I’ve been in NYC at the Emerging Women Live Conference the past few days.
WOW! It was a conference like no other.
The conference was subtitled “Changing the world through feminine leadership and entrepreneurship.”
With an impressive roster of keynote speakers: best-selling author Brene Brown, media powerhouse Arianna Huffington, women’s movement-maker Eve Ensler, two-time Women’s World Slam Poetry Champion Dominique Christina, and Senior Advisor to the UN Office for Partnerships Annette Richardson.
I also got to meet my mentor and guide Bari Tessler Linden in person after studying with her the past 2 years. Bari runs an online course called The Art of Money and has inspired financial confidence in me.
Last Spring I declared to my husband that I would attend this conference.
A few weeks later I was on the fence about actually going. Then my best friend of 26 years sent me a link to the EW registration page.
“Want to go to this with me?” she asked. That invitation made it a done deal. We signed up together! We took this selfie our first night here.
I was anticipating the magnificence of speakers Brene Brown, Arianna Huffington and Eve Ensler — after experiencing their work for years.
Then Bari said she would be here.
But there were many more women speakers & teachers who surprised me & flat knocked me out!
Communication Expert Wokie Nwabueze taught A Crash Course on Courageous Communication where I learned about the importance of being clear about my vision & mission.
What she said could be life-changing: “When you were a kid, remember the thing that people told you to stop doing so much of? Like stop talking so much, stop daydreaming so much, etc. Remember that thing. It is probably your greatest gift and it could give you clues to what you were born to do.”
In Natalia Berry’s workshop, I learned a technique called Rapid Prototyping. More on the nuts & bolts of RP later…for now, let’s just say it rocked my world!
I collaborated with my new friend from Australia, Madeleine Lyons (pictured left) about her idea for a Women’s Wilderness Retreat in the bush.
Whew! All this and so much more!
Over the next several weeks, I look forward to sharing more about what I learned from these amazing women.