Blackweek Presents: Seven for Seven with Monique Nelson
Seven for Seven is a new profile series hosted on Little Black Book with the founders of Blackweek, a new economic forum and marketing conference coming to NYC October 15-18.
Seven questions that dive into the minds behind the economic forum, and what’s in store. A little bit about them, a little bit about Blackweek, and a lot for everyone to think about.
The series continues with Monique Nelson, executive chair at Uniworld Group
Q> What did you want to be when you were 7?
Monique> I wanted to be a singer, dancer, and doctor
Q> Words to live by?
Monique> Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all your self (Eleanor Roosevelt)
Never Stop Learning!!!
You can’t move forward looking backwards.
Do the right thing even when no one is watching (C.S. Lewis)
Q> What made you get involved with Blackweek?
Monique> There has always been a need for a forum to discuss the overlooked, underserved and undervalued growth audiences of the world. The industry is at a true inflection point that is in need of more than inclusion. It is time for collective innovation, sharing, learning, and ultimately growing our collective community’s wealth.
We embody the most powerful cultural community on the planet. Everyone adopts what we do, how we do it is time to innovate together and own what we create together. That is why I got involved in Black Week.
Q> What aren’t people talking about? What aren’t they saying out loud?
Monique> In the inequity of SOWs and rate cards
The lack of onboarding support and guidance
The lack of senior level involvement with most cultural campaigns and assignments
The multicultural agency can’t do the high level thinking they are just the whipped cream and jazz hands.
Let the multicultural agency train our marketing talent and then they will be ready to do general market work
