Why Taryn Is the Right Fit for Women’s History Month

• A globally recognized female leader whose work reflects the core purpose of Women’s History Month: challenging harmful norms, expanding how women are represented, and creating space for confidence, wellbeing, and leadership on women’s own terms
• Named 2023 Australian of the Year, a national honor recognizing not just visibility, but sustained social impact, advocacy, and leadership
• Founder of the Body Image Movement, a global initiative that has reached hundreds of millions of people and helped shift public conversation around women’s bodies, self-worth, and mental health
• Brings lived experience that resonates deeply with women across life stages—motherhood, identity shifts, career transitions, and redefining success beyond external expectations
• Her advocacy has been recognized by UN Women, Amy Poehler’s Smart Girls, and the Geena Davis Institute, underscoring the credibility and seriousness of her work
• Has demonstrated the ability to influence institutions and culture alike, from grassroots movements to global organizations and government conversations
• Delivers Women’s History Month programming that is empowering, inclusive, and forward-looking, centering strength and possibility rather than struggle or deficit narratives
• Particularly effective for employee audiences seeking inspiration that translates into confidence, resilience, wellbeing, and sustained impact, both personally and professionally

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Proposed Keynotes / Presentation Options

Get It!

30/45-minute keynote speech + Optional Q&A

Taryn knows what it takes to break through self-doubt and turn dreams into reality. Now, she’s helping audiences all over the world get whatever they’re chasing.

Whether it’s professional ambition, personal growth, or lifelong dreams, this powerful keynote will help you Get It!

With her signature blend of heartfelt storytelling, humour, and practical wisdom,Taryn shares the powerful framework of taming DOubt and dialling up couRAge to take action — affectionately known by audiences as the DO-RA effect.Through candid insights and real-life strategies, Get It empowers audiences to dream big, back themselves, and take action — no matter the obstacles. This keynote is perfect for anyone seeking energy and inspiration — whether they’re sales-driven, performance-focused, or simply ready to level up.

Key Takeaways:

• Seven powerful tools to turn self-doubt into unstoppable momentum.
• Convert intentions into purposeful action that drives meaningful change in your personal and professional life.
• Harness the power of self-belief to push past fear and reach your next level.
• Turn setbacks into springboards and build confidence that lasts.

Embrace You

30/45-minute keynote speech + Optional Q&A

In this deeply personal keynote, Taryn takes audiences on a journey from hating her body to embracing it, showing how this powerful mindset shift has allowed her to inspire millions to do the same.

Lauded globally for her leadership in the body image space, Taryn’s work has been recognised by UN Women, seen her awarded an Honorary Doctorate and earned her the title of 2023 Australian of the Year.

With a no-holds-barred approach and her trademark humour, Taryn challenges audiences to consider some uncomfortable truths, guiding them to look inward and discover what truly matters in life.

She shares her life-changing Embrace manifesto, full of practical, actionable advice that empowers every audience member to embrace their life by embracing their body.

Key Takeaways:

• Discover how body appreciation fuels stronger mental health, greater resilience, and improved physical wellbeing.
• Unlock the Embrace framework to supercharge your life and boost your time, energy, and confidence.
• Get a practical ‘to do’ list to kickstart building a better relationship with your body.

Why She’s a Good Fit for Q2's Women’s History Month

• Brings a deeply women-centered perspective on performance, rooted in research and lived experience, addressing how women disproportionately experience priority overload, perfectionism, and competing demands at work and home
• Connects women’s leadership today to women’s impact throughout history, using powerful examples (from Marie Curie to Rosa Parks) to show how focus—not overwork—has driven lasting change
• Built her framework in one of the highest-pressure professional environments imaginable—network television—where women were expected to compete relentlessly, perform publicly, and deliver under constant scrutiny
• Offers a message that resonates strongly with women at all levels: you don’t succeed by doing everything—you succeed by choosing what matters most
• Combines credibility, data, and storytelling, drawing on brain science, large-scale studies, and real-world business outcomes to support her message
• Particularly relevant for corporate audiences navigating burnout, overload, and constant change—especially within fast-paced, results-driven industries
• Known for tailoring her content through pre-event interviews and customization, ensuring the session reflects the organization’s real pain points and priorities
• Brings strong relevance for financial services and fintech audiences, drawing on her background as a consumer reporter and her extensive work with credit unions, financial associations, and large financial institutions navigating complex, high-stakes decision-making environments.
• Delivers content that is both immediately actionable and deeply empowering, giving participants tools they can apply the same day

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Custom Presentation for WHM:

Exceptional Performance with Elisabeth Leamy’s TRIoritize Technique^™

Priority overload is the biggest problem in business today, according to multiple studies, and this struggle to juggle competing priorities is even harder on women.  But history shows it’s a battle well worth fighting. Some of the greatest women of all time achieved what they did because they were laser-focused on doing work that truly matters.

Today’s working women:

• Feel far more pressure to be perfect at work than men do.
• Are often expected to be responsive and say “yes” rather than being strategic and saying “no.”
• Do a disproportionate amount of the work at home, piling on even more competing priorities.
  

THE SOLUTION: The TRIoritize Technique^™

It doesn’t have to be this way.  Keynote speaker, Good Morning America alum and 13-time Emmy winner Elisabeth Leamy shows women how to do the best work of their lives by not always doing their best. With her counterintuitive, 3-level prioritizing system, she dares women to divide their work into three tiers:

• All of their work must be GOOD.  
• Much of it will be BETTER.
• And that allows them to conserve time, energy and resources to make their BEST exceptional.  
  

THE PROOF: There is a direct line between prioritizing and peak performance as these famous women in history demonstrate:

• ‍Marie Curie: Discovered radioactivity by turning down honors and even lucrative opportunities to protect time for purposeful research.‍
• Oprah Winfrey: Says she became the first Black female billionaire by narrowing her focus to scale her impact.‍
• Elinor Ostrom: Was the first woman to win the Nobel prize in economics by focusing on one unfashionable question: How do people actually manage shared resources?‍
• Rosa Parks: Changed civil rights forever not through her many unsung years of advocacy, but by choosing a single, impactful act.‍
• Patsy Mink: Established Title IX, while serving as a member of Congress, by focusing deeply on women’s education equity.‍
• Muriel Siebert: Became the first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange by exclusively targeting underserved investors.‍
• Dolores Huerta: did a good job on civil and women’s rights issues, but prioritized farm worker organizing, where she could make the deepest impact.

Why Dr. Tiffany Moon Is a Strong Fit for Q2's Women’s History Month

• Represents the modern evolution of women’s leadership, excelling across medicine, entrepreneurship, authorship, and public visibility
• Brings a rare combination of scientific credibility and cultural relevance, making her message resonate with both analytical and human-centered audiences
• Speaks directly to Women’s History Month themes of perfectionism, burnout, identity, and redefining success, particularly for high-achieving women
• Offers a powerful lens on authentic leadership under scrutiny, informed by her experience navigating public visibility while maintaining professional excellence
• Connects deeply with audiences through lived experience as an immigrant, physician, working mother, and founder, reflecting the multidimensional realities many women face
• Known for a funny, warm, and highly relatable presentation style, blending humor, candor, and storytelling with science-backed insight to create an engaging and memorable experience
• Delivers practical, evidence-based tools that support sustainable success, confidence, and wellbeing—benefiting both individuals and organizations

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Proposed Keynotes / Presentation Options

1. Joy Prescriptions: How to Stop Chasing Perfection and Embrace Connection

An inspiring, research-backed keynote on breaking free from perfectionism and rediscovering joy through authenticity and connection.

Based on her bestselling book, Joy Prescriptions, Dr. Tiffany Moon shares her personal story of achievement without fulfillment—and how she rewrote the narrative. Through compelling storytelling and science-backed strategies, she invites audiences to reject the perfection myth and redefine success through authenticity, joy, and connection.

2. Women, Wellness, and the Silent Sacrifice

A bold, honest look at what women give up to “do it all”—and how to reclaim wellness, joy, and boundaries without guilt.

This keynote is designed for women in leadership, medicine, and mission-driven work who are doing it all—at great personal cost. Dr. Moon brings vulnerability, humor, and honesty to the conversation around burnout, boundaries, and reclaiming wellness as a non-negotiable.

Why Maia Molina-Schaefer Is a Strong Fit for Women’s History Month

• Brings a deeply credible military leadership background, with 20 years of service across combat zones, diplomacy, and global security—directly aligning with employee interest in military-connected speakers
• Represents women who have led in environments where the rules were not designed for them, making her story especially resonant for Women’s History Month
• Offers a powerful lens on authentic leadership under pressure, drawing from experiences where decisions carried real consequences
• Has dedicated her post-military career to creating pathways for women and girls, reflecting the forward-looking spirit of Women’s History Month
• Combines strategic insight with emotionally compelling storytelling, helping audiences connect leadership concepts to lived human experience
• Speaks candidly about courage, vulnerability, and transition—topics that resonate across roles, seniority levels, and life stages
• Particularly impactful for organizations seeking inspiration grounded in service, resilience, and purpose-driven leadership, not theory alone

Proposed Topic & Customization Approach

Rather than delivering a one-size-fits-all keynote, Maia partners closely with organizations to shape a talk that reflects their people, culture, and goals. Drawing from her 20-year military career, global leadership experience, and current work advancing gender equity, Maia weaves together themes of authentic leadership, resilience under pressure, navigating career pivots, and leading in environments where the rules were not written for you.

Her talks often explore:

• What it takes to lead with courage in high-stakes, male-dominated environments
• The “armor” women learn to wear at work—and when it’s powerful to take it off
• Navigating major transitions with clarity and confidence
• Building trust and influence across cultures, teams, and hierarchies
• Leading authentically as a woman, a mother, and a minority in spaces where visibility is rare
  

For Q2’s Women’s History Month event, Maia would customize her session to align with the organization’s values and employee priorities—particularly resonant for audiences interested in military leadership, service, resilience, and purpose-driven careers. Her ability to adapt stories and frameworks to different audiences ensures the session feels personal, relevant, and deeply engaging rather than prescriptive.

Maia’s keynote style blends strategic insight with compelling storytelling and warmth, using humor and lived experience to challenge assumptions, spark reflection, and leave audiences inspired to step more boldly into their own arenas.

Why Kanika Is the Right Fit for Women's History Month

• Brings a rare combination of journalistic rigor and lived experience, having spent years as a CNN television journalist before building one of the most respected podcasts centered on modern parenthood, leadership, and legacy
• Draws deeply from conversations with high-profile leaders, founders, and public figures including Chelsea Clinton, America Ferrera, Kelly Rowland, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Rebecca Minkoff, and Reshma Saujani—distilling powerful, real-world lessons about purpose, resilience, and decision-making
• Uses storytelling as a connective thread, weaving insights from her interviews with her own experience as a working mother of three (including twins), making complex issues feel human, accessible, and deeply relatable
• Offers a nuanced perspective on caregiving, the sandwich generation, and mental wellbeing, grounded not just in research, but in hundreds of intimate, candid conversations with people navigating visibility, leadership, and family life
• Helps organizations understand how parenting and caregiving actively strengthen leadership skills—from boundary-setting and empathy to clarity and intuition—rather than detract from professional performance
• Known for her ability to moderate and guide conversations with warmth, clarity, and trust, making her especially effective in fireside chat formats that encourage openness and meaningful dialogue
• Resonates strongly with Women’s ERGs, parents and caregivers, HR and DEI leaders, and audiences seeking programming that reflects the full reality of modern work and life
• Brings cultural depth through her AAPI and South Asian heritage, as well as her work with organizations like Meta, Mom 2.0, and The White House—adding both credibility and global perspective to Women’s History Month programming

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Proposed Session: Lessons from That’s Total Mom Sense (Fireside Chat with Kanika Chadda Gupta)

Kanika is proposed for a warm, story-driven fireside chat that draws on her experience as a journalist, moderator, and host of That’s Total Mom Sense. The conversation is shaped by the real, unfiltered lessons she has gathered from interviewing hundreds of leaders, founders, and public figures—many of which are featured on her podcast’s widely viewed YouTube series—exploring themes such as parenting in the digital age, caring for both children and aging parents, mental wellbeing, and the invisible labor women carry. Through storytelling and thoughtful moderation, Kanika connects these lived experiences to leadership, culture, and retention, reframing caregiving not as a personal issue, but as a core workplace and leadership conversation. The session is highly relatable, deeply human, and designed to spark reflection and dialogue around how organizations can better support parents and caregivers while recognizing the leadership skills that life experience builds.

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Why Norliza Is the Right Fit for Women's History Month

• Embodies Women’s History Month themes of agency, resilience, and self-made leadership, having built multiple ventures from absolute zero
• Brings uncommon credibility as a leader who has navigated survival, entrepreneurship, and reinvention simultaneously, without privilege or safety nets
• Speaks powerfully to audiences facing uncertainty, pressure, and limited resources, offering frameworks born from real-world stakes
• Offers a compelling perspective on decisive leadership, shaped by moments where hesitation was not an option and execution mattered immediately
• Resonates with high-performing teams and leaders who must recover quickly from setbacks and maintain momentum in demanding environments
• Combines entrepreneurial insight with mental health awareness through her work founding a national mental health platform
• Delivers content that is direct, practical, and emotionally grounding, connecting purpose to performance in a way that feels earned and credible

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Recommended Keynote:

THE POWER OF NOTHING: Turning Underestimation into Your Most Powerful Advantage

When you come from a place where nothing is guaranteed, no support, no advantages, no safety net, you develop strengths the world does not expect.

In The Power of Nothing, Norliza shows underestimated professionals how to transform doubt, bias, and adversity into the instincts, resilience, and clarity that drive breakthrough success.

Through storytelling and actionable frameworks, she reveals how having nothing became her greatest catalyst, enabling her to build five businesses from zero capital, lead teams under pressure, rise to global recognition, and become a Golden Gavel honoree and top-ranked international keynote speaker.

This keynote reframes what it means to be underestimated and equips participants with the mindset, tools, and everyday practices to rise, lead, and excel even when the world doubts them.

Ideal For:

This keynote is designed specifically for audiences who have been historically overlooked, underestimated, or under-supported in their personal or professional journeys, including:

• Women’s Leadership Conferences and International Women’s Day Programs
• Corporate ERGs including Women, BIPOC, First-Generation, Immigrant, and Survivor groups
• DEI, Belonging, and Culture-Building Initiatives
• Empowerment and Resilience Programs
• Early-Career Talent and Next-Generation Leadership Tracks
• Entrepreneurship and Small Business Audiences
• Organizations committed to elevating underrepresented voices

Attendees Will Gain

1. The Activation Effect

How being underestimated becomes your strategic advantage. Participants learn to reframe doubt and bias as fuel, turning external underestimation into internal power, clarity, and drive. This works especially well for women, BIPOC, LGBTQ, disabled professionals, and first-generation leaders who often experience underestimation.

2. The Reality Questions

A simple two-minute clarity tool that turns self-doubt into confident action. Attendees learn a quick, repeatable set of questions to evaluate what they have, what is still possible, and what action they can take immediately. This interrupts imposter syndrome, overthinking, and second-guessing with clear, grounded decision-making.

3. The Wind and Water Principle

A flexible mindset shift for moving through obstacles instead of getting stuck behind them. Participants learn how to stay adaptive, fluid, and forward-moving when facing barriers unique to underestimated groups. This teaches them to move through obstacles rather than seeing them as endpoints.

4. The Smallest Viable Action

The one-step method that stops perfectionism and ignites momentum. Attendees walk away knowing the smallest possible step they can take today, regardless of confidence, resources, or external validation. This is effective for those who tend to overprepare, seek permission, or wait until they feel ready.

5. The Promise Test

A personal commitment tool to stay aligned with purpose when the world doubts you. Participants learn how to anchor themselves to a personal mission or promise so they remain focused despite external doubt or adversity. This provides the identity anchor that underestimated groups often lack due to limited external validation.

Why This Keynote Resonates

Underestimated professionals do not need more motivation. They need frameworks that work in the real world.

This keynote resonates because Norliza:

• built success from a starting point most people never imagine
• achieved global recognition without privilege, networks, or safety nets
• transformed lived adversity into practical tools anyone can use
• understands firsthand the pressures underestimated groups carry
• delivers content that is emotionally powerful and business-relevant

Audiences leave not only inspired but equipped with practical tools that shift identity, activate confidence, and unlock performance when it matters most.