Communicate to Lead | A Women's Leadership Breakfast

Schedule

Thu Aug 20 2026 at 08:00 am to 12:30 pm

UTC-07:00
Location

Atlantis Casino Resort Spa | Reno, NV

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Interactive women's leadership breakfast featuring keynote and workshop sessions on voice, value, executive presence, confidence, and impact
About this Event

Communicate to Lead: Presence • Influence • Impact

Find Your Voice. Own Your Value. Lead With Impact.

Communication is one of the most powerful leadership tools we possess. Whether you're leading a business, advancing your career, serving your community, or pursuing new opportunities, your ability to communicate with confidence and clarity directly impacts your ability to influence, connect, and lead.

Communicate to Lead is a women's leadership breakfast and interactive professional development experience designed to help women strengthen their voice, elevate their presence, communicate their value, and step into leadership with greater confidence.

Join us for an inspiring morning featuring keynote and workshop sessions led by accomplished leaders, interactive exercises, guided reflection, meaningful networking, and practical strategies you can immediately apply in your business, career, and community.

This is an opportunity to invest in yourself, gain valuable leadership insights, build meaningful connections, and walk away with actionable tools to help you communicate more effectively and lead with greater impact.



Keynote Speaker

Jill Tolles
Finding Your Voice



Featured Speakers

Dr. Stephanie Bacon
The Voice Underneath: How Your Nervous System Shapes the Way You Lead

Tiffany McMacken
Executive Presence

Alexis Meruelo
Owning Your Value



Your Registration Includes

• Leadership Breakfast

• Interactive Workshop Sessions

• Communicate to Lead Leadership Journal & Action Planning Workbook



The Leadership Journal

Unlike traditional event notebooks that end up on a shelf, every attendee receives a thoughtfully designed Communicate to Lead Leadership Journal created exclusively for this experience.

The journal will include speaker insights, guided reflection exercises, action-planning worksheets, leadership assessments, note-taking pages, and interactive activities designed by each speaker to reinforce key concepts throughout the morning.

By the end of the event, you will leave with more than inspiration—you will leave with a personalized leadership roadmap, practical tools, and documented next steps you can immediately implement in your career, business, and community.

Whether you're an entrepreneur, executive, nonprofit leader, emerging professional, or community changemaker, you'll leave with greater confidence, stronger communication skills, meaningful connections, and a personalized plan to help you lead with purpose and impact.

Being exceptional isn't enough. Leadership begins when others understand the value, vision, and impact you bring.


Agenda

🕑: 08:00 AM - 09:00 AM
Registration, Breakfast & Networking

Info: - Breakfast Service
- Professional Headshots
- Sponsor & Resource Tables
- Networking & Connections


🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:10 AM
Welcome & Opening Remarks
🕑: 09:10 AM - 09:30 AM
Keynote Presentation | Jill Tolles, CEO, Guinn Center for Policy Priorities

Info: Keynote announcement is coming soon. Expect an accomplished woman leader whose story, experience, and message will inspire you to step into your confidence, embrace your value, and lead with purpose.


🕑: 09:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Featured Session # 1 | Dr. Stephanie Bacon, Founder & CEO, Ripple Effect

Info: The Voice Underneath: How Your Nervous System Shapes the Way You Lead


🕑: 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
Break
🕑: 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Featured Session #2 | Tiffany McMacken, Founder & CEO, The Willow Group

Info: Executive Presence:
Communicating Confidence, Credibility & Influence


🕑: 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Featured Session #3 | Alexis Meruelo, President & CEO, Meruelo Enterprises

Info: Owning Your Value: Turning Confidence Into Opportunity


🕑: 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Closing Connections

Info: - Leadership Journal Action Planning
- Networking
- Professional Headshots
- Sponsor & Resource Tables


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Where is it happening?

Atlantis Casino Resort Spa, 3800 South Virginia Street, Reno, United States

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Tickets

USD 65.54 to USD 88.64

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