Bobbie Carlton

Innovate Yourself Track — Are you tired of sitting through yet another DAMP (Dreaded All Male Panel)? Your story will never be heard sitting in the audience. Being onstage is powerful but the issue with many women is that they don’t know how to get there. Join us as Bobbie Carlton, Founder of Innovation Women, a company that connects women with event managers looking for speakers, gives you the tools you need to get onstage, be heard, and be paid to speak!

In 2009, the economy had fallen off a cliff and the startup I was working for ran out of money. There were no jobs and I had a stay-at-home husband and two kids to feed. But social media was on the rise and new era of event marketing was upon us. Suddenly everyone in Boston was running grassroots events and the landscape for launching new products in the local community was changing. In the last nine years, our monthly new product showcase, Mass Innovation Nights (MIN), has helped to launch more than 1000 new products (ranging from apps to enterprise software to medical devices, food, toys and more) that have received more than $2B in collective funding. How? Through the use of crowdpromoting – the practice of activating and building a community to promote an idea, business or products. Learn how MIN works and how you can use our tactics to build your local innovation economy and get more exposure for your own new products. You’ll learn how we encourage participation (our community gen

What does it take to become a thought leader? To be seen as the expert or the authority in your field? What will it take to get that next promotion? Or a new job? Or a board seat? Often, nothing more than the willingness to speak up and share your thoughts and experiences in public. Employers have always valued the employee who speaks well. Public speaking is, and always will be, an important skill, and well worth developing. But speaker training itself is only part of the puzzle.