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Embark on a transformative journey toward authentic leadership with Kristin Harper, the visionary CEO of Driven to Succeed LLC. As the head of an esteemed global market research and consulting firm, Kristin has earned recognition as the Ohio Minority Supplier Development Council's Supplier of the Year for 2022. In this enlightening conversation, you'll discover three invaluable takeaways. First, leadership transcends titles, emphasizing the power of influence. Second, learn to manage "brand YOU" just as diligently as company brands. Lastly, explore the profound impact of emotional intelligence, a vital trait practiced by the most effective leaders. Join Kristin Harper and unlock the keys to authentic leadership and personal growth.
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Kristin Harper is CEO of Driven to Succeed LLC, an award-winning global market research and consulting firm that “helps brands grow, and people thrive.” Named Ohio Minority Supplier Development Council 2022 Supplier of the Year, she’s grown Driven to Succeed from a solopreneur in 2018, to a global team with two divisions.
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The Heart Of A Leader
Scaling Up
Radical Candor
The Givers And The Takers
Atlas Of the Heart
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Discover the untapped potential of Femtech and the transformative work ahead in female health with Ida Tin of Clue.
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Discover the untapped potential of Femtech and the transformative work ahead in female health with Ida Tin, co-founder, and former CEO, now chairwoman, of Clue, the world's most trusted female health app. With over twelve million active users in 190 countries, Clue is a top-ranking app in the "Health & Fitness" category globally. Ida Tin, a visionary entrepreneur and modern feminist, coined the term Femtech in 2016 and has been featured in prominent media outlets and spoken at prestigious conferences worldwide. Drawing from her diverse background, including leading motorcycle tours and authoring a travel memoir, Ida is now focused on her new book exploring Femtech, leadership, technology, and systems change. Embrace the future of female health with an active voice in the Femtech space—Ida Tin.
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Ida Tin is the co-founder and former CEO, now chairwoman, of Clue, the most trusted female health app. Clue has more than twelve million active users in over 190 countries, and is one of the most popular apps in the “Health & Fitness” category in the United States, Germany, the UK, Brazil, France, Mexico, and many other countries.
Ida has been interviewed or featured in major media, including The New York Times, New York Magazine, Forbes, Der Spiegel, and Le Figaro. She was also a speaker at prestigious conferences such as TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco, LeWeb in Paris, Forbes Most Powerful Women in Montreal, Slush in Finland, and many more.
Before starting Clue, Ida led motorcycle tours around the world for five years in the motorcycle touring company MotoMundo she cofounded with her dad Hjalte Tin. She guided tours in Mongolia, Cuba, and Vietnam, amongst other destinations.
For two years, she traveled solo in the western parts of the US on her motorcycle and wrote a book about her travel adventures, inner and outer, “Directress”, published in Denmark in 2009.
As a child, Ida grew up traveling the world on motorcycles with her parents and older brother, from she was a one-year-old baby sitting in front of her mother on the motorcycle through South America, the former Soviet Union, Africa, and South East Asia.
Ida attended various art schools in South Africa and London and graduated in 2004 from the progressive social entrepreneurship BA-level business school The KaosPilots in Denmark. Ida currently lives in Berlin and has two children.
She is now working on a new book about Femtech, leadership, technology, and systems change. She is an active voice in the Femtech space.
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Unleash the power of brand love with Lydia Michael, a dynamic entrepreneur, speaker, consultant, and author.
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As the founder of Blended Collective, a multicultural marketing and brand consultancy, Lydia Michael empowers companies and organizations to develop inclusive brands and impactful marketing strategies. With a wealth of experience collaborating with renowned brands like Deloitte and L'Oréal in Germany, Lydia's expertise has earned her numerous awards in diversity and marketing. In her groundbreaking book, "Brand Love – Building Strong Consumer-Brand Connections," Lydia unveils a transformative model that explores emotional and rational drivers, fostering enduring consumer-brand relationships.
Join Lydia in unlocking the secrets to brand loyalty, advocacy, and connection.
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Lydia Michael is an entrepreneur, speaker, consultant, and author. She works with companies and organizations to develop inclusive brands and marketing strategies. She is the founder and owner of Blended Collective, a multicultural marketing and brand consultancy. Lydia’s work has been recognized with several diversity and marketing-centered awards. She leads virtual and in-person workshops and webinars and speaks to audiences about topics such as multicultural marketing, brand love, diversity and inclusion, entrepreneurship, and leadership.
In her first book "Brand Love – Building Strong Consumer-Brand Connections", Lydia breaks down the process of building emotionally strong, long-lasting consumer-brand relationships. Offering insight into the use of emotional and rational drivers, she introduces a “brand love” model designed to inspire brand loyalty and advocacy. The book is available on Amazon, and everywhere you can find books.
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COhatch is a new kind of shared work, social, and family space built on community. Members get access to workspace, amenities like rock walls and sports simulators, and more to live a fully integrated life that balances work, family, well-being, community, and giving back. COhatch has 31 locations open or under construction nationwide throughout Ohio, Indiana, Florida, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee. Visit www.cohatch.com for more information.
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Join us as we discuss how to help your business thrive, not just survive during economic uncertainty with Managing Director, Samantha Zurek
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In today's challenging business landscape, it's crucial to make strategic decisions that propel your company forward. Discover the secrets to not just surviving but thriving in tough economic times with these three key takeaways.
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Sam Zurek is an advertising industry veteran with 17 years of experience across a multitude of disciplines, including linear television, digital publisher direct, DSP, DMP, Mobile SSP, television ACR technology and digital data and analytics specialties. Currently, Sam is the Managing Director of MiQ, the global programmatic media partner, overseeing 9 offices in the Midwest and West regions across all commercial and operational organizations.
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COhatch is a new kind of shared work, social, and family space built on community. Members get access to workspace, amenities like rock walls and sports simulators, and more to live a fully integrated life that balances work, family, well-being, community, and giving back. COhatch has 31 locations open or under construction nationwide throughout Ohio, Indiana, Florida, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee. Visit www.cohatch.com for more information.
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Join us as we discuss the tension content marketers feel between the opportunities ChatGPT, the fears that surround it, and how to use it well.
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Content marketers, have you embraced ChatGPT? Does it make you fear for your content-making future? Fear not. In this session, we will cover what to avoid and where it can truly be helpful. We'll also share how content marketers can discuss ChatGPT with leaders.
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Lindsey McGee is an experienced content marketing leader with expertise in SEO, writing, and strategy for B2B technology brands. Her work includes positions at startups and multinational enterprise corporations; she has also worked for herself as a freelance writer and SEO consultant. Currently, Lindsey is the Content Marketing Manager for Obie, an insurance technology provider that offers an affordable, and transparent insurance experience for landlords and real estate investors. Lindsey gets to spend plenty of time with her two cats and dog in her home office, and in her free time, she can often be found baking or curled up with a good book.
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COhatch is a new kind of shared work, social, and family space built on community. Members get access to workspace, amenities like rock walls and sports simulators, and more to live a fully integrated life that balances work, family, well-being, community, and giving back. COhatch has 31 locations open or under construction nationwide throughout Ohio, Indiana, Florida, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee. Visit www.cohatch.com for more information.
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Cindy Gallop is the Michael Bay of Business. She's been blowing sh*t up for 30 years. Join us as we discuss marketing and tech disruption.
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Looking for more purpose, fulfillment, and professional and personal development?
Be a part of our LIVE podcast audience and end your week with Together Digital's Chief Empowerment Officer, Amy Vaughan as she hosts authentic conversations with women in digital who wish to see change or be the change within their industry.
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We are ecstatic to be sharing some time with the incomparable Cindy Gallop to spend some time calling bullsh*t on what's happening in advertising, marketing, branding, and tech now.
Join us for a candid conversation on female tech founders, ageism, building your brand, and finding your voice. Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn from the "Micheal Bay of Business".
Cindy Gallop Cindy Gallop is a graduate of Somerville College, Oxford, whose background is 35 years in brand-building, marketing, and advertising - she started up the US office of ad agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty in New York in 1998 and 2003 was named Advertising Woman of the Year.
She is the founder and CEO of IfWeRanTheWorld, co-action software launched in beta at TED 2010 and subsequently written up and taught as a Harvard Business School case study, which enables brands to implement the business model of the future – Shared Values + Shared Action = Shared Profit (financial and social).
She is also the founder of MakeLoveNotPorn – ‘Pro-sex. Pro-porn. Pro-knowing the difference’ - a social sex tech platform designed to promote good sexual behavior and good sexual values, which she launched at TED 2009, and for which she has raised $3 million to build out mlnp.tv as ‘the Social Sex Revolution’. She is a board advisor to a number of tech ventures and works as a personal brand/life/executive coach and a consultant on brand and business innovation for companies around the world, describing her consultancy approach as 'I like to blow shit up. I am the Michael Bay of business.'
BusinessInsider named her one of 15 Most Important Marketing Strategy Thinkers Today, alongside Malcolm Gladwell and Seth Godin, and cited her as number 33 on their list of 100 Most Influential Tech Women On Twitter, and number one on their list of Top 30 People In Advertising To Follow On Twitter.
Campaign named her number one on their list of Top 10 Trailblazers for both 2016 and 2017 and number two in 2018.
Together with Susan Credle of FCB and Margaret Johnson of Goodby, Cindy is one of three Campaign Review Committee chairs for the AdCouncil in the US, helping to make the work great.
Cindy is an outspoken advocate of diversity and inclusion in advertising, tech, and business - she was Jury President at CannesLions 2015 for the inaugural Glass Lion Awards, proposed by Sheryl Sandberg to celebrate advertising that shatters gender stereotypes in advertising, and in 2017 was turned by digital agency R/GA into a chatbot for Equal Pay Day that helps women ask for a raise
Cindy has partnered with AARP on their DisruptAging initiative to challenge and change ageism. Cindy has published ‘Make Love Not Porn: Technology’s Hardcore Impact on Human Behavior’ as one of TED’s line of TEDBooks.
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Effective communication requires practice. Join us and speech pathologist turned leadership coach, Devon Climer as we share strategies.
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Whether you consider yourself a natural communicator or find yourself feeling timid when speaking up, developing effective communication requires practice. We're going to dig into strategies to help listeners build confidence and feel capable of speaking up and connecting well with others.
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Devon Climer is a leadership communication consultant and certified speech pathologist. She is the founder of My Communicoach, a professional development platform providing effective communication skills training to emerging leaders and organizations.
Devon holds a Master of Arts degree in Communication Sciences and has extensive knowledge and academic training in speech science. She is passionate about blending the artistic and scientific processes of communication in her training. She fully believes in the power of elevating our daily interactions through our words and actions.
Follow Devon on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/devon-climer/
Learn more about My Communicoach at https://mycommunicoach.com/
Additional Resources
https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/business-podcasts/think-fast-talk-smart-podcast
https://gretchenrubin.com/books/life-in-five-senses/
https://susancain.net/book/bittersweet/
https://pitchvantage.com/
https://heroicpublicspeaking.com/
https://www.ccl.org/articles/leading-effectively-articles/closing-the-gap-between-intent-vs-impact-sbii/
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Gain insights on real-world examples of using AI to improve customer experience & drive revenue growth. Be inspired to embrace new technologies and work towards greater innovation and diversity.
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Christina Kay is the VP of Marketing at a leading B2B eCommerce tech company. With over 15 years of experience, Christina is an expert in driving growth through data-driven strategies and innovative technology solutions. Before joining ResellerRatings, Christina held leadership roles at several technology companies, where she led successful award-winning campaigns to increase brand awareness, increase customer satisfaction, and drive revenue growth. Christina is also a frequent speaker at industry events (i.e. Demand Gen Report's B2BSMX/B2BMX and HubSpot's INBOUND) and has been featured in various publications with ZoomInfo, Exceed.AI, HubSpot, and Retail TouchPoints on topics such as customer engagement, growth, demand gen, UGC, RevOps, data-driven marketing, and AI. She is an award recipient of Demand Gen Report's B2B Technologist of the Year, Zapier's First Marketing Ops Award, and Cleveland's Top 25 under 35.
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinakay/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChristinaKay
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thechristinakay
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Christina's AI Zapier marketing walkthrough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUeO9QmEwG0&t=3s
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COhatch is a new kind of shared work, social, and family space built on community. Members get access to workspace, amenities like rock walls and sports simulators, and more to live a fully integrated life that balances work, family, well-being, community, and giving back. COhatch has 31 locations open or under construction nationwide throughout Ohio, Indiana, Florida, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee. Visit www.cohatch.com for more information.
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Listen and learn about the top trends and concerns for women in 2023 as researched and reported by the SheSpeaks community.
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As the founder and CEO of SheSpeaks Inc., Aliza has built the largest, most diverse community of female consumers and influencers in America with a network reach of more than 300 million consumers per month and growing. Aliza is a champion for women’s voices across all media – digital, social, mobile, and now through her podcast, SheSpeaks. In SheSpeaks, Aliza has created an award-winning platform that inspires women to express their creativity, ideas, and opinions and provides them opportunities to expand their own personal influence and monetize their social media influence.
Join us as we discuss the recent findings from SheSpeaks Women Speak survey.
Learn more about SheSpeaks https://shespeaksinc.com/
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COhatch is a new kind of shared work, social, and family space built on community. Members get access to workspace, amenities like rock walls and sports simulators, and more to live a fully integrated life that balances work, family, well-being, community, and giving back. COhatch has 31 locations open or under construction nationwide throughout Ohio, Indiana, Florida, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee. Visit www.cohatch.com for more information.
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As women, we've long been sold the story of idealism over individualism. Tech superstar, Katie Harbath wants to help you change that.
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From fairytales to fables, young girls are told time and time again that they are to be wooed and rescued. But at 42, a tech democracy advocate is choosing to live her life on her terms and celebrating the life she has built for herself in ways more women should.
Take a listen to be inspired and learn how.
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Katie Harbath is a global leader at the intersection of elections, democracy, and technology. As the chief executive of Anchor Change, she helps clients think through tech policy issues. She is a senior advisor for technology and democracy at the International Republican Institute and is also a fellow at the Bipartisan Policy Center, the Integrity Institute, and a nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council.
Previously, Katie spent 10 years at Facebook. As a director of public policy, she built and led global teams that managed elections and helped government and political figures use the social network to connect with their constituents.
Before Facebook, Katie held senior digital roles at the Republican National Committee, the National Republican Senatorial Committee, and the DCI Group, as well as multiple campaigns for office.
She is a board member at the National Conference on Citizenship, Democracy Works, and the Center for Journalism Ethics at the University of Madison-Wisconsin.
Follow Katie on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harbath/
Learn more about Katie’s company: https://www.anchorchange.com/
Sign up for Katie’s weekly newsletters: https://anchorchange.substack.com/
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COhatch is a new kind of shared work, social, and family space built on community. Members get access to workspace, amenities like rock walls and sports simulators, and more to live a fully integrated life that balances work, family, well-being, community, and giving back. COhatch has 31 locations open or under construction nationwide throughout Ohio, Indiana, Florida, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee. Visit www.cohatch.com for more information.
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