Natalie is the founder and CEO of Maryland Teacher Tutors, a private tutoring company that hires certified teachers to go into families homes and provide academic support to students. In 2015, she founded Maryland Teacher Tutors with 1 teacher, and has since grown to 35+ certified teachers working under her leadership. Beyond work, Natalie enjoys s…

Holly Tucci is an inspiring writer and speaker. She shares about her courage and lessons learned from her life experiences growing up as a Heart Warrior, near death experience, and letting go over 150 pounds of excess body weight. Holly's focus is all about being her best each day and aiming to infuse that approach in other's lives by leading by ex…

Amy Blaschka helps people communicate and connect better. As a ghostwriter, she makes it easy for leaders to focus on and share their unique talents and insights on a consistent basis, magnifying both their reach and impact. As a speaker, Amy stresses the importance of practicing positive, genuine communications and cultivating soft skills in the w…

In just 2 years Stephanie Campos built a personal digital brand of over 50K followers, primarily on Instagram and launched a digital marketing agency in 2014 as a result - partnering with some of the biggest brands in the world like Coca-Cola and United Way. Today she connects companies with their community, and also teach those just starting out h…

We're taking a break! But don't worry, I took a moment to share my thoughts on imagination and creativity. In this talk I describe how taking a bottom-up approach to creativity enables organizations to be more innovative and successful. We'll be back next week with Brand Strategist & Storyteller Stephanie Campos. Believe me, you don't want to miss …

Miri Rodriguez is a globally recognized Storyteller for Microsoft Core Services Engineering. She is a creative journalist and content advocate designing stories across key technology trends, evangelizing brand narrative and showcasing how Microsoft is digitally transforming, using its own technologies. Miri has earned several awards in digital mark…

Jennifer McGinley is the owner of JLM Strategic Communications - a public relations firm. As a public relations professional for 25 years, Jennifer has built a reputation based on integrity, professionalism, attention to details and consistency. Jennifer is passionate about non-profits, small business, start-ups, education, health care, mental heal…

Natalie Painchaud is an experienced strategy and innovation consultant and executive coach. She is currently Director of Learning at Innosight, a growth strategy consulting firm for leaders who aim to design and create the future. Natalie creates a supportive environment that motivates both her clients and colleagues to challenge their assumptions …

Jenn Barkenhagen is just finishing her first rotation in the Strategy & Integration Leadership Development Program at Wyndham Destinations. She has her MBA from the University of Florida, and spent 6 years as an Active Duty Intelligence Officer for the US Air Force. She is also still serving in the Air Force Reserves supporting the 920th Rescue Win…

Lila Smith WAS a New York City actress and e-commerce Director. 50% one, and 50% the other. Now, in Dallas and traveling around the world, she’s finally at 100%, using both her acting AND business backgrounds to advise people and companies on how to Say Things Better.

Rachel Simon-Lee is a master storyteller and has been storytelling thru video production for 15 years. In 2011, she joined the Media Services team at BJC HealthCare in St. Louis. That year, the Nashville native became the only dedicated surgical video producer in the organization. Simon-Lee was instrumental in finding technology-based solutions for…

Samukele Ncube is a digital marketing professional who is passionate about using storytelling and targeted messaging to help businesses form connections with their customers. Her love for stories transcends her day to day work. She is the cofounder of the community group, Find Your Tribe, where she uses her platform to help women of colour share th…

Belinda Aramide, through her online presence and company, Salesfluence, is on a mission to change the way we sell to one another. With more than 10 years of B2B sales experience and 3+ years studying and implementing digital and Influencer marketing, Belinda now brings digital and Influencer marketing strategies into B2B sales, so sales professiona…

Darrel D. Frater has made a lifelong commitment to playing a major role in the effort to close the racial wealth gap here in America. He believes that entrepreneurship is the key to fix all problems that exist in the world and he wants to be on the front line of preparing the next generation of leaders to fix them. His passions for problem solving,…

Alex M. White is a coach and storyteller who uses empathy and human-centered design to cultivate courage in difficult times. He has a background ranging from cinematography and film production, education and community organizing , user experience design, research, and strategy, all centered around evoking transformation with people at the center of…

Each week we have the opportunity to speak with individuals who have mastered the art of effective communication whether it be in the digital space or in person, and this week is no exception. Today we’re connecting with Kotryna Kurt. Kotryna is passionate about all things Marketing and Mar-tech. She is a content creator and a charismatic public sp…

Amy Jones is a life coach, strategist, and founder of Love Saves Lives, Inc. Her work is dedicated to helping humans feel better about being human. She's launching an app called Recollect that feeds people based on what they’re feeling, so they feel better. Amy has also created a podcast, Building Something Better, to share the adventure of becomin…

Digital has disrupted traditional marketing and has forever changed the way businesses and influencers communicate to and with the world. Kimberly Afonso, CEO and marketing thought leader, joins me in a discussion on leveraging effective digital communication tools such as LinkedIn and Instagram. She offers best practices as well as her predictions…

You’re talented, you get results and like never before you have an array of applications to communicate them. There’s just one thing – will anyone notice? More important – will anyone even care? Most important – will anyone remember? If there is one skill that everyone needs today it’s not just the ability to communicate, it’s the ability to connec…