2023 Workshop Speakers
Announcing Our 2023 Speakers!
Welcome to our Workshops for our 2023 Women's CEO Summit! Below you will find details on the five workshops and the upcoming speakers.
CEO Leadership
Business Development
Personal Development
Financial Wellness
Marketing Strategies
Plot out your day so you're prepared to engage and ask questions that will help your business thrive!
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Investing in developing your leadership skills is an investment in the health of your business and all those that interact with it. Enhance your leadership and communication skills in this interactive workshop.
12:10 PM
Lady Jen Du Plessis
Kinetic Spark Consulting
CEO
Smart Scaling
Are you working long hours in your business?
Has your growth slowed because your team doesn't understand you or your vision?
Do you wish you had a world-class team supporting you so you can thrive in your genius zone?
Imagine a business where you are able to live each day Above and Beyond, while your team provides a client experience that creates a revolving door of new referrals and opportunities.
Join me to discover:
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3 Modalities every business owner needs to create hyper-growth
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How to recognize the 4 stages of smart scaling
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The 3 V's you need to build a world-class team
2:50 PM
Tamara Wolfe
Full Spectrum Living
Certified Life Coach, Certified NeuroCoach, Mindset and Results Expert, Speaker, Author, & CEO
The Power of Vision: 3 Keys to Accelerating Your Results in Business and Personal Life
Would you like to break the cycle of getting the same results over and over again or the “almost there” syndrome? Would you like to eliminate fear, doubt and worry and move towards your goals with confidence? Do you want to achieve greater results more quickly with less effort?
If these questions resonate with you, then you are going to love this dynamic presentation. You will learn two essential keys for tuning into your purpose; keys to creating a crystal-clear vision for what you want; a proven mindset and neuroscience system to achieve the results you would love even more quickly; simple thinking strategies that will dissolve fear, doubt, and worry; and the one thing that all successful people know and how to apply it.
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Focusing on business growth and development strategies to provide immediate impact on your business.
12:10 PM
Mary Sue Dahill
Work Smarter Digital
CEO
Unlock Your Sales Success With a Sales Pipeline
You’ve got a steady stream of referrals and leads coming in, but you aren’t converting many to clients. You do all the marketing things like newsletters, lives, social media posts. When you get a prospect on the phone, you convert!
So why aren’t you converting more clients?
Your sales follow up is on auto-pilot and you are asleep at the sales wheel. Managing your sales pipeline isn’t something you can delegate 100% to automation, but you can use automation to follow through on your sales activities.
In this interactive presentation I will take a deep dive into managing your sales pipeline, participants will learn:
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The three simplest secrets to a sales pipeline that never runs dry and unlocks your business success.
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The opportunities to automate your sales follow up, so you never miss another opportunity.
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The three most powerful sales pipelines to build relationships and convert more clients.
2:50 PM
Panel – Alternative Funding for My Business: How Do I Get It and What Do I Need?
During this panel we will talk through various options to find financing for funding a business. In particular, we will highlight the features of a complete application, the underwriting process, various SBA loan types to support the business, and ways to get to a "yes".
Alice Frazier
BCT-The Community's Bank
Cherylyn Harley LeBon
Womble Bond Dickinson
Teri L. Tosti
BCT-The Community's Bank
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Identifying professional development strategies to help you excel in your business. Investing in the YOU to get to the WE.
12:10 PM
Elaine Gibson
Renewed Living
CEO
Decision Fatigue Is Stealing Your Dreams and Costing You Millions
Delve into the fascinating world of decision fatigue and its insidious impact on our health, lives, dreams, and financial potential. Explore the psychological phenomenon that drains our mental energy, health and impedes our ability to make optimal choices. Discover how decision fatigue silently infiltrates our daily routines, leaving us vulnerable to poor decision-making and missed opportunities.
Uncover the hidden costs of decision fatigue, not just in terms of time and productivity, but also in the realm of health and financial success. Learn how this relentless thief erodes our motivation, stifles creativity, and hampers long-term wealth accumulation. Gain practical insights and effective strategies to combat decision fatigue and regain control of your dreams and finances.
Join us for an eye-opening discussion that empowers you to break free from the clutches of decision fatigue and reclaim your path to longevity and success.
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Exploring the mindset, vision, and strategic action steps needed to ensure financial wellness and peace of mind.
12:10 PM
Panel – Three Powerful Financial Strategies To Soar Into 2024
Every business owner has the intention of thriving and prospering in life and business, but many are not comfortable with doing the financial work. Consider this dialogue of “Plan. Protect. Prosper.” and leave with powerful strategies that you can immediately implement to position your business and your life to thrive, to grow and soar to your next level.
Mary C. Grate-Pyos, MBA, CFBS
MassMutual - First Financial Group
Adrian Taylor, CPA, PFS
Yount, Hyde & Barbour
Kate H. Caldwell, MA, CMC
ElderTree Care Management Services
2:50 PM
Angela Goodman
Valkyrie Ventures Group LLC
Founder & CEO
Negative to Positive – How To Transition Your Cashflow
Operating your business in a Positive Cashflow environment can often seem like a daunting task - you SHOW PROFIT on your Profit and Loss statement but you are always looking for actual dollars to pay all of your Payroll, Rent, Vendors, etc., not to mention YOURSELF. Where did that Cash go?
Join Angela Goodman in a journey of learning how to turn that Negative Cashflow to Positive by identifying the shifts you need to make in order to have actual Cash in the bank!
The attendees will take away strategies on your financial reports, pricing, and cashflow management that will catapult your journey to POSITIVE CASHFLOW.
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Developing marketing strategies and skills that will take your business to the next level.
12:10 PM
Karlyn Ankrom
Oh Snap! Social
Founder & CEO
Measuring What Matters: Start With the End in Mind
Are you ready to stop obsessing over followers and start focusing on the proper insights on social media for YOUR biz goals? We thought so! For many business owners we’re just happy to get posts out there into the social media ecosystem, right? But when it comes to your precious time in “doing it all” we have to be intentional. Karlyn Ankrom from Oh Snap! Social will be breaking down:
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The benefit of not just running numbers at the end of the month but before you post your next piece of content
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How to define social media success for your business and how to measure it
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Identifying your own SMART goals and the key items to look for when measure your own metrics month over month.
You’ll also be walking away with some strategic tips to ensure you're creating content that will assist in your progress and impact the metrics that actually matter to your biz!
2:50 PM
Panel – Unlocking Brand Success: Insights From Leading Minds
Join us for an engaging and insightful Brand Marketing Panel Discussion. Hear from industry titans and experts as they delve into the art and science of building and nurturing impactful brands. Discover strategies and trends that drive brand success in today's dynamic market landscape. Gain actionable takeaways and elevate your brand marketing game with the collective wisdom of our esteemed panelists. Don't miss this opportunity to explore the power of branding and its profound impact on business growth.
Moderator
Karlyn Ankrom
Oh Snap! Social
Panelists
Jillian Phifer
Very Good Marketing Co.
Robin Sgambati
Robin Sgambati Photography
