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Who is the Secret Order of the Tiara?
They are women just like you. Women who have spent much of their lives living someone else's story, and finally got fed up. They became tired of their real self's nagging at them all the time. In some cases they simply gave up and let their real self out. In other cases they were very disciplined in identifying their real self and creating a detailed plan to set her free. They've chosen to join me on mission to empower women to change their world.
Barbara Bellissimo
Read an excerpt from Barbara's story, "You Can't Keep Your Tiara on Straight If You're Living a Man's Life" Contact Barbara: 1.508.696.4647 |
Barbara Bellissimo is on a mission to empower women to change their world. She works with a very diverse group of women—business owners, executives, consultants, new graduates, women outside the workforce—supporting them to embrace their leadership qualities to design and create the life they truly want.
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Glee Harrah Cady
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Glee is a writer and technologist who now works in enterprise risk management for a financial services firm. She is the co-author (with Pat McGregor) of four books intended to help consumers manage their use of technology. Their digital privacy book is on the reading list for the privacy professional certification course offered by the International Association of Privacy Professionals. By training a journalist, she worked in developing library automation systems, in corporate marketing for a large mainframe computer manufacturer, and then was an early advocate for internetworking.
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Shannon Cherry, APR, MA
Read an excerpt from Shannon's story, "And Cherry on Top...Come Up and See Me Some Time" |
Shannon Cherry, APR, MA, is the founder and president of Cherry Communications and its subsidiary, Be Heard Solutions. Working with women-led businesses and entrepreneurs, her goal is to help them to find their voice, tell their story, and be heard. A former TV and newspaper journalist, Shannon has aggressively designed and developed dozens of innovative public relations and marketing strategies. Her clients have appeared on the pages of USA Today, The New York Times, Money Magazine, Associated Press, and Parenting and have been featured on the Today Show, CNN, The History Channel, Good Morning America, and Oprah. She has received several state and national awards for brochures, newsletters, and magazines she wrote and produced. Shannon earned accreditation in public relations from PRSA in 1995. She received her bachelor's degree in communications from SUNY Geneseo and a MA in Communications Administration for the University of Memphis. |
Chris L. Johnson, PsyD
Read an excerpt from Chris's story, "Intense Heat = Sparkling Success" Contact Chris: 1.630.368.0122
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Chris Johnson, PsyD, President of Q4 Consulting, assists individuals and organizations grapple to with “heat” and develop their strengths to allow for transformational change. Her professional interests include promoting excellence in leadership, creating feedback-rich environments to enhance innovation, and developing mindfulness in service of fostering integrity, resiliency, and creativity. She lives in Chicago, IL. |
Sue Johnston
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In her lifelong study of interpersonal communication, Sue’s learned that, if you scratch a problem, you’ll likely uncover a communication breakdown. To prevent those disconnects, she works to encourage, enable, and inspire authentic, courageous communication.
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Susan Klein
Contact Susan: 1.508.693.4140 |
Born, raised, and still residing on the island of Martha’s Vineyard, Susan Klein is an award-winning spoken-word artist. She is a much sought-after editor and story coach for the stage and page, and leads workshops in America and Europe on memoir organization and writing, storytelling, emceeing, the application of story format for opening and closing statements for lawyers, public speaking, and storytelling in the curriculum, through her business, Story Wisdom®. She is the author of Through a Ruby Window—a Martha’s Vineyard Childhood, as well as articles, storytelling industry guides, and speeches. She is the owner of Ruby Window Productions, through which she provides storytelling concerts, speeches, and story-crafting-to-shrink-wrapping spoken-word audio direction and production. In her 25-year touring career she has appeared in over 100 storytelling festivals, on main stages, and for special interest groups. Susan is a winner of the coveted Circle of Excellence Award. Story Wisdom is a registered trademark of Susan Klein.
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Danielle Machotka
Read an excerpt from Danielle's story, "Finding a Whole Among the Pieces" |
Danielle Machotka lives for world travel, but she’s earned her living by working as a landscape architect, writer/editor, and development director for a regional symphony. Her writing has been published in the San Francisco Examiner, Denver Post, Philadelphia Inquirer, Landscape Architecture Magazine, Catholic Digest, Transitions Abroad Magazine, Adventure Journal and Big World Magazine, and she has been a contributor to Wild Writing Women: Stories of World Travel, Tourism: The Business of Travel, and Best Places Northern California (San Francisco chapter). When she’s not either giving in to wanderlust or saving money for a trip, she plays tennis, hikes, and eats well wherever she can in the Bay Area. |
D. Kay Malone, JD
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D. Kay Malone, JD, founder of REvolutonary Edge, is a recovering lawyer who now uses her interest in people, analytical skills, and maverick attitude to develop ordinary nonprofits into extraordinary mission-focused, and sustainable organizations. A former fundraiser and planned giving specialist, Kay has helped local organizations, government agencies, and national nonprofits write grants, develop strategic plans, and implement new programs. She has over 15 years of management experience in a variety of business and nonprofit settings. Additionally, Kay has served on the boards of various human services organizations. As an independent advisor, she offers group and individual mentoring, workshops and organizational consulting to service-oriented nonprofits of various sizes.
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Alice Wojcio
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An expert facilitator, consultant, and coach, Alice describes herself first and foremost as a person in her own right, as well as a wife, mother, daughter, grandmother, sister, daughter-in-law, sister-in-law, aunt, cousin, and friend to many; a former manager who used to take things too seriously; currently an avid (but less than stellar) golfer; a person who holds no grudges, and sees age as no barrier; a voracious reader who takes the concept of “continuous improvement” both seriously and lightheartedly, and has spent her life helping people be more effective at what they do. And someone who usually hates run-on sentences.
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Laura Young, MA
Read an excerpt from Laura's story, "The Adventures of an Unlikely Superhero" Contact Laura: 1.630.562.1877 |
Laura Young: Dragon Slayer, Super Hero and tireless Champion of The Bold. In a word: Coach. She’s not going to lie to you. She’s not here to coach to the masses. She doesn’t have time or patience for that. Look, there are stars and there are spectators. There are “yeah, someday I hope to...” types and those who aren’t waiting for someone to hand them a perfect life on a silver platter. Leaders know they have to create it themselves. If you are one of those rare and precious individuals who feels the call to be a positive force in the world you also know it will take the courage of a lion to forge this path. If you are dedicated to creating a life worth living and having a positive impact on others please contact her at www.wellspringcoaching.com. She would love to know you. |
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Become Your Own Great and Powerful: A Woman's Guide to Leading Your Real, Big Life
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