Carolyn Gerin on Clubhouse

Bio

Creative Director + Brand Strategist
Author + Activist + Cannabis Brand Builder

CAROLYN is a serial entrepreneur who has worked in/with non-profit, start-up, magazine, publishing, government, technology, travel, wedtech, cannabis, retail product design/development, and Fortune 500 companies. She identifies trends in the marketplace and follows up with books, events, creative concepts/activations, community building, and movements targeted to the moment. A mission to create positive social change — while making everything look, sound, and feel better — informs all ventures.

🦉CANNAWISE.CO is her second successful creative agency: creating compelling brands, strategy, and storytelling, to deliver market share for clients in the B2B/B2C legal cannabis economy, and awareness for cannabis advocacy, organizations, and institutions.

🎯 SKIP INTRO ADVISORS LLC is a management consulting firm bringing strategic, creative, legal, technology, marketing, and financial advisors with global experience in starting, scaling, and advancing businesses in the mercurial cannabis marketplace. Carolyn serves as co-founder and partner.

📚AUTHOR
* Bestselling 3-book ‘Anti-Bride’ series with Chronicle Books.
* ‘Road Map for Revolutionaries: Resistance, Activism, and Advocacy for All.’ Blurbed by Gloria Steinem/presented at SXSW 2018. Penguin Random House/Ten Speed Press.

🥇SKILL SET
* BRAND STRATEGIST
Forecasting social, market, cultural, and technology trends to help clients/brands connect their message to market.
* CREATIVE DIRECTOR + DESIGNER
Applying creative ideation, words, images, strategy, and processes to achieve differentiation and growth for clients.
* STORYTELLER
Helping clients vision their company through expert insights, storytelling, and messaging.

👏 NOTABLE CLIENTS
Williams Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Chronicle Books, Penguin Random House, Kedaung International, Lunette, CCIA, INCBA, State of Cannabis, Destination Media, Starwood, Nokia, Hachette: Elle Decor Magazine, Metropolitan Home Magazine.

🎤 SPEAKER
SXSW, Commonwealth Club, New West Summit, Fest Forums, University of Baltimore, International Cannabis Bar Association, Capital Roundtable, NY Open Center, Women in Plant Medicine.

⛵️PASSION: Design, writing, activism, sailing.

🧭 FIND ME
🌐 Instagram:
@cannawiselife
@roadmap4revs
🌐 Facebook: Carolyn Gerin
🌐 Linked In: Carolyn Gerin
🌐 www.cannawise.co
🌐 www.carolyngerin.com
🌐 www.skipintroadvisors.com
📧 [email protected]

🌱 Clubhouse Codes: C21H30O2