I host the podcast Unthinkable, write the weekly newsletter Playing Favorites, and develop podcasts and docuseries for mission-driven brands, authors, and entrepreneurs. I'm also a frequent keynote speaker, and the author of the book Break the Wheel.
It is my personal, professional mission to help others make work that matters -- to their careers, their companies, and their communities.
I see creativity as a form of problem solving and leadership. It's a means of raising your hand to lead and investigate and improve things, and I want to help others frame their work as such. That can help us see the work and the world better and differently.
Before becoming a content entrepreneur, I held marketing and media roles at Google, HubSpot, and the VC firm NextView.
My biggest ambition and maybe grandest delusion is to be the Anthony Bourdain of business storytelling :)
I run a done-for-you podcasting service for B2B tech marketers
I'm the Co-Founder of Motion and I help small marketing teams at B2B technology companies launch and run podcasts. The video podcasts I produce help customers publish more high-quality content consistently, develop new relationships within their industry, and get their team excited about marketing again.
Bestselling Author in Digital Transformation | CIO/CTO/CDO | Host of Coffee with Digital Trailblazers | 900+ articles on agile, DevOps, AI/data, leadership
Highly skilled ICT professional with 14+ years of experience working for large enterprises and service providers. I am an IT generalist with strong architecture, automation, OS administration and networking skills. My experience covers a broad range of technologies ranging from the traditional IBM mainframes to the most cutting edge cloud computing services, being cloud native architectures and automation my area of expertise.
I possess a good balance of strong technical knowledge and customer facing skills, enjoying deep dive technical discussions with engineering teams and comfortable translating complex technical concepts and solutions to executives and non-technical audiences.
Profiler of creative people; written 70+ longform features/profiles (e.g. Oscar winners, Grammy winners, Disney legends, original cast members of 'Hamilton') and produce I Am A Creator docuseries + podcast: isaadney.com/writing-samples
Winner of four Telly Awards: https://youtu.be/-n_HlDRQXI8
Webby Award Honoree: convertkit.com/stories
Next book (The Little Book of Big Dreams: True Stories about People Who Followed a Spark) coming 11/7/2023: featuring 50 true stories of dreamers who faced reality and saw their dream come true. (Available now for pre-order wherever books are sold!)
Multimedia brand storyteller and story producer: turn interviews into inspirational content for blog, podcast, Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter to build brand affinity, reduce churn, and help creators reach their dreams. At ConvertKit that has included: long- and short-form customer success stories and profiles, professional photography, social media copy + strategy, a podcast, a docuseries, and two coffee table books.
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Longform customer profiles and photography: convertkit.com/stories
The I Am A Creator podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-am-a-creator/id1510823472
The I Am A Creator docuseries: https://convertkit.com/resources/creator-stories-films
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Work has been featured on: Forbes, LA Weekly, NPR, The White House blog (2012), NBC Latino, The Huffington Post, Univision, Success Magazine, The Princeton Review, The Daily Buzz, USA Today College, U.S. News & World Report, GOOD Magazine, and more.
Named by GOOD Magazine as one of the top 100 people moving the world forward. First blog CommunityCollegeSuccess.com has been viewed over 1.4 million times. First book Community College Success (NorLights Press, 2012) was endorsed by New York Times Bestselling authors and has been used in colleges across the country.
Wrote for Success Magazine 2015-2016 and have done freelance writing for Edible Orlando and Disney Institute.
If you’d like to stay in touch join my newsletter at: isaadney.com
I am a passionate content marketing specialist and consultant, currently taking over new projects as a freelancer.
I am always ready to face new challenges, create high quality content and launch succesful content marketing campaigns.
I've been working in content marketing for 9 years now, creating and implementing social media, blog and email strategies for clients, to build brand awareness, generate sales or leads.
During my career, I had the chance to lead the marketing department in an agency, join the employer branding department in a large corporation, but also build an audience and use my own platform as a content creator & blogger.
I had the chance to work in both corporate and agency environments, for eCommerce businesses, service providers and B2B companies, in various industries (tech, tourism, beauty & fashion, accounting, auto, etc.).
I impact businesses through technology-enabled digital products.
During my professional career, I have led teams to build digital products, done B2B sales and focused on designing great solutions for real problems in both corporate and startups.
I am passionate about business opportunities, product, customer problems, technology, innovation and lean startups.
I care about culture, for real.
Product - Business-oriented Engineer - MBA
An inspirational and purpose driven C-Level Enterprise Executive who successfully runs global, diverse teams achieving exponential growth, increasing margins and record-breaking revenue year over year.
Having been based in Madrid, London and New York, Isabel brings extensive international experience and a proven track record in setting the strategic vision and executing the Go-to-Market strategy on a global scale. She has extensive C-Level reach within the Banking, Insurance, Government, Corporate and Asset Management sector.
Isabel is Chief Revenue Officer for Moody's Analytics, where she leads all sales and revenue streams for all of Moody's revenue worldwide achieving 61 consecutive quarters of growth. Isabel is a member of the Executive Leadership team. In her current role, she oversees over 1,900 staff worldwide, $3B in sales, and $2.8B in revenue representing 51% to MCO's total revenue.
Isabel also serves as member of the Growth Board at MCO assessing and evaluating new growth and investment opportunities across ESG, CRE, KYC.
Isabel has extensive experience in leading due diligence and integrations of over 17 M&A. She has been a critical member of the executive team to secure the largest and most strategic acquisitions for MCO: RMS, leader in Climate, for $2B in 2021 and Bureau van Dijk, leader in private company data for $3.3B in 2017.
Isabel partners with Investor Relations team to represent Moody’s Investor Day 2022 and often participates in investor visits, quarterly earnings narrative and broad business intelligence/competitive analysis.
Isabel is known for building high performing, highly respected diverse management teams and is passionate about unlocking talent in the workplace. She is passionate for making teams to be what they can become.
As an advocate for celebrating difference, Isabel is committed to DE&I leading important initiatives including mentoring the mentors of the Moody's Corporation Women ERG. From 2014 to 2016 Isabel was the Executive Sponsor for the EMEA LBGTA ERG.
Her passion for talent and difference has been cited in publications and conferences including Growing Global Executives: The new Competencies by Silvia Hewlett published in 2015 and Teaching Women the joys of Power published in 2015 by Center of Talent Innovation in HuffPost.
In addition, Isabel is a Board Member for the Posse Foundation New York, supporting Posse with continue success in NYC.
I had negative $300 in my bank.
My car was at risk of repossession and $50K+ in student loan debt.
I was fresh out of college and I couldn't find a job anywhere.
I was crashing on my mom's couch in her 2 bedroom apartment where she lived with my younger brother.
One random evening, I made dinner for them with my culinary skills I learned working my way through restaurants while at FSU.
Since my brother was focused on his gains at the gym I made a protein-packed alternative for pesto.
I used greek yogurt instead of olive oil.
They loved it so much, my mom suggested that I post about it on Facebook to see if anyone wants to buys it.
This is back in 2015, when social media marketing was still sort of new
And me, personally?
I had no idea what I was doing.
But I followed my mom's advice and I found Facebook groups filled with residents in my area and I posted the sauce for sale with free delivery included.
To my surprise, I started getting a bunch of orders.
Keep in mind, at this point I had ZERO business/marketing experience.
All I knew was that:
✅ i had a sauce
✅ people wanted to pay me money for it
✅ and I included delivery so they didn't have to lift a finger in the process.
That night, I borrowed $20 from my mom to buy the containers, and within a day I turned it into $125.
By the end of the week, I had generated $2,500 💰
In. a. single. week.
(more than any other job would've offered me)
This is how my entrepreneurship journey started.
A few years later, after being a successful private chef for ultra-high-net-worth families in Beverly Hills, CA.
After being named the second best private chef in Beverly Hills, and after being featured twice in Food & Wine Magazine.
I realized my passion was not cooking.
My passion was organic marketing, social selling, and helping others make money online.
Fast forward to today, I have worked on multiple marketing activations for Fortune 500 brands and generated $400k+ without running ads, getting on sales calls, or leaving my house.
Now, I'm exploring how to continue doing that with AI and automation ethically, to accelerate results while maintaining authenticity.
If you'd like to invite me into your world, get to know each other better, and possibly do business together, then send me a message.
Welcome to this side of LinkedIn where we keep things real, transparent, and prioritize building relationships above all 🤗
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