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UNITE POWER. CREATE BONDS.

Presented On: 3/7/21 Presented Kevin Clark

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01 Goals

CONTENTS

02 Solutions

03 Implementation

04 Working Together

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Appendix

06 DAKAR + VALENCE

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VIRTUAL HOLLYWOOD EVENT GOALS 1. Deliver unique value to our partners with a focus amplifying 18-34 Rising Stars in content creation, publishing, and distribution 2. Increase opportunities for underrepresented people in the innovation economy 3. Set client partners apart from the competition 4. Launch of Student Radio + Live TV Programming via Connected Campus

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HOW WE ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS

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PLATFORM

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SOLUTIONS – PLATFORM ACCESS

Virtual Hollywood will ensure clients have a strong pipeline of top black talent & more engaged employees

Virtual Hollywood clients will have access to: 1. Source talent from Hollywood’s top professional community with unrestricted access to the entire database 2. A dedicated company page and home for Client Partner Company Virtual Hollywood TV for peer networking + mentorship 3. Employment branding + advertising through featured placements in Brown Bag TV Newsletters + Social Media Communications |

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SOLUTIONS – CUSTOM CONTENT Virtual Hollywood clients will have access to:

1. 360 Communications campaign to launch awareness for client partner brands and to welcome client partners to engage with the program 2. Authentic Documentary Interviews & Day-In-The Life Video Content Library featuring Spotlights stories from the LA County 2.3 million student population.

3. An Inspiring library of high-quality, aspiration focused portraiture & biographical content on industry leaders who impact and influence 18-34. |

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SOLUTIONS – EVENTS*

Dakar will connect the client partner communities to advance diversity pathways through high-impact moments Brownbag TV clients will have access to:

1. Vritual Hollywood Spotlight Shoot Events 2. Mentorship Dine & Learn (Cooking Show) Health & Nutrition.

3. Virtual Hollywood Ambassador Led Events

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SOLUTIONS – VIRTUAL HOLLYWOOD EVENT SERIES Virtual Hollywood will unify client partner teams with the best virtual event experiences during the C19 crisis period Virtual Hollywood clients will have access to:

1. High-Impact Virtual Event Webinars/AMAs with Virtual Spotlights and legends of DEI & The Innovation Economy 2. An Inspiring University,-College Business Success content library of high-quality interactive seminar moments with industry legends 3. 360 Communications campaign to build client

Jay Tucker

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SOLUTIONS – MARQUEE VIRTUAL EVENT #1 Virtual Events Kickoff with Jay Tucker and key guests engaging in conversation Virtual Webinar Event Series with Jay Tucker:

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Masterclass lessons on his principles for success with leaders from the client partner team leadership, client partner clientele and the global professional community

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Virtual Webinar Event Series with : ANDREA BERRY -

Enshrined In The Sports Video Group Hall Of Fame 2016

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Former SVP Fox Networks Group, Broadcast Media Services

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Senior Vice President and General Manager, Broadcast and Television at PRG

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Broadcast and Television Day-In-The-Life virtual sessions on how to break into the sports broadcast industry.

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Andrea Berry Keynote, UCLA PULSE Dakar Mentor/SVG Diversity

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SOLUTIONS – MARQUEE VIRTUAL EVENT #3 Virtual Events with The Partnership, Inc.’s prominent alumni in civic, corporate, and institutional leadership. Virtual Webinar Event Series with The Partnership, Inc. -

Virtual Hollywood premiere professional diversity institution & Dakar’s platform partner

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Two decades of collaborative work with School Districts, Community Colleges, 4-year U. organizations to help more than 1,000 diverse professionals reach their full potential in organizations across the country

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Alumni comprise the elite leaders across industries and institutions globally |

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SOLUTIONS – VIRTUAL EVENT SERIES Dakar will unify client partner clientele with the best virtual event experiences during the C19 crisis period

Additional Potential Virtual Events to be hosted by Jay Tucker:

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APPENDIX

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VIRTUAL EVENT EXEMPLAR –UCLA PULSE Virtual Webinar Event with Jay Tucker - 2020 UCLA MEMES live and streamed virtual event - Jay Tucker and his guests roadmap for building economic power and a more positive future for everyone; and Jay’s experience as a futurist building PowerPoint slides by day and creating music by night - View Video on YouTube

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SUPER MRG - IRL We will activate the community through powerful events that launch the partnership and ensure engagement and adoption across the portfolio.

MENTORSHIP RESOURCE GROUP (MRG)

Benefits of Virtual Hollywood-Powered Events for Rising Stars -

Together, we will host regional client sponsored, Virtual Hollywood-run events where Rising Star talent across the portfolio can connect with each other in real life. These events will serve as a mechanism to both introduce the concept to Virtual Hollywood clients region by region as a way to facilitate natural enrollment.

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We’ll capture content and produce event recaps that showcase the Access to Innovation Initiative at work through this partnership which will memorialize the impact on the innovation economy. |

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SUPER MRG Together, we can create a culture of inclusivity for companies big and small. Client partners will lead the charge by uniting the innovation economy with a focus on mentorship and peer networking.

Benefits of a Dakar-Powered Hub for Rising Stars - An ownable, centralized space for youth professionals to connect and build with one another across Rising Stars client portfolio.

- Rising Stars clients have their own dedicated company page where all their employees connect with one another, in addition to pointing employees to a central Rising Star Experiences sponsored experience which brings talent from the entire portfolio together.

- Members can connect and communicate with one another privately, and they can share advice and ask questions in a public forum.

- Participating companies will have priority access to Virtual Hollywood add-on talent services - Virtual Hollywood does the heavy lifting & will work directly with Rising Stars to identify and manage onboarding of key clients. |

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ENVISIONING THE SUPER MRG -

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Members of the ERG ecosystem will be able to discuss topics with other ERG Members here.

Companies that are part of the ERG ecosystem display the “ERG Company” tag on their profile, along with the ERG blue icon next to their logo. Clicking on this tag will take the user directly to the ERG Group page.

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Users have the ability to filter by the ERG Community.

Once selected, the indicator at the top of the page will change to the ERG blue and their icon will be displayed.

Anchor points turn ERG color when filter is applied

If a Member works for an ERG client, a small blue tag will display next to the name of that Company on the experience tab of their profile.

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Confidential

2, 2019 UNITE POWER.December CREATE BONDS.

Customized for Valence Enterprises

Collaboration Bond

+ Presented by Kevin Clark Founder & President Dakar Foundation

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Team

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FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

2107 AT&T Small Businessman Of The Year

CSO & PARTNER

Kevin Clark

Lael Alexander

General Arnold Gordon-Bray

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Kevin Clark FOUNDER &Clark EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Kevin has been a visionary and a content aggregator for more than a decade. His career spans across a broad landscape that has focused on broadcast media, content delivery, event and exhibit production. His insight and vision has always been focused on diversity marketing and feeding what is now being recognized as holy grail market share. Kevin has been and continues to fuel advertising and marketing obvious value programs to African American, Latino and Asian American consumers. Kevin is an icon and a beacon for relevant diversity rich content delivery and in this day and age, every business must have a strategic plan that speaks to the audiences consuming his content.

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Lael Alexander Lael A. Alexander is driven by an entrepreneurial spirit and a passion for technology and electronics. He started his first venture while at the University of New Orleans where he pursued his degree in Computer Science and Industrial Design, and then went on to retool HR Analytics while serving in the United States Navy.

Alexander continued to press his thumb in diverse industries, transferring his skills from the Energy industry to Oil & Gas Field Services and later into Telecom. For the aforementioned venture, Alexander was awarded the Telecom Industry Technology Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2018 following a list of industry awards that gave global recognition to his craft including the 2014 CES Innovation and Engineering Award for his contribution to the mobile industry. He founded his current company, Noitavonne Inc., in 2011 to be an award winning global manufacturer of highquality, mobile hand-held devices and wireless solutions The company has established a manufacturing presence in China with rigid quality control standards and has offices in the USA, Dubai, Hong Kong, and China. |

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General Arnold Gordon-Bray Gordon-Bray’s military education includes the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, the Combined Arms Services and Staff College the, the Naval War College, and numerous other military schools. Gordon-Bray became chief of the training division at Joint Special Operations command at Fort Bragg, North Carolina in 1990. In 1996, he was named commander of the 1st Battalion of the 508th Airborne Combat Team in Vicenza, Italy. In 1999, he graduated from the Air War College in Montgomery, Alabama with his M.A. degree in military strategic studies; and, in 2001, Gordon-Bray graduated with his M.A. degree in operations management and supervision from the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. He then assumed command of the 2nd Brigade of the 82nd Airborne Division, known as the “Falcon Brigade.” He led the Falcon Brigade during the early months of the Iraq War in 2003, and then served a second tour of duty in Iraq from 2006 to 2007 as the principal advisor to the Iraqi Ground Force Commander. During 2007, Gordon-Bray became deputy commanding general of the United States Army Cadet Command in Fort Monroe, Virginia. In 2011, Gordon-Bray became deputy director of operations for the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM). He then retired in November of 2012 and then started his own consulting firm, ANGB Consulting, in Fayetteville, North Carolina in January of 2013. |

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Working Together 5 Proposed Platforms for Valence

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TED XR Speaker’s Bureau 01 Our speakers bureau will deploy representatives from a range of disciplines and industries. Through Ted Talk’s platform and amplifying with two-way broadcast to student network classrooms. We’ll study analytics and results such as: are diverse companies really more innovative? All of Speakers will be formatted by Ted Talk guidelines and will focus on their experiences that showcase how to build a better, more robust company through data and the inclusion of fresher, more creative ideas by treating diversity as a competitive advantage. |

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Entertainment Career Partnerships 02 We center everything around the people we want to connect with....

Parents, Teachers, Educational Advocates Everything we do, is about a common cause...Student Activism What we stand for is clearly defined externally through....Student User Generated Social Media Channels We leverage the voice of Dakar/ LA Times Partnership in a meaningful way...Through Existing Subscribers and The Valence Community Los Angeles County K-16 becomes useful, and capitalized... When it connects with All Citizens in the region “Students” voice becomes Dakar/LA Times Voice Their needs become Dakar/LA Times solutions |

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Capitol Hill / DoD Innovation Engagements 03 The DoD host "Taking the Pentagon to the People" programs to discuss critical White House initiatives and DoD’s continued support of Presidential Executive Order 13532 "…to advance the development of the Nation’s full potential and to advance equal opportunity in higher education." DoD will focus on the participation by HBCU/MSIs in federally-sponsored programs; provide advice to the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness on how to increase the DoD’s role in strengthening HBCUs, with particular

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Talent Search Development 04 Dakar Foundation is an entertainment-tech art 501(c)(3) has partnered with Gig Shark LLC to create a sustainable smart pipeline system for developing and placing more inner-city talent into the creative-tech economy in Los Angeles County. The combined- mission for Dakar and GIG Shark is to provide opportunities to those in the under-resourced LAUSD Arts Entertainment Branch, The Regional Los Angeles Community College District, and California State University Entertainment Alliance.

Within our partnerships, we are developing a tech-entertainment academy which will keep students engaged in their pursuit for higher education while simultaneously providing them the precise requirements for, placements in internships and in the future pre-apprenticeship to workforce placement with our Corporate partners: AT&T, Apple, Lionsgate and Sony. |

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Virtual Hollywood. Strategic Access, Presence & Partnerships

05 Dakar established a partnership with Mobil World Congress (MWC) that will enable us to design and co-locate inside of MWC LA 2021. Our focus will be in awareness, then engagement, and finally presentation, year round leading up the the 3-day experience in the LA Convention Center ACM SIGGRAPH showcases how inclusion, diversity, equity, and access encourage leadership to make us a vibrant, innovative, collaborative, and strong organization. The impact of diversity adds significant value to our community, encouraging us to make better decisions, develop better algorithms, and engage with art, media and design. We’ll have a delegation inside of SIGGRAPH, August 2021 to fuse our initiatives .

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Outcomes The goal is to fuse our initiatives: Gig Shark, The Hive, Brown Bag TV to create seamless smart-pipeline to supply companies with the demand for predators in New Media, Leadership Training, and Digital and Financial Literacy.

01 |Create a weekly report on student performance for distribution 02 |Produce a series of challenged based competitions for publishing 03 | Produce a portal with a database to curate student achievement 04 |To produce a weekly activity executed for student by students 05 |Placement in-paid apprenticeship in the creative tech-economy

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Next Steps

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3 Digital learners K-16 from underrepresented communities will be provided access to professional technical media arts training and hands-on experience so they can become the next generation of industry leaders.

DIGITAL PATHWAY INITIATIVE

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We've created a Venn diagram mapping a coalition of the willing comprised of government agencies, educational institutions, and CBO’s who agree on a data set of universal problems in diversity metrics.

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To assist in creating an enriched portfolio of their work, which is critical for matching them with opportunities to our network. These bodies of work will distinguish candidates with evidence to connect with their academic, certifications and additional courseware to create a compelling case to place them in the Valence Community Network

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Contact Us Kevin Clark (818) -918-7684 Kevin@homageusa.net |

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