Pittsburgh's Diversity Challenges w/ YNGBLKPGH's Brian Burley

Brian Burley is the founder of YNGBLKPGH, a social talent community network of over 4,00 millennial minority professionals focused on developing community and corporate engagement in the Pittsburgh region.

YNGBLKPGH started in 2017 with the idea to get 50 millennial Black and African American professionals in the Pittsburgh region together to create a book of personalized notes to inspire the next generation. Immediately, the 50 become over 300 and it has continued to grow. Now, YNGBLKPGH, in addition to the physical book, has become a digital media platform to support the growth of talent and community.

Brian is a dynamic business professional whose career has stetted from banking to healthcare consulting. He served as the Director of Economic Inclusion at the Allegheny Conference on Community Development and currently is ADP's Diverse Human Capital Consultant and District Manager.

In this episode, Brian and Aaron discuss the Juneteenth, talent attraction and retention, and how Pittsburgh must change, ON PURPOSE, to become more equitable and attractive to the nation's best talent.

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Timestamps
0:00 Intro
0:55 Juneteenth
5:41 YNGBLKPGH
9:35 Marketing & Distribution
14:08 Diverse Talent at Large Corporations
21:52 Return of the NBA
24:08 Pittsburgh's Challenges with Diversity
29:31 How to Improve Retention
32:37 Pittsburgh Economic Development
37:15 Volatility, Change, Startups
42:10 Brian Burley's Sign off

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Aaron has an obsession with storytelling, business building, and creating media that leads to sales.

Aaron’s experience in media creation and strategy started at the age of 23 when he launched a podcast, Going Deep with Aaron Watson. In the subsequent 3 years, he has built a powerful network, executed profitable events around Pittsburgh, and started a paid public speaking career on the back of his digital media brand building.

As the co-founder of Piper Creative, Aaron is passionate about leveraging his expertise to help others build healthier company cultures, execute effective storytelling, and master the distribution of their content.

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🧑🏻Hannah Phillips, Chief Creative Officer of Piper Creative

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Hannah is our brilliant visual media artist that produces genre-defining work across digital video, photography, graphic design, and fine art.

From an early age, she developed a love for art and creating, and has grown those passions into hard skills that build businesses.

She started her first media company in 10th grade and was dedicated to growing it part-time throughout high school.

At Piper Creative, she guides and mentors the next generation of creatives while leveraging their skills to transform brands and drive business outcomes.

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