June Monthly Meeting
Join NAWBO Columbus for our June Monthly Meeting as we celebrate authors! Join us to hear from a variety of authors as they share their journey and area of expertise. Authors will share what inspired them to write and how their books help women business owners. Attendees will hear from all authors and have the chance to interact with them at exhibit tables. Authors will have a limited amount of books for purchase, attendees are encouraged to purchase books ahead of the event using the links below.
Authors Include:
- Charlene Free, The Leader's Ship Navigating And Team Building
- Cassandra Kelly, The Clearing
- Ashequka Lacey, Jakobi and Me, The Little Girl With The Big Name
- Sarah Moore, Full of Yourself
- Natalie Siston, Let Her Out: Reclaim Who You Have Always Been
- Cathy Studer, Broken to Beautifully Whole
- Dana Ullom-Vucelich, I'll Never Forget
- Shaniece M. Wise, Activating Your Gifts 2nd Edition: 15 Steps to Identifying Your Gifts to Prepare for Entrepreneurship
See below for key takeaways and learn more about our authors.
Meet our Authors:
Charlene Free, The Leader's Ship Navigating And Team Building
Key Takeaways:
- How to build an effective team
- How to successfully navigate the challenges of leadership
- Successful growth in leadership
ABOUT Charlene:
Charlene is an accomplished keynote and motivational speaker, author, moderator, workshop leader/facilitator and spoken word artist. Her passion is to encourage, enlighten and inspire others through the gifting of words, which are the flow of life, and to help leaders level up in their capacity to lead.
You can learn more and purchase The Leader's Ship Navigating And Team Building HERE.
Cassandra Kelly, The Clearing
Key Takeaways:
- How to navigating grief and loss through exploring nature
- The importance of friendship in our emotional development
- A look at the American Healthcare Crisis of the early 2000s
ABOUT Cassandra:
Cassandra J Kelly is a professional marketer, storyteller, and changemaker. Through her work, she hopes to empower others with knowledge and understanding about science, history, and above all themselves.
She holds a Bachelor of Science in Journalism Communications from Ohio University. After a brief stint as a journalist in New York, Cassandra moved back to her home in Columbus, Ohio to serve her community as a nonprofit communicator. She has worked with multiple nonprofits to achieve visibility. She also continues to freelance as a writer for national publications, including the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
The Clearing is her debut novel. You can learn more and purchase The Clearing HERE.
Ashequka Lacey, Jakobi and Me, The Little Girl With The Big Name
Key Takeaways:
- To keep going, telling your story not only helps you but helps your reader
- Write every day even if you're not sure what to write
ABOUT Ashequka:
Ashequka Lacey, Public Speaker, owner of Inspiring Jreams and Baby Bays Naturals. Baby Bays Naturals is a skincare line for babies and young children that suffer with eczema and dry/sensitive skin. Author of -Jakobi & Me and The Little Girl With The Big Name and a recently released eBook There's Something About Jakobi: Defying All Odds. Ashequka set out to inspire authors through her book coaching program guiding them through the self- publishing process.
You can learn more and purchase Ashequika's books HERE.
Sarah Moore, Full of Yourself
Key Takeaways:
- Put control and perfectionism in your past
- Learn to let go and trust that things are working out for you
- Better understand friends or family members who struggle with addiction
- Ditch your people-pleasing ways and raise your confidence levels
ABOUT Sara:
Sara has spent over a decade coaching women across the globe to know what they want and to have the courage to speak it and pursue it. Why? Because, earlier in her life, she felt nowhere close to being full of myself. She wanted to become more of the woman that she knew lived inside of her—and she didn’t know how.
As a Life and Leadership Coach, Sara know's firsthand the self-doubt that women struggle with. Whether you’re a senior executive leading a global brand, a wife and mum who is tired of wondering if she’s enough, or an entrepreneur trying to figure it all out … you want more of one thing: wholeness
You can learn more and purchase Full of Yourself HERE.
Natalie Siston, Let Her Out: Reclaim Who You Have Always Been
Key Takeaways:
Natalie will walk through her journey of reclaiming her inner girl and encourage attendees to do the same in order to reach greater professional success and personal happiness by discussing:
- Ideas and tactics to bring more fun and joy to your day-to-day
- The link between creativity and joy to success and productivity
- Barriers that have been holding you back and how to overcome them
ABOUT Natalie:
Natalie Siston’s career has taken her from Silicon Valley to the Fortune 100 and into entrepreneurship, but being raised in Republic, OH (population 600) is where she learned her greatest leadership lessons.
She has 20+ years of experience coaching, developing leaders, and strengthening teams in the non-profit, higher education, and corporate sectors. Most recently, she has served as the Head of Client Success for Positive Intelligence, a groundbreaking mental fitness start-up.
Natalie is a professional speaker and member of the National Speakers Association. Even though she has presented to thousands of people around the world - both in person and virtually - her proudest speaking moment is winning a ribbon at the Ohio State Fair when she was 10 for demonstrating how to make oatmeal cookies. This, and many other stories, are shared in her bestselling book Let Her Out: Reclaim Who You Have Always Been.
Natalie is a two-time Buckeye, with degrees in Psychology, Political Science and MBA. She resides in Dublin with her husband, Rob, and two daughters. She enjoys watching her daughters dance, run, play soccer and softball and spoiling her two rescue dogs.
You can learn more and purchase Let Her Out: Reclaim Who You Have Always Been HERE.
Cathy Studer, Broken to Beautifully Whole
Key Takeaways:
- Why it is so important to move through our pains.
- Six attributes that reduce depression, anxiety, or PTSD.
- Practical actions to identify and reduce abuse tragedies.
ABOUT Cathy:
Cathy Studer is the award-winning author of Broken to Beautifully Whole, and a mental health advocate, child abuse prevention advocate, and speaker. As an advocate and speaker, she is passionate about helping children and adults un lock, cultivate, and reach their full potential by developing a healthy, resilient mindset. She lives in Ohio with her husband and their yellow lab, Levi. Cathy loves spedning time with her two adult children and two grand dogs.
You can learn more and purchase Broken to Beautifully Whole HERE.
Key Takeaways:
- Creating memorable moments
- Embracing aging and changing relationships
- The balance of the "between"
About DANA:
Dana Ullom-Vucelich's study of child development and gerontology nourished a deep appreciation for the remarkability of both little people and big people. She has benefited from a career highlighting vibrancy in aging. She serves as Ohio Living's Chief Human Resources Officer. Her #1 qualifier to write this book? Growing up close to her four grandparents, two greats and watching her parents morph into grandparents. These GRANDS offered acceptance, encouragement, compassion, support and intergenerational bonds. Dana's first book launches a passion to celebrate love's legacy, both the memory makers and the memory keepers!
You can learn more and purchase I'll Never Forget HERE.
Shaniece M. Wise, Activating Your Gifts 2nd Edition: 15 Steps to Identifying Your Gifts to Prepare for Entrepreneurship
Key Takeaways:
- Your Business Is Your Gift To Others
- How You Run Your Business Connects To How You Run Your Life
- Always Focus On Serving Others
About Shaniece:
Author Shaniece M. Wise has solidified herself in almost every digital marketing and business consulting space. Shaniece is a certified business expansion coach, prominent national speaker, and best-selling author who has managed to build an entire community of successful business owners, and she is on a steady rise to the top! Shaniece is the Founder and CEO of Wise, Armstrong, and Associates, LLC, a business coaching consulting firm specializing in helping business owners extend well beyond six figures. Her experience speaks for itself: all of her clients average 60-200% of business growth within 12-24 months of operation! She has helped over 3,000 business owners achieve success. Using her expertise to help clients allows them to gain visibility, increase revenue profitability, and improve systems and strategies. She is backed by spiritual and biblical principles, which puts her in a niche. Shaniece continues leveraging current and potential client relationships by constantly building, enhancing, and using a strong passion for helping others.
In 2008, Shaniece was inspired to build her business coaching and consulting firm, which ignited the creation of Wise, Armstrong, and Associates, LLC. Shaniece has presented publicly on platforms for JP Morgan & Chase alongside Essence Magazine, Women for Economic and Leadership Development (WELD), National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) Columbus, TBN Broadcasting Network, the National Black MBA Association, McKesson Pharmaceutical Company, Charter Communications, Columbus Urban League, Ohio State University, and for Women in Telecommunications (WICT).
Shaniece is also the author of ‘Activating Your Gifts: 2nd Edition - 15 Steps To Identify Your Gifts To Prepare for Entrepreneurship’. Shaniece is married to her husband Stafford and is a mom of two boys, Brandon Charles and Xavier Charles.
You can learn more and purchase Activating Your Gifts: 2nd Edition - 15 Steps To Identify Your Gifts To Prepare for Entrepreneurship HERE.
Registration closes Friday, June 7th at noon.
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Monthly Meeting Agenda
- 11-11:30am- Networking & Exhibiting
- 11:30-12:30pm- Programming & Author Introductions
- 12:30-1pm- Book Signing & Exhibiting
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