Dare to Interrupt

Season 3, Episode 4 Anca Trifan, Founder, Creator and CEO, Tree-Fan Events How can women in business navigate and challenge stereotypes associated with their outward appearance? Anca Trifan, founder, creator and CEO of Tree-Fan Events, speaks candidly about her experience as a woman in the male-dominated field of AV and event production.

Featured Guest: Carleeka Basnight-Menendez, Founder, INSO INC INSIDE-OUT Yes, we're talking about menopause, people. Carleeka Basnight-Menendez, the No. 1 Black voice for women in menopause, discusses her F-IT Method, building confidence to take risks, advocating for your needs and understanding the business value of addressing a wellness challenge that impacts 50% of the world's population. 

Season 3, Episode 2 Featured Guests: Kim Montoya, Founder of Twenty156 // Juliet Tripp, Group Strategy Director, Make Events Ltd and events industry coach and speaker Why do we wait until the sh*t hits the fan to take care of our mental, physical and emotional wellbeing? This vulnerable, blunt conversation between some of the event industry's leading hustlers sheds light on managing stress and anx...

Season 3, Episode 1 Featured Guest: Michael Massari, Chief Sales Officer, Caesars Entertainment What are some of the greatest challenges leaders in the meetings industry have faced and what does our community's future look like? Michael Massari, Chief Sales Officer at Caesars Entertainment and co-chair of the Meetings Mean Business Coalition, shares his own leadership lessons as well as his predic...

Season 2, Episode 12 Featured Guest: Liz Lathan What is "Return on Emotion" and how can you curate experiences that provoke happiness, which in turn, lead to greater profitability? Liz Lathan, chief marketing officer at Haute, gives us a peek behind the curtain at Haute's groundbreaking study on emotion and the innovative experiences that have blown audiences away.

Season 2, Episode 11 Featured Guest:  Nan Marchand Beauvois, senior vice president, membership and industry relations, U.S. Travel Association How can you best advocate for yourself and your community? Nan Marchand Beauvois, senior vice president, membership and industry relations, at the U.S. Travel Association, shares what goes on behind the scenes when advocating for the future of the meet...

Season 2, Episode 10 Featured Guest: Tracy Leparulo, founder and CEO, Untraceable Events What does it take to make the leap into entrepreneurship? Tracy Leparulo, founder and CEO of Untraceable Events, shares how she built her company and reputation as an innovator, futurist and leader in the male-dominated fields of financial technology and cryptocurrency.

Season 2, Episode 9 Featured Guest: Stacey Hanke, founder of Stacey Hanke Inc. Are you as influential as you think you are? Stacey Hanke, founder of Stacey Hanke Inc. and expert communicator, shares how intentional self-awareness and consistent, authentic interactions are key strategies to increase your influence and impact.

Season 2, Episode 8 Featured Guest: Megan Powers, Chief Strategist, Powers of Marketing How often do we pause to appreciate the life we have, and are we really experiencing the best life we can?  Megan Powers, Chief Strategist at Powers of Marketing, shares her story of uniting the events community to celebrate and honor the legacy of industry leader and friend, Elizabeth Glau.

Season 2, Episode 7 Guest: Kate Patay, Chief Strategist, Patay Consulting How does our behavior either strengthen or undermine our credibility?  Kate Patay, Chief Strategist, Patay Consulting, shares how outspokenness, awkward moments, and really fantastic women have shaped who she is— and where she is—as a successful entrepreneur in the events industry today.

Season 2, Episode 6 Special on-location podcast in Las Vegas! Featured Guests: Annette Gregg , Senior Vice President, Experience at Meeting Professionals International Gwen Migita , Vice President Social Impact, Sustainability, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Caesars Entertainment Melissa Majors , Chief Executive Officer, Melissa Majors Consulting Last year, there were more women than men in th...

Season 2, Episode 5 Featured Guest: Michelle Thornton, Events Producer for Meetings & Events by Michelle What are the effects of working for a toxic boss and how do you know when it’s time to walk away? Michelle Thornton, Events Producer at Meetings & Events by Michelle, shares her experience of working for a destructive leader and how it affected her overall wellbeing, as well as the less...

Season 2, Episode 4 Featured Guest: Dr. Kim Bercovitz, Ph. D, Health Behavior Scientist and Chief Wellness Officer at Byte-Size Wellness With the global pandemic exacerbating our stress levels, how can we keep our health in check? When faced with a stress-induced thyroid disorder, Dr. Kim Bercovitz, Ph. D, Health Behavior Scientist and Chief Wellness Officer at Byte-Size Wellness, leaned on her ex...

Season 2, Episode 3 Featured Guest: Ashley Lawson, VP of Business Partnerships, Achieve Incentives & Meetings Is it safe to host meetings abroad? Third generation incentive travel professional Ashley Lawson, VP of Business Partnerships at Achieve Incentives & Meetings, is spending a year traveling to the world's top incentive destinations to report back to meeting planners how - and where...

Season 2, Episode 2 Featured Guest: Tammy Dickerson, CMP, President & Lead Planner, tbg Events How can we lead with excellence during times of great uncertainty and change? Tenacious powerhouse entrepreneur Tammy Dickerson, President & Lead Planner at tbg Events, discusses how being your own biggest cheerleader, putting people first, and taking care of yourself are all important actions to...

Season 2, Episode 1 How can we transform society’s limiting scarcity mindset into a culture that values abundance and collaboration over competition?  Megan Henshall, Global Events Account Manager at Google, discusses the importance of trusting your instincts and taking action, doing self-work first to catalyze societal change, and how communal success leads to empowerment and greater progres...

What can we do to ensure that the right voices are included in conversations where decisions are being made?  Trevor Lui, Principal of The Highbell Group and Co-Founder of Quell Agency, discusses his merit-based strategy to diversify positions of power, how he wishes leaders had handled the COVID-19 global pandemic, and continuing to make progress and create change in the future.

Episode 10 with guest Daphne Hoppenot We can plan ahead, but we can’t predict the future. After realizing that women in the events industry hold massive buying power but don’t always get credit for their behind-the-scenes work, Daphne Hoppenot, CEO & Founder of The Vendry, launched a brand new network and marketplace with empowering women in events built into the foundation of her company’s mi...

How can we ensure that we fill our own cup before attempting to fill another’s? Angie Ahrens, Vice President of Program & Event Operations at Leadercast, discusses how reevaluating your core values, setting boundaries, and incorporating self-respect into your leadership approach are a few key strategies to successfully prioritizing your needs and supporting your team during times of cris...

Featured Guest: Johanna Maska, Host, Pod is a Woman & CEO of Global Situation Room What can we do to unite our country in the midst of ongoing divisiveness?  Johanna Maska, host of Pod is a Woman, CEO of Global Situation Room and former White House Director of Press Advance for President Barack Obama, discusses how bringing people together who don’t agree, getting involved at the lo...

Episode 7: Featured guests: Annette Gregg, Sr. Vice President, Experience at Meeting Professionals International and Jenn Artura, Senior Director, Global Events & Incentive Programs at Veritas Technologies LLC. What winning strategies have two of the industry's most accomplished women applied to their career journeys? Annette Gregg, Senior Vice President, Experience at Meeting Professionals In...

Featured guest: Elisabeth Diana, Vice President, Communications at Instagram How do our communication techniques play a role in the trajectory of our success?  At every turn, we’re given opportunities to amplify others, speak our truth, and provide honest feedback. Elisabeth Diana, Vice President of Communications at Instagram, shares how practicing “real talk”, being concise, and ownin...

What role can we play in breaking the cycle of injustice?  As our world awakens to the reality of bias blindness and the complexity of microaggressions, we dive deeper into the murky waters of asking ourselves—and others—honest questions, identifying and embracing opportunities to be an ally, and acknowledging the potential consequences of speaking your truth.  Melissa Majors, CEO of Mel...

Success is not measured by how many times you have been knocked down, but by how many times you get back up.  Industry trailblazers Sarah Soliman Daudin, President & CEO of Soliman Productions and Carrie Abernathy, Founder and Executive Director of the Association for Women in Events, share how they practiced tenacity in the face of hardship to build something bigger. *Read the transcript...

It is not the obstacles we face that define us, it is the way in which we approach life’s challenges that shapes our legacy.  In this episode of Dare to Interrupt , Anne Hamilton, Vice President of Global Travel and Expense Management at The Walt Disney Company, shares her incredible story and explains how determination, courage and paying it forward creates the foundation for success, impact...