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The 2017 Women’s Leadership
Conference (WLC) is coming to
Scottsdale, Arizona, next month and
bringing the top-notch education
and networking opportunities
attendees have come to expect. To
be held June 26-28 at Scottsdale’s
Omni Scottsdale Resort & Spa at
Montelucia, WLC will check all the
boxes for those looking to hone
their leadership skills, enhance
their business proficiency, grow
personally and professionally, and
expand their networks with dozens
of new business contacts.
After a welcome reception
and the presentation of the 2017
Woman of Achievement award on
June 26, WLC’s schedule settles
into two solid days of insightful
speakers and panelists. Alongside
numerous breakouts and roundtable
discussions, the education schedule
includes several eye-opening
general sessions:
Sara Canaday of BST&C Ventures,
LLC is WLC’s opening general
speaker. On June 27, Canaday,
a leadership expert and career
strategist, will share the secrets of
developing a leadership presence that
inspires confidence and connects
with people in a way that makes them
want to listen, support and follow.
The schedule continues with
a panel discussion that presents
real-life perspectives from local
women leaders. Moderator Karie
Cowden, president of distributor
Connect The Dot Promotions, along
with panelists Dr. Pamela Williamson
of WBEC-West, Marlene Seitz with
AIA/triARC Architecture & Design,
LLC, and Microsoft Tempe’s Cherryl
Pressley, will delve into the issues
and challenges women face in today’s
workplace, and how they’ve seen
the landscape change throughout
their careers.
After lunch and before Tuesday
afternoon’s lineup of breakout
sessions, Nicole Bandes, a
productivity expert who works with
small-business owners to find the
time to do what matters most, is
sharing the secret to mastering
effective time management. Without
it, Bandes says, not even the best
schedule or smartest set of habits
will save working professionals from
being overwhelmed, overworked
and exhausted.
Wednesday’s opening education
session focuses on breaking personal
glass ceilings. Speaker and business
coach Vanessa Shaw explores four
unintentional habits that get in the
way of success.
WLC’s line up of general session
speakers continues with Barefoot
Brainstorming’s Marilyn Barefoot,
who shares her best practices for
developing big ideas. She says
big ideas can rally customers and
employees to a brand and incite
passion and results, but new ideas
are necessary to energize and
stimulate a brand.
Rita Davenport, CSP, CPAE,
closes out the education schedule
with an examination of failure as
a learning process. Davenport, a
speaker, author and television host,
looks at how setbacks can pave the
road to future successes.
For more on the WLC agenda and
to register, visit and
click on Events.
WLC’s Speaker Lineup Opens The
Door To Inspiration And Learning
Cherryl Pressley
Karie Cowden
Marlene Seitz
Rita Davenport, CSP, CPAE
Vanessa Shaw
Dr. Pamela Williamson
Marilyn Barefoot
Nicole Bandes
Sara Canaday
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