In the current “always switched on” lifestyles, boundaries become blurred, causing stress anxiety and performance related issues. Being able to set good healthy boundaries are the foundation of creating respect in the workplace, as well as having healthy relationships and increased self-worth. Being able to manage the blurring of boundaries will also prevent exhaustion and avoid presentee-ism in the workplace.

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Presented by Emma Langton, Leadership Coach & Wellbeing Trainer

When you would meet colleagues at the watercooler, you have the opportunity to have quick conversations amongst peers; it's a space for colleagues to connect through topics where there is an obvious problem or a difficult situation that people do not want to talk about in an open environment. The Virtual Watercooler is a space to continue those hard to have conversations with a network of like-minded attendees who will have had similar experiences. In this episode, we're joined by Elani Buchan to hear more about why she is no longer talking to employers about diversity. How many research reports into the business benefits of diversity have to be rehashed before it finally sticks with organisations?

Starting a business is exciting and growing it rewarding, but committing to growth often requires outside capital. What are early-stage investors looking for from startups? It’s all about thinking like an investor and showing your ability to generate a return. In this talk, Silicon Valley investor Jennifer Vancini, a VC with 25+ years of tech experience, will share best practices for effectively communicating your business story to investors, including showing your go-to-market strategy and proving why their investment is worthwhile. Jennifer will also share what not to do during a pitch and what steers investors away from pulling out their checkbooks.

Featuring Jennifer Vancini, General Partner @ Mighty Capital

We will be taking you through a guided meditation and visualisation session where you will learn how to completely switch off allowing your mind to be free and for you to feel completely calm and relaxed. The visualisation will really deepen your meditation practice and we will also go into some breath work during this 20 minute session.

Presented by Gemma Nice, Founder, Easyoga

Do you sometimes wish you had more belief in yourself? In this 20 minute session, you are going to discover the root cause of this lack of confidence that many of us soffer, and you're going to experience a very powerful relaxation session, where you're going to reprogram your subconscious mind with more positive, empowering thoughts and beliefs.

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Presented by Bianca Riemer, Women's Leadership Coach and Rapid Transformational Therapist

Whether your startup has been around for six months, a year, even five years, there's one thing that every entrepreneur will enviably have trouble with — securing press for your company. A PR pro with nearly a decade of experience, Annie's knows the ins and outs on how to obtain top press mentions for startups. From securing niche media mentions and leveraging them to bigger journalists to humanizing your pitch and creating unique narratives, Annie will provide 5 tactical tips on how to get your startup in the media.

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Annie Scranton, President & Founder, Pace PR

Annie Pace Scranton proudly started Pace PR ten years ago, in May 2010. She's loved the journey thus far and enjoys working with all of her colleagues and clients. Before forming Pace Public Relations, Annie worked for eight years as a seasoned television producer, booking for major networks such as CNN, Fox News, CNBC, MSNBC & ABC. TV is definitely a specialty of Annie's, combining her unique understanding of behind-the-scenes television producing, alongside her unparalleled list of contacts. Pace PR has multiple clients on national + local TV every single day, including CNBC, Fox News, HLN, MSNBC, Fox Business Network, Bloomberg TV, and many others. Highlights of client work include working with travel company darling Away in their first two years of business, assisting with media relations efforts, and landing numerous Tier 1 placements.

Annie and her husband, Michael, live in Manhattan and are raising their adorable young daughter Rose. In her free time (which isn't much), Annie enjoys puzzles, audiobooks, and riding her Peloton.

A brief overview on some of the elements that stops us from thriving, our thinking patterns, our beliefs and expectations on ourselves and what we can do daily to recognise and change them so that we thrive in what we do. Recognising our own inner voice and negatives so we overcome them and create them into positives.

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In this episode we are joined by Rachel Reese and Emma Cusdin from Global Butterflies for a Trans Inclusion 101 with an overview of some of the challenges the trans community are currently facing, both in the workplace and in society. Rachel and Emma share insight into terminology and also actions that you can take to be an ally for the community.

Michaela Jeffery-Morrison is joined by Rozemarijn Koppenaal, Global Vice President E-Commerce at Coty to discuss how to successfully build a culture of mentorship and offers advice for women trying to find a scheme and mentor that rights for them.

Michaela Jeffery-Morrison is joined by Aditi Agarwal, CTO, Pizza Hut Digital Ventures to talk specifically around anti-racism and representation in higher levels of management.