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Wonder Woman in Business, Cynthia McCollough

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Cynthia McCollough

Cyndy McCollough is the founder of McCollough Consulting, a digital marketing agency specifically focused on professional services organizations. On a project basis, Cyndy manages rebrands, leads website redesigns, produces corporate video, and offers soup-to-nuts martech strategy and implementation.

Cyndy's understanding of the importance of customer journeys and user experience was forged early in her career in enterprise software sales, and she spent the next 20 years applying these best practices in-house for law firms. Now she is a leading voice in the legal marketing industry, a prolific marketing technology blogger, and a member of University of Richmond’s Customer Experience (CX) Advisory Board.

Cyndy lives with her husband, pup, and cats in Great Falls, VA.

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Cynthia McCollough

A Couple of Cyndy’s Favorite Books

Bird by Bird

From the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author: An essential volume for generations of writers young and old. The twenty-fifth anniversary edition of this modern classic will continue to spark creative minds for years to come.

For a quarter century, more than a million readers—scribes and scribblers of all ages and abilities—have been inspired by Anne Lamott’s hilarious, big-hearted, homespun advice. Advice that begins with the simple words of wisdom passed down from Anne’s father—also a writer—in the iconic passage that gives the book its title:

“Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report on birds written that he’d had three months to write. It was due the next day. We were out at our family cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the kitchen table close to tears, surrounded by binder paper and pencils and unopened books on birds, immobilized by the hugeness of the task ahead. Then my father sat down beside him, put his arm around my brother’s shoulder, and said, ‘Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.’”

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How We Fight for Our Lives

From award-winning poet Saeed Jones, How We Fight for Our Lives—winner of the Kirkus Prize and the Stonewall Book Award—is a “moving, bracingly honest memoir” (The New York Times Book Review) written at the crossroads of sex, race, and power.

One of the best books of the year as selected by The New York Times; The Washington Post; NPR; Time; The New Yorker; O, The Oprah Magazine; Harper’s Bazaar; Elle; BuzzFeed; Goodreads; and many more.

“People don’t just happen,” writes Saeed Jones. “We sacrifice former versions of ourselves. We sacrifice the people who dared to raise us. The ‘I’ it seems doesn’t exist until we are able to say, ‘I am no longer yours.’”

Haunted and haunting, How We Fight for Our Lives is a stunning coming-of-age memoir about a young, black, gay man from the South as he fights to carve out a place for himself, within his family, within his country, within his own hopes, desires, and fears. Through a series of vignettes that chart a course across the American landscape, Jones draws readers into his boyhood and adolescence—into tumultuous relationships with his family, into passing flings with lovers, friends, and strangers. Each piece builds into a larger examination of race and queerness, power and vulnerability, love and grief: a portrait of what we all do for one another—and to one another—as we fight to become ourselves.

An award-winning poet, Jones has developed a style that’s as beautiful as it is powerful—a voice that’s by turns a river, a blues, and a nightscape set ablaze. How We Fight for Our Lives is a one-of-a-kind memoir and a book that cements Saeed Jones as an essential writer for our time.

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Connect with Cyndy

Blog: mccollough.consulting/digitalmarketingblog/

 Mobile: 202.569.1675

Email: cyndy@mccollough.consulting

Wonder Woman in Business, Lisa Shawver

Lisa Shawver

Lisa Shawver is an Entrepreneur, Author, and Empowerment Coach who loves to motivate and inspire women to transform their lives and achieve the health, wealth, relationships, love, and success that they deserve.

Lisa is a former Olympic athlete who now helps others achieve Olympic-level success through mentoring, mind skills coaching and motivational speaking. As a business owner, author, and dog mom of social media influencer and celebrity, One Up Max, Lisa lights the spark and fans the flame you've been holding within you.

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Lisa Shawver

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Wonder Woman in Business, Carrie Fabris

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Carrie Fabris

Carrie Fabris is known for her energetic force and passion that can fill a room instantly.  As a corporate citizen for 20+ years working for awesome brands like Google, Travelocity, Sabre, Travel Leaders Corporate, and some start-ups along the way, Carrie has learned from some of the best and most influential leaders while spending 14+ years in leadership herself.  From this, she shares her experiences combined with 6+ years of studies in psychology, self-improvement, coaching, and wellness that have helped her build her corporate coaching business, CareerFrame LLC.   Carrie is first and foremost, an influencer. She’s graciously assertive with getting things done and applies her  energetic knowledge plus certifications in CliftonStrengths®, Emotional Intelligence, and Situational Leadership® to help people and teams meet their professional and personal goals.  As Founder of CareerFrame, she uses this platform to reboot, realign and reform leaders and teams.  Born, raised, and residing in Dallas, Texas, Carrie is a mom of two spirited children and married to a Travel tech entrepreneur. Her family loves to travel and have fun. Carrie is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin (Hook ‘Em!) with a Bachelors in Advertising, a twice-published author, and is passionate about helping others grow, personally and professionally. To learn more about Carrie, visit www.carriefabris.com

In this keeping-it-real memoir, certified leadership coach Carrie Fabris shares her journey through the ups, downs, and sloppy sideways of momming hard while finding the inner strength, courage, and determination to create the career she long craved.

Through hiring coaches and advisors, attending seminars with fire walks and ice baths, and doing a whole lot of looking in the mirror, Carrie embarked on a quest to juice up her life from the inside out. Her story demonstrates that stepping into a livelier, bolder, and more empowered version of yourself is not only possible – it’s essential.

Weaving relatable, working-mom truths with humor and the occasional F-bomb, ALL IN provides the incentive and the inspiration to juice up your own life because investing in yourself will always provide the highest return.

At the conclusion of ALL IN, working moms will have a new appreciation for the concept of putting on their own oxygen masks first. By choosing self-love as their number one imperative, they will tap into the energy and the desire to be fully present for everyone else, especially their kids. This book motivates women to take action; going ALL IN is hard, and the results are beyond rewarding.

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Carrie Fabris

Connect with Carrie

LinkedIn:

linkedin.com/in/cfabris-reframe-coaching-training

Email:

carrie@careerframe.com

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Wonder Woman in Business, Bianca N. Cotton

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Bianca N. Cotton

Bianca N. Cotton is a thoughtful, strategic, entrepreneurial leader with extensive nonprofit program management, curriculum development, and training facilitation experience.

Bianca is driven to develop leaders who are managerially and emotionally competent in their professional practices. Passionate about intentionally creating positive social change in underrepresented populations and communities of need, while demonstrating sensitivity and compassion for all stakeholders.

Bianca is the founder and podcast host of “Behind the Confident Smile” about a lifestyle and personal development company inspiring women and girls to walk in love, live in hope and be healed from past hurts utilizing the vehicles of workshops, seminars, and educational materials to propel women and girls into purpose.

Bianca has served as a nonprofit professional for over 10 years. Earning both her Master’s Degree in Consulting in the Nonprofit and Corporate Sectors and Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, her passion is for helping women who suffer silently and smile brightly. It is demonstrated through her passionate writings and speaking. She is a five-time author, wife, and mom, and resides in Chicago, IL.

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Bianca Cotton

Connect with Bianca

LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/biancacotton/

Website:

behindtheconfidentsmile.com

Wonder Woman in Business, Kaaren Whitney-Vernon

Kaaren Whitney-Vernon

Kaaren Whitney-Vernon is a serial entrepreneur who is interested in solving communication problems. Whether its communication between brands and consumers or employers and job seekers, she believes there is a better way to connect. She has just launched a new venture to help women in tech find inclusive companies to support their growth.

 Before joining Shaftesbury as the head of the XR Department, Kaaren founded two successful companies. The first, Youth Culture Inc., a media agency specializing in helping brands to target millennials’ and working with brands like P&G, L’Oreal and Coca Cola. The second, shift2, created original short-form content for brands such as Walmart, U by Kotex®, Nokia and RBC. Today, at Shaftesbury, Kaaren charges her team to produce original content for television, film, and digital brands designed to drive revenue.


Kaaren has been quoted in BNN, Adweek, The Wall Street Journal, Globe and Mail and on CBC. She founded the North American chapter of the globally organized Branded Content Marketing Association where she was part of the conversation to bring a universally accepted measurement for branded content.


Kaaren also sits on several North American marketing advisory boards and judging panels such as Adweek’s Arc Awards and at Brand Storytelling held each year at the Sundance Film Festival. As an Executive Producer of the scripted digital series Carmilla, 100+ million views, Kaaren has been invited to speak at leading television and content markets.


Kaaren is an Official Member of the Forbes Agency Council.

Specialties: Women in Tech, Equality and Inclusion, VR, AR, Keynote Speaker, Scripted Branded Storytelling, Scripted Digital Series, Short-form content, Millennials, GenZ, Genzennials, Content Production, YouTube, Youth, Digital Series, Leadership, Publishing, Marketing, Sales, Biz Dev

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Kaaren Whitney-Vernon

Connect with Kaaren

Kaaren’s LINKEDIN Profile

Websites

Twitter

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Wonder Woman in Business, Jennifer Thibodaux

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Jennifer Thibodaux, JD

Jennifer Marino Thibodaux is the founder of JMT Speaks, LLC. She is a seasoned, professional speaker and writer who draws on 15+ years of experience as an attorney and storyteller. She is obsessed with helping other professionals find and embrace their authentic selves to lead their best personal and professional lives. Jennifer speaks about authenticity, overcoming the imposter syndrome, and the art of effective communication.

Jennifer is also a full-time senior editor at a global legal publisher and was previously a partner at the law firm of Gibbons P.C. in Newark, NJ. During her 11 years in private practice, she focused on class action defense, e-discovery management and counseling, and also conducted internal investigations.

Jennifer graduated Seton Hall University School of Law, magna cum laude and Order of the Coif, and Bucknell University, cum laude. She has served as an Adjunct Professor of Appellate Advocacy at Seton Hall Law.

She is an executive committee member of the Women’s Leadership Committee at Seton Hall Law and a longtime trustee of Partners For Women and Justice, a non-profit dedicated to providing pro bono legal services to domestic violence survivors.

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Jennifer Marino Thibodaux

For more information and to stay connected with Jennifer through her newsletter and blog, visit www.jmtspeaks.com or follow her and JMT Speaks on LinkedIn.

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