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So much awesome: the GrowSmartBiz Conference Nov. 5th

Do you own your own business or aspire to? Do you like to fill your day with all types of awesome?

Then please join us at the GrowSmartBiz Conference in DC next week [hint: a great, resourceful day awaits].

Both the conference hosts, Washington Business Journal and Network Solutions, seem to have hit the day’s agenda out of the park with only the benefit of small business owners in mind.

C’mon out and join us!
There will even be a chance to meet the Social Media Swami and Grow Smart Business champ Shashi Bellamkonda.

Multiple keynote presenters plus a stunning array of speakers will engage over a full spectrum of small business insight — from marketing and innovation to an entrepreneur bootcamp to social technology and even how small business relates to government and nonprofit sectors.

Major leaders, movers, shakers in entrepreneurship and social media will speak and share insight …including the likes of Marie Johns, Deputy Administrator of the US Small Business Administration and Rieva Lesonsky, CEO and founder of GrowBiz Media and Ramon Ray, editor of SmallBizTechnology.com — and so many more…like social media maestros Jason Falls and Rohit Bhargava, with CRM guru Brent Leary too.

Wait, there’s more, more!

Some of the top strategic leaders and business owners who help nonprofits will be on hand too: Care2’s Jocelyn Harmon, RADCampaign’s Allyson Kapin, DigitalSistas’ Shireen Mitchell, and Katya Andresen of Network for Good.

Whew!

But wait, there’s even more brilliance planned for the day with the Women Grow Business team too:

…like the fantastic Women Grow Business editor Shonali Burke plus bloggers and SEO experts Tinu Abayomi-Paul plus Deborah Ager; leadership pioneer Kathy Korman Frey; award-winning business owner Marissa Levin and human resources extraordinaire Patricia Frame.

I look forward to speaking as well on public speaking 2.0 that day.

To register!
…there’s likely a ticket waiting for you right here.

Photo Be Awesome by Eskimo_joe, Creative Commons

Reflections (with audio): Secretary Clinton’s speech at Fortune’s #MPW Summit

It’s been an incredible week of speakers, thinkers, and ideas. So grateful am I to have seen President Obama, House Speaker Pelosi, and Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton speak in these last few days.

Fortune Magazine certainly convened an incredible group of forthcoming, strong storytellers at their Most Powerful Women Summit. What keeps coming to mind though are particular remarks from Secretary Clinton.

Nelson Mandela and a story that either ethically challenged or inspired or both.

The Secretary engaged with the audience in two different ways: she gave a closing address for the overall summit and then gave a relaxed, in-depth interview with TIME Chairman Ann Moore. There was a question from Moore that was something like: “What person most influenced you?” At this point, Secretary Clinton’s reply just blew me away.

She shared a specific memory about President Nelson Mandela during her White House years. In South Africa at a ceremony honoring Mandela’s leadership, Secretary Clinton remembered Mandela taking the podium and before launching into remarks, he first expressed gratitude for three jailers that worked in the Robben Island Prison where Mandela was incarcerated for many years. It was his focus on the positive qualities of those jailers and the inherent forgiveness within his gratitude that struck the Secretary and now, my outlook on both storytelling and ability to practice a forgiving mindset no matter one’s circumstances.

One minute audio clip: Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton on women in tech mentoring initiatives (and more)

“Talent is universal but opportunity is not.” -Secretary Clinton on the value of mentoring young women nationally and abroad at the #MPW summit.

It was fantastic to hear her resolute focus on the value of mentoring women in technology and overall development. Here’s a quick one minute clip of the Secretary describing the State Department’s initiative to mentor Muslim women abroad on technology and also other partnerships in the works about increasing safety protections for women as well.

Technology, especially social media, is a boon for women expressing their leadership and fortifying their sense of community. It was invigorating to learn more directly from the Secretary about these programs.

What a great day.

Oh yeah – pic! DC improv #publicSpeaking at it’s finest

Jill Foster
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