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As a sales-oriented executive leader, I have a long track record of working with…
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Close Plans are Good for Your Sellers. They're Good For Your Buyers, Too.
Close Plans are Good for Your Sellers. They're Good For Your Buyers, Too.
By JD Miller
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Are Your LinkedIn Connection Requests Meaningful or Just So Much Noise?
Are Your LinkedIn Connection Requests Meaningful or Just So Much Noise?
By JD Miller
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The Line Between Effective And Annoying: A Guide for Salespeople
The Line Between Effective And Annoying: A Guide for Salespeople
By JD Miller
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As we continue showcasing this years Power Hope award winners, we’d like to end your Monday with an introduction to the wonderful The Rev. Amity…
As we continue showcasing this years Power Hope award winners, we’d like to end your Monday with an introduction to the wonderful The Rev. Amity…
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One of my favorite CMO-type responsibilities is keeping up on all things typography. So, when I se an article all about a font and how it's being…
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Experience
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Volunteer Experience
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President Of The Board Of Directors/Founding Board Member
Care For Friends
- 8 years 3 months
Social Services
Care for Friends provides easy access to community, food and overall wellness for Chicago’s most vulnerable and under-served people, in an atmosphere of dignity and respect.
Through its programs, the organization successfully connects people with community resources to enable them to achieve a better quality of life. Our connections focus on three major causes of homelessness:
* 78% of guests who enter our housing partner's programs are permanently housed within 6 months - and…Care for Friends provides easy access to community, food and overall wellness for Chicago’s most vulnerable and under-served people, in an atmosphere of dignity and respect.
Through its programs, the organization successfully connects people with community resources to enable them to achieve a better quality of life. Our connections focus on three major causes of homelessness:
* 78% of guests who enter our housing partner's programs are permanently housed within 6 months - and remain housed at one-year followup.
* Graduates of our job skills and educational partners' program earn an average wage of $12.38/hour for 38 hours of work per week - and remain employed in the same job at one-year followup.
* 60% of our guests have now found a permanent medical home.
I was a founding member of the Board, instrumental establishing this organization. -
Business Mentor
1871
- Present 6 years 11 months
Science and Technology
1871 was created to support Chicago’s digital startup community and is the hub for the city’s thriving technology and entrepreneurial ecosystem. Today 1871 is the home of more than 400 early-stage, high-growth digital startups.
As a business mentor, I work as part of a network of senior executives who provide expertise and advice to the leadership teams of these startup organizations.
Publications
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50% Of Your LGBTQ Employees Aren't Out At Work - And It's Hurting Your Business
The Startup
In advance of National Coming Out Day, The Startup invited me to reflect on the number of closeted workers, the workplace results, and what can be done about it.
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How to Turn a Job Offer at a New Company Into a Raise at Your Current Gig
Money
When MONEY asked me about how to leverage a counteroffer to get a raise at work, I knew just what to tell them.
Don't use threats. Treat your colleagues like the humans they are and approach the issue without mentioning the other offer at all. The results will be much better. -
This Pride Month, Let's Lead In Making Change For Others
Motus Blog
So many of the rights and privileges we enjoy today came as the result of the hard work of people like Marsha P. Johnson - who sacrificed way more than I ever have to make it nowhere near as far. This Pride Month, I call on my peers to pay it forward to others.
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Stigma, Not Science Keeps Gay Men From Donating Blood
Medium
With a donor shortage, why are we still clinging to outdated stereotypes?
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How to host a virtual happy hour on Zoom or other teleconferencing services
Tech Republic
The pandemic has caused work-from-home to be more popular than ever before.
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5 Tips To Take Your Personal Video Prsence from Bland to Grand
Business 2 Community
We've been able to videochat for years - but the pandemic seems to be the thing that's going to make it normal.
Here's a look at some simple steps I shared with B2C on how to put your best professional foot forward online. -
Want to Run Better Remote Meetings? Try These Strategies
Built In Chicago
Thanks to Jeff Link at Built In Chicago for inviting me to this conversation about how to integrate work and family life amidst the quarrantine.
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Achieving Diversity In The Workpace
Motus Blog
A guest blog post on the strides we've made to increase diversity in our sales team.
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How Diversity Can Increase A Company's Bottom Line
Authority Magazine
I sat down with Authority Magazine's Fotis Georgiadis to chat about how #diversity is good for business as well as humanity.
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Top 29 Sales Training Videos from the Pros
Fit Small Business
I chatted with with Fit Small Business about how to use video recordings of sales reps to reinforce training messages and professional skills.
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Don't Do These Things at Your Next Business Lunch or Dinner
Tribune News Service
One of the most impressive interview candidates showed how to seamlessly integrate work and personal challenges - and landed the job. I'll always remember her for this balance of business and humanity.
Projects
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Conference Speaker: AI for Revenue Summit
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As AI tools proliferated the sales profession, I led a session for the AI for Revenue Summit on the latest applications and technologies for sellers and management.
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c-Suite Masterclass
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The @allianceLED invited me to be an executive in residence for their two-month c-suite Masterclass. In it, I worked with aspiring executives on topics like communication, personal branding, and P&L literacy.
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CRO Forum Keynote: Setting Annual Plans WIth Humanity
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I delivered the closing keynhote address at Sales Enablement Collective's Chief Revenue Officer Summit on September 29th, 2021. Here's a recording of the event's livestream.
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Keynote: Responding to COVID Sales Challenges With the Intersection of Business and Humanity (Virtual Chief Revenue Officer Summit)
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I was invited to keynote the Virtual Chief Revenue Officer Summit with a discussion about how Motus adapted to the COVID pandemic of 2020. As I thought about what we did to ensure our new logo sellers and account managers, I realized that our strategy wasn't COVID-specific. It was based in best practices we should all use every day - by responding to the humanity of our business colleagues.
Here's a look at how we launched a new product in 3 weeks, training sellers and getting them…I was invited to keynote the Virtual Chief Revenue Officer Summit with a discussion about how Motus adapted to the COVID pandemic of 2020. As I thought about what we did to ensure our new logo sellers and account managers, I realized that our strategy wasn't COVID-specific. It was based in best practices we should all use every day - by responding to the humanity of our business colleagues.
Here's a look at how we launched a new product in 3 weeks, training sellers and getting them successful. By the end of the year, 18% of our pipeline was from a product that we weren't selling at all pre-pandemic. -
Conference Speaker: Nurturing Your High-Functioning Nonprofit Board
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Episcopal Charities invited me to lead a series of conferences for their member organizations about how to make non-profit boards more effective.
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White House Task Force: Retail Workers Bill of Rights
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The Obama Administration invited me to join the Offices of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs on a task force looking at minimum wage and a potential Retail Workers Bill of Rights.
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Congressional Testimony: Implications Of A Retail Workers Bill of Rights
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I was invited to speak with a Congressional subcommittee on the implications that a Retail Workers Bill of Rights would have on the retail industry.
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Conference Speaker: San Francisco Formula Retail Protections Ordinance
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I was invited by the Office of Labor Standards Enforcement to assist with the rollout of the San Francisco Formula Retail Protections Ordinance.
Attendees received two recertification credit hours toward PHR and SPHR recertification through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI), two professional development credits through the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and two credit hours of California (general) MCLE credit.
Honors & Awards
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Most Influential Sales Professionals of 2023
ZoomInfo
As I began a new role in an A-KKR Portfolio Company, ZoomInfo honored me as one of their most influencial sales professionals of the year.
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20 Most Inspiring Chicagoans
Streetwise
Recognized as one of the 20 individuals in Chicago that are making a difference for the homeless and at-risk in our community.
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Notable LGBTQ Executive
Crain's Chicago Business
Receognition by Crain's Chicago Business as a Chicago-based executive with notable business impact and committment to LGBTQ causes.
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Distinguished Alumni Commencement Speaker
University of Illinois Department of Communication
Invited to present the alumni commencement address to the University of Illinois Department of Communication at their annual convocation ceremony.
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