Chief Creative Officer
Vibrant Velvet Voice Productions
Homer, Alaska
Gogo Skywalker Payne
Homer,USA
Summary
Creative professional with extensive experience in leading innovative projects. Strong focus on collaboration and achieving results, adaptable to changing needs. Skilled in creative direction, strategic planning, and team leadership. Known for fostering creativity and delivering impactful solutions.
Work History
Contract Coach
BetterUp
- Https://www.betterup.com/
RN Case Manager
Seldovia Village Tribe Community Health Services
Homer, Alaska
Registered Nurse
Hopi and Navajo Nations
Arizona
Community Programs Coordinator
American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa
Director, Austin Peace House
Foundation for a Compassionate Society
Austin, Texas
Writer, CORE Magazine
Congress of Racial Equality
New York, New York
Education
BA - Communications/Storytelling
Metropolitan State University of Denver
Denver, ColoradoASN - undefined
Mercy College of Health Sciences
Skills
- Innovative thinking
- Social media strategy
- Public speaking and oral storytelling
- Plan, market, and facilitate virtual and in-person events
- Plan and design social media posts and videos for marketing, information, and education
- Plan and write newsletters, Ebooks, essays, scripts
- Synergistic collaborations with various religious organizations, social justice groups, and community organizations
- Board membership and work
- Remote work
- Experience working with people of color, queer, and trans-people in movement/social justice work
- Extensive experience using ChatGPT and communications software
ENDORSEMENTS
- Luz Chacon, Luz Chacon Wellness: She has the ability to bring out the best in the women she’s interviewing and has been attentive to every detail of putting it all together.
- Leah Moore, Personal Trainer: I’ve received powerful insights and tools to self-regulate my nervous system in the moment I feel triggered.
BOOKS
- All That Is, Dance of Mindfulness & Gratitude, A Quest for Wholeness
- Breathing Through the Eye of a Needle, Stories of Living in the Moment from Birth to Death - https://amzn.to/45Cm9KK
EBOOKS
- Change the Language Paradigm - https://bit.ly/3NcyRW
- Practice Gratitude in Trying Times - https://bit.ly/43mjvjj
Social Media
- Https://www.facebook.com/skywalker.payne.9/
- Https://www.linkedin.com/in/gogoskywalkerpayne
- Https://transformativepoweroflove.substack.com/
COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS AND PARTNERSHIPS
Mindfulness Network for People of Color (MNPC), www.mnpc.co.uk - Ancestral Healer, Practicing Compassion in Challenging Times, Inter-Faith Event - Organizer and Presenter, Homer, Alaska, Homer Storytellers - Organizer and Facilitator, Iowa Statewide Diversity Conference, Des Moines, Iowa - Speaker, Strengthening and Valuing Latino Communities in Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa - Speaker and participant, I’ll Make Me a World in Iowa, annual Black cultural and educational event, Des Moines, Iowa - Storyteller, Humanities Iowa Speakers Bureau - Underground Railroad Stories to groups throughout state, Governor’s Office, 40th Anniversary of 1965 Voting Rights Act, Des Moines, Iowa - Storyteller
EVENT PRODUCTION – IN PERSON
- Tallabration, annual celebration of storytelling - Denver, Colorado, Des Moines, Iowa, and Homer, Alaska
- First Inter-racial Día de la Raza in Austin, Texas
- Performance Art and Storytelling performances in Washington, DC, Chicago, Illinois, Los Angeles, California, Greenville, South Carolina, Austin, Texas, and Des Moines, Iowa
EVENT PRODUCTION – VIRTUAL
- Transformative Power of Love - https://transformative-power-of-love.heysummit.com/
- Fit, Fun, Fabulous & Fulfilled - https://50plus-fab-fulfillment.heysummit.com/
- Racial Story Healing Circles - Conducted on Zoom during pandemic
- YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@gogoskywalkerpayne
Timeline
Chief Creative Officer
Vibrant Velvet Voice Productions
Contract Coach
BetterUp
RN Case Manager
Seldovia Village Tribe Community Health Services
Registered Nurse
Hopi and Navajo Nations
Community Programs Coordinator
American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa
Director, Austin Peace House
Foundation for a Compassionate Society
Writer, CORE Magazine
Congress of Racial Equality
ASN - undefined
Mercy College of Health Sciences
BA - Communications/Storytelling
Metropolitan State University of Denver