Welcome to Impact Haven

My name is Liz Deering. I’m passionate about holding space for intentional founders and brands to express their authentic voice. As a consultant I design logos, develop branding, write original content, build products and websites, and geek out about making sure everything you do connects with your audience. As a speaker and podcast host, I facilitate authentic conversations. From 2016-2021 I served as co-Ceo of The Un.Inc, where I held space for first -time founders as they launched their brands. I am a mentor and champion for underrepresented founders, and I participate as an official mentor for SXSW and other pitch competitions and startup programs.

I look forward to connecting with you,

Speaking

I love facilitating panels or online experiences, and sharing my story with groups, large and small. I have a big heart for women and other minorities.

some of my favorite TOPICS:

• Building Partnerships

• Marketing Strategy

• Design + Empathy

• Authentic Storytelling

• Intentional Entrepreneurship

Podcasting

Let’s pause together and explore the practices that fuel and revive the masters of the founder journey. Our culture honors the wrong moments in entrepreneurship; the rare successes and colossal failures. But I believe entrepreneurship is a lifelong practice, defined by the disciplines we build when nobody is watching: 

Moontower Business Podcast
by Joseph O’Bell
Episode 70: Liz Deering

05.17.21

Re-Launching Mel Drake
by Mel Drake
January 20, 2020

When we set out to create a new logo for “This is Mel Drake”, my punch list was fairly simple.  I just wanted a logo that was clean, simple and (most importantly) had an underlying meaning/message. Well, Liz hit it out of the park and here’s why:  Growing up I didn’t always see kids or role models who looked like me, who were built like me and who shared the same skin tone as me. So because of this, I wasn’t always as confident as I am today. Inspired by this photo, Liz created the amazing logo for “This is Mel Drake”. The curve in the logo represents the curves of my body.  The shade of brown represents my skin tone.   My new logo serves as not only a reminder to myself, but as inspiration to others to be confident in your own body and in your own skin.  And to never forget that the “melanin is (always) popping”. Read more

Creators Welcome
by Almost Real Things
July 22, 2019

In June, we held our We Got Issues Celebration: Issues 13 & 14 at Soma Vida. The turquoise building and corresponding courtyard was a place I have come across many times, however one that I realized, I knew very little about.

All that changed in the process of planning, as we worked closely with Liz Deering from The Un.Inc and met Laura Shook Guzman, the owner of Soma Vida. I knew immediately that I had a lot to learn from these two powerful female founders. So, I sat down with them to talk about how they have combined coworking and self care, pulling the focus in business off of the finances and putting it back on the individual. It starts with the Founder. Read more.