As a Chief Content Officer, Amy DuBois Barnett’s overarching role is steward of the media brand with the goal of growing audience and streams of revenue. Amy has spent the last 20 years creating and/or reformulating major national media brands. She has both served on launch teams for key brands as well as executed top-to-bottom redesigns of existing brands, including her critically-acclaimed redesign of Ebony Magazine. In this informative speech, Amy will draw from her personal experience and share valuable advice and tools to: start a new brand, rejuvenate an existing stagnant brand, figure out a target demographic, develop brand pillars, devise multiple revenue streams, effectively market your brand, serve as personal ambassador of your brand, use social media to your advantage, and more.

Embracing and using fear to drive toward your goals is the ultimate bravery. It is also a core ability of the most impactful leaders.  According to Amy Dubois Barnett, be a leader, you must be willing to take your business and/or art into uncharted territory. You must also inspire the people around you with passion, principle and tenacity. True leadership is driven by a vision that stems from originality and purpose—usually defined by a foray into the unknown. In this game-changing presentation, Amy explains that fear is the exact opposite of what we have been trained to believe. Fear is the sign that we are growing, becoming the person we are meant to be, stepping out of our comfort zone to reach toward the unknowable. Providing specific methods to embrace fear and channel it into creativity and motivation, Amy shares how anyone can learn to be a brave leader by taking risks and leading through inspiration.

In the business world and in every aspect of life, women are indoctrinated with the notion that they should be cautious and never take risks. Amy Dubois Barnett stands up to this thinking, with actionable ways women can leave their comfort zone and follow their dreams to live their best life. To Amy, women are natural leaders who only need to become comfortable with the idea that fear is growth and risk is integral to achievement. In this empowering presentation for women, Amy shares that leaning in to fear and opening your arms to bravery will inspire you to take the risks that can yield the biggest rewards—in almost every area of your life. Sharing funny and poignant stories from her own personal and professional life, she offers specific methods to embrace fear and channel it into creativity, motivation, achieving your personal and professional goals and influencing others to reach their greatest potential.

Women in corporate environments often have the same complaints: Our ideas are ignored; we are passed over for promotions; we do not get significant raises; our input is not valued; we do not feel that they are on a path toward senior management, etc. While we can blame institutional sexism on much of the above, I believe that we are sometimes guilty of standing in our own way. In this inspiring speech, Amy DuBois Barnett shares her personal experiences, and offers women insightful tips and tools to achieve their professional goals.

Perception is reality, and we have all the power in the world to dictate how others see us. This is crucial because the way we are perceived has everything to do with our ability to achieve both personal and professional goals. The essence of perception lies in the energy that others feels from us as well as our ability to communicate: ideas, emotions, desires, etc. In this illuminating speech, Amy DuBois Barnett shares valuable advice on how to project confidence and contentedness, as well as how to communicate effectively with everyone from co-workers to family to romantic partners.

As Editor-in-Chief of both Honey and Teen People magazines, Amy DuBois Barnett spoke to millions of young women every month. Her personal philosophy of living for your passion, remaining independent and having a full life resonated throughout the magazines and contributed to their exponential growth. In this revealing and inspiring speech, Amy shares her own rocky path to personal growth and offers both young women and educators the valuable lessons she learned along the way. Amy counsels women on: financial responsibility, self-esteem and confidence, pushing past fear, having adventures, setting and achieving goals, healthy living, etc.