issues, struggles, trials, and tribulations of growing up in the United States as both an African American black male and an intersection with also being gay. This is a book...
2020-08-0212 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesOlivier Jamin Changeart: Marketing with Sonic Branding and Audio TagsIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with, Olivier Jamin Changeart is an acoustic, audio, sonic branding identity professional. Olivier works with companies/organizations of all sizes, to create a full sonic branding identity that becomes your musical DNA that permeates all of your digital marketing reinforcing your identity and message. Olivier is an OUT LGBTQ entrepreneur open to working with all clients from small startups, medium and large enterprises. As an LGBT professional he has a perspective on diversity and inclusion and h...
2020-07-3007 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesWhat Does a Professional Social Media Director Do?This is the first in a series of dialogs with Justin Buchbinder, the Director of Social Media at FINN Partners describes what his role is, how he grew in his career, how social media is a great equalizer where everyone has the same ability and his role with his clients. FINN Partners is a global marketing agency that primarily serves the mid to large client market with a full suite of services with over 850 professionals around the globe. Justin is an OUT #LGBTQ professional who values sharing is wide and deep knowledge with the OutBüro #LGBT professional and #entre...
2020-07-2710 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesLGBT Job Seekers: Should You Be OUT on Your Resume?Scott Vedder has decades of experience as a Fortune 100 recruiter. Out of frustration of seeing bad to horrible resume after resume that didn't stand out, he wrote a best selling book titled "Signs of a Great Resume". Scott also happens to be gay so part of the LGBTQ community. We had a chat and here edited that longer conversation down to our discussion about as an LGBTQ professional should you be out on your resume or not. This is a great companion to my own article on the topic which is one of the site's most popular articles so many...
2020-07-1810 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesMilitary Veterans Resume Writing Tips to Land a Civilian JobScott Vedder is a resume writing expert with decades experience as a Fortune 100 recruiter he has seen thousands of resumes and knows what catches the attention of a recruiter who has very little time to initially assess if your resume is worth spending more time on or not. His best selling book, Signs of a Great Resume was adapted for the military veteran job seeker who often needs solid advice on how to take all the military terms and jargon and turn it into language a civilian recruiter can understand. Further Scott has great advice for veterans on what no...
2020-07-1817 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesGrowing Clients Through Pay for Performance - Louis WaltersIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Louis Waters is an LGBT entrepreneur.Louis Waters is an LGBT entrepreneur focused on helping his clients achieve a digital marketing presence that grows their business. His innovative approach is very different than most in that the bulk of his professional service fees are not the typical hourly or project-based. Rather he partners with his clients to share the risk and reward. On a client, by client basis, he structures a relationship wh...
2020-07-0644 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesDeveloping Authentic Leadership: Reflections via COVID - Phil BohlenderIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Phil Bohlender is an author, #LGBT #entrepreneur, and a unique thinker on #leadership.Every day is a good day to focus on developing your leadership skills. However as we are in unprecedented recent times with the global COVID pandemic, if you choose, it is a fabulous time to reflect on your personal, professional, career, and/or entrepreneur ambitions through honing your leadership skills. We discuss the opportunity to adapt your business or launch a st...
2020-07-0359 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesLocal SEO Makes an Impact During COVID – AG2 DigitalIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with LGBT entrepreneurs, Stephen Redford and Robson Teles of AG2 Media, a digital marketing service agency in New York City (NYC) that knows how to reinvent during challenging times and thrive.During the COVID period, it is vital to really focus on your small business online local SEO strategy. Dust off your online marketing, give it a refresh with a keen focus on being found by local clients or your ideal online target audience no m...
2020-07-0238 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesOvercoming Addiction, Depression, or Anxiety with David Clive PriceDavid Clive Price is an out LGBT entrepreneur mental wellbeing life coach, author and so much more. David has traveled the globe and lived in several countries which have given him a keen perspective on multiculturalism and leadership styles within different cultural contexts. David like so many, particularly persons in the LGBT community, struggled with coming to terms with family and society messaging of norms versus his authentic self. Despite outward signs of success, he like many struggled with internally owning his own narrative and views which lead to depression and anxiety. Over time David learned to reframe the...
2020-07-0151 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesScott Vedder - LGBT Entrepreneur Resume Guru and Career CoachIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Scott Vedder, an #LGBT #entrepreneur focusing as a professional career coach helping LGBT professionals in their job hunt with eye-grabbing fabulous resumes that stand out.Scott Vedder is an LGBT entrepreneur focusing as a professional career coach helping to craft resumes that stand out effectively communicating the skills and past success that align with a candidate’s ideal target jobs. Job search tips for writing a great resume for all including military veterans transitioning to...
2020-06-2755 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesSteve Yacovelli - The Leadership Dude, LGBT EntrepreneurIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Steve Yacovelli: Developing LGBT Leaders with The Gay Leadership Dude.As an out, LGBT entrepreneur business owner Steve Yacovelli has dealt with many facets of growing and sustaining a business. Focusing on what he is passionate about that drives education and growth for individuals and organizations in an authoritative yet approachable way. Leveraging his 25+ years of experience as a leadership, change management, and diversity and inclusion consultant to cultivating our collective leadership awesomeness. His b...
2020-06-2442 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesAnthony Bawn - LGBTQ Entrepreneur, Producer, Director & WriterIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Anthony Bawn, an LGBT entrepreneur, is co-fonder of VIM Media.VIM Media is bringing fresh and innovative films and shows that are predominantly minority driven both on-camera and behind the camera with stories that both speak to the target audience while also being approachable to a wider audience. Bawn, a gay business owner, director, writer, producer, and actor who knows how to take a vision from concept to final product crafted for his target au...
2020-06-2338 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesVeronica Kirin - Author & Entrepreneur CoachIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Veronica Kirin, an and award-winning serial LGBT entrepreneur, anthropologist, and author Veronica is the creator of the Three Pillars of Business Scaling™ and is an Entrepreneur Coach certified by the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce. Her first book, Stories of Elders, documents the tech revolution through the stories of those that lived it. Her latest work, Stories of COVID™, is documenting the pandemic in real-time for a book for future generations.Veronica on OutBüro. >>...
2020-06-2148 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesChristopher Berno - LGBT Startup EntrepreneurIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Christopher Berno, an LGBT entrepreneur serial startup CEO.Christopher Berno has worked in technology his whole career. He applies knowledge gained from past corporate jobs and past startups as accumulative wisdom to fresh and innovative startup. His entrepreneurial spirit thrives in dreams while rooted in the foundation of understanding dreams or ideas must have a practical application and solve some problems in order to gain traction In business. Investors today do rarely fund an i...
2020-06-1955 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesLarry Jacobson - Adventurer, Author, Speaker, and CoachIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with out gay entrepreneur, adventurer, and author Larry Jacobson.During his six years sailing around the globe after departing corporate shores, Larry accumulated priceless and hard-won souvenirs — new insights on how to master your fears and limitations, persevere through the inevitable storms on the way to success, and live out your childhood dreams against all odds. Larry has the distinction of being the first out LGBT person to sail around the world flying a rainbow fla...
2020-06-141h 06
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesMatthew French: Career Coach, College Prep, & Diversity Inclusion ConsultingIn this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with out entrepreneur Matthew French.Matthew French (He/Him/His) is the Founder and ‘90s-nostalgic brain behind Awesomely Authentic, a career-coaching, and inclusion organization that focuses on the unique experiences of LGBTQ+ people as they navigate the milestones of choosing a college to attend, searching for that perfect job, or making your company more inclusive.With ten years of experience working with the LGBTQ+ community, eight years of professional career coaching, and a lov...
2020-06-1254 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesKryss Shane - The Educator's Guide to LGBT+ InclusionKryss Shane is also the author of "The Educator's Guide to LGBT+ Inclusion," the first book of its kind to guide educators, administrators, and school staff to become able and empowered to make their schools more LGBT+ inclusive.Kryss on OutBüro >> https://www.outburo.com/profile/kryssNamed by The New York Times and many national and international platforms as America's go-to Leading LGBT Expert, Kryss Shane, MS, MSW, LSW, LMSW (she/her) has 25+ years of experience guiding the world's top leaders in business, education, and community via individual, small group, and full-staff training. She...
2020-06-061h 12
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesTimothy Eric Stahl - Nutrition and Wellness CoachTim Stahl is an LGBT entrepreneur who leveraged his life experiences to launch his business helping others achieve optimal health. Through TEN - Timothy Eric Nutrition Coach Tim works with persons living with chronic illnesses such as HIV, diabetes, heart disease, obesity-related illnesses, anxiety, depression, and others to make slow yet steady impactful changes in their food choices. These changes increase whole food nutrition intake while decreasing highly processed foods which increase inflammation.Coach Tim on OutBüro. >>. https://www.outburo.com/profile/coachtim/Are you struggling with chronic illness taking daily prescription medications? Are yo...
2020-06-0247 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesCelia Daniels - Trans-2 Spirit LGBTQ ActivistCelia is an entrepreneur, motivational speaker, D&I champion, blogger, composer, musician, photographer, and filmmaker. She currently resides in southern California with her family. She is an Asian Indian who identifies as Gender Fluid and expresses as a Non-op trans woman of color. She goes by She/her pronouns.Celia on OutBüro >> https://www.outburo.com/profile/celiadaniels/Episode page on OutBüro >> https://www.outburo.com/celia-daniels-trans-2-spirit-lgbtq-activist/Growing up as a lonely closeted trans kid in a conservative middle-class Christian home in southern India who lived with stigma, discrimination, and gende...
2020-05-3051 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesDr. Jason Behrmann, PhD - Marketing, Ethics, & TechnologyDr. Jason Behrman is an Out LGBTQ entrepreneur, marketing & communications professional, LGBTQ rights activist, science & technology ethics thought leader, and artificial intelligence evangelist. His entrepreneurial spirit and drive have led him to not only launch his own initiatives but also to work in several startups in the vibrant technology-driven Montreal, Canada area. He is a marketing and communications strategist with a keen ability to distill complex concepts into approachable, informative, and engaging messages to reach target audiences.Jason on OutBüro >> https://www.outburo.com/profile/jasonbehrmann/In our casual conversation, we discussed Dr. Jason's in...
2020-05-3058 min
OutBüro - LGBTQ VoicesOutBüro Podcast Introduction with Dennis VelcoA personal overview of the podcast focus and direction while seeking your topic suggestions, feedback and guest recommendations. I provide my personal WHY this is so important to me and hope you will find inspiration and insights to grow as an LGBTQ professional, entrepreneur and organization. Subscribe to the podcasts and join us on www.OutBuro.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/outburo/message
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2020-05-2600 min
Personal Branding for the LGBTQ ProfessionalStorytelling with Dennis Velco for "30 Days – 30 Voices – Stories from America's LGBT Business Leaders" [Podcast]Storytelling with Dennis Velco, Owner of LinkedIn's largest LGBT Group
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Books Mentioned:
Becoming a Category of One: How Extraordinary Companies Transcend Commodity and Defy Comparison
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Jenn T. Grace—Book Publisher, Speaker, and AuthorStorytelling with Dennis Velco for "30 Days – 30 Voices – Stories from America’s LGBT Business Leaders" [Podcast]Storytelling with Dennis Velco, Owner of LinkedIn’s largest LGBT Group Columbus, Ohio Links mentioned in the show: Human Rights Campaign LGBT-GLBT Networking Group on LinkedIn Books Mentioned: Becoming a Category of One: How Extraordinary Companies Transcend Commodity and Defy Comparison You can get in touch with Dennis here: dcvelco.com twitter.com/DennisVelco linkedin.com/in/dvelco ...
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2015-06-1952 min