2012 Program Highlights:

Three days of interactive workshops from incredible speakers and experts sharing their insights, strategies, experiences and life lessons to help you take charge of your career, business, finances, relationships, health, wellness, life fulfillment and balance. You’ll get inspired, motivated, educated, and equipped to move forward with your professional and personal goals. 

Keynote Sessions

Fascinating, captivating and motivating insights from inspiring women will be featured during our general session keynotes.  Our expert speakers are coming armed with their experiences, successes, failures, and life lessons to keep you growing into the life you deserve. Sharing extremely practical information, you’ll leave each session with ideas that you can put into action immediately.

Doreen Rainey: The Mindset to Create RADICAL Success

What are the traits and characteristics of those who create self-defined success? Discover the mindset strategies of those who achieve their personal and professional goals. Success lies in what you think, your perspective, and your ability to create from the inside out. Doreen will share how to position yourself to have a clear vision and move into action.

Jillian Michaels: The Unlimited Life – Inside & Out

Forget surviving; it’s your time to thrive. You do have the ability and potential to achieve unlimited health, wealth, and happiness. Getting there won’t all be easy – nothing worthwhile ever is –  but the possibilities are unlimited. Your life is waiting for you to break free and claim it. Jillian will be sharing her strategies for getting dramatic change in your life – NOW.

Suze Orman: The Money Class

With honesty, empathy, and a dazzling knowledge of how money works, Suze will share how our lives and finances can prosper in harmony. Her insights will help you financially take care of your family, your home, your career, and planning for retirement—no matter where you are in your life or where the economy is heading.

Lisa Nichols: Surpassing Average and Ordinary to Reach Extraordinary

Learn to leave average and ordinary way behind and only settle for radical and extraordinary results in every area of your life. Lisa shows how you can adopt the “No Matter What” mentality and how to achieve your goals regardless of what is happening around you. Understand how to use your bounce back muscles to get what you want EVERY time.

Ali Brown: Reinventing Success

Can you feel it? There’s a change in the air. The old way of doing business isn’t working anymore. Whether you’re a corporate professional or an entrepreneur, there has never been a more ideal time for women to step up—and recent studies and data are documenting the trend. Ali shares the 7 compelling trends that are paving the path for women to step out of the supporting role and into the spotlight.

Monique Greenwood: Having What Matters

Monique Greenwood knows that having it all isn’t where it’s at—it’s having what matters. The former editor-in-chief of Essence magazine now owns acclaimed bed-and-breakfast inns. Through her varied life experiences, she’ll share actionable advice on how to achieve the elusive balanced life, making time for “me”, and still make your dreams come true.

Christine Jones:  Why It’s Important to “Do the Right Thing.

Entrepreneurial and personal dreams can come true, even in these difficult economic times. Throughout a 20+ year career spanning the accounting, banking and legal fields, Christine has been guided by her personal mantra – “do the right thing”. Discover how to identify your core philosophy and turn it into the foundation for both future business success as well as personal fulfillment.

Attend Breakout Sessions from Life Compass Track or Entrepreneur Track

Our conference attracts women from across the country – and beyond – and each person is looking for answers to their own situations. Our breakout sessions provide the perfect opportunity for you to choose the topics most relevant to your own life. Led by experts in their field, each session will be packed with techniques and how-tos that you can implement into your life, business or career – now.

Life Compass Track

These sessions focus on relationships, life balance, career growth and living a purposeful life.  Led by experts in their field, the interactive format gives you the chance to get the information you need to create a tangible, implementable action steps.

Entrepreneur Track

Getting the right tools to start or develop your business is critical to getting the success in your business you want – and deserve. Sessions focus on marketing, networking, and foundational strategies to grow a sustainable business in a challenging economy.

Beth Caldwell: Weathering Life’s Storms

Life’s obstacles affect everyone.  Whether your “storm” has been health issues, financial challenges, divorce, loss of a job, death of a family member, disappointment, broken heart or an actual natural disaster, the steps to recovery are the same.

Beth Caldwell, single mom, entrepreneur, popular author and 2011 Radical Woman of The Year award winner shares her compelling story and the strategies she used to overcome numerous obstacles and challenges in her business and life. Beth will share 7 Strategies that anyone can use to recover from life storms.  This practical and helpful workshop will teach you how to recover from whatever obstacles come your way.

Patricia E. Perkins: Get Your Promotion Now!: 7 Fast-Track Strategies to Drive Your Career to the Next Level

Feeling stuck or left behind in your career?  Well, you’re not alone.  The percentage of women that experience making quantum leaps in their career advancement is getting smaller.  If you want to personally learn what it takes to drive your career to the next level, attend “Get Your Promotion Now!™.  This session will show you how to progress smarter and move ahead faster with less effort in the process.  Attending this session is equally important for the woman who’s currently on the fast track or feels she’s still trying to design and build the track as she goes.

During this powerful breakout session, you’ll learn how to:

* Get Unstuck and Take Action Now

* Communicate Powerfully and Be Heard

* Promote your Results without Bragging

* Build Rapport with Decision Makers and be on their Radar

* Create an Career Action Plan to Advance to the Next Level

Amy Barnes: The Four Foundations of Success

Six years after being homeless and weighing nearly 500 lbs, Amy took control of her life and pursued the life that she always dreamed of.  Now, she is carrying her message of hope and change to inspire others to achieve their dreams.  It is possible to live the life you have always wanted. With the help of some extraordinary women, Amy was able to break the cycle of abuse.  And through a process of self education and self discovery, she overcame her addiction to food.

Understanding that all addictions and negative behaviors stem from one centralized theme, she now teaches people how to identify the barriers preventing them from success, and develops strategies to break through them. She will be sharing four foundational tools that will put you on the path to overcoming your own setbacks.

Kathy Wilson: The Unacceptable Woman

If you have ever felt that your imperfections – including the indiscretions, poor choices, disappointments, traumas, shame and failures that all women have experienced – in some way make you unacceptable, then you are not alone. What you may not realize is that those very feelings of unacceptability also heavily influence your feelings of worth, which in turn influence how you show up in the world and what you believe you’re able to achieve. But you can transform an im-PER-fection into an im-POWER-fection when you realize that all of those things you believe are unacceptable about you and your past are actually part of the patchwork that makes your life unique, and gives you your true power.

This session turns off all the negative voices in your head that have been keeping you from the life you deserve. It is your opportunity to stop the toxic and futile pursuit of perfection, and bring and end to all the machinations that you’re using to cover up your unacceptability. It is your opportunity to start celebrating being…Powerfully Imperfect!

Brandi Mitchell: The Best Version of You

How much time and effort could you save if you knew what to stop doing, what to start doing, and how to implement a signature image that will become your visual brand, right now?  Being good at what you do is great, but looking like you’re great at what you do, and having the confidence and presence that attracts opportunities to you, is that much better! Brandi shows how you can take your image to the next level and position yourself for success through polishing, packaging, and positioning your visual brand for where you’re going or the success you have already achieved.

Learn how to have the total visual package that accelerates your platform, saves you time getting dressed, and communicates credibility whether in person or online.

Natalie MacNeil: A MAP for Being Your Own Boss, Working Happy, and Living on Purpose

In this interactive workshop, Emmy Award-winning Media Producer and acclaimed entrepreneur, Natalie MacNeil, helps you create your own personal Master Action Plan (MAP). In the MAP session, we’ll cover:

• The only way to profit from your passion
• How to discover a niche that needs you
• Crafting a story that sells
• Writing a No-BS Business Plan
• Building a team to help you reach your goals
• Connecting the dots to dream bigger and reach higher in business –and in life

Dr. Patty Ann Tublin: What Do Work/Life Balance and Unicorns have in Common?

Women have been working outside of the home for pay for over half a century; yet we continue to struggle and juggle to make it all work.  If work/life balance is the key to “having it all” – with literature abounding on this subject, why does it remain such an elusive goal?  Have you ever really wondered why?

Today, you are going to learn that the whole concept of work/life balance is one of the biggest myths perpetuated on working women and families since belief in unicorns. And the good news is, Dr. Patty Ann Tublin will show you the relationship tools and  strategies you need to create a life you love. Based upon her personal life experiences and research and work for over two decades as a relationship expert, Dr. Patty Ann Tublin will reveal to you the secret you need for reconciling your work and family responsibilities so you can create a thriving profitable business without sacrificing happiness in your marriage and family life!

Tonya R. Taylor: 5 Ways to Rev Up Your Website

No doubt about it, the best marketing funnel ever created is completely useless without a steady flow of website traffic pouring into it. You paid a ton of money to have that AWESOME website created for your business, right? Now it’s time to get some traffic because without traffic, what’s the point of having a website to begin with!

This session shares 5 ways to draw traffic website. You’ll also learn the 3 biggest mistakes business owners make with their website that hinders their ability to get traffic.

Jessica Eaves Mathews: The 7 Legal Disasters Hidden In Your Business and Easy Solutions You Can Put In Place Today

As a women business owner and entrepreneur, you know there are things you have to do to protect yourself legally, but if you are like most of us, you have been avoiding them either because they are too scary or seem too complicated or expensive to tackle.  You may not even know where to start.  What you may not realize, however, is that the quality of your legal foundation will directly affect how happy and successful you can be as a business owner.

• Start up right:  Choosing the right entity and operate your business for long term success
• Claim Your Name:  How to choose your business name and navigating the trademark jungle
• Be An Original:  How to protect your brilliant ideas and intellectual property
• The Fine Print:  How to avoid legal problems with your website
• Email 101:  What the federal government expects from your and how to avoid getting on their radar
• Relationship Insurance: How to set up all of your business relationships to thrive and succeed from the beginning

Beth Caldwell: Get Paid What You’re Worth! A Guide for Professional Women

* Do you struggle with asking for payment for your services?

* Do you find yourself giving away services instead of charging for them?

* Are you uncertain about how to structure your fees?


* Struggle with clients who want to barter for services rather than pay you?

* Is it time to implement a billing system, or even a collections system?

Join us at this interactive and informative workshop and learn how other professional women have overcome these challenges.
Presented by Beth Caldwell, Author and Small Business Expert, 2011 Radical Woman of the Year Award Winner

Beth Caldwell owns a public relations firm in Pittsburgh, PA where she specializes in working with small business owners and entrepreneurs. She is a “40 under 40” Winner, having been recognized by Pittsburgh Magazine as one of the city of Pittsburgh’s most influential  young  business leaders.

Darnyelle Jervey: Market Like a R.O.C.K. Star®

In this power-packed, business buildingprogram, Darnyelle shares 4 Simple Steps so you Attract More Clients, Make More Money and Gain More Leverage. The PROVEN 4 part system for creating ROCK-solid business building results:

* Re-align your time & priorities; shifting the way you think about your business and marketing

* Outline your audience of one and the specific problem you solve

* Create client magnetic marketing materials that pull clients in AND closing the sale every time

* Know how you’ll serve clients with a product progression plan so you build clients for life

* How to magnetize your marketing using authentic and compelling strategies so you never have to feel like a used car salesman yet attract more clients than you originally thought possible

* How to set up additional ways to earn money for your business (trust me you’ve never thought of these) • How to master the mindset that leads to shifts in productivity

* How to stand out in the crowd by sharing your “secret sauce” in a way that is simply irresistible!

Christine Jones:  Turning Your Small Business into a Big Business

Whether you have an actual “brick and mortar store” or just an idea, you too can harness the power of the Internet! Learn all about the economical, user-friendly online tools and tips that can jumpstart your business, and find out why great customer service doesn’t start with your 1000th customer but with your very first customer. One of GoDaddy.com‘s favorite Internet small business success stories – the mother-daughter team behind MomsOriginals.com – will share their Internet blueprint for success.

Meet & Greet Networking Reception

Friday evening is the perfect opportunity to nibble, sip and mingle with attendees and several of the speakers. Get to know other RADICAL women, award nominees, and our partners and sponsors.  You’ll have the chance to meet and talk with women who share a passion for living their best life – making new friends, possible business connections, and enjoying the laughs and camaraderie.  The networking party is for those who have a Premier or VIP Registration. Don’t miss this fun-filled evening!

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Awards Celebration

Our RADICAL Awards Celebration acknowledges the extraordinary accomplishments of women. This Saturday evening reception highlights the nominees and honors our 2012 recipients. This event is for those who have a Premier or VIP registration.

RADICAL Woman Award: Recognizes the woman who has overcome extraordinary challenges to design a life full of passion, purpose and their own self defined success.

RADICAL Entrepreneur Award: Honors the woman who stepped out on her own to grow a business that not only provides a living but also has an impact on the community at large.

Exclusive VIP Events

Our VIP attendees enjoy these all access events that puts them up close and personal with some of our incredible keynote speakers and host. This includes the unique chance to attend a luncheon and meet and greet with Jillian Michaels or Suze Orman, as well as other events with the Conference Host, Doreen Rainey. The registrations for these programs are extremely limited to provide for an exceptional experience.

You can view a general agenda for each day here.

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