Tisha-Vonique H.

Founder/CQO at Breadcrumbs Creative

Civic and Social Organization

Education: BA (Corp. Comm/Public Affairs) & BBA (Marketing) - MBA
Austin, TX, USA

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Biography

2022 Association of Women Business Center's National Advisor of the Year Finalist + 3X Entrepreneurship Conference Keynote + City Commissioner

With more than 15 years of multisector experience, Tisha is a transformative leadership advisor to impactful organizations across New England, New York, Texas, and California. Often invited to speak about capacity building and guiding entrepreneurs to implement sustainable leadership practices, Tisha is fueled by a deeply-rooted fortitude to catalyze internal resolve that drives stagnant trajectories upward. She brings a captivating dynamism and full spectrum of knowledge to any space she enters from start-ups to legacy organizations by empowering leadership development, change management, and creative solutions.

She holds an MBA and is a Lean Six Sigma transforming countless individual and organization’s self-limiting actions into purpose-driven plans. Her charisma delights and her insight ignites. Audiences leave feeling uplifted and empowered by her informative, powerful takeaways and real-life perspectives.

Passion

I'm passionate about human capital. I empower audiences to unleash their hidden potential into realized and materialized visions. Through my keynotes and presentations, audiences learn to harness their growth mindset to verbalize, visualize, and prioritize leading a success-filled life.

I am willing to travel

More than 100 miles

When it comes to payments

I generally get paid for speaking but make exceptions

Topics

women entrepreneurship entrepreneurship project management coaching perfecting your pitch higher education career change alignment communications confidence mindset leadership volunteering executive bipoc travel public relations schools youth mental health producer learning professional growth development vertical leadership development business development entrepreneurs female founder female entrepreneurship female founders female leadership advocacy remote work facilitation pedagogy andragogy creative thinking creative problem solving event management world travel motivational motivation six sigma women mba black women and activism black women black students classroom instruction for black students mentoring mentor career mentoring training and development training decision making strategic communications curriculum curriculum development curriculum instruction and inclusion online learning content creation content development municipalities animal care animal welfare team leadership team alignment teams leading multidisciplinary teams teens teenagers the teenager in you caregiving family caregiving caregiver empowerment worklife balance for caregivers caregiver support collaboration team collaboration team collaborations conflict to collaboration healthy collaboration education equity racial equity health wellness womens health health equity health equity trends emerging health equity trends health equity racism implicit bias centering health equity for adolescents health justice advancing health equity health equity and coalition diversity career transformation transformational leadership transformational innovation business transformation culture transformation agile methodologies agile research agile transformation agile servant leadership civil servant commissioners community community management community building youthdevelopment communityservice service community outreach community impact community development community networking community leadership community partnerships civic leadership civic disengagement civics peer to peer communications peer to peer coaching peer to peer advisory board board member advisory committees board advisor advisor stigma of mental health mental health first aid mental health recovery social behavioral behavioral health youth program youth culture youth entreprenurship youth development positive youth development arts education and youth development promoting child and youth development youth development topics adolescent and youth development youth development and risk prevention general positive youth development youth advocacy youth engagement youth education children and youth depression youth empowerment technical assistance consultant consulting strategic consultants management consultant 10 tips for surviving independent tech consulting consultancy

Best Story

I once heard, "Make sure you're an example before you attempt to teach." I've had countless trials that never bloomed into triumphs, and failures solidified as fears. One would think this would cement a cynical view of progress, but it does the opposite. In the blurred lines of success, I found myself more resilient, tenacious, curious, and determined than ever. What was meant to be a boundary in effect, actually became my trajectory boost. And this exact sentiment is what is most often told to me by clients, communities, and conference audiences. Their stories inspire me as much as words my motivate them.

Origin Story

My business story starts with a job termination that turned into passionate determination. My life was undefined. I was reminded what a previous mentor would say, "sink or swim" and repeated this mantra to propel me to the other side. I grew my brand from a chance meeting into a decade-long trusted collaboration. As a solopreneur, I provide business development workshops, equity engagement, instructional facilitation, and technical assistance across five states to entrepreneurs. I'm always fortunate to do what comes so naturally to me: inject creative transformations resulting in impacting outcomes.

Example talks

2024 PEERFEST: What’s the Chisme? Cultivating & Catalyzing Curiosity for Creative Solutions

At the 2024 PEERFEST (a peer to peer recovery support conference), this bilingual presentation explored transformative mental health recovery by tapping into collective curiosity. It addressed cultural competencies, adaptive problem solving, and personal resilience. It was a workshop style presentation that involved interaction from the audience. Translation by professional translators supported with clarity beyond my Spanish-speaking capabilities.

2024 SCORE New England MA Women's Business Summit Speaker Spotlight: Unlock Your Business Potential

Empower female business owners and entrepreneurs to overcome their own perceived challenges and obstacles to achieve the entrepreneurial and personal outcomes they desire. We reflected on personal experiences of triumph over tribulation, resisting racial discrimination, and limiting mindsets.

2023 Central MA Women's Conference Keynote Speaker: "Transform Your Trajectory Upwards"

How often do we, as professionals and entrepreneurs, think forward, yet seemingly feel like we're moving backward? This keynote catalyzed audiences to transform their self-confidence and propel themselves towards their true trajectories. It realigned attendees with their core values, ambition, and dedication to achieve the next chapter they envisioned for themselves.

2023 NH Center for Women & Enterprise (Virtual) Workshop Developer & Facilitator: The Art of Pitching to Funders, Clients, and Procurement Teams

This workshop improved how attendees could describe their business products and services to others. All learned best practices to create a more effective pitch to empower and propel their business brand. The interactive and dynamic workshop included peer-to-peer engagement and 1:1 coaching in real time. Attendees commented how their existing elevator pitches were transformed into power pitches adaptable for prospective clients, potential funders, corporate buyers, and procurement teams.
Audience: Mostly women-founded small businesses and entrepreneurs that reside in New Hampshire.

2022 Women Business Leaders Conference (Virtual) Spotlight & Panel Moderator: Stronger Together

Moderated a conversation on the complex reality to navigating professional life as a woman. There are pressures (real and perceived) of perceptions and expectations of "successful women." In a community, success of one parlays success for all. We discussed how working together, women can empower and inspire each other through strategic support networks in mentors, coaches, and cheerleaders. We helped identify these communities and encouraged asking for help and support from others. Audience members comprised of mostly women business owners, professionals, and aspirational entrepreneurs.

2022 RYLA MA Youth Leadership Retreat: Keynote Speaker "Overcoming Fear"

At this statewide youth leadership conference, this keynote addressed the self-imposed barriers youth experience in adolescence and how to rise above them. It provided a funny, fun, engaging perspective on proactively preparing oneself for the "rollercoaster of life." The keynote was a precursor to a supplemental interactive workshop spotlighting methodologies around Conflict Resolution.