SEE OUR SPEAKERS IN ACTION!

August 2026

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OUR SUMMER ROADTRIP CONTINUES

Dear ala,

From Orlando, Florida to Santa Barbara, California, cities in-between, and beyond, (we're international, you know), our speakers are on stages, on podcasts and even publishing!

And you thought summers were slow...nope! Not for our members. Not only are they speaking, guesting and publishing, but they are getting ready for the busy fall and winter seasons.

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Get inspiration from today's "Our Speakers In Action" email. Find a book to read at the beach, or maybe a podcast to listen to while you drive there!

Bobbie and the Innovation Women team

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Check out what our speakers are up to! You can find more upcoming Innovation Women talks on the Events page of our website! PLUS: Check out this month's featured speakers!

THIS MONTH

Misty Lackie will be presenting From Idea To First Million on August 9 in Santa Barbara, CA. 

Kim Groshek will be presenting "Why Great Businesses Stay Invisible: The Small Decisions Quietly Costing You Clients" at Wisconsin Power Partners West Milwaukee Chapter Networking Meeting on August 13 in Pewaukee, WI. 

Sharon Delaney McCloud will be presenting "The Connection Economy: Why relationships are your greatest competitive advantage & story is how you build them" at LeadHERship 2026 on August 13 in Greenville, NC. 

Diane Darling will be presenting "Effective Networking Strategies for Associations" at ASAE Drive by Purpose Annual Meeting & Exposition on August 17 in Indianapolis IN. 

Dr. Tajah M. Gross (pictured here) will be presenting "Your AI Workflow Needs A Human Exit Ramp" at Global Data & AI Virtual Tech Conference 2026 on August 22-24. 

Lilli Correll will be presenting "The Trauma Blind Spot: The Truth About Treatment Resistance" at BHCon2026 on August 26 in Orlando FL.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Kim Groshek will be presenting "What's Missing? Finding the One Thing That Changes Everything When Scaling Your Coaching Business" at The Scalable Coaching Summit on September 1-30; and "Beyond Pushing Through: What Your Anger Is Revealing About the Life You're Ready to Change" at Reframing Anger Summit on October 1-31. 

Dr. Tajah M. Gross will be presenting "Your AI Agent Moves Money. Does It Know When to Stop?" at UN Blockchain Week on September 10-19 in New York NY; and "You Built Autonomous Systems. Who Built the Exit Ramp?" at Nashville Microsoft Community Day on September 11 in Nashville, TN.

Annie Meehan will be presenting "Choose to Soar Navigating Disruption" at CACJ on September 14-15 in Athens, Georgia.  

Meridith Grundei (pictured here) will be presenting "The human latency problem" at AWS Community Day CEE on September 17 in Budapest Hungary. 

Diane Darling will be presenting "Speaking with Confidence: Presentations, Panels & Professional Presence" at The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) New England Workshop on September 15 in Boston, MA; and "Effective Networking Strategies" at LEAP Event - Heart Rhythm Society on September 18 in Atlanta, GA. 

Celeste Mergens will present "Mind the Gap: How One Small Step Can Change Everything" at Women with Hemophilia and Rare Factor Deficiencies on October 2-4 in Detroit MI.

Elise Woodworth will be presenting "Building Business Together: A Collaborative Workshop for Expanding Capacity Through Aligned Leadership" at 2026 West Virginia Nonprofit Leadership Summit on October 15 in Charleston, WV. 

Jessica Rowe, MS will be presenting "Accidentally Exclusive: Promoting Health While Promoting Culture" at Omaha Organizational Development Network on October 20 in Omaha, NE. 

Bobbie Carlton will be presenting "Public Speaking in an AI Centered World" at Maine Women's Conference on October 21 in Portland, ME.

Francine Shaw will be presenting "The Food Safety Storytellers" at Food Safety Consortium Conference 2026 on October 21-23 in Washington, DC. 

PAST EVENTS

Kara Lindstrom presented "Thinking in Parallel" at Creative Mornings Philadelphia on March 28 in Philadelphia, PA. 

Marcia Klingensmith presented "Send Adoption at Scale: A Multi-Rail, Multi-Vendor Perspective on Real-Time Payments" and "Unlock the Next Wave of the Digital Card Journey" at Axis Conference on April 23 in Orlando, FL. 

Tricia Rose Burt (pictured below) presented "How I Redeemed 35 Years of Regret" at TEDx Portsmouth on May 8 in Portsmouth, NH. 

Diane Wolf presented "Your Brain has a Check Engine Light" at Peterborough and Kawarthas Chamber of Commerce Business Summit on June 22 in Peterborough, Ontario. 

Debra Eckerling presented "Bring Your Book to Life" at Women's National Book Association - Los Angeles Chapter on June 27 in Los Angeles. 

Noreen Braman presented "Lawyers, Laughter, & Living Well" at International Municipal Lawyers Association on July 9.

Judy Baker presented One Book. A Lifetime of Clients on July 16. 

Dr Rita Renee presented "Stop Explaining Yourself: Own the Room" at Together Digital Power Lounge on July 17. 

Francine Shaw presented "Who Touched That?" at BEAR-HANDS Educational Conference & Expo on July 20 in New Bern, NC. 

Annette Mason presented "Paradox of Pause: Letting Go to Step into What's Next" at