Laura Nespoli was a keynote speaker for our company's annual Diversity Days observance. She shares personal experiences as she teaches the role of narrative in building resilience. Her story is relatable and highlights serious matters (an emotionally neglectful childhood, suppressed sexual orientation). In this age of widespread mental illness, I think Laura's frank message is a catalyst for change, authenticity, and healing.

We invited Parissa to speak to our DEI Advisory Board and members of our WE-Together women’s affinity group in honor of Women’s History Month. Parissa presented a fun and thought-provoking session that was contemporary and relatable to our attendees. In addition, Parissa helped our attendees (re)discover their inner "Badasses" and her message deeply resonated with our group. Parissa was able to engage our team in conversation eliciting individual and collective moments where we identified and shared our unique take on our badassery. Specifically, Parissa used modern-day examples (can you say Beyoncé ) to get us to focus on why our core identity matters, the inherent fun in leaning into risk, and remembering the joy of play we had as children. Finally, Parissa provided our team with the knowledge and the tools to tap into our power as leaders and how can bring our Badass qualities to the forefront of our leadership.

We've used Badassery a few times and they've always provided an excellent service/speakers. This time was no exception. Sonya hosted a workshop on goals for our ERG, and shared really practical tips on how we could get better at both goal setting and goal pursuit. We got lots of positive feedback from the group.