MOBE SYMPOSIUM and its founder Yvette Moyo are being inducted into the “AdvancingDiversity Hall of Honors”
Thursday, September 23, 2021.
The event is part of AdvancingDiversity Week, being live streamed free at MediaVillage.com Monday-Wednesday 11 a.m – 3 p.m ET. Registration is free for Thursday’s Town Hall Zoom meeting. Click here to Register.
View the Legends & Leaders video conversation with Yvette Moyo here.
FEATURED #MOBEMONDAY: JULY 26, 2021
BRANDING AND MONETIZING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IN MUSIC, SPORTS, FILM AND TV
Renown entertainment attorney Kendall Minter will lead the discussion with a panel of legal experts – Bruce B. Siegal, Leron Rogers and Darrell D. Miller.
#ICYMI MOBE MONDAYS
Watch all of our #MOBEMonday webinars on our Facebook Page or on our YouTube Page.
The MOBE Symposium 2021 was Sponsored by:
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Meet Leaders, Executives and Entrepreneurs
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The MOBE Symposium 2021 Speakers
Curtis Symonds
Chairman, MOBE Symposium/ Founding Partner, President & CEO HBCU GO TV
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM
Welcome to MOBE
Yvette Moyo
Founder & CEO, MOBE Symposium/ Co-Founder/CEO, Real Men Charities Inc/Real Men Cook
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM
Welcome to MOBE
Michelle Rice
President, TV One & Cleo TV
11:15 AM- 11:45 AM
A Fireside Chat with Michelle Rice
Rushion McDonald
Host, Money Making Conversations
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Keynote Address
Jersey The DJ
Professional Open Format DJ
Adele Givens
Queen Of Comedy
12:35 PM – 12:40 PM
Comedy Break
Kelly Kellz
Comedienne, Actress, Host, Entrepreneur
1:40 PM – 1:45 PM
Comedy Break
Damon Williams
Bad Boys of Comedy
2:45 PM – 2:50 PM
Comedy Break
Mark Fisher
President & CEO,OTT.X
11:45 AM – 12:35 PM
The Stream Is Reel
Craig Hunter
Global Head of Preschool Content, YouTube
11:45 AM – 12:35 PM
The Stream Is Reel
Devin Griffin
Executive Vice President and General Manager BET+
11:45 AM – 12:35 PM
The Stream Is Reel
Curt Simmons
Executive Vice President, Content Development & Programming, HBCU GO TV
11:45 AM – 12:35 PM
The Stream Is Reel
Tiyale Hayes
Senior Vice President, Brand Strategy and Marketing BET Networks
12:50 PM – 1:40 PM
The Black Awakening – Sponsored by BET
Brittany Packnett Cunningham
Vice President, Social Impact BET Networks
12:50 PM – 1:40 PM
The Black Awakening – Sponsored by BET
Amy DuBois Barnett
Senior Vice President and General Manager BET Digital
12:50 PM – 1:40 PM
The Black Awakening – Sponsored by BET
Kimberly Evans Paige
Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer BET Networks & Live Events
12:50 PM – 1:40 PM
The Black Awakening – Sponsored by BET
Karla Winfrey
Multimedia Journalist & Foodpreneur
1:55 PM – 2:45 PM
Where’s the money? The Shifting Foundation of Retail
Kevin Miller
Chief Marketing Officer The Fresh Market
1:55 PM – 2:45 PM
Where’s the money? The Shifting Foundation of Retail
Marlie Massena
Marketing & Special Events Director Bloomingdale’s
1:55 PM – 2:45 PM
Where’s the money? The Shifting Foundation of Retail
Shawanda Vickers
Founder & Owner, Shoo Cosmetics
1:55 PM – 2:45 PM
Where’s the money? The Shifting Foundation of Retail
Lisa Price
Founder Carol’s Daughter
1:55 PM – 2:45 PM
Where’s the money? The Shifting Foundation of Retail
ABOUT MOBE SYMPOSIUM
MOBE (Pronounced “moe-bee”) Marketing Opportunities in Business and Entertainment, where Marketing, Technology, Sports, and Entertainment professionals converge with early-stage/growing businesses, business professionals, and corporations. The MOBE Mission: To facilitate discussion, instruction, and business building relationships.
Since 1992, the MOBE Symposium has delivered business building, education, and mentoring resources for African-American professionals; sports, entertainment, and other entrepreneurs. MOBE facilitates deals between these companies and large corporations to grow their businesses.
The brand remains strong, as it delivered on an intention most conferences don’t: To build business!!! MOBE has a proven track record for presenting strategic alliances and professional development.
- Our registrants directly influenced the spending power and impacted a vastly larger urban consumer base.
- More than $187 million in business was generated to African-American companies as a direct result of associations conceived at MOBE symposiums.
- MOBE is where content producers, talent agents, and others seek out the partnerships that will propel them to the next level.
- MOBE is the convergence of brands, agencies, media companies, producers, and entrepreneurs.