Brandi R. Richard

Advocate | Brand Maven | Innovator | Speaker

#OperationGrowth #WeGotNow #BRComm #BrandiRRichard

Brandi Richard is a mother, innovator, entrepreneur, and advocate. For twelve years, Brandi has shared her ideas, communications expertise, and project management with the Federal Emergency Management Agency where she currently serves as Public Affairs Officer in the Bay area. Brandi is a graduate of Texas Woman’s University.
Her innovative ideas led her to create her own business concepts and companies including: Awakened Concepts, an idea generation firm; Sacred Aroma all natural bath and body products, Green Grass Generation, On Board DFW, The Young Professional Advocate, #OperationGrowth, #WeGotNow, and is the Principal for BR Communications.  She devotes her extra time to her purpose of encouraging young women to grow through and beyond life’s obstacles with her book Operation Growth and developing informative communications for young leaders through her new “The Brandi Show” podcast. Her dedication to the National Urban League resulted in her election as Dallas chapter president; Southern Region Vice President and now the first to hold the office of President for two consecutive terms of the National Urban League Young Professionals (NULYP) and NUL Board of Trustees. Through NULYP, she served as the lead representative nationally of 64 chapters, who under her leadership raised $2.9 million and served 200,000+ volunteer hours.
Brandi currently speaks and blogs on the fierce urgency of the NOW generation, intergenerational collaboration, her book #OperationGrowth, and young professional and women’s rights on Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr, and www.brandirichard.com.
OperationGrowth

Operation Growth is a new book designed to turn your pain into opportunity and your challenges into growth.  Brandi explores hilarious and sober accounts of how she has turned the darkest points in her life into triumph. This is a must-read for young women leaders and the men who love them.  You are not alone.  Ready, set, GROW.

FierceUrgentNow

Tools to help you advocate for yourself and others.

WeGotNow

Day 4

I really need to unpack this bag.  It is not only a tripping hazard, but it is messing with the zen of my space. First board meeting down.  These people are talented!  It will be my job to ensure their talent is maximized in support of the National Urban League.  Now,...

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Day 3

The video.  So I’m getting antsy about sharing the video from Boston.  Jeremy of JohnRich Media is fabulous and he moves which is a necessary quality for being on team NULYPNOW.  I let the video out prematurely by making it a favorite, but it was a great test. ...

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Day 2

The email must go out!  So the email was to go out on Monday, but by Tuesday I was impatient with myself. Positions to fill and limited time to ramp up.  So if you are interested in serving on the Executive Board, in the role of Programs Chair, Information and...

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Day 1

Running while sleepy… Do not come back to work the day after conference.  I received that advice a little late. Fortunately, team NULYPNOW was at home, so we got to work. Highlight… The Facebook roll call of positions! 🙂 Great Messages of support Lunch...

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Day 0

The energy of the transition meeting was great!  There was a great spirit of collaboration and expectancy.  I only hope that we can deliver on the expectations of the 2009-2011 board. Our NUL liaisons, Tracy and Herman will be excellent resources for our...

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