4x Bestselling Author
The Books
The books are the foundation of the message: identity, transformation, media ownership, testimony, systems, and creator infrastructure.
The World's Mayor Experience · A Living Media Company in a Box
Joshua T. Berglan Build the Media Company You Own.
This website is my working Media Company in a Box—my story, books, broadcasts, education, professional services, proof, partnerships, and mission connected through one platform I own. I help creators, organizations, and communities build their version.
I am currently deploying books, workshops, and media architecture at no cost to selected communities in Cameroon. The work remains full-value; the recipient is simply not asked to pay. Professional clients can commission the work they need, and sponsors can underwrite the same work for someone else.
Story · Intellectual Property · Broadcasts · Training · Services · Mission · One Owned System
Inside My Media Company in a Box
One Platform. Six Connected Layers.
A Media Company in a Box is not one show, one book, one course, or one social account. It is the owned system connecting all of them. This homepage is the front door to my working version.
Layer 01 · Story
Story & Identity
The lived experience, transformation, authority, values, and point of view that make every other part of the media company coherent.
Meet Joshua Layer 02 · Intellectual PropertyBooks & Frameworks
The books turn lived experience into durable intellectual property, teachable frameworks, and ideas that can travel without an algorithm.
Open the Bookshelf Layer 03 · Media NetworkBroadcasts & Podcasts
Shows, interviews, testimony, films, podcasts, and field dispatches turn the ideas into a living, searchable media network.
Enter the Broadcast Hub Layer 04 · EducationCourses & Certification
The Builder Challenge, course, evidence rubric, facilitator certification, and workshops teach other people to build what they own.
See the Training Path Layer 05 · RevenueServices & Sponsorship
Professional architecture, workshops, and speaking create revenue. Sponsors underwrite that same work at full value for people who cannot pay.
Review the Service Paths Layer 06 · ReplicationThe Sovereign Mission
The Sovereign Franchise takes the proven system into 500 community media hubs worldwide under Joshua's direct orchestration.
Understand the Mission One System · Three Access Paths
Build It. Commission It. Sponsor It.
The professional value of the architecture does not change. What changes is who builds it, who commissions it, or who underwrites access for someone else. It is not aid. It is architecture.
Books · Courses · Certification
Build Your Own
Use the books, Builder Challenge, course, certification pathway, and workshops to build a Media Company in a Box you own.
See the Training Path Professional ServicesWork With Joshua
Commission Joshua to architect an owned media system, lead a workshop, speak, or guide a mission-aligned organizational deployment.
Review Professional Services Underwrite Access for OthersSponsor a Deployment
Contribute through GoFundMe to fund books, a workshop, Guided Deployment, or architecture support at full professional value. After contributing, email Joshua with your preferred deployment focus. Sponsorship can begin with the $50 Spark of Sovereignty tier.
Choose a Deployment Trusted Track Record
Proof You Can Point To.
The work is rooted in lived experience, healthcare service, product development, media production, publishing, broadcasting, and field deployment. The principle is simple: Sell the Scar, Not the Wound.
18+
Years Complex Disabilities
11+
Years in Media
4x#1 Bestselling Author
126+
IMDb Credits
UN
Speaker
Award-Winning Producer
Tah-Lah of Bafut Kingdom
Cameroon + Uganda Field Work
He has helped me alot and my experience with him has changed my life completely he is a good person
My experience with Mr. Joshua has been life changing.
It is clear why Mr. Berglan is known worldwide as 'The World's Mayor'. He is deeply dedicated to empowering individuals…
Joshua has been nothing less than being a selfless human. Very helpful and empowers communities.
One of the most wonderful humans I've ever met. This man's purpose, dream, vision, drive, and dedication to making the…
A great leader and teacher.
The Body of Work
Books & Broadcasts.
Before the course and the frameworks, there is the work itself. Read or listen for yourself—or sponsor copies for people in Cameroon who are receiving these books as part of the mission.
Shows · Podcasts · Interviews
The Broadcasts
The Broadcast Hub holds the conversations, interviews, testimony, spoken word, field stories, and films behind The World's Mayor Experience.
Workshops · Speaking · Community
The Work Is Already Happening.
This is the mission on the ground—one framework, one room, one community at a time. I am currently deploying my books, workshops, and media architecture at no cost to selected communities across Cameroon. The work remains full-value. I teach the principles of Media Company in a Box in live workshops, speak wherever people gather, and serve alongside organizations that open their doors. Those schools, NGOs, churches, training centers, broadcasters, and community groups lead locally; I lead the mission and the framework. Their work. Their credit. The goal: 500 media hubs worldwide under my direct orchestration.
Teaching
Teaching
Speaking
Serving
Speaking
Serving
Speaking
Speaking
Broadcasting
Broadcasting
Culture
to a Community
A client can commission the workshop for its organization. A sponsor can underwrite it at full value for people who cannot pay.
Request or Sponsor Host a Workshop
Want a workshop in your area?
Schools, churches, ministries, nonprofits, NGOs, youth programs, computer labs, community groups, and businesses can commission a professional workshop. If the audience cannot pay, a sponsor can underwrite the same full-value training. The curriculum starts with the phone already in each student's pocket.
Host or Sponsor a Workshop Speaking
Need a speaker for your event?
I speak on media sovereignty, the creator economy, transformation, and owned media infrastructure—as a UN speaker, 4x bestselling author, and award-winning producer who teaches from the field. Professional speaking availability is limited; mission-aligned and sponsored community events are prioritized.
Request Speaking Availability Media Company in a Box
Learn It. Build It. Teach It.
Media Company in a Box turns story, gifts, skills, and message into an owned media platform. The phone is the studio. Builders create the proof first; qualified facilitators then enter a quarterly certification pathway to teach it responsibly.
01
Free Doorway
Builder Challenge
Start with your story, your phone, your computer, and free tools — no cost, no pressure.
Start Free02
Framework
Understand the System
Learn the full operating framework behind owned media, content, platforms, offers, credibility, and revenue pathways.
Explore MCIB03
Certification
Build the Prerequisite
Complete the modules and build the evidence package: content, owned platform, offer, revenue path, safety plan, Builder Index, and capstone.
Build Your MCIB04
Facilitator
Teach the System
Join a fixed-deadline cohort, complete proof-of-teaching with at least three people, present at Demo Day, and earn facilitator eligibility.
Train to TeachCommitment is the gate.
This is not a participation certificate. Students self-assess against the published rubric before submitting evidence across four pillars: Content & Platform, Offer & Revenue Path, Safety & Ownership Plan, and Builder Index & Capstone.
Certified facilitators are the only people eligible to staff and lead the 500 sovereign media hubs. Certification creates eligibility—not entitlement. Final approval also considers teaching readiness, ethics, maturity, location, and fit.
Not Ready to Request Direct Work?
Start Free. Stay Connected.
Begin with the free Builder Challenge—the first step toward your own Media Company in a Box—and receive occasional field updates from Cameroon. No paid engagement is required.
Prefer email? Write to joshua@joshuatberglan.com
Professional Services · Sponsored Deployments · Speaking
Commission the Work. Or Underwrite Access.
Joshua's books, workshops, speaking, and media architecture are professional, full-value work. Creators, founders, and organizations can commission that work for themselves through a professional engagement.
Joshua's professional availability is limited because he is actively conducting field deployments in Cameroon. Sponsors can underwrite the same work—at its full value—for a creator, school, NGO, or community that cannot pay.
Or email directly: joshua@joshuatberglan.com
The Mission
One Architect. Full Responsibility.
The Sovereign Franchise — a global network of community media hubs built on Media Company in a Box — is my mission to carry. Each hub is a community-owned media center: studio, training, and revenue infrastructure in one location, where local creators own their stories and their income. I designed the architecture. I wrote the curriculum. I field-tested it on the ground in Cameroon and Uganda. The hubs now being built operate under my direct orchestration, because a standard is only as strong as the person accountable for it.
I welcome investors, sponsors, field hosts, and committed partners. A sponsor can fund books, workshops, training, and architecture for people who cannot pay. A professional client can commission the work they need. Neither path transfers ownership of the mission. The Mission Is Mine to Carry.
The Field Record
Partnerships That Opened the Door.
I personally taught Media Company in a Box and Cell Phone Sovereignty across Limbe, Tiko, Souza, Bafut, Bamenda, and Yaoundé—plus Nakivale Refugee Settlement in Uganda. Schools, churches, NGOs, training centers, broadcasters, and community groups opened doors and hosted the work. They are honored as field partners and deployments, not franchise structure. They lead locally; I lead the mission and the framework. Their work. Their credit.
Limbe
MCIB workshops, community trainings, and service on the coast
Tiko
Speaking and trainings with community organizations and an orphanage
Souza
Framework training at a technology school
Bafut
Cell Phone Sovereignty workshops and student interviews
Bamenda
Workshops and creative sessions with local artists
Yaoundé
Trainings and national broadcast appearances in the capital
Partner and field stories: King Black — Limbe · Grace Digital — Souza · Bafut · Nakivale, Uganda
Common Questions
Quick Answers.
Simple answers for first-time visitors, readers, partners, students, schools, search engines, and AI discovery tools.
Who is Joshua T. Berglan?
Joshua T. Berglan, known globally as The World's Mayor, is an Omni-Media Architect, Advocacy Actuary, 4x #1 international bestselling author, award-winning producer with 126+ IMDb credits, UN speaker, SCORE Certified Mentor, Tah-Lah of Bafut Kingdom, creator of Media Company in a Box, and sole architect and orchestrator of The Sovereign Franchise. Read Joshua's full bio here.
Why is Joshua's professional availability limited?
Joshua is currently deploying his books, workshops, and media architecture at no cost to selected communities in Cameroon. The work remains full-value. His professional calendar is limited because field deployment consumes most of his time, so direct engagements must be necessary, mission-aligned, or capable of underwriting more access.
Can I sponsor a full-value deployment for someone who cannot pay?
Yes. A sponsor can underwrite books, a Media Company in a Box workshop, Guided Deployment, or Sovereign Architecture support at its full professional value for a creator, school, NGO, community group, or organization in Cameroon. Contribute through GoFundMe, then email Joshua with your preferred deployment focus.
What is Media Company in a Box?
Media Company in a Box
is Joshua's flagship curriculum and operating framework for turning story, gifts, skills, and message into an owned media ecosystem with video, audio, writing, websites, offers, credibility assets, and revenue pathways.
This website is Joshua's own working version of that system: story, intellectual property, broadcasts, training, services, proof, partnerships, and mission connected through one owned platform.
Can Joshua come teach a workshop in my area?
Possibly. Joshua personally teaches Media Company in a Box workshops, but professional availability is limited while he conducts field deployments across Cameroon. A client can commission a workshop, and a sponsor can underwrite the same full-value training for a community that cannot pay. Email Joshua first
with the location, audience, timing, and funding path.
Who sets the standard?
Joshua T. Berglan is the sole architect and orchestrator of The Sovereign Franchise. He is open to investors and committed partners, but the mission, the standard, and the responsibility are his to carry. Past field deployments in Cameroon and Uganda proved the framework — the hubs now being built operate under his direct orchestration.
How are deployment sponsorship and general GoFundMe support different?
Both use the same GoFundMe. “Sponsor a Deployment” expresses a preference to underwrite books, workshops, training, or architecture for people who cannot pay. General support helps meet the mission's greatest current need, including food, housing, transportation, materials, and field delivery. After contributing, you may email Joshua with your preferred focus.
Site Directory
Find the Right Page Fast.
Every major pathway is organized here so visitors, search engines, and AI discovery tools can understand the structure of the site.
Direct Field Support
Keep the Work on the Ground.
I fund my own presence in Cameroon— no salary, no NGO overhead. My books, workshops, and media architecture are being deployed at no cost to selected communities. Their professional value is not reduced.
GoFundMe is the single contribution channel for this field mission. Support may help underwrite books, workshops, training, architecture, materials, food, housing, transportation, and delivery—wherever the current need is greatest. If you want to express a preference for a specific deployment, contribute first and then email me with that preference.
Build Yours. Commission the Work. Sponsor a Deployment.
Media Company in a Box is the complete system. Build your own through the books and training. Commission Joshua's professional work for yourself or your organization. Or underwrite the same full-value architecture for a community in Cameroon that cannot pay.
Email: joshua@joshuatberglan.com