🥂 Excited to keep building the future of comms — together
Founder and convener at Mixing Board. Select strategic communications consulting engagements
Many years ago, I came into the role as Twitter's first VP of comms with lots of experience. But the job was hard. It kicked my butt. It was lonely. I thought about all my peers in comms and brand and wanted to find ways to bind the best minds and to share knowledge. I wanted these leaders to feel less alone. As a first step, I co-founded Pramana Collective with wonderful people and we dug in deep on some serious work that helped raise the value of comms. We also actively brought comms and brand leaders together. At Pramana I thought about shifting the collective into a community and Mixing Board launched in 2021. Now, we had an always on platform to get the best in the business ways to help each other. Today, Mixing Board has 450 esteemed members who not only really good at what they do but are generous and wise. Also today, the news is out: We are officially joining forces with Axios HQ and I couldn't be prouder and happier -- not just for our two businesses, but for the comms and brand community that has evolved so much since my days at Twitter and who is poised to have outsized impact in the decade to come. As I say in the post: "(Axios HQ and Mixing Board) are both are determined to give communicators the tools, resources, and expert insights and development that help them increase their impact and value. And, we do this with the recognition strong communication within an organization has a direct relation to the power and performance of external comms, brand, policy (etc.) efforts. And, most of all, all of this is directly tied to greatly increasing the odds of business success."
