Saturday Workshops Hosts

2025 Saturday Workshop Hosts

Opening Saturday Workshops

Helen French - Executive Director

St. Petersburg Arts Alliance
Move. Lead. Thrive.
Keynote Speaker

Speak Up Without the Spirl: The Speaker Spark Method

Grace Lager - Founder and CEO

The Speaker Spark

Say goodbye to filler words, blank brain moments, and the inner voice that says you’re not ready. Designed for smart, high-achieving women who overthink but still want to lead, this interactive workshop blends research-informed strategies with real-talk guidance to help you speak with clarity, confidence, and credibility even in high-stakes moments. Led by Dr. Grace Lager, PhD in Communication and Founder of The Speaker Spark™, you’ll learn how to quiet the mental spiral, embrace your authentic voice, and show up like the leader you are without faking it.

Who’s That Woman in the Mirror? Understanding Your Confidence and Self-Worth Beyond Your Roles

Denise Marsh - Intuitive Self-Friendship and Inner Healing Guide

Redesign and Align from Within

We all have a relationship with the reflection staring back at us—one that’s often clouded by self-doubt, comparison, and the weight of our many roles. In this workshop, we’ll dive into understanding the confidence and self-worth that live beyond the titles you carry. You’ll discover new ways to embrace your true self, step into your power, and live fully as the confident, capable woman you are—no makeup or high bank balance required. Listen, we get to be vulnerable, powerful (yes, you read that right) and courageously brave—and we learn how to do that more when we build a deeper relationship with our own selves.

High Impact Starts Here: The Business Audit You’ve Never Been Taught to Run

Kadian Douglas - M.Ed., CPA, CISA

Douglas CPAs and Consultants

You’ve built your business, but is it truly optimized for long-term success? While many businesses track revenue, budgets, and growth metrics, when was the last time you audited your people power? This session redefines what an “audit” can be, focusing less on numbers and more on the systems that drive your team and organizational success. Behind every thriving business is an invisible infrastructure of leaders, teams, and relationships that either fuels growth or quietly holds it back. In this eye-opening session, Kadian Douglas introduces The Human Balance Sheet™, a diagnostic tool designed to help leaders evaluate what spreadsheets can’t: morale, alignment, and your team’s collective capacity to achieve your vision. This is not another team building or culture workshop. It’s a strategic framework that uncovers hidden gaps, exposes operational blind spots, and helps you build the human equity needed to sustain long-term business success.

Building Long-Term Client Loyalty

Olivia Alatorre

Owner, The Body Lab

Getting new clients can be a challenge but retaining that client is even harder. In this workshop we explore the importance of building long-term client relationships that bring promise of sustainability for your business. Gain key insights into how to build, maintain, and grow your client base with long-term business goals in mind, taking that one-time client and making them a lifetime client.

Trademarking Power Moves: Choosing, Classifying & Clearing Your Brand

Vanessa Ferguson - Attorney

Ferguson Legal, PLLC

Not all trademarks are created equal, and choosing the wrong one can cost you. In this hands-on workshop, attorney Vanessa Ferguson will break down the different types of trademarks, explain how trademark classes work, and walk you through informal clearance strategies to avoid common pitfalls. Whether you’re naming a new brand or protecting an existing one, you’ll leave with practical tools to make smart, strategic trademark decisions. It’s time to own your brand with confidence.

Building a Successful Marketing & Advertising Strategy

Don Kiceina Jr CEO, DKJR Consulting

Outfront

With today’s media landscape being diluted, over-exposed, and confusing, how do you make your business break through these barriers and make the impact needed to be successful and generate revenue. The key differences between Marketing, Advertising, and Public Relations are explained and how to use these distinct strategies to make your business stand out. Don will also provide a simple and effective Needs Analysis to help you write your Marketing Plan and show why this is different from a Business Plan and how it should best complement your Business Plan.

Tending to Your Financial Garden

Alexis Guilbeau, MBA, AAMS

Raymond James

Join us for an engaging and insightful financial literacy workshop, “Tending to Your Financial Garden,” designed to help you cultivate a strong foundation for your personal finances. Just like a garden, your financial well-being requires careful planning, nurturing, and growth. In this workshop, we’ll explore essential steps you can take now to establish a solid financial base, ensuring your financial garden flourishes.

Key Topics:

Foundation Elements: Learn about the fundamental components of financial health, including budgeting, saving, investing, and debt management.
Self-Assessment Exercises: Participate in interactive exercises to evaluate your current financial situation, identify strengths and areas for improvement, and set realistic goals.
Growth Strategies: Discover practical tips and strategies to enhance your financial literacy, make informed decisions, and achieve your financial dreams.

Whether you’re just starting out or looking to refine your financial skills, this workshop will provide you with the tools and knowledge to grow the garden of your dreams.

The Growth Gap: Power Plays You Can’t Afford to Ignore

Roxana Colorado, CEO

Kandula International

Are you showing up, putting in the work but the results don’t match the effort? That’s not a hustle problem; it’s a strategy problem. Most women don’t fail from lack of effort; they plateau because they’re making the wrong moves at the wrong time. In this high-powered session, you’ll discover why working harder hasn’t been working and what high-growth women are doing differently behind the scenes. If you're ready to close the gap between where you are and where you should be, this is the session that delivers the clarity and direction to move the needle with purpose and lead with precision.

The AI Edge: Superpowers for Women in Business

René Clayton, Chief Strategy Officer

Byte Strategy AI

This session breaks through the hype and buzzwords of AI headlines to present a clear, concise, and conceptual understanding of what AI is, how it works, and what it can (and can’t) do. Participants will engage in insightful conversations and interactive exercises that examine real-world implications of AI for women leaders, their families, work, and the environment. Attendees will walk away with a framework to help them critically examine AI in business, home, and community and strategies to make more informed decisions in an increasingly AI-driven world.

AI: Helpful, Harmful or Hopeful?

Ora D Tanner, Chief Executive Officer

Black Unicorn Education

Rooted & Rising: Build a Digital Marketing Foundation for Success

Sara Anderson, Director of Digital Marketing

Skyway Media

This empowering workshop is designed to help women business owners and entrepreneurs simplify their digital marketing strategy, align with what truly works, and make confident, purposeful decisions. We’ll cut through the noise, ditch the overwhelm, and uncover which channels drive growth from social, paid ads, and beyond. You’ll walk away with a clear framework and the confidence to lead your marketing with intention. Come ready to learn, share, and elevate your business with strategies that make sense for your business.