Conversations With Carole
"Conversations with Carole" is meant to build a community where we can talk about current and historical issues relevant to our times. I've been in the cross culture business for many years and celebrate the past work I've done in radio. It made sense NOW to move the conversation to a podcast format where we can all get involved!
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As an award-winning keynote speaker, trainer, and global thought leader, since 1987, Carole Copeland Thomas moderates the discussions of critical issues affecting the marketplace. She has her pulse on the issues affecting working professionals and regularly consults with industry leaders. She has spent 36 years cultivating relationships and partnerships with local, national, and international sponsors, including Walmart, Amtrak, and Emirates Airlines. Carole is the past president of The National Speakers Association -New England Chapter and was on the leadership team of Black NSA. Carole is a blogger and social media enthusiast using various technology platforms to enhance her business development activities.
Carole has been featured in the New York Times, Boston Globe, Black Enterprise, ABC Radio, and CBS News.
She is the author of eight books and is the Past National Vice Chair of the National Black MBA Association
Carole is a 28-year member of the National Speakers Association (NSA) and an active member of Black NSA. She won the President Emeritus Award for the leadership role she played during the 2017-2018 NSA New England Chapter Year.
Visit Carole's website at www.carolecopelandthomas.com.
Conversations With Carole
EPISODE 023: Navigating Film and Theater Arts with Nerissa Williams Scott - Executive Producer of “Come On In”
Today's show features the executive producer of "Come on In," Nerissa Williams-Scott, one of Boston's creative dynamos in the film and theater arts industry. She shares her background and knowledge of the industry and how she is artfully managing an incredible portfolio of theater projects, films, and upcoming documentaries. Listen and get inspired as we celebrate Women's History Month with talented producers like Nerissa.
Come On In: www.comeoninlive.com
Nerissa Williams-Scott’s Website: https://www.nerissawilliams.com
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Nerissa Williams-Scott – CEO/Lead Creative Producer of That Child Got Talent Entertainment, Boston, MA (tcgtentertainment.com) is an affiliated faculty member at Emerson College in the Business of Creative Economy and Visual Media Art departments, where she teaches on the undergraduate and graduate level.
She is currently producing 4 feature film projects and a docu-series. She is a graduate of Hampton University, where she received a Bachelor of Art degree in Fine and Performing Arts. She is also a graduate of Emerson College where she received her Master of Fine Art degree in Film Production ’15. She has worked her way up to the position of Producer, Creative Producer, Director, UPM and Line Producer.
Over the past twelve years, she has produced 2 Narrative feature films and served as production manager for a variety of Documentaries/series, Narrative shorts, Live Media Installation events, Theatre productions, Fashion films, TV series, and Music videos. She was awarded the LEF Foundation Fellowship to attend the Flaherty Seminar in upstate New York in 2018, as well as the LEF Development grant for the experimental feature documentary “Paradise” with director Gabby Sumney.
She has made it to the final rounds of the Creative Capital granting process. She is the treasurer for the Secret Society of Black Creatives. She sits on the Board of Directors for the Coolidge Corner Theater in Brookline, MA. Her most prized position is serving as the Creative Director of Sarah’s Hope Charitable and Educational Foundation in Lufkin, Texas, USA. As CEO of That Child Got Talent Entertainment, Nerissa has created a company that serves as a bridge for women of color to gain employment while serving the greater community through teaching youth as well as elders.
Her favorite quote is, “The ongoing forward momentum of TCGT has provided the avenue that lays poise for the women we provide the opportunity to wow the world with brilliance!”