Why Say Yes: Take The Leap and Power Up For Take The Lead Conference
Felicia Davis (center), lead organizer of Power Up, with Gloria Feldt, co-founder and president of Take The Lead, at a recent Take The Lead workshop.
Leap Day is one day added to the calendar every four years “as a corrective measure,” because the earth’s orbit is not precisely completed in 365 days.
Take The Lead is jumping on that opportunity on Leap Day this year for its own corrective measures moving the workplace and culture toward gender parity in leadership with the “Power Up: Igniting the Intentional Leader Within” conference February 28-29 in Scottsdale, AZ.
“@Takeleadwomen is moving the workplace toward #genderparity in #leadership with the “Power Up: Igniting the Intentional Leader Within” conference February 28-29.”
With cohorts of the 50 Women Can Change The World programs across industries including healthcare, journalism, nonprofit, media, and entertainment, along with attendees who want to learn more about leadership and engagement, Power Up offers two full days of intense learning opportunities, speakers, leadership building workshops and more.
“The best way to create change is to be a part of igniting it,” says Felicia Davis, CEO and Founder of The Black Women’s Collective, author and Lead Organizer of the Power Up Conference.
“The Power Up Conference has been carefully curated for women to experience first-hand the energy, excitement and expertise that’s coalescing around the fact that women with big visions, bold ideas and the courage to execute them will change the world,” says Davis, who will be leading several sessions over both days of the conference.
Read more in Take The Lead on Felicia Davis here
A dozen prominent business leaders, authors, innovators and entrepreneurs from across the country will be giving keynotes, leading panel sessions, lightning sessions and more at the Power Up Conference.
“A dozen prominent business leaders, authors, innovators and #entrepreneurs will be giving keynotes, leading panel sessions and more at the #PowerUp Conference. ”
Nancy D. O’Reilly, founder of Connect4Good, Inc., and author of the recent book, In This Together: How Successful Women Support Each Other in Business and Life, is speaking at Power Up, because her work aligns with the mission.
“When we support one another, anything is possible,” O’Reilly says. “Too many women feel isolated and alone in their professional journeys.”
Read more in Take The Lead on Nancy D. O’Reilly here
She adds, “We see when the women come together in these specific disciplines, they break that chain. We hear things like ‘life-changing, ‘I have sisters’ and ‘I am not alone,’” says O’Reilly who is also the author of Leading Women: 20 Influential Women Share Their Secrets to Leadership, Business, and Life and two other books.
The two full days of sessions at Power Up offer all attendees opportunities for connection and collaboration. “These women will build confidence and self-esteem,” O’Reilly says. “They will also have a renewed excitement in their work. They will develop a network and an expanding community of colleagues to draw upon for not only support but collaborative projects. It’s fun. Creativity grows and the possibilities are endless.”
“The two full days of sessions at #PowerUp offer opportunities for connection and #collaboration. “These women will build confidence and self-esteem,” @DrNancyOReilly says. ”
The necessity for the Power Up conference comes at a time with blatant disparity at major conferences.
“The necessity for the #PowerUp conference comes at a time with blatant disparity at major conferences. #Parity”
Recently, “Gender representation is so poor at the World Economic Forum’s annual conference in Davos that 2020 delegates are more likely to run into someone from North America than a woman,” according to Quartz.
“For the sixth straight year, gender diversity at the elite gathering in the Swiss Alps has improved slightly, but with women only making up 24% of attendees, the accomplishment is minor. Of 2,820 total participants, only 682 are women.”
Erin Hatzikostas, founder and CEO of b Authentic inc, writes in Business Insider that in order for women’s conferences to be helpful to women, they need to be solutions-oriented. Power Up is just that.
“@ErinHatzikostas, founder and CEO of b Authentic inc, writes in @businessinsider that women’s conferences need to be solutions-oriented. #PowerUpConference”
“Conferences need to do more than pay lip service to the idea that women can be leaders by allowing them to actually lead. Encourage them to share their experiences, their ideas, and their solutions,” she writes.
Read more in Take The Lead on the Power Up Conference here
As part of two days of hands-on, helpful tools-based workshops, Lainika E. Johnson, Managing Partner of TrashLogic, a trash management company, is offering a session at Power Up, “You Had Me At Hello.”
“As part of two days of hands-on workshops, @trashladyrep, Managing Partner of @RealTrashLogic is offering a session at #PowerUp, “You Had Me At Hello.””
“The advice that I will offer conference attendees is to overly prepare before entering into any type of negotiation,“ says Times, who launched TrashLogic in 2016 and has grown the business to 30 full time employees throughout Northern California and Nevada.
“Not knowing what you are walking into is a recipe for disaster,” says Johnson. “My desire is that conference attendees walk out of any meeting with their must haves and the confidence that they had enough information to ask for what they wanted,” says Times, who this spring will be opening HeadSpace in Sacramento. It is a new co-working concept for social entrepreneurs offering creative spaces to develop consistent content for their brands.
“You Had Me At Hello” is the name of Tish Times’ session. Founder and CEO of Tish Times Networking and Sales, and author of Networking is Not a One-Night Stand - A Guide for Building Lasting Business Relationships, The Unstoppable Confidence Networking Playbook, and 10 Super Simple Networking Steps for Career Success, Times advises participants, “By attending this presentation you will acquire the crucial skill of knowing how to maximize every networking opportunity. Participants will learn how to clearly and succinctly articulate a powerful engagement statement; a statement that will cause prospects to want to hear more, know more and anticipate the follow-up call. Attendees will understand what and what not to say to a new contact.”
Tish, who recently developed the Unstoppable Confidence Sales Academy, adds that she will offer strategies for participants to “understand how to describe the solution you provide with amazing clarity. Master the art of quickly capturing prospective client's attention in a networking situation Learn how to create and articulate your 'engagement statement' in a powerful way and walk away with tools that you can use over and over again.”
In the coming weeks, Take The Lead will highlight different Power Up speakers and their offerings. For a full line up of Power Up speakers, visit here.
“In the coming weeks, @takeleadwomen will highlight different #PowerUp speakers and their offerings. #WomensConferences #Leadership”
