“Yes, I had a great time!” said the caption on the smiling picture. Donna Smith Bellinger, the founder of the Business Revenue Accelerator, was posting on social media about her recent speaking engagement at ISACA’s […]
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Welcome New Innovation Women: 6-13-18
Welcome to our latest Innovation Women speakers! We’ve got an incredible new crop of speakers to satisfy every event manager’s fondest wish. We have new speakers and subject matter experts in education, HR, financial services, […]
Read MoreWhy Some Women Say ‘No’ Bingo Card
When you place as many speakers as we do, you spend a lot of time at events. And after some of those events, you spend time buttonholing the event managers and talking about why they […]
Read MoreGetting Speaking Engagements Sponsored
Photo by Rebe Adelaida on Unsplash Dear Innovation Women, I have a potential opportunity to speak in Italy in November for a women’s technical association conference! (This is a result of a speaking engagement last week.) The conference […]
Read MoreInnovation Women at Interop
More than 30 years ago, I attended some of the first Interop events. This independent event for the IT community is still running today and does a great job with diversity and inclusion. This year […]
Read MoreThe Innovation Women Justification Toolkit
Every week hundreds of events continue to promote All Male Panels and you’re still sitting on the sidelines. If you would like to be an Innovation Woman speaker but need help convincing the boss, our […]
Read MoreSpoiler Alert: The Post
The Post is a new movie starring Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks, directed by Steven Spielberg. The dramatization of the collision between the Nixon Administration and the Washington Post over the Pentagon Papers has been […]
Read MoreDear Event Sponsor
While many conference managers are well aware of the issues with #allmalepanels, there is still one type of speaking engagement that remains stubbornly immune to diversity: the sponsored event. Many conferences and events are funded […]
Read MoreEVERYBODY CANCELS…SOMETIMES
Sometimes it’s unavoidable. The sick kid. The sick or injured speaker. The rescheduled board meeting. The key client with the surprise mission-critical project on a deadline. The flat tire. The missed plane. And a speaking […]
Read MoreSometimes, it's not enough to get onstage
It’s been a weird week… Marilee Talkington went to the World Science Festival last weekend. And discovered that while we may be able to get women on stage, sometimes that isn’t enough. Sometimes we […]
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