Marla Durden

Current

• Speaker, Coach and Consultant at New Story Consulting

Past

• Founder at Profound Harvest
• Graduate at Leadership Houston Class XXV
• Founder & CEO at Beso de Luna, Inc.

• Executive Committee Member at World Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA)

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Education

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• University of Texas at Austin

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Professional Training & Coaching

Websites

• what's your story?

Marla Durden’s Summary

Consultant, speaker, facilitator and coach with 20 years of entrepreneurial leadership experience.

Launched successful start-up, designing and selling beautiful and well designed aromatherapy and all natural relaxation products.

International leadership for the World YWCA working with women all over the world on global issues. Activities included: speaking and facilitation at international meetings, planning and strategy sessions, working with local, indigineous and national leaders.

Coaching and consulting for entrepreneurial firms including strategy development, community dialogue, message development, branding and strategic business planning.

Creative, global thinker with working knowledge of adult learning styles and intergral concepts including spiral dynamics integral, myers-briggs, the enneagram, emotional intelligence and spiritual intelligence.

Dynamic speaker and facilitator with the skill and ability to connect with a group and help them come together to tap creativity and innovation.

Marla Durden’s Specialties:

management consulting, leadership development, strategic planning, speaking, facilitation, marketing communications, message development and organizational storytelling.

Marla Durden’s Experience

• Speaker, Coach and Consultant

  New Story Consulting

  (Professional Training & Coaching industry)

  January 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)

  New Story Consulting is committed to helping people learn the strategies and skills they need to lead and succeed in a rapidly changing world. What got you here, won't get you there.
  
  We believe that the times call for new ways of thinking and leading. Our work is about supporting our clients in being more resilient, authentic, creative, balanced and effective.
  
  www.NewStoryforAmerica.com

• Founder

  Profound Harvest

  (Professional Training & Coaching industry)

  November 1999 — January 2008 (8 years 3 months)

  Personal and Professional Coaching

• Graduate

  Leadership Houston Class XXV

  (Professional Training & Coaching industry)

  2006 — 2007 (1 year )

• Founder & CEO

  Beso de Luna, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Consumer Goods industry)

  January 1993 — July 1999 (6 years 7 months)

  Designed, manufactured and marketed a line of all natural personal care- aromatherapy bath and herbal relaxation products (pillows, sleep masks, etc.) to 5000 retailers in the U.S., Canada, Europe and Japan. Founded the company on my kitchen table and grew it to a multi-million dollar enterprise in less than 3 years.
  
  Led the (at the time) new growing niche category of natural aromatherapy bath and personal care products, through innovative design, great packaging and values-based marketing.
  
  Was awarded the 1997 Seattle Mayor's Small Business Award.

• Executive Committee Member

  World Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA)

  (Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  March 1985 — July 1999 (14 years 5 months)

  Was elected to this position by the Board of Directors of the YWCA of the USA and elected at a YWCA World Council Meeting in Norway 1991, after working my up from student activist to, Chair of the National Student Council, YWCA of the USA to Member of the National Board of Directors finally to the World YWCA Executive Committee.
  
  The World YWCA and World YWCA Executive Committee are the coordinating and leadership bodies for the international work of the organization.In consultative status to the United Nations and Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.
  
  There are YWCA's in over 117 countries around the world, serving the needs of more than 25 million women, girls and their families.

Marla Durden’s Education

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Masters , Entrepreneurial Leadership , 1998 — 2000

  Birthing of Giants

• University of Texas at Austin

  Bachelors , Fine Arts , June 1989

Additional Information

Marla Durden’s Websites:

• what's your story?

Marla Durden’s Interests:

Organizational storytelling, emerging leadership models and skills, branding, mastermind groups, stories, leadership, transformational leadership, social enterprise, social venture, personal coaching, leadership coaching, entrepreneurial coaching, small business, start-up, consulting, facilitation, communication and collaboration, community in the workplace, training, team building, mastermind groups, ceo, speaking, keynotes, workshops, global, transformation, environment, stories, our stories, shared stories, new stories Jewelry making, music, cooking, walks on the beach, travel, dancing, philosophy, meditation, yoga, divine feminine, what is enlightenment?, integral, spiral dynamics

Marla Durden’s Honors:

Seattle Mayor's Small Business Award