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Leveraging Digital Marketing: The Modern Pathway to Wealth Building Strategies

Learn the importance of creating multiple streams of income by optimizing your website, mobile app or blog with free publicity, affiliate programs, SEO optimization, pay per click opportunities, etc…

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Saturday Networking Activities

Dress for Success – What message are you sending?

Style a few conference participants as she shows us how clothes may be sending the wrong message.  We may look fabulous but it may not be sending the appropriate message for the business environment.

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Finding Your North Star: How to Develop an Annual Strategic (Profit) Plan

If you are tired of feeling like your business is flailing in the wind or just coming up short of earnings you had hoped for, you may be missing a comprehensive Annual Strategic (Profit) Plan. Such a plan encapsulates the key Finance and Operational guidelines by which your business functions, and will generate the following benefits for your company:

Guaranteed benefits of an effective Strategic (Profit) Plan:

• Your financial WHAT, HOW, and WHEN are distinctly defined
• Business pain points and unnecessary waste/losses are identified and eliminated
• Entire team operates in alignment with corporate objectives
• You understand how to align business achievements and push to exceed your desired profit goals

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The Basics of Great Networking and Collaboration

Professional networking is more important than ever. Yet, many people struggle to do it well. This workshop explores the fundamentals of networking from a perspective that makes it easy and natural.

We discuss the basics:

• What is a network?
• What is networking?
• Networking for job hunting versus client hunting?
• How do you find the time?

We help answer some innovative ideas that simplify the process of networking while building powerful personal and professional connections.

When groups share a common purpose and see value in the contributions and abilities of each member they find ways to create an environment that fosters exchange of knowledge, ideas and create a successful future for all of its members.  We discuss how to network and collaborate for mutual success.

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Sunday’s panel and roundtable discussion theme will be:

Navigating the Double Bind – Too Assertive or Too Weak

We will dive into a mix of questions primarily on how to improve our interactions:

If we’re strong and assertive leaders, we are viewed as domineering and abrasive. If we aren’t assertive enough, we are viewed as weak and a pushover. How do we face conflict and resistance while getting others to mentor, sponsor and advocate on our behalf without being viewed as aggressive, angry or lacking confidence?

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Career Succession Planning and Strategic Thinking

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Active Shooter and Fire Safety Session

An active shooter is an individual actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a confined and other populated area. In most cases, active shooters use firearms and there is no pattern or method to their selection of victims. Active shooter situations are unpredictable and evolve quickly.

Everyone can help prevent and prepare for potential active shooter situations. This session provides guidance to participants so that they can prepare to respond to an active shooter situation at their place of employment or business or as a member of the community.

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Black women continue to be unfairly penalized for being ambitious. Professional Black women are often labeled as aggressive and angry.

Check out the article on The State of Black Women in Corporate America to learn more about the challenges we face.  It will bring you comfort to know that you aren’t alone. Other Black women have similar experiences.  Learn how we can overcome some of these challenges and what are companies should be doing as well. https://thebellanetwork.com/the-state-of-black-women-in-corporate-america/

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2018 Conference: Your Attitude Drives Your Altitude.   

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2017 Conference: The Art (and discipline) of Closing the Sale

During this idea packed 30-minute presentation, Gil Cargill, the premier sales acceleration Coach in North America will share with you tactics and strategies that have helped his 5,000 clients increase their top line by an average of 36%. Bring your thinking cap and a notepad as Gil will provide you with more content per minute than you’ve ever experienced. You will learn how he has mastered these skills in a sales career that dates back to the mid-1960s. He has earned sales awards while employed by IBM and has been featured on the cover of many sales and business magazines because of his unique approach to driving his client’s top lines. During the course of his 40-year career, he has conducted workshops for over 15,000 CEOs throughout the English-speaking world.

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Mother of 5 – One of Working Magazine’s 2020 Working Mothers of the Year: Life as a Bella during a pandemic and an election year is certainly more challenging than usual. Throw in new leadership responsibilities in your work life and virtual schooling for your children, and you might need superpowers. Jessica Clemons is taking on all of it, and she has tips and perspective to share with you on how to balance pursuing your passion and taking care of yourself while keeping everything else on track. We’ll explore leadership themes of prioritization, empathy, self-care, and focus and develop personal plans to progress toward your goals.

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• Using Emotional Intelligence to Drive Success

Research shows that emotional intelligence is a critical predictor of performance and a very strong driver of leadership and personal excellence. Those with high emotional intelligence can typically read a room quickly, clue into subterfuge and more easily show respect and empathy. While soft skills such as those may not sound impressive, they can be imperative for a woman in a leadership role. You can be a top performer without any emotional intelligence, but the number are against you.

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Sunday’s panel and roundtable discussion theme will be:

Navigating the Double Bind – Too Assertive or Too Weak

We will dive into a mix of questions primarily on how to improve our interactions:

If we’re strong and assertive leaders, we are viewed as domineering and abrasive. If we aren’t assertive enough, we are viewed as weak and a pushover. How do we face conflict and resistance while getting others to mentor, sponsor and advocate on our behalf without being viewed as aggressive, angry or lacking confidence?

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Keep Your Emotions From Running the Show

Emotions are a powerful and important part of life, but sometimes it feels like they are out of control. Mild frustration quickly turns to anger. Sadness becomes despair. Disappointment deepens into bitterness. You may begin to wonder if you control your feelings or if they control you!

Our emotions don’t have to run our lives and don’t mix well with running our business or finding success with our careers. Instead, our emotions can reflect good character even in our broken times.

We must practice the art of keeping emotions out of professional lives by staying grounded, removing emotional people for out connections and not allowing bad communication behaviors with our family and friends to spill over into our professional and business conversations.

Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become your character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.

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Saturday Networking Activity: Guided Wine Tasting

Dr. Sanders is an avid wine enthusiast, joined the Boisset Collection a year ago to promote the wines from the collection that includes 26 wineries in France and California. You may have heard of several of the CA wineries: DeLoach, Buena Vista, Raymond and JCB.

Dr Sanders will guide us through a Classic Tasting Experience, featuring wines from California, along the spectrum from Rose & Chardonnay towards a robust Cabernet Sauvignon.

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Sunday’s panel and roundtable discussion theme will be:

Navigating the Double Bind – Too Assertive or Too Weak

We will dive into a mix of questions primarily on how to improve our interactions:

If we’re strong and assertive leaders, we are viewed as domineering and abrasive. If we aren’t assertive enough, we are viewed as weak and a pushover. How do we face conflict and resistance while getting others to mentor, sponsor and advocate on our behalf without being viewed as aggressive, angry or lacking confidence?

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Soundbath Meditation

THINK OF IT AS A WOO-WOO HORIZONTAL CONCERT.
Part meditation, part listening exercise. Research suggests that sound bathing calms our often-overstimulated nervous systems and balances the subtle body.

The meditation is recommended to be about 20-30 mins long. People tend to “get of their head ” around 10-15 mins, and that’s when the magic happens 🙂

Let’s get nerdy….
Sound baths are meant to help facilitate a shift in your brainwave state. Through frequency and entrainment with sound it’s possible, and very easy, to down-shift our normal beta state (normal waking consciousness) to alpha (relaxed consciousness), with the majority of people able to reach theta (meditative state) and even delta (where internal healing can occur). This is mainly why this exercise is done laying down to get the maximun effect.

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Sunday’s panel and roundtable discussion theme will be:

Navigating the Double Bind – Too Assertive or Too Weak

We will dive into a mix of questions primarily on how to improve our interactions:

If we’re strong and assertive leaders, we are viewed as domineering and abrasive. If we aren’t assertive enough, we are viewed as weak and a pushover. How do we face conflict and resistance while getting others to mentor, sponsor and advocate on our behalf without being viewed as aggressive, angry or lacking confidence?

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Negotiation Skills

Whether you are a women leader who is already comfortable in negotiating or you find negotiating stressful, uncomfortable, and difficult you will benefit from this session.  Negotiating is a routine part of daily life and leadership, and approaching it with confidence and skill continually signals that you know your worth.

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Does Your Month Always Outlast Your Money

You’re not alone. Many Americans struggle to stretch their cash to cover monthly expenses. And like most Americans, you probably weren’t taught about finances. We’ve found that when people are educated about money, they’re more confident and motivated to take control of their lives and their future.  More importantly, they make better decisions about running their business.

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Dawn Strozier, “Coach Do Something,” is a leading fitness expert, author, motivational speaker, lifestyle coach, nutritional consultant and Radio Personality. Her philosophy is simple, yet powerful – “You’ll win, if you don’t quit.” Ms. Strozier has rapidly become one of the nation’s most requested health and wellness experts because of her ability to motivate, achieve desired results and develop customized corporate wellness, adult, and youth training programs.
As a motivational Speaker and Coach Ms. Strozier has delivered hundreds of presentations and trainings connecting with people/audiences of all ages, Corporate, Entrepreneurs, Athletes and Youth. She has been the keynote speaker for the American diabetes association’s annual lunchoen, Von Corporation, Alpine Corporation, Network Marketing Organizations, women’s groups and small businesses. Her topics include; Health and Wellness, Self Esteem, Leadership and Success. She has co-authored two books, Unleash The Leader Within You and Unleashing The Vision Within You and is currently the health and fitness contributor to LA Focus Magazine, Precious Times Magazine, True Superstar Magazine and the Host of Build The Body You Wand Radio Show.

Ms. Strozier has a variety of high profile media placements and has been featured in Ebony, Black Health, Precious Times, Rolling-Out, LA Parenting, Kansas City Call, BQE, the Sentinel Florida Star, Georgia Star, Share/Toronto Canada, the Tennessee Tribune and Empowering Everyday Woman, just to name a few.

Ms. Strozier is a health and wellness visionary. She is the Founder of The Fight Against Obesity Foundation, a nonprofit 501©3 organization, Her expertise as a personal trainer and nutritional consultant attracts a diverse clientele including professional athletes, Hollywood executives, leading corporations and high profiles celebrities. Actor/Comedian/Radio Host/Author Steve Harvey states, “It’s the best program ever.”
An avid sports fan Ms. Strozier has a background in dance and competitive gymnastics. She resides in Los Angeles, California where she host Build The Body You want Radio Show as well as other trendsetting health and wellness creative initiatives.

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Brand Strategy and Consumer Behavior

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Men’s Panel

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We’ve all been there. You’re at a networking event, determined to make brilliant connections, but where do you start when you don’t know anyone? Unknowingly and instinctually, many of us start by scanning the room to look for those who “look” the part. This means we look for other professionals who are well-put-together, friendly, confident and who exude welcoming body language. Nothing speaks louder from across the room than a well-matched, flattering color. Join KL Moore, MBA as she highlights one of the most valuable elements to her 3- pronged makeover success formula – how to wear colors that look great on you!

Here is an overview of what you’ll learn:

• How color influences your business connections
• How improper wardrobe color choice is costing you money
• Why wearing all black is not necessarily most slimming
• How to add color to your wardrobe so you can mix-&-match and create new outfits
• Experience audience demo’s on how to find your “WOW” colors
• AND see real life makeovers of how KL used “WOW” colors to transform her clients!

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Celeste Brown – Morning Meditation Session

• An Educator, Lifestyle Coach, and Motivator
• A Creative Nurturer
• A Master of Building Curriculum and Instruction 
• A Servant Leader empowering visions and dreams 
• Artist and Musician

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Standing In Your Boldness – It’s YOUR Turn!

How about we focus on YOU for a change! YOU are serious about your career, YOUR professional development, and YOUR personal growth. We will explore the various tools and tactics you need to help you take action into moving from where YOU are now, to where YOU want to go. We will tackle fear and other discouraging roadblocks. We will identify the various steps that YOU need to take in order to identify and prioritize the tactics that will open the door for you to make the moves needed for your professional growth.

Objectives: 

• You will learn how to overcome the fundamental mistakes you make that lower productivity.
• You will learn how to distinguish activity with productivity.

Come with the curiosity of a child and be prepared to look through a different lens.

Come prepared to reconnect with the uniqueness you bring to your life.

Come prepared to explore how to take Bold Steps

Leave with a commitment to celebrate what unfolds.

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4-Nov-2017 TBD

D’shaun Booker

Life Coach, Strategist, Producer, Speaker

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4-Nov-2017  TBD

Danielle Y. Sellers

Prudential Financial Planner

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Brand Strategy and Consumer Behavior

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Succession Planning

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4-Nov-2017 08:00 – 05:30

Naja Hayward

Thrieve Coach

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3-Nov-2017 TBD

Sheri Betts

Maximum Impact Coach

• President of Maximum Impact
• Board President for Bloom Again Foundation
• Coach, Trainer and Facilitator

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5-Nov-2017 08:00 – 05:30

Sybil Henry

The Style Concierge

• How your brand image can boost your earning potential or hold you back
• The game-changing role of social media and why image matters now more than ever
• Visual style cues to avoid that diminish your power and details that signal the style of success
• How to shorten the critical know-like-trust factor that is essential to building dynamic business relationships
• Anti-aging style to stay relevant for the lifetime of your career

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2-Nov-2017 TBD

Tana Session

Career, Life & Executive Coach

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Men’s Panel Participant

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My Crazy Office

• I’ve just hired a great employee, Now What?
• The Do’s and Don’ts for your staff meetings-How to have effective staff meetings
• Strokes (vs) Pokes-Employee Motivation/Development Techniques
• Which Lane should I be in?- Employee Performance Expectations/Goal setting

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When you fall down, you must Recalibrate

Learning objectives:

1. The importance of Self-love before you can be loved by another.
2. Expect more, give more and get more.
3. Be a Victor, not a Victim; Stop Playing the blame game for the problems you create!

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Game-Changing Tax Solutions That Will Lead You to the Goal Post

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No Regrets! Living an Authentic Life