International Women's Conference, Charity Event & Gala

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What does it mean to be Fearless?

It doesn’t mean you wake up one day to a perfect life that is free of doubt or fear.  Not at all.
Being fearless simply means this:

Feel the fear.  Do it anyway.

That’s it.  That’s the key.  When you get to the point in your career, your relationship or your life; when the thing you want is more powerful than the fear around what you’ll have to do to receive it that is a life filled with freedom. This is the event to move you towards Fearlessness. 

International Womens Conference, Charity Event & Red Carpet Gala

ONE-OF-A-KIND EVENT - MEET SOME OF THE MOST DYNAMIC WOMEN IN THE COUNTRY AND BE A PART OF AN INSPIRATIONAL, MOTIVATIONAL, & GLAMOROUS EVENT! COME FOR ONE DAY OR BOTH DAYS!

Fearless Women from around the country will be guest speakers and attending this extraordinary event, which boasts  both a national and an international audience allowing attendees to meet and mingle with some of the most successful women in the country sharing ideas and success stories.

• 2:30 pm to 3:45 pm - Speaker - Ellen Schuster-Nastir - Focus By Design
• 4:00 pm to 4:45 pm - Speaker - Val Harwell - Omnia Group
• 4:00 pm to 6:30 pm Informal networking and shopping.
• 6:00 pm Ballroom opens for a star studded Red Carpet Gala with a 4-course dinner!
• 7:00 pm Gala begins. Keynote Speaker Mary Ann Halpin, author of The Fearless Women Series. Awards will be given to a Fearless Woman from our community and an Unsung Hero to offer recognition to a special recipient out of the spotlight.  Wheels of Success will present a "new to her" car to a victim of domestic violence. Live Music!
• Saturday October 8th, doors open at 9:00am. Vendor Booths open from 9 am to 7 pm
• Saturday - 9:00 - Opening Session Keynote Speakers - Mary Ann Halpin, Dr. Kathleen Hartford, Dr. Florence Alexander
• Breakout Sessions - 10:00 - 10:45 - Sheri Taber & Rosemary McDowell
• Breakout Session - 11:00 - 11:45 - Dr. Jennifer Hayes
• Lavish Luncheon with Style Show - 12:00 - 2:00 with Speaker Mary Ann Halpin & Pam Davis with an exceptional Fearless panel of women featuring Sheri Taber, Rosemary McDowell, Dr. Kathleen Hartford, Amy Wettig, facilitated by Pam Davis.
• 2:00 pm - 2:45 pm - Breakout Sessions - Amy Wettig, Social Media & Donna Rippley -
• 3:00 Speaker - Tami Gomez - Brain Bootcamp
• 3:30 Speaker - Forbes Riley - TV Host, Founder of SpinGym
• 4:00 - 4:30 Raffle & Silent Auction Ends, Vendor Booths
• 5:00 - 7:00 VIP Cocktail Reception with Mary Ann Halpin & Fearless Women Speakers
• Partial Proceeds from this event will go to Wheels of Success, and founder Susan Jacobs will present a car to a domestic abuse survivor in the Tampa Bay area.

• $110 – 2 days – all events including Red Carpet Gala Awards Dinner and Saturday Luncheon
• $75 – 1 day – Choice of Friday or Saturday
• $195 – Vendor Booths – 2 days

Checks can be made payable to: Fearless Women Tampa Bay

Mary Ann Halpin Photo Shoot Exclusive

This is your chance to not only attend an inspirational and uplifting event like no other in Tampa Bay, but also have the opportunity to be photographed by internationally renowned photographer Mary Ann Halpin, as she kicks off her book tour for her fourth book, Fearless Women, Visions of a New World. You too will be able to join other successful women such as Linda Grey, Cybill Shepherd, Joni Mitchell, Erin Brokovitch, Joan Lunden, and many other Fearless Women who have had their heart and soul captured through Mary Ann's artistic lens through black and white portraits created to show strength, empowerment, vision, and inner beauty. As a leader in her field, Mary Ann has appeared on television shows such as The View, Inside Edition, and Extra!, and her images from Pregnant Goddesshood have been featured in LIFE Magazine. 

As an exclusive introductory offer, Mary Ann Halpin is offering this extraordinary experience for only $299 (normally $400) for the session, with an additional $200 off the canvas. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to have a session here in Tampa Bay with this inspirational photographer so sign up today for pre-event sales, as this offer will not be available for very long!

Sponsorships available beginning at $500.
Call Leslie Belcher-Huston at (727) 470-1091 or Linda Conley at (512) 228-6710
 for more details.

Diamond Sponsorship - $5,000
Reserved table of 16 including Red Carpet Gala Dinner and Saturday Luncheon
Free event tickets for 16 for all activities on Friday and Saturday
Your company will receive a vendor table at the event
Your company name and logo will be listed on all media advertising, event program, and any event promotions
You will be given the opportunity to speak at the event at 3:30 on Friday to promote your company
$500 will be given to Wheels of Success

Platinum Sponsorship - $2,500
Reserved table of 8 including Red Carpet Gala Dinner and Saturday Luncheon
Free entry tickets for 8 to all activities on Friday and Saturday
Your company will receive a vendor table at the event
Your company name & logo will be listed on all media advertising, event program, and any event promotions
You will be given the opportunity to speak at the event at 3:30 on Friday to promote your company
$500 of the sponsorship goes to the charity Wheels for Success

Gold Sponsorship - $1,500
Reserved table of 8 including Red Carpet Gala dinner and Saturday Luncheon
Free entry tickets for 8 to all activities on Friday and Saturday
Your company will receive a vendor table at the event
Your company name & logo will be listed on all media advertising, event program, and any event promotions
The Emcee will promote your company’s name at the event

Silver Sponsorship - $1,000
Reserved seating for 8 for the Red Carpet Gala 
Free entry for 8 to all activities on Friday & Saturday
Receive a Vendor Table for 2 days
Your company name & logo will be listed on all media advertising, event program, and any event promotions

Bronze Sponsorship - $500
Reserved seating for 8 at the Red Carpet Gala OR the Saturday Luncheon
Free entry for 8 for all activities on Friday OR Saturday
Your company name & logo will be listed on the event program

What does it mean to be fearless? Fearless is not the absence of fear. It is not being completely unafraid. Fearless is having fears. Fearless is having doubts. But true Fearlessness is living in spite of those things that scare you to death. This is your chance to be fearless!

Fearless Women from around the country will be guest speakers and attending this extraordinary event, which boasts both a national and an international audience allowing attendees to meet and mingle with some of the most successful women in the country. This event is a celebration of the 1st Annual Fearless Women Tampa Bay movement. Creator Mary Ann Halpin, an internationally renowned photographer, will kick off her international book tour in Tampa on October 7th and 8th. This will be an exciting culmination of events that will honor women who fearlessly blazed the trail before us and women who are creating major changes in our world and our community. We are partnering with Wheels of Success, which has successfully changed the lives of women and families throughout the Tampa Bay area by providing affordable transportation to low-income, working individuals. Founder Susan Jacobs and her group have delivered 400 automobiles PLUS over 400 car-related services since 2003 to clients in need.

This empowering weekend will be held in the magnificent ballroom of the Renaissance Hotel (www.marriot.com/RenaissanceHotel). There will be opportunities to meet and mingle with local celebrities, business owners, philanthropists, authors and other remarkable men and women to network, make business contacts and create your own fearless journey. This event will include a Red Carpet Gala Dinner, Guest Speakers, Breakout Sessions and a Saturday Luncheon where national and local Fearless Women will share their stories. Mary Ann Halpin will also be available for transformative Fearless Women photo shoots.  Above all, this event will inspire you to become a part of the Fearless Women movement and will move you to enhance your personal and business ventures.