Women’s conference in Kings Beach
Rayona Sharpnack will be the keynote speaker at the inaugural Women as Change Makers: Leading and Thriving in the 21st Century conference in October.
Zawadisha, a Tahoe-based global women’s empowerment organization, is putting on the Oct. 3 event.
Sharpnack is the CEO of the Institute for Women’s Leadership. She has facilitated women’s leadership trainings for Fortune 500 companies such as Microsoft, Charles Schwab, and Hewlett Packard. She has also spoken about her trademarked approach to audiences at Harvard University, Stanford University School of Business, and UC Berkeley’s Hass School of Business.
“Women as Change Makers will bring together some of the most passionate, driven, and successful women in the Reno/Tahoe/Truckee area,” Sharpnack said in a statement. “It will create opportunities and provide resources for women to develop a deeper understanding of how to create breakthrough change with our money, time, and talent. The conversations we generate will change the way women think about their leadership, and enable them to scale their passion and skills beyond what they could have imagined, while simultaneously reconnecting with their inner needs.”
In addition to Sharpnack, the event will feature some of the most accomplished women entrepreneurs in the region as facilitators and speakers. Discussion topics will include Developing Transformational Leadership: Strategies To Enrich the Personal and Professional, and Creating Balance Through Health and Wellness.
The conference is from 8:30am-6pm at the North Tahoe Event Center in Kings Beach. Tickets may be purchased .
Sounds sexist to me
Well maybe if you showed up at the conference and started spewing your usual rant they would welcome you in and let you speak…NOT
I’m sure he meant sexy, not sexist. When you are a troll that spends your life at a keyboard spewing hateful nonsense at every turn, anything that gives you another opportunity to see your garbage in print must sound sexy.:-)
I’m looking forward to attending. It sounds like an opportunity to network and make good things happen. Thanks go to all those with the Zawadisha organization for putting this program together.
Haddi, spot on.
CJ reminds me of the fast kid in the slow dumb class.
Rick
As one of the primary organizers of this event, I never thought that it would be labeled as “sexy,” but I suppose that is the best way to describe a room full of driven, successful, intelligent women. And I am incredibly honored that Rayona Sharpnack will be our keynote speaker. Not only is she a published author and the founder/CEO of the Institute for Women’s Leadership, she is also is one of the co-founders of GenderAllies, an alliance of inclusion professionals committed to full gender partnership. This is going to be an amazing event and I hope that the Lake Tahoe community will rally around women who are making change locally and globally.
Well said Jennifer. Hope the conference is a huge success.