Yoli Chisholm

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"Yoli graciously accepted a speaking invitation to an event at Seattle Central with 100 Seattle high school girls. I had seen her TedX Seattle talk and had a feeling she would fit in perfect and Yoli did not disappoint! She was one of 6 industry representatives to speak, but was clearly the favorite. Yoli brought her own unique history and perspective to influence and inspire these young girls to follow their dreams, to have confidence in their abilities, and to never quit learning. The survey comments for the event mentioned Yoli explicitly in over half of the submissions. Yoli made connections to the girls on a very personal level, and I firmly believe it was her presence and words at this event that will lead many of the girls on to education and careers in the IT fields. I have never felt so strongly about recommending anyone as I do Yoli Chisholm - invite her to speak, and change the world!" - Lisa S Seattle Central College

"Yoli Chisholm has the kind of presence that is hard to describe in words. Whether she is participating in a meeting or leading it, working on a talk or taking the stage, Yoli has a charisma that instantly draws you in. I worked with her on her recent TED talk and she has that rare combination of smarts and warmth that allow her to instantly engage audiences. If you're lucky enough to know her as a person, you'll quickly see how she leads by example. Her ability to 'own it' lights up the room and helps others embrace their own greatness, which is truly delightful." - Cathy G The Narrative Co

"Yoli is an expert speaker and motivator. Her perspective shared on MLK Day at Microsoft and to the NAACP Youth Development Program was beyond insightful, encouraging, and garnered thought far beyond the day of the event. Yoli's message is one of hope and confidence and leaves one to ponder are they doing enough. I would recommend Yoli as a motivational speaker and asset to any organization looking to generate unique forward thinking thought processes in trying to close the gap on engaging its employees; or an organization driven to motivate youth." - Mark S. Boeing

"Startups are terrible at telling their story, and yet it's one of the most important things that startups have to accelerate their distribution and sales. Having the chance to talk to Yoli through how to best tell our story was not only an incredible learning experience, but also full of actionable insights. Even in my brief time with Yoli we got great guidance on really critical projects, and I feel like I'm a more competent marketer as a result, too. Very grateful we got connected, and very much looking forward to future conversations!" - Mark H Movingworlds

"Yoli is a whirlwind of amazing knowledge and energy! I was so impressed and inspired after attending her Digital Media bootcamp. It was invigorating to learn the latest marketing hacks and actually create an executable strategy with all of the tools. i would highly recommend Yoli to both novice and seasoned pro because you'll walk away feeling you've learned a lot of relevant, useful tools and tricks of the trade." - Nellie A

THE SPEAKER
She leverages her years of corporate experience to talk to students, young and seasoned professionals, women and policy makers on topics of Career Development, Diversity, STEM education, Yoli also has been asked to share her insights and experience on the topics of Digital Transformation, Advertising, Integrated marketing strategies, Social Media Strategies. She has talked everything marketing at events like INBOUND, Digiday, Seattle Interactive Conference, SXSW and more. Beyond digital marketing Yoli is an intellectual following in the footsteps of her grand-father and teacher to Nelson Mandela, Z. K. Matthews who helped shape the minds of many who went on to become Presidents of various African nations. She has a passion for the impact of culture as a lever to optimize business performance and speaks on the topic in her TEDx talk “Are you a strong Tree?”

THE MARKETER
Currently Marketing Vice President at Sprinklr - the worlds #1 Enterprise Social Media Management Platform used by the world’s most valuable brands including: Allstate, McDonald’s, Lenovo, Microsoft, Nike, Signify, Procter & Gamble, Samsung, Santander, SAP, Shell, Verizon, and Visa. Yoli Chisholm is an Award winning marketing Executive with 20+ years experience working with and for some of the world’s most valuable brands including Microsoft and eBay as well as leading pioneers in specific verticals including (link hidden), (link hidden), (link hidden), (link hidden), (link hidden). Her career has spanned industries from technology, retail, e-healthcare, dating, travel to tele-communications in multiple markets globally. With expertise selling into the government, enterprise organizations, SMB’s and even NGO’s having spent time working for the Danish Embassy. As a revenue marketer Yoli helps companies develop and market new products, apps and services.

THE AUTHOR
Yoli Chisholm is the Author of the book Crushing Corporate She writes thought pieces on the intersection of technology and popular culture as well as topics related to career development. She coined the term “Corporate Career Anthropologist” having studied high performing teams at 10+ startups and enterprises and mentoring MBA students and young professionals. As the Author of Crushing Corporate Yoli brings to her writing a point view on intrapreneurship and entrepreneurship having experienced different corporate cultures at 10+ corporations including consulting for the technology industry to working for the Danish Embassy over a 20-year career span. She also founded the idea lab (link hidden) where she taught and collaborated with entrepreneurs helping them bring ideas life. A business “backbone builder” with deep marketing innovation roots. Seeking to motivate in ways that deliver measurable transformation to organizations and people striving to excel.

THE ADVISOR
Yoli is currently a founding Advisor and Investor at (link hidden) and (link hidden) an innovative startup based in Palo Alto working on tackling challenges in the EDtech and FinTech sectors helping the workforce of the future discover who they want to be and how to get there. She has been a judge and mentor at Hackathons including Startup Weekend. She gives her time to consult with 100’s of NY, Seattle and San Francisco based startups. Whether she is talking to students or professionals about their career development, small businesses, startups or seasoned marketers about building their business, Yoli fuses a message of proven performance principles and disciplined risk taking. Playing a leading role in every digital marketing transformation since the commercialization of the internet Yoli has earned a reputation as a very early adopter of new technology. She has 1st hand experience with various revenue models in both BtoC and BtoB including advertising, freemium, monthly subscription, SAAS Licences and ecommerce.

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