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Transition & Thrive with María Tomás Keegan and Friends

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Transition & Thrive with María Tomás Keegan and Friends

María Tomás-Keegan has reinvented herself several times—from a young New England country girl to a New York City career girl. From a 30-year Corporate America rescue to a budding entrepreneur. As if those transitions weren’t enough, she experienced many other life-changing events in between, including divorce, loss, career upheavals, layoff and caregiving.

Those life-changing events can be difficult to deal with, and many women condition themselves to bury their pain, ignore their feelings and just go through the motions of life, coping and surviving.

María understands very well what it’s like to put on a mask every day pretending everything is fine. That’s how she dealt with her first experiences with major life events. The journey from dragging herself through difficult days to learning how to thrive led her to help other women get through these transitions easier and faster than she did.

On her journey, she got back in touch with what really mattered to her, rediscovered her voice, and got healthy again.

She now offers insights, wisdom, and compassion—with a healthy dose of humor along the way—in her work today. The joy of helping women to thrive again is why she became a Certified Life Coach, specializing in transition. It’s why she founded Transition & Thrive with María.

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Jan M. Whalen, MASL is the founder of WhalenVoices, LLC. She is the author of an award winning book, Rock Solid Confidence: Presenting Yourself with Assurance, Poise and Power—based on 25 years as a presentation coach. Fascinated with the power of life stories, she created a workbook and seminar, Character Safari: Remember and Write the Stories of Your Life. Her latest book, You are the Perfect Age, honors women who are stepping into a new decade—from ages 10-100.

Whalen is also a book shepherd, seminar leader and keynote speaker. She’s most passionate about guiding women in the discovery of their most confident voice, and delivers uplifting messages to her audiences. Former clients include AT&T, General Mills, Mayo Clinic, AEGON, USA, as well as numerous associations, non-profit agencies, and entrepreneurs.

jan@whalenvoices.com

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As an emerging artist Noel Tillman enjoys creating in many different mediums, including clay sculptures, limited edition relief prints and acrylic painting. Noel shares a studio space at WHAM in Surprise. Noel enjoys creating beautiful photos of pets and their people. She has a welcoming home studio set up. In April ’18, Noel will be joining the Beehive Cooperative Workspace at Techcelerator in Surprise, AZ.

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Instagram: @noeltillman_art

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SoundRiver Advisors and Emerging Artist Network

This week we sat down with experts from SoundRiver Advisors and Emerging Artist Network. Bo Wilkins, one of the experts from SoundRiver Advisors who focuses on insurance strategies and solutions came back on and introduced us to Dave Sutton of Emerging Artist Network. Dave brought along his partner, well-known guitarist, Peter Stroud. SoundRiver Advisors is an Atlanta firm whose team is made up of investment finance, insurance, and tax experts. They work with privately-held companies to help them plan compensation packages for key executives as well as position themselves for generational transition.

Bo introduced me to Dave Sutton, who along with Peter Stroud and Dan Lipson, had started a technology company called Emerging Artist Network. With his extensive background as a marketing expert with TopRight Partners charged with helping companies expand their brands’ awareness, he saw an opportunity to fill a void in the entertainment industry. Dave has leveraged this experience with brand development and marketing with a passion for music to help develop a technology platform that utilizes a collection of data points about emerging bands as well as brands. The data enables Emerging Artist Network to use gamification and analytics to match brands seeking to grow to emerging artists whose data profile and band dynamic matches the picture for that particular brand. Peter Stroud has been a touring musician with a long list of artists such as Sheryl Crow, Sara McLaughlin, Don Henley, Peter Droge, and numerous others. He co-founded the boutique amplifier company, “65amps“, whose amps are used by a host of accomplished artists as well.

Dave and Peter talked about how challenging the music business is now for artists to make money on their music, outside of touring. In today’s digital age that has changed the way fans purchase music, royalties have declined significantly. That means emerging artists must look for sources of revenue to support their creative efforts and recording costs through such channels as strategic relationships with brands willing to sponsor their work. Peter talked about how securing sponsorship has often had a negative stigma in the music industry among artists, being viewed as “Selling out”. Emerging Artist Network seeks to get to know a band, their style/genre, and their listeners and using innovative algorithms, they’re able to match artists with brands who are looking to include musical acts in their brand awareness campaigns. As Peter and Dave described, they seek to let the bands they work with be who they are rather than seeking to change them to fit a sponsor. I look forward to having them back on the show to feature a delighted brand they were able to link up with a band.

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