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💗 Communicating Like It Matters (Because It Does)

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Your Host

Travis Barnes

Experience Curator/Digital Strategist at The Mimosa Way.

Charlotte, NC, USA

Travis Barnes is a digital strategist and experience curator with over seven years of experience working alongside major brands such as Forbes, The New York Times, Essence, Blavity, and many more. Travis specializes in digital communication and is responsible for organizing and executing innovative events to benefit local non-profits, implementing and creating digital marketing plans that align with his client’s goals and objectives. Travis is a powerful force in his industry and uses his positive attitude and tireless energy to encourage others to work hard and succeed. In addition, Travis is inspired daily by goals and his fiancĂŠ to make better decisions and always stay educated in his field. Travis is currently a doctoral candidate at Liberty University for strategic communications. Travis likes to socialize with his friends, play with his dogs, and play video games in his free time.

About this FieldTrip

Expect to have deep reflections on moments of communicating with others that left you feeling hurt, puzzled or misunderstood, and confident as a confident communicator (you’ll change the world), we promise!

✨WHAT TO EXPECT

✔️ We’ll begin with an engaging and purpose filled icebreaker. An open forum of conversations that you’ve had in the past to identify what happened, what you think went wrong, and what you thought could have been done better. This exercise is designed to help you to bring awareness to your feelings.

✔️ From there, we’ll learn how to become more effective listeners, and how to feel the feelings of others in a respectful and accepting way.

✔️ We’ll share at the end a few mock conversations with willing participants and takeaways of what you learned from the class.


about your host

Travis Barnes is a digital strategist and experience curator with over seven years of experience working alongside major brands such as Forbes, The New York Times, Essence, Blavity, and many more. Travis specializes in digital communication and is responsible for organizing and executing innovative events to benefit local non-profits, implementing and creating digital marketing plans that align with his client’s goals and objectives. Travis is currently a doctoral candidate at Liberty University for strategic communications.


Event type

💗 Building Connections


What to expect

Lecture format!

This is a more traditional format where participants absorb information through presentations and talks.

Real-time only!

This FieldTrip will not be recorded.

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Your Host

Travis Barnes

Experience Curator/Digital Strategist at The Mimosa Way.

Charlotte, NC, USA

About Travis Barnes

Travis Barnes is a digital strategist and experience curator with over seven years of experience working alongside major brands such as Forbes, The New York Times, Essence, Blavity, and many more. Travis specializes in digital communication and is responsible for organizing and executing innovative events to benefit local non-profits, implementing and creating digital marketing plans that align with his client’s goals and objectives. Travis is a powerful force in his industry and uses his positive attitude and tireless energy to encourage others to work hard and succeed. In addition, Travis is inspired daily by goals and his fiancĂŠ to make better decisions and always stay educated in his field. Travis is currently a doctoral candidate at Liberty University for strategic communications. Travis likes to socialize with his friends, play with his dogs, and play video games in his free time.


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How to make the most of FieldTrips

The FieldTrips experience is defined not only by what the host has to share, but also by how we show up individually and collectively. The way we show up impacts our capacity to be moved, inspired, and activated.

Show up fully

Get ready to be immersed! Engage with smiles, nods, waves, emojis. Share in the chat. Get cozy. Turn off notifications. Sip your favorite beverage.

Stay curious

Wear your beginner’s hat. Go with the flow. Welcome the stumbles and fumbles. Congratulate yourself for trying. Keep going! 

Celebrate your host

Our hosts are members of the CreativeMornings community—just like you! Everyone comes to this with different backgrounds—a lot of our hosts have never done anything like this before! And we love that! Cheer them on when something goes awry and when it goes perfectly.

Support each other

We’re all figuring things out in real time. Celebrate, rather than critique emerging ideas. Cheer each other on as you try new things.  Try “Yes! And…” in conversation.

Not vibing?

It’s 100% okay when a FieldTrip does not resonate with you. Pop out quietly and try another experience later. Fill out the survey with your feedback (no dms to host or chat commentary, please.)