Chris Talbot (they/them)
Chris (they/them) is a queer, trans nonbinary, mixed-race artist, educomics creator, and nonprofit laborer trying to build spaces ready to celebrate when they turn up authentically.
They have over two decades of experience working with environmental and 2TLGBIQA+ nonprofits in every capacity from dedicated database volunteer, event assistant, office manager, volunteer manager, communications director, social media manager, database manager, membership and donation manager, curriculum developer and manual designer, Moodle administrator, branding and marketing creator, graphic designer, web designer, illustrator, and everything in-between. They pride themselves on being a Jesse-of-All-Trades, learning new skills as needed to accomplish what needs doing.
Chris has over four decades of experience living in a white-, cis-, het-, abled-supremacist society and 25+ years’ worth of DEI training aimed at helping them navigate this world in their body. As such, they center and advocate for equity at the forefront of everything they do. If you aren’t ready to do the work with inclusion, equity, accessibility, and justice at the forefront, working with Chris won’t be a good fit. You have to be willing, ready, and excited to do this work.
Chris is currently the Editor and Communications contractor for Community-Centric Fundraising, Membership Co-Chair for Next 100 Colorado, a Board Member for Summit for Action, a member of the Colorado Outdoor Equity Coalition, an Organizer for Colorado Melanin Munch, creator and editor of the quarterly art and literature compzine, The B’K and the biyearly themed art and literature compzine, All My Relations. They are also the author and illustrator of the educomic Chrissplains Nonbinary Advocacy to Cisgender People, the serial graphic novel The Story of Them, and the book Why Must the White Cis Nonprofit Workers Angry React to All My Posts?
An Abbreviated Resumé
Abbreviated Work History
Global Majority Press + Mx. Chris Talbot (Previously The Talbot-Heindl Experience), Denver, CO
Aug 2013-present: Creator, owner, web designer, graphic designer, editor, consultant, etc.
Community-Centric Fundraising, Seattle, WA
May 2022-present: Editor and Social Media Manager
Everyone Outdoors Colorado (previously Next 100 Colorado), Denver, CO
Oct 2023-present: Membership Co-Chair
Oct 2022-Oct 2023: Individual Member
Rocky Mountain Wild, Denver, CO
Jun 2022-Jun 2025: Communications Director, Leadership Team
Nov 2020-present: Chair of the JEDI Committee
Dec 2015-Jun 2022: Communications & Membership Manager
Aug 2015-Dec 2015: Marketing & Communications Associate
Talents, skills, + Personality Test Results
CliftonStrengths Results
Top ten strengths in order: Learner, Input, Strategic, Achiever, Intellection, Responsibility, Connectedness, Belief, Developer, and Individualization
StandOut Results
Top three roles in order: Advisor, Connector, and Creator
Enneagram Results
Type 4 Wing 5: Introspective, Creative, Perceptive
Human Design Results
Type: Manifesting Generator
Strategy: To Respond
Inner Authority: Sacral
Profile: 4/6 (Opportunist/Role Model)
Chris Talbot (They/Them)
Activist, Artist, Communicator, Learner, Leader
About
My name is Chris, my affirming pronouns are they/them. I would best describe myself as a queer, trans nonbinary, mixed-race activist, strategist, learner, leader, and nonprofit laborer.
After over two decades of working in spaces that weren’t built with me in mind or to genuinely fix the issues they were built to, I’m especially interested in creating spaces that are ready to celebrate people when they turn up authentically and ready to be radically honest and transformative to create change.
Primary Skills + Beliefs
Power Sharing, Disrupting, + Community Building
- My primary belief is that BIPOC communities have the solutions to the problems of the world, because we regularly live the consequences. And that given the space, platform, and funding, we can solve these problems. That’s why I dedicate my time to the Colorado Outdoor Equity Coalition, the Everyone Outdoors Colorado (previously Next 100 Colorado) Coalition, and Community-Centric Fundraising.
- I spearheaded the transition of Rocky Mountain Wild from a traditional hierarchical structure to a shared leadership model, emphasizing consent-based decision-making through a divergent to convergent process in order to ensure marginalized employees were heard.
- I researched, crafted, and operationalized a human-centered employee manual for Rocky Mountain Wild which worked to meet everyone’s base needs and ensured that the organization couldn’t incidentally, through commonly practiced white supremacist processes, penalize, tokenize, or exploit employees.
- I developed a plan for BIPOC and 2TLGBIQA+ Affinity Group Community Science Training, which included a process for training BIPOC and 2TLGBIQA+ content experts to lead the groups (for us, by us programming) through the 2022 Rising Leaders Fellowship.
- I developed a Colorado-wide BIPOC Affinity Support Group through Next 100 Colorado to give a space for BIPOC individuals isolated in predominantly white environmental organizations a way to connect, get support, share resources, and heal together.
Publishing + Storytelling
- My primary belief is that the printed word is a tool to help people understand and empathize with viewpoints they aren’t exposed to in their day-to-day lives. Studies have shown that reading fiction influences emotional intelligence and empathy in the reader, but nonfiction can go one step further and help people step into the shoes and experiences they need to understand.
- I have been managing, editing, designing, and publishing The B’K Magazine since 2010, individual chapbooks since 2018, All My Relations since 2021, and Community-Centric Fundraising’s online Content Hub since 2022.
- In 2024, I wrote, illustrated, managed, designed, and self-published my own nonprofit memoir of sorts titled Why must the white cis nonprofit workers angry react to all my posts? A compilation of essays, posts, and thoughts by a queer, trans, mixed race professional surviving predominantly white cisgender heterosexual institutions.
Communications & Graphic Design
- I served as a mentor and interviewee for BIPOC students in film storytelling through the Elevating Voices Project in 2022, which culminated into a documentary about including and centering BIPOC voices and talents in environmental nonprofits.
- I have over nine years of experience in simplifying complex messages in technology, law, and biology for a broader audience.
- I have over 13 years of experience in ethical storytelling and editing with an equity lens, reserving the original writing style, intention, and voice in publications like The B’K, All My Relations, and The Content Hub at Community-Centric Fundraising.
- I have over 13 years of experience creating compelling content across diverse social media platforms and developing and adhering to brand and messaging guidelines for a range of clients.
- I have over 17 years of graphic design experience for social media, event posters, presentations, ads, postcards, and branding, including custom logos and illustrations.
- I have over 21 years of experience maintaining and 13 years developing professional websites for various organizations and programs.
- I am knowledgeable in MailChimp, WordPress, Canva, Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign, and am mostly self-taught in these programs (meaning happy, willing, and able to teach myself new programs as needed).
