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About digi /in BLACK
A FREE digital marketing summit for focused small business owners and entrepreneurs to spark new ways of doing digital; challenge familiar norms and become agents of change to flourish and profit.
Amazing Lineup of Speakers & Experts
Actionable insights and practical advice from in the trenches specialists and small business owners on how they successfully use digital to grow and scale.
Dorothy Vernon-Brown
Host | Marketing Strategist & Coach
AKB2 Small Business Marketing
Dorothy Vernon-Brown
For the last 10+ years, Dorothy Vernon-Brown has worked with a wide variety of small business owners and entrepreneurs to achieve significant marketing results.
She is the owner of AKB² Small Business Marketing where she coaches, consults and speaks.
Dorothy is also the co-founder of AutomateSmart.ly which leverages the explosive power of digital automation including chatbots, mobile and email marketing so business owners can put their marketing on autopilot and make money while they sleep.
She is the proud recipient of the Woman of Honour Award conferred by Canada’s Black Business Professional Association (BBPA).
When she isn’t helping clients succeed, she is pushing personal boundaries and fighting to save the lives of patients with leukemia and other blood diseases through the DD4D charity she co-founded.
Lisa Dietrich-Linton
Founder & Marketing Automation Specialist
SoftEdge Solutions | AutomateSmart.ly
Lisa Dietrich-Linton, Owner SoftEdge Solutions Inc. & Founder of AutomateSmartly, is results-driven with a passion for making small businesses succeed.
For over 5 years, Lisa has worked as an Oracle Consultant and Technical Instructor serving the largest credit union in the Caribbean as well as banking and alumina sectors while running her boutique start-up Dietrich Consulting providing bespoke digital marketing services to celebrities and small to medium businesses.
With her comprehensive background in enterprise software engineering, web development, lead generation, tactical and strategic planning Lisa embarked on a journey to prove small businesses and entrepreneurs too can succeed by implementing the same strategies using advanced technology. For over 17 years Lisa has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs, small to medium businesses build a solid technical foundation that sets them up for success by implementing smart growth blueprints – robust end-to-end customer-centric automated systems that will help to save time, drive growth in company ROI and scale more efficiently.
Lisa, a Software Engineer holds a B.A. in Computer Science & Econometrics, a certified Keap (formerly Infusionsoft) Partner & Automation Specialist, certified Oracle Applications Developer, certified in Database Architecture & Tuning and a certified Marketing & Sales Funnel Architect.
Yvette Elliott
Digital Analytics Executive, Speaker & ProfessorClickInsight Corporation
Yvette Elliott
Yvette Elliott is the Chief Client Officer at ClickInsight Corporation – a digital analytics firm, an adjunct professor of digital marketing and personal & business development in a digital world courses at Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Innovation and a sought after coaching professional.
With over 20 years of award-winning experience in digital marketing, sales and business development, Yvette personifies a growth mindset, is purpose driven and values centered.
Prior to joining ClickInsight, Yvette was a martech and business development management consultant. Yvette holds an MBA from York University’s Schulich School of Business and Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Business Global EMBA program, a Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma certificate from York University and a BA Communications Studies degree from the University of Windsor.
Rob “YB” Youngblood
“LinkedIn Locksmith”
YBConnects, LLC
Rob "YB" Youngblood
In many circles, Rob “YB” Youngblood is known as the LinkedIn Locksmith because of his ability to unlock the power of LinkedIn for revenue generators. Since 2016, YB has empowered over 500 entrepreneurs through his LinkedIn Coaching enhance their Clarity, Confidence, Communication, Connections & Cashflow.
For over 20 years, YB has built a reputation of being a go-to resource for individuals and organizations that need assistance with creating awareness, attracting clients, and facilitating connections that lead to outstanding outcomes.
He co-authored an Amazon Best Seller entitled “SPEAKUP! The Ultimate Guide To Dominate In The Speaking Industry” which featured Les Brown, Dr. George C Fraser and 30 other dynamic Speakers, where his chapter focused on helping Speakers to leverage LinkedIn to increase their Network and Net Worth.
In addition to being an Author, Connector, Consultant & Coach, YB is a sought-after Trainer who facilitates workshops on topics ranging from Relationship Marketing & Prospecting, to How to Have Confidence & Power when using LinkedIn. As a Master Connector, he has been hired by firms such as the 120 Design Studio, GRINDATION, Heart of Virginia Council – Boy Scouts of America; Communities In Schools, INROADS, Centura College and most recently Self Publish -N- 30 Days, the world’s #1 Self Publishing Company to establish mutually beneficial connections that lead to increased resources, revenue and referrals.
YB holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Virginia Union University. He was born and raised in the Bronx, NY, and now resides in Richmond, VA with his wife and two daughters. In his time off, he loves to travel to warm places with palm trees.
Desirae King
CEO/President | Speaker | Live Streaming Expert
Disable Your Labels
Desirae King
Desirae King is an award-winning international speaker, lifestyle and online sales strategist, author, and spiritual advisor. She is an in-demand keynote speaker for corporate settings, conferences, schools, churches, empowerment seminars, virtual events, and more. As the founder of “1K A Day Livestream”, she equips others worldwide with the tools, resources, and support to spiritually, mentally, and financially transform their lives and walk in their purpose. Her first book, Disable Your Labels, encourages readers to break away from the labels others have put on their lives and shape themselves into the person they’ve always imagined themselves to be.
Ms. King has more than two decades of sales experience. She has received over 25 #1 sales and high-performance achievement awards for several Fortune 500 companies, commission-based sales exceeding $6,000,000. Even exceeding sales in her own company recently producing over $20,000 in sales in less than 12 days by showing others the power of “Monetizing Their Message Through Livestream”. Desirae’s singular skill has landed her guest appearances on multiple nationally syndicated radio shows, Fox 5 News, and a feature in The Recorder, one of the largest faith-based magazines in the country.
As in all her work, she teaches followers to disable their labels, increase their impact and income and more importantly take back their power.
Chez Gayle
General ManagerThoga Entertainment Inc.
Fennella Bruce
Fennella Bruce is a veteran television producer and writer, she is now at the helm of FKB Media Solutions – a media consulting business. Having worked in the field of journalism for over 20 years, Fennella has produced both of Canada’s national morning shows – Your Morning and Canada AM.
She has been the senior writer or producer at numerous major market television stations including CTV News Channel, CTV National, CP24, CityTv, Toronto 1 and BET.
Fennella received her Graduate Degree in Journalism from Ryerson University and her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto. For six years, she taught Media Theory at Centennial College. Fennella is the Vice-President of the Board of Dr. Roz’s Healing Place, a member of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences and a recipient of the 2020 100 Accomplished Black Canadian Women Award.
FKBMedia.com | IN/FennellaBruce | @FKBMedia | 647.290.7610
Dina Maxwell
Snr. Legal Counsel & Privacy Lead
PwC Canada
Dina Maxwell
Dina Maxwell is Senior Legal Counsel and Privacy Lead at PwC Canada, where she manages the firm’s data protection program. She advises on all aspects of data, including privacy, information management, data strategy, innovation, analytics, data governance and compliance.
Dina is a Fellow of Information Privacy (FIP), a Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM), and a Certified Information Privacy Professional in both Canada (CIPP/C), and the United States (CIPP/US), as designated by the International Association of Privacy Professionals. Dina received her J.D. from the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Law in 2009 and was called to the Ontario Bar in 2010. Dina received a Bachelor of Arts in English & American Literature and Language with a minor in French from Harvard University in 2006.
Dina is actively involved in equity and diversity initiatives, and regularly advises on the collection of race-based data in the workplace. Dina is a frequent lecturer, presenter, speaker and author on privacy, data governance, and big data topics. In her spare time, she is passionate about health and wellness, nutrition, writing, and traveling.
Octavia Sampson
Psychotherapist, Founder of Entrust Psychotherapy & Co-founder of Afya Collective Octavia Sampson
Octavia Sampson is a psychotherapist in the Toronto, Canada area, founder of Entrust Psychotherapy and co-founder of Afya Collective, a community organization that promotes and advocates for the mental, social, spiritual, and physical health of Black women in Canada.
As a graduate of the Master of Counselling Psychology program of Vancouver’s Adler University, Octavia believes therapy is a treatment for the purpose of healing and enhancing well-being. She has been entrusted as a support to people along their healing journeys. Octavia’s approach is empathetic and non-judgmental with a strong client focus. She works with clients experiencing discontent, trauma, anxiety, cultural/diversity concerns, and relationship issues along with other mental health impacts.
Octavia has a passion for guiding people through optimizing mental, emotional and spiritual wellness, building coping skills, managing life transitions, accessing self-compassion and holistic health.
If you would like to learn more about how psychotherapy can support you in finding meaning and purpose along your wellness journey, please do not hesitate to reach out to Octavia through Entrust Psychotherapy.
You can reach Octavia through email – octavia@entrustpsychotherapy.ca or follow her: @Entrustpsychotherapy on Instagram.
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