Monday, November 16, 2020
8 am – 4:30 pm
This event will be held virtually with the same great speakers and breakout sessions. The schedule has been updated to reflect the virtual event.
What’s New in the Virtual Conference Experience
New, Lower Price
The virtual conference pricing has been reduced to $100 for Chamber members and $150 for non-members. Already paid full price? Bring a friend for free. Find out more or register with Brenda Elmes.
Cool Conference Platform
Our virtual conference features all the same elements that you experience in person, including keynotes, workshop rooms, the vendor marketplace, and more. Just bring your own refreshments!
Marketplace Money
Fifteen lucky winners will get $100 in Marketplace Money to spend at select Women’s Conference vendors. Drawn at various times throughout the day – check out our schedule – you must be online to win.
Country Bank Networking Rooms
Looking for a place to chat with someone you just met or catch up with a colleague? The conference’s networking rooms accommodate up to 8 people who want to connect.
The App − Now More Than Ever
Please utilize the conference app to stay in touch, connect with fellow attendees, and set your schedule on the go. Download the Whova app, go to find my event, type in Worcester, select the Worcester Women’s Leadership Conference, enter the code (found in your confirmation email), and connect!
Attend the Conference Together
Have a group of coworkers, family, or friends that gather? Why not join the conference as a group at work or home? Book 10 attendees for $800 and save $200. It’s a great team-building day and we suggest that you use the savings to enjoy lunch together.
Logging In to the Conference
Registrants of the conference will receive their login information the day prior to the event – on Sunday, Nov. 15 after 8 pm. You must have registered with your own individual email and use that same email to login. Login information will come from our virtual conference platform provider. Please do not email the Chamber for your login as we will be unable to supply it. Thank you.
Please download the Zoom application prior to the event as you will need it for parts of the conference. You do not need an account, user name, nor password for Zoom – just the downloaded app on the device you will be using.
Finally, a Thanks to Our Sponsors
At the Chamber, and our WWLC committee, we have been impressed and grateful for the continued support of the conference sponsors. They have been gracious and understanding as we move to the virtual platform. We thank them for sticking with us during these trying times.
The Worcester Women’s Leadership Conference
This conference is an opportunity for women to build their careers and share their experiences with other women.
The Worcester Women’s Leadership Conference is all about giving women the tools to discover the possibilities available to them, lift each other up, and create a hub of smart, talented, and forward-thinking women.
Women in the workforce overcome obstacles each and every day and the Worcester Women’s Leadership Conference is a place to share experiences and bring together dynamic, accomplished, and confident female leaders.
The programming of the day-long conference is designed to motivate attendees to overcome traditional barriers, to becoming influencers, change-agents, and leaders in their own fields.
For feature details, visit Whova
2020 Keynote Speakers
Shabnam Mogharabi
MORNING SPEAKER | Shabnam Mogharabi has nearly 20 years of experience in media building startups and organizations with an emphasis on entertainment, news media, digital content, and social platforms. She is currently the general manager of SoulPancake, a media company and creative content studio she co-founded with actor Rainn Wilson that creates daily positive, socially conscious videos about human connection for television and online distribution that have raked up nearly 1 billion video views online. She also works with SoulPancake’s parent company, Participant Media, and its board on long-term strategy, acquisition opportunities, and the company’s social impact goals.
Prior to SoulPancake, Shabnam was an award-winning journalist and editor, having served as the youngest Editor-in-Chief at Hanley Wood Business Media. One of the youngest winners of the Jesse H. Neal Award (the Pulitzer Prize of B2B journalism), Shabnam has also worked as a contributing writer, editor, and stringer for a number of publications, including People, Pool & Spa News, Sunset, and HuffPost. She is a New York Times bestselling author with SoulPancake: Chew on Life’s Big Questions.
Shabnam is a member of the 2016 class of Henry Crown Fellows and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network. She is a frequent speaker on the importance of joy, how to connect with Millennials, and meaningful online engagement. She resides in Los Angeles, where she is active with a number of interfaith organizations and volunteers with the Crisis Text Line. She is on the board of directors of the national non-profit Tahirih Justice Center and on the advisory boards of Wayfarer Entertainment and Daughters of Rosie. She received her B.A. in journalism and business administration from the University of Southern California and her Master’s in media management from Northwestern University.
Cy Wakeman
LUNCHEON SPEAKER | Cy Wakeman is a drama researcher, global thought-leader, and New York Times best-selling author of Reality-Based Leadership: Ditch the Drama, Restore Sanity to the Workplace, and Turn Excuses into Results who is recognized for cultivating a counter-intuitive, reality-based approach to leadership. Backed by 20 years of unparalleled experience, Wakeman’s philosophy offers a new lens through which employees and executives alike, can shift their attention inward, sharpen their focus on personal accountability, and uncover their natural state of innovation simply by ditching the drama.
Deemed “the secret weapon to restoring sanity to the workplace,” Wakeman has helped companies such as Facebook, Google, NASA, Pfizer, NBC Universal, New York Presbyterian, Johns Hopkins, Eli Lilly, Keurig Green Mountain, and Bank of America Merrill Lynch learn to navigate our rapidly changing world using good mental processes to harness energy wasted in workplace drama and reinvest that effort into achieving profound business results.
As a highly sought-after conference headliner, Cy Wakeman holds a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation from the National Speaker’s Association, placing her within the top 3% of speakers. She’s a regular contributor on Forbes.com, Success.com, The Huffington Post, and Arianna Huffington’s Thrive Global. She’s been featured on the TODAY Show, the AskGaryVee Show with Gary Vaynerchuk, The New York Times, Business Insider, The Daily Muse, SHRM.com and many more. In 2018, she was voted both a Top 100 Leadership Expert to follow on Twitter and #10 on the Global Guru’s list of Top 30 Leadership Professionals.
Wakeman has published three books, the latest of which is No Ego: How to Cut the Cost of Drama, End Entitlement and Drive Big Results (2017). Cy also hosts her own No Ego podcast, a Facebook Watch show, Life’s Messy, Live Happy, and adds weekly video content on YouTube to address leaders’ biggest challenges in the workplace.
2020 Conference Schedule
Morning
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8 am Login, Explore Virtual Platform
Pre-select workshops
Check out the Vendor Marketplace
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8:20 am Welcome, Keynote Speaker, Drawing
Welcoming Remarks
Morning Keynote Speaker | Shabnam Mogharabi
Drawing for $100 in Marketplace Dollars (must be present to win)
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10 am Break, Networking, Vendor Marketplace
Visit the Vendor Marketplace
Visit the Country Bank Networking Room
Mid-Day
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10:20 am Workshops & Vendor MarketplaceDrawing for $100 in Marketplace Dollars (must be present to win)Select from 4 workshops
Meet the Ladies who (Side) Hustle
The Power of No
Stepping Toward Equal Pay
Bouncing Back from Burnout
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11:35 am Break, Networking, Vendor Marketplace
Visit the Vendor Marketplace
Visit the Country Bank Networking Room
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12 pm Lunch, Afternoon Keynote, Drawing
Sponsor Remarks
Keynote | Cy Wakeman
Drawing for $100 in Marketplace Dollars (must be present to win)
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1:30 pm Break, Networking, Vendor Marketplace
Visit the Vendor Marketplace
Visit the Country Bank Networking Room
Afternoon
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2 pm Workshops & Vendor MarketplaceDrawing for $100 in Marketplace Dollars (must be present to win)Select from 4 Workshops
Meet the Ladies who (Side) Hustle
The Power of No
Stepping Toward Equal Pay
Breathe Properly, Live Happily!
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Visit the Vendor Marketplace
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3:15 pm Closing Remarks
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3:25 pm Last Chance to Network and Shop
Visit the Vendor Marketplace
Visit the Country Bank Networking Room
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4:00 pm Adjourn
Workshop Descriptions
PLEASE NOTE | Workshops have a maximum seating capacity. Please arrive in a timely fashion to ensure your seat. If the room is full, please attend a different session or visit our marketplace. Thank you.
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2020 Sponsors
Presenting Sponsors
Keynote Sponsors
Supporting Sponsor
Supporting Sponsor
Afternoon Main Stage Sponsor
Networking Room Sponsor
Scholarship Sponsor
App Sponsor
Mentor Sponsor
Morning Break Sponsor
Workshop Sponsors
Virtual Marketplace Sponsors
Afternoon Break Sponsors
Media Sponsor
Benefitting Charity
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2020 PRICE PER PERSON | Chamber Members: $100 | Non-Members: $150
(ALL INCLUSIVE)
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Corporate Exhibitors: Chamber Members $600, Non-Members: $800
Non-Profit Exhibitors: Chamber Members $400, Non-Members: $500
Sole Proprietor Exhibitors: Chamber Members $200, Non-Members: $250
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