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Karol Ward, LCSW is an award winning speaker, author and confidence expert.

As a licensed psychotherapist and coach, Karol is committed to helping others find their inner confidence. Using her background as trained therapist, Karol brings psychological insight to her career as a coach and motivational speaker. With her warm, conversational style, she is able to help audiences understand why they do what they do and then gives them concrete tools for change.

Karol has a Masters in Clinical Social Work and a BA in Psychology and Communication. She is the author of Worried Sick: Break Free from Chronic Worry To Achieve Mental and Physical Health (Berkley) and Find Your Inner Voice: Using Instinct and Intuition Through the Body-Mind Connection (Career Press).

Karol Ward, LCSW is an award winning speaker, author and confidence expert.

As a licensed psychotherapist and coach, Karol is committed to helping others find their inner confidence. Using her background as trained therapist, Karol brings psychological insight to her career as a coach and motivational speaker. With her warm, conversational style, she is able to help audiences understand why they do what they do and then gives them concrete tools for change.

Karol has a Masters in Clinical Social Work and a BA in Psychology and Communication. She is the author of Worried Sick: Break Free from Chronic Worry To Achieve Mental and Physical Health (Berkley) and Find Your Inner Voice: Using Instinct and Intuition Through the Body-Mind Connection (Career Press).

Holly Duckworth, CAE, CMP, LSP is a trailblazing keynote speaker and applied mindful leadership advisor. As a contributor to the New York Times, Producer/Host of the Everyday Mindfulness Show, and columnist to countless industry publications she works with stressed-out leaders to create, peace, presence, and profits. Holly’s career began in the world of non-profits and volunteer leadership teaching thousands of association staff and volunteers how to “reboot” for success. Today she takes the best of her strategic vision expertise, blends it with mindful leadership practices and her event background to curate experiential events that change hearts, minds and companies.

Robyn Hatcher, founder and CEO of SpeakEtc. is a dynamic keynote speaker, communication expert, author, thought leader and award-winning actor. Robyn transforms the careers of business leaders and the culture of organizations in the financial services industry and beyond, through corporate programs, private coaching, and interactive presentations.

Using her 15 plus years in the entertainment industry and her experience as a certified Neuro Linguistic Programming practitioner, she inspires. She invigorates. She leaves you with tangible skills you can apply the very next day. In 2018, Robyn appeared on Good Morning America speaking about the “#metoo” movement and was named one of the '21 Leaders for the 21st Century' 2019 by Women's eNews!

Robyn has successfully trained and coached thousands of business professionals from Fortune 500 companies and noteworthy brands - Lifetime Television, Jones New York, UBS, AXA - Equitable, PayPal, Spotify, Con Edison, Hewlett Packard and many others and has spoken in front of hundreds and has spoken in front of hundreds of audiences large and small like Professional Business Women of California, Women's Professional Network, Professional Women of the Gulf Coast, Administrative Professionals Conference, Association of African American Advisors and many others.