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Note: The numbers in the below have been updated for 2020. In my work I find myself talking to a...Read post →I Owned My Own Marketing Company for 5 Years | Here's What I Learned
In the fall of 2016, I closed my marketing company, MMC PDX. Through a combination of distance, processing, and applying...Read post →Plan With Me - Hobonichi Cousin July 20, 2020
Welcome to my first Plan With Me! I'm planning for the week of July 20, 2020 in my Hobonichi Techo...Watch video →An Ongoing Anti-Racism Practice in Life and Work
This ongoing practice workshop is designed to illustrate the principle that, In order to run an anti-racist business, we ourselves...Take This workshop →An Ongoing Practice of Plain Speaking
This ongoing practice workshop is designed to demonstrate the principle that clear is kind, and communication is a skill we...Take This workshop →An Ongoing Empathy Practice for Leadership
This ongoing practice workshop is designed to illustrate the principle that empathy is everything. Intro and intermediate courses also available...Take This workshop →Anti-Racist Systems at Work (Intro Course)
This course is designed to illustrate the principle that the opposite of an oppressive system is not a lack of...Take This workshop →Blogs, Newsletters, and Other Things You Need but Don't Have Time For
Take This workshop →Consent At Work (Intro Course)
This course is designed to foster the understanding that consent is not sexy, it's mandatory. This is true in every...Take This workshop →Confronting the White Supremacist Practice of Urgency (Intro Course)
This course is dedicated to illustrating that urgency is a practice of white supremacy. Intermediate and ongoing practice workshop courses...Take This workshop →Don't Be a Business, Man (Intro Course)
This course is designed to demonstrate the principle that truly successful business people are successful people first, and their success...Take This workshop →Empathy Practice for Managers (Intermediate Course)
This course is designed to illustrate the principle that empathy is everything. Intro and ongoing practice courses also available. [Contact...Take This workshop →How To Confront Unhealthy Professional Relationships (Intro Course)
This course is designed to demonstrate the principle that we heal in relation to one another, therefore healthy, mutually beneficial...Take This workshop →How to Build Mutually Beneficial Professional Relationships Without Violating Your Principles (Intermediate Course)
This course is designed to demonstrate the principle that we heal in relation to one another, therefore healthy, mutually beneficial...Take This workshop →How to Maintain a Person-First Business (Intermediate Course)
This course is designed to demonstrate the principle that truly successful business people are successful people first, and their success...Take This workshop →How to maintain empathy, community focus, and an abundant mindset during crisis
Take This workshop →How To Say No At Work (Intro Course)
This course is designed to demonstrate the principle that we say no to what we don't want so we can...Take This workshop →How To Speak Plainly At Work (Intro Course)
This course is designed to demonstrate the principle that clear is kind, and communication is a skill we continuously learn...Take This workshop →I'm Here to Make Friends: Ongoing Professional Relationship Management
This ongoing practice workshop is designed to demonstrate the principle that we heal in relation to one another, therefore healthy...Take This workshop →Managing Reduced Hours Staff (Intermediate Course)
This course is designed to foster the understanding that hours worked has little relationship to overall product quality. As a...Take This workshop →Confronting Toxic Productivity
**Are your hours increasing as your productivity dives? In this course, you will learn where toxic productivity comes from and...Take This workshop →Reduce Staff Hours to Increase Productivity (Ongoing Practice Workshop)
This ongoing practice workshop is designed to foster the understanding that hours worked has little relationship to ongoing produce quality...Take This workshop →Maintaining Anti-Racist Systems for Long-Term Sustainable Growth (Ongoing Practice Workshop)
This ongoing practice workshop is designed to illustrate the principle that the opposite of an oppressive system is not a...Take This workshop →Planning for Mental Health, Goal Setting and a Sense of Safety
We will be planning our next month via Zoom meeting, starting with an assessment of our priorities and major events...Take This workshop →Reduce Your Hours, Increase Your Productivity (Intro Course)
This course is designed to foster the understanding that hours worked has little relationship to overall product quality. Intermediate and...Take This workshop →Reducing Urgency as an Ongoing Business Practice
This ongoing practice workshop course is dedicated to illustrating that urgency is a practice of white supremacy. Intro and intermediate...Take This workshop →Saying No For Better Team Management (Intermediate Course)
This course is designed to demonstrate the principle that we say no to what we don't want so we can...Take This workshop →Saying No Is an Ongoing Practice
This ongoing practice workshop is designed to demonstrate the principle that we say no to what we don't want so...Take This workshop →Systems for Working in an Anti-Racist Paradigm (Intermediate Course)
This course is designed to illustrate the principle that the opposite of an oppressive system is not a lack of...Take This workshop →Starting Your Personal/Professional Anti-Racism Practice (Intro Course)
This course is designed to illustrate the principle that, In order to run an anti-racist business, we ourselves must perpetuate...Take This workshop →The Ongoing Practice of Person-First Business Management
This ongoing practice workshop is designed to demonstrate the principle that truly successful business people are successful people first, and...Take This workshop →The System of Workplace Consent (Intermediate Course)
This course is designed to foster the understanding that consent is not sexy, it's mandatory. This is true in every...Take This workshop →Unlock Your Empathy At Work (Intro Course)
This course is designed to illustrate the principle that empathy is everything. Intermediate and ongoing practice courses also available. [Contact...Take This workshop →Urgency in Business Systems: Necessary and Unnecessary Evils (Intermediate Course)
This course is dedicated to illustrating that urgency is a practice of white supremacy. Intro and ongoing practice workshop courses...Take This workshop →Using Plain Speech in Conflict Resolution (intermediate Course)
This course is designed to demonstrate the principle that clear is kind, and communication is a skill we continuously learn...Take This workshop →Virtual IPRC | Toxic Productivity Workshop
In a June 11th workshop Toxic Productivity and the Creative Cycle, hosted by Marina Martinez-Bateman, participants deconstructed the toxic habit...Take This workshop →We Are Not Experts: Anti-Racism (Intermediate Course)
This course is designed to illustrate the principle that, In order to run an anti-racist business, we ourselves must perpetuate...Take This workshop →WVDO Development Series | Using Online Engagement to Drive Member Retention
Take This workshop →Broken Livestream: Signal Drops or Constant Buffering
Marina, you told me to livestream, and I tried, but it doesn't work and now I want to kick you...Read post →Broken Livestream: Video/Audio Not Coming Through
Welcome to the second post in the Livestream troubleshooting series. In the first post we addressed bandwith, buffering and download...Read post →How To Be a Trans Ally at Work
We all want to be progressive employers - after all, not only is it good for us as human beings...Read post →How to Hire a Social Media Manager
If you’re reading this, you are probably looking for a social media manager, or you’ve been told by someone that...Read post →Meet Your Brand: How To Make Branding a Priority
When working with organizations on branding, I like to think of the brand as a person. This, of course, goes...Read post →Social Media Challenge 1: The First Step Is Admitting You Have a Network
Social Media Challenge 1: The First Step Is Admitting You Have a Network Social Media Challenge 2: How to Make...Read post →Social Media Challenge 3: But What Should I Post?
Social Media Challenge 1: The First Step Is Admitting You Have a Network Social Media Challenge 2: How to Make...Read post →Social Media Challenge 2: How to Make a Social Media Calendar
Social Media Challenge 1: The First Step Is Admitting You Have a Network Social Media Challenge 2: How to Make...Read post →Social Media Challenge 4: The Final Frontier
Tone. It's something that even professional social media teams will struggle with. You may remember the controversial SpaghettiOs tweet from...Read post →Two Year Freelanceaversary
On Friday May 10, 2013 I left the offices of SAG-AFTRA with all my stuff on a server cart. I...Read post →What you get when you hire a freelance digital marketing consultant
1. An expert. If you are a small organization, you are probably wearing a lot of hats. Your full-time employees...Read post →Why You Should Never Automate Your Social Media
When we're searching for a social media manager, it can be difficult to tell what's useful, what's necessary, and what's...Read post →How to Talk About Caitlyn Jenner
It's a popular suggestion in Social Media 101 courses to look to the news media for inspiration for your content...Read post →