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February 26, 2019 17 mins

Watermark Women's Conference Keynote Speaker's Recap: Wisdom from Brené Brown, Serena Williams and Whitney Wolfe Herd from Host Jill Fleming

Tune in to hear host Jill Fleming's takeaways from the Watermark Conference for Women held in Silicon Valley last week. 

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Keynote Speaker Bio's:

DR. BRENÉ BROWN is a research professor at the University of Houston, where she holds the Huffington Foundation – Brené Brown Endowed Chair at The Graduate College of Social Work. She has spent the past two decades studying courage, vulnerability, shame, and empathy and is the author of four number one New York Times best-sellers: The Gifts of Imperfection, Daring Greatly, Rising Strong, and Braving the Wilderness. Her new book, Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts., is scheduled for publication in October 2018. Brown’s TED talk – The Power of Vulnerability – is one of the top five most viewed TED talks in the world with over 35 million views. She lives in Houston, Texas with her husband, Steve, and their children, Ellen and Charlie. @brenebrown

SERENA WILLIAMS exemplifies courage, beauty, power, and style, and has overcome insurmountable odds to win a record-breaking 23 career Grand Slams singles titles, and 14 Grand Slam double titles. Her remarkable tennis achievements combined with her off-court success in fashion and philanthropy, as well as her status as a strategic partner and investor, make her one of the most recognizable global icons in the world. Williams’ most recent Grand Slam win came at the 2017 Australian Open, while pregnant. In the summer of 2016, she won the Wimbledon Championship in both singles and doubles alongside her sister, Venus. In 2015, she won four grand slams including, Wimbledon, the French Open, the Australian Open, and the 2014 US Open, a feat affectionately known as the “Serena Slam,” and ended the year on the cover of Sports Illustrated as the magazine’s Sportsperson of the Year. She’s won 783 Professional singles matches, 185 doubles professional matches, 72 WTA singles titles, 23 WTA doubles titles, Gold Medal in Doubles in 2000 (Sydney), 2008 (Beijing), 2012 

 

WHITNEY WOLFE HERD is the founder and CEO of Bumble, one of the fastest growing social networking apps in the world. She launched Bumble in 2014 as the only dating platform where women make the first move. As the company has grown, Wolfe Herd has executed upon her vision of making Bumble a female-first social network for creating empowered connections with people you don’t know yet. Bumble launched Bumble BFF in 2016 as a friend-finding feature and launched Bumble Bizz for professional networking in 2017. In four years, her vision has led to Bumble’s growth to nearly 50 million users worldwide in 150 countries. Wolfe Herd was named to Forbes 30 Under 300 and TIME 100 lists and was recently on the cover of Fast Company, Forbes and WIRED magazines. @whitwolfeherd @bumble @whitney(IG)

 

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Music courtesy of Daniel Hoshor - AwakenedYouth.co

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