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Creating Impact by Leveraging Your Soft Skills

Maryella Marie, Matthew Reynolds
December 21, 2021 3:00 – 4:00 PM ET Virtual Free to attend
Creating Impact by Leveraging Your Soft Skills

About this session

This year has been a challenge for everyone— we’ve seen a global rise in civil unrest, a call-to-action for workers’ rights, and irresponsible use of technology.

How can we start the new year by shifting the paradigm and making a positive impact on our work, in our lives, and in our communities?

The first step is realizing that we are all creative leaders. Whether we hold a leadership title in the workplace or simply showcase our ability to lead at home and in our communities, we can effectively create, activate, motivate, and influence with every move we make and every decision we take.

With a little practice and a strong intention, we can be the change we want to see.

Join two provocative social impact producers, facilitators, and artists, Maryella Marie and Matthew Reynolds, to discover how to strengthen your influence skills online, at work, and in your communities by focusing on developing your soft skills.

In this chat you’ll get insight into:

  • Transforming self-limiting beliefs into liberated influence
  • How to be resilient and lead gracefully amidst uncertainty
  • How to amplify your influence with equity & emotional intelligence

Meet the speakers

Maryella Marie

Maryella Marie

Virtual Event Moderator, PowerToFly

Maryella Marie [she/her] is a renaissance womxn and social impact multimedia producer who has spent a decade working with diverse technologists, independent artists, and divergent innovators across the globe to deepen their audiences’ emotional intelligence.

You can find her at The Positive Force Team curating and facilitating masterclasses and workshops centered around emotional intelligence, equity, and creative leadership; producing mindful collaborations between artists and organizations in the Americas to build bridges and inspire positive social impact, and creative directing the “Brainwashing” radio series featuring counter-culture conversations, storytelling, ASMR, and independent music from heart-full thought-leaders, visionaries, and independent artists around the world.

Go to ThePositiveForceTeam.org to get their newsletter and learn how to participate.

Matthew Reynolds

Matthew Reynolds

Owner & Director of Matthew Reynolds Consulting

Matthew Reynolds has over 35 years of experience as a performer and instructor in the Theater Arts and Dance. Matthew helped create the Crater Renaissance Academy of Arts and Sciences in Southern Oregon right out of his Masters of Arts Teaching program. He spent 12 years in the classroom where he built equity in his program, with his students, guided by the mission of "Creating Community through the Arts." Matthew now finds himself advocating for equity within the arts and education spaces. He looks forward to helping others craft their equity lens so that they may live their biggest, fullest, and brightest lives.

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