Ant Blair
7x Public Speaking Champion and Access Provider
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
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Ant Blair is a visionary leader, speaker, and advocate for building generational wealth and cultural empowerment through cutting-edge technology.
Currently an advisory board member with Sensay, Ant uses AI and blockchain to create digital legacies. Ant is on a mission to empower African Americans to secure their financial and cultural heritage for future generations.
Ant believes that the future of African American liberation lies in leveraging technology to close wealth gaps, preserve knowledge, and take control of the narrative.
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Empowering Tech Futures: Bridge Gaps with Access and Community Building
Often in tech, individuals from underrepresented groups face a persistent challenge: a scarcity of access to crucial career resources, job openings, networks, and mentorship pathways.
Directly tackle this issue by applying real-world techniques that Ant Blair and Christina Aldan honed in community-building, even in the most unlikely circumstances.
Individual developers and organization leaders will walk away with skills to become a part of the solution.
Engage in a dynamic session featuring a group discussion on structuring mentorship models tailored for organizations and individuals, learn from successful case studies demonstrating ways to give access to underrepresented communities, and discover how to plug into resources that will propel your career forward.
Key Takeaways:
Importance of Networking and Access: Understand how access to resources, people, and opportunities is crucial for technological career advancement.
Role of Mentorship: Gain insights into how effective mentorship can drive personal growth, community impact, and break down barriers in tech.
Skills and Structure for Mentors and Mentees: Acquire practical skills and strategies for establishing productive and empowering mentor-mentee relationships.
Emotional Intelligence: Develop awareness of the unique challenges faced by underrepresented groups in technology, fostering a community of individuals who feel heard, understood, and included. That doesn't mean you are a pushover; it means listening respectfully to diverse perspectives before the community decides to proceed.
Applying Core Values: Equip participants to identify their core values and understand how these values can guide their personal and professional decisions in tech.
Community Building Skills: Learn techniques to contribute to and nurture a supportive, diverse, and inclusive technology environment, fostering broader societal change
What I Teach:
Understanding Access and Networking: Educate on the significance of access in the tech industry, demystifying networking and highlighting its role in career advancement.
Mentorship Skills: Train participants in effective mentorship strategies, focusing on how mentors can access networks, training, and tools.
Empowerment of Underrepresented Groups: Discuss the challenges underrepresented communities face in tech and how mentorship can help overcome these barriers.
Identifying and Living Core Values: Guide participants in recognizing their core values and how these values can influence their professional paths and mentorship roles.
Real-World Applications: Share success stories and case studies where mentorship and access have significantly impacted individuals and communities.
Building a Supportive Community: Techniques for creating and nurturing a supportive tech community that values diversity, inclusion, and shared growth.
Building Digital Legacies: AI and Blockchain Are the Future of African American Liberation
Right now, we’re standing at a crossroads where AI and blockchain have empowered African American communities to build legacies in ways we never thought possible.
"Building Digital Legacies: AI and Blockchain Are the Future of African American Liberation" breaks down how these innovative technologies are changing the game—how they’re giving African Americans the power to preserve our wealth, knowledge, and culture and pass them on to future generations with intention and control.
In this talk, we’ll explore how AI and blockchain aren’t just tech buzzwords but solutions to some of the biggest challenges we face today.
We’re talking about closing the wealth gap, holding onto our rich cultural heritage, and ensuring that what we pass down to the next generation is more than just material things—it’s wisdom, resilience, and empowerment.
Digital legacies are a form of liberation, allowing us to own our story, manage our wealth, and shape the future on our terms.
Here’s what you’ll walk away with:
A clear understanding of how AI can help document and transfer cultural knowledge, financial literacy, and family history—ensuring that these legacies last.
The role of blockchain in protecting and transferring digital assets—from wealth to intellectual property—without relying on outside systems or middlemen.
Practical steps that African American families and entrepreneurs can take right now to start building digital legacies using AI and blockchain.
Why are these technologies more than just tools? They’re paths to financial empowerment and long-term cultural continuity, helping us overcome the barriers African American Americans have faced for generations.
Let’s explore how tech and liberation come together.
It’s time to build a digital legacy that empowers our communities for generations.
Ant Blair
7x Public Speaking Champion and Access Provider
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
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