2024 Schedule
VIP NETWORKING EVENT
WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2024 | 5:30 - 7:30 PM
Design1 Center - 10800 Colonel Glenn Road, Little Rock
VIP Registrants and Sponsors are invited to attend a private networking event sponsored & hosted by Design1
SOIREE WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP SYMPOSIUM MAIN EVENT
THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2024 | 7:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Statehouse Convention Center - Wally Allen Ballroom
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7:30 A.M.
Registration and Networking Breakfast
Event check-in begins outside Wally Allen Ballroom at Statehouse Convention Center.
Networking and breakfast.
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9:00 A.M.
Welcome
Opening remarks and introductions by SWLS team and presenting sponsors Delta Dental of Arkansas and The Hatcher Agency.
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9:20 A.M. - 10:05 A.M.
Opening Keynote Session
“Work Supports Life, Not the Other Way Around”
Dr. Sabrina Starling - Founder, Tap the Potential
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10:10 A.M. - 10:30 A.M.
Break
presented by Ben E. Keith Foods
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10:30 A.M. - 10:50 A.M.
Session One in Breakout Rooms
Entrepreneur Track - Starting Out: What I Wish I Had Known Panel Discussion, with Kendalynn Bolton of KB’s Love by the Pound, Sara Hurst of Bella’s Kitchen, and Laura Westlake of Laura B Luxury //moderated by Erika Gee, WLJ
Leading Ladies Track - Next Level Leaders: Empower Through Inclusive Leadership, with Tina Gilbert, Next Level Training Solutions Group
Executive Track - Round Table Discussion, moderated by Kelly Carney, Southwest Power Pool
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11:00 A.M. - 11:20 A.M.
Session Two in Breakout Rooms
Entrepreneur Track - Launching, Building, and Scaling Your Business in Today’s World, with Whitney Bower, Bower Legal PLLC
Leading Ladies Track - Communicating Across Generations, with Jessie Wilson, Dale Carnegie Training Mid-South
Executive Track - Round Table Discussion Continued, moderated by Kelly Carney, Southwest Power Pool
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11:30 A.M. - 11:50 A.M.
Session Three in Breakout Rooms
Entrepreneur Track - Where’s the Money? Understanding Diverse Funding Options for Women Entrepreneurs, with Jensyn Hallett, Alivest Southern Capital Project
Leading Ladies Track - The Power of Your Network in Building Your Professional Path in Wealth, with Amy Knight & Dana Silaski, Stephens
Executive Track - Empowering Your Health, with Dr. Yara Robertson, CARTI
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11:50 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Break
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12:00 P.M.
Lunch in Wally Allen Ballroom
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12:05 P.M. - 12:35 P.M.
Women’s Wellness Panel Discussion
Dr. Jessica Coker (UAMS), Dr. Kalena Jones (Baptist Health) & Dr. Yara Robertson (CARTI)
Moderated by Dr. Lee Ann Jolly (Jolly Bodies)
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12:35 P.M. - 1:25 P.M.
Keynote Session
featuring Soledad O’Brien, award-winning journalist, entrepreneur & host of weekly syndicated political show “Matter of Fact”
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1:30 P.M.
Dismiss
7:30 a
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No physical tickets required. Just check-in with your name or company
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Network with other attendees and interact with our event partners
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Light breakfast including coffee, tea and juice
Registration & Networking Breakfast
9:20 a
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Dr. Sabrina Starling is changing the story of entrepreneurship from one of long hours and grinding it out, to that of sustainably profitable businesses that support and enhance life. A resident of Little Rock, Dr. Starling’s work has been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur.com, and Thrive Global. She is the founder of www.tapthepotential.com and host of the Profit by Design Podcast, globally ranked in the top 5% of most popular shows by Listen Notes. Listed in The Daily Hustle's Top 50 Entrepreneurs to Watch in 2022, Dr. Starling is on a mission to send 10,000 entrepreneurs on a 4 Week Vacation® in 10 years.
Opening Keynote
10:10 a
Break
10:30 a
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Starting Out: What I Wish I Had Known
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Next Level Leaders: Empower Through Inclusive Leadership
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Round Table Discussion
Session One in Breakout Rooms
11:00 a
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Launching, Building, and Scaling Your Business in Today’s World
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Communication Across Generations
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Round Table Discussion Continued
Session Two in Breakout Rooms
11:30 a
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Where’s the Money? Understanding Diverse Funding Options for Women Entrepreneurs
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The Power of Your Network in Building Your Professional Path in Wealth
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Empowering Your Health
Session Three in Breakout Rooms
11:50 a
Break
12:00 p
Lunch
12:05 p
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with Dr. Jessica Coker, Dr. Kalena Jones and Dr. Yara Robertson
Presented by Baptist Health
Wellness Panel Discussion
12:35 p
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Soledad O’Brien was inducted into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of fame in May 2023. She is an award-winning documentarian, journalist, speaker, author, and philanthropist, and founder of Soledad O’Brien Productions, a media production company dedicated to telling empowering and authentic stories on a range of social issues. She anchors and produces “Matter of Fact” with Soledad O'Brien, a Hearst political magazine program seen in 95% of the country.
She is a correspondent for HBO Real Sports. Soledad has a national impact through her speeches and books, including her critically acclaimed memoir The Next Big Story and Latino in America, and her 1.3 million Twitter followers. Soledad O’Brien Productions’ most recent projects include the Peabody-Award winning documentary, The Rebellious Life of Rosa Parks, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and streams on Peacock, and the multi-part series Black and Missing, which won the Independent Spirit and NAACP awards, and streams on HBO. Other productions have appeared on Discovery Plus, CNN, BET, PBS, and others. She also works with major foundations, like Ford, to produce impactful documentaries on topics like hunger, race and public health. She has a presence on the op-ed pages of places like the New York Times and Huffington Post, and gave Congressional testimony on media disinformation. She has anchored shows on CNN, MSNBC, and NBC, and CBS.
O’Brien’s work has been recognized with four Emmy awards, three times with the George Foster Peabody Award, four times with the Gracie Award, which honors women in media, twice with Cine Awards for her work in documentary films and with an Alfred I. DuPont Award.
She founded the PowHerful Foundation in 2011 which has helped dozens of young women get to and through college and connects with thousands of others through regional mentoring conferences.
Luncheon Keynote
1:30 p
Dismiss
Little Rock, AR
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ENTREPRENEUR TRACK SPONSOR
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SUPPORTING SPONSORS
CORPORATE TABLE PARTNERS
Ben E. Keith
JTS Financial
Mitchell Williams
RSI Group
Simmons Bank
SKN at Franks Dermatology
Stone Ward
US Bank
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