2025 Heart of A Woman Elevation Conference

2025 Heart of A Woman Leadership & Entrepreneur Elevation Conference - The Power of You For Shaping The Future

This year’s theme, “The Power of You – Shaping The Future,” could not be more timely or more needed. Over the past year, we have endured seismic shifts—globally, economically, and socially. Our communities have faced challenges that tested the very foundation of our resilience. From economic disruptions to cultural reckonings, the world around us has changed—and with it, the way we lead, live, and build.

Come join us at the Goodwill Industries of the Southern Piedmont for a day of empowerment, inspiration, and connection at the Heart of A Woman Elevation Conference! This event is all about lifting each other up, sharing stories, and learning from incredible leaders who have overcome challenges and achieved success. Get ready to be motivated, make new friends, and leave feeling ready to take on the world!

Over the course of this event, we will learn, connect, and strategize with some of the most dynamic minds in leadership and entrepreneurship. Together, we will redefine what it means to thrive, not just survive, in today’s ever-evolving landscape.

Info: Breakfast - Greetings Introduction - Welcome

Info: The lab is designed to provide practical hands-on tools, strategies, and confident to master money, build wealth & fund growth. This lab empowers business owners with the ability to take control of their financial future, Understand Profit vs Revenue vs Cash Flow, Breaking Limiting Beliefs around money, Budget Development, Securing grants, loans, and investor support, Legacy Planning, and more. Participants walk away with Budget & Cashflow Template, Pricing & Funding Worksheets, Legacy Planning Checklist, Personal Financial Vision around Funding

Info: From Dream to Deal: Steps to Successfully Acquiring a Business” - Buy & Selling Your Business-Steps for Successful Business Growth, Dissolving Your Business. Evaluating value, due diligence, and spotting red flags. Legal, financial, and operational checkpoints for smooth ownership transition, positioning for buyers, and maximizing ROI. Loans, investors, and partnerships to make acquisitions possible.

Info: Get on BOARD and learn, AI, Automation & Personalization. Crafting a digital home for your Brand, Website Development for entrepreneurs and leaders -will give participants strategy, growth plans around branding technology - Participants increase their confidence in the Power of their Story and Building Digital Ecosystems That Grow Revenue.

Info: This session focuses on Power of Mindset for Entrepreneurs & Leaders - Transforming the CEO Mindset - from survival to expansion, turning challenges into opportunities. How to shift from hustling to scaling with clarity, Reframing limiting beliefs into actionable growth strategies while building resilience for uncertain times

Info: Google A1 & The Future of Leadership - Participants learn how to Harness google AI for business growth. Mastering google Workspace for Entrepreneurs, AI-Powered Leadership, Building Brand Partnership with Google Ads, AI Tools for Everyday Leaders, Sponsorship Playbook

Info: Effective Leadership - No Leader succeeds alone -Participants get tools, resources, and training on Building Power Through People, Pivoting with Confidence, Adapting Your Message For Every Voice. What It Means to be a collective leader in the AI Era - How leaders cultivate loyalty and accountability, Great leaders learn how trust is the Currency of Leadership,

Info: We will offer Five - 15min Speed Networking Session (5ppl per Session) - In this 15min Speed Networking Session - Interested authors will gain clarity around: Finding Your Voice: Writing for Your Audience , learn How to position their book, blog, or article for maximum relevance. Participants will connect with author, editor, and experts in book publishing, digital media and learn the difference in self-publishing strategies.

Info: We will offer Five - 15min Speed Networking Session (5ppl per Session) - In this 15min Speed Networking Session - “Mic Drop Moments: Power Networking Through Podcasting” Learn best practices, distribution tips, and audience engagement techniques for launching or growing a podcast. Walk away understanding Tools, platforms, and the essentials to get started and How to define your audience and build content that resonates, Live Practice Round: Your 60-Second Podcast Pitch where Participants practice introducing themselves as if on a podcast to sharpen their delivery

Info: Step into this hands-on Legal Lab designed to help entrepreneurs and leaders understand the foundations of smart legal protection. From contracts to trademarks, you’ll gain clarity on the essentials that safeguard your work, your brand, and your future. The Legal Power Lab: Protect, Profit, and Prosper will offer conversation, resources and templates. • Foundation for Protection & Growth
• Contractor agreements (clauses, deliverables, scope of work, etc.)
• Intellectual Property & Brand Protection
• Protecting your intellectual property (copyrights, patents, trade secrets)
• Business Exit & Transition Planning
• Decommissioning or dissolving a business legally and cleanly
• Legacy & Estate Essentials
• Wills and trust for business owners
• Transferring business ownership through a trust or estate plan
As a bonus, participants will receive editable templates for:
o Contractor agreement
o Scope of work
o Fee & payment agreement
o NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement)
o Trademark application g

Info: Equip Entrepreneurs and leaders with practical tools, strategies, and roadmaps to streamline operations, improve efficiency, and sustain growth. Process mapping made easy, Automation for Freedom; Continuous Improvement Simulation -Practice Spotting Inefficiencies and Redesigning Processes, Understanding KPI 's and creating Your Own Dashboard of Success Metrics -

Info: Using Social Capital to attract investors and partnerships, Strategic Networking: Building High-Value Connections That Last; Mentorship as a tool for legacy and brand building; why helping others without immediate return creates exponential influence

Info: Business leaders gain strength learning concepts how to thrive in uncertainty, this presentation give clarity around shifting ones mindset; from fear of failure to fuel for growth; Resilience as the Key to Entrepreneurial Growth

Info: Building trust through resourceful and authentic communication - Leaders are empowered by learning Communication Strategies That Inspire Growth. Leading Across Generations: Adapting their Message for Every Voice. Participants gain Cultural Intelligence in Leadership Communication; and how to use their digital Voice in Social Media and in Online Spaces

Info: How to surround yourself with peers who challenge, support, and sharpen you. Participants find inspiration, hope, support, and encouragement through life's challenges. Join this session to discover your strengths, focus on learn the meaning and purpose of your life, and how to live out your dreams

Info: We will offer Five - 15min Speed Networking Session (5ppl per Session) - In this 15min Speed Networking Session - Facilitator will Share trends, growth hacks, and strategies to amplify your brand. Equip Entrepreneurs and leaders with practical tools, strategies, on how to position yourself as the face of your brand through storytelling, thought leadership and credibility- building strategies. This intimate session helps participants to explore practical ways to use Google Ai automation and data to reach the right audience, save time, and scale marketing efforts. Come away understanding how to differentiate your business and stand out.
Participants gain clarity:
• Marketing Funnel Map – what is it
• Top 10 AI Tools & Marketing Apps
• Personal Branding Worksheet – Prompters to define “Who You Are”

Info: We will offer Five - 15min Speed Networking Session (5ppl per Session) - In this 15min Speed Networking Session. Equip Entrepreneurs and leaders with practical tools, strategies, on how to leverage commercial and residential real estate to scale your business. Participants walk away with clarity and a focus on building wealth through real estate, the importance of forming partnerships and collaborating with agents, investors, developers and lenders as well as
• Choosing between buying vs. leasing for startups and expanding companies.
• Building passive income streams through investment properties.
• Understanding, when and how to sell, refinance, or repurpose your property.
• Planning real estate as part of your succession strategy
• Understanding cash flow, appreciation, and portfolio diversification.

Info: We will offer Five - 15min Speed Networking Session (5ppl per Session) - In this 15min Speed Networking Session. Provide entrepreneurs and leaders with practical meditation and mindfulness tools, strategies, and techniques needed to relive stress, align personal wellness with business goals, maintain mental health in a tech-driven world, and for building businesses without losing yourself. Participants are empowered through the lens of health & nutrition and its importance and effects on our leadership.
Participants gain clarity:
• Stress, Food & Leadership Decisions
• Instrumentally using Mindfulness to cultivate present-moment awareness
• Value Alignment & Emotional Regulation
• Slowing Down to Speed Up, Helps with Satisfaction of the Mind & Body
• How cultivating stillness opens space for creativity, big picture thinking and sustainability growth Explore wellness practices that boost productivity, focus, and leadership presence.

Info: Amplify purpose and expand impact - Leaders multiple when they empower other - How are we building, because the world needs more torch players not necessarily people with titles. -Leaders on this panel share and discuss How Leaders Shape the Future Through Adaptability; with conversation on "The Power of Grit" How Leaders Stay Strong in the Face of Adversity,

Host or Publisher Natalie A Williams