184: Amplify Stories of Underrepresented Communities with Brandi Lai, Founder of Best Laid Pens

Written By Rhodes Perry

Brandi Lai is Founder and Owner of Best Laid Pens, a content strategy, ghostwriting, developmental editing, and consultancy company. Best Laid Pens amplifies the stories of underrepresented and marginalized people who may not have the opportunity to share their thoughts, ideas, and lived experiences. As an out transgender woman, Brandi knows the value of having your story told the way you would tell it to a friend. She founded this company to create change and ensure that LGBTQ+ people, and in particular transgender and nonbinary people, have the opportunity and platform to speak their truth.

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Questions Answered in this Episode

·      Why did Brandi decide to start a content strategy business?

·      How does her company uplift the voices of underrepresented people?

·      How can LGBTQ+ business owners benefit from content strategy services?

·      How is Brandi giving back to transgender and nonbinary communities?

·      What advice does Brandi have for the next generation of Out Bosses?

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Rhodes Perry

Rhodes Perry, MPA is an award-winning social entrepreneur, best-selling author, and keynote speaker. He helps leaders build belonging at work to achieve industry breakthroughs. His firm offers transformative leadership development, change management, and capacity building solutions for senior executives focused on advancing their organizations’ diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) commitments. Nationally recognized as a LGBTQ+ thought leader, he has two decades of government and nonprofit experience having worked at the White House, PFLAG National, and the City of New York. Media outlets like Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, and the Associated Press have featured his powerful work as a (DEI) influencer.

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