WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.269 >>GERRY: ONE OF THE PREMIERE EVENTS FOR HOOSIER WOMEN IN THE WORKFORCE RETURNS THIS YEAR IN A HYBRID WAY. 2 00:00:03.269 --> 00:00:11.378 THE INDIANA CONFERENCE FOR WOMEN WILL TAKE PLACE IN NOVEMBER BOTH IN PERSON AND ONLINE. HOLLYWOOD ACTRESSES AND AN 3 00:00:11.378 --> 00:00:16.916 ICONIC FASHION DESIGNER ARE AMONG HEADLINERS FOR THIS YEAR'S CONFERENCE. AND FOR MORE ON WHY THE EVENT 4 00:00:16.916 --> 00:00:25.392 CONTINUES TO BE ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF ITS KIND...I'M PLEASED TO WELCOME INDIANA CONFERENCE 5 00:00:25.392 --> 00:00:36.836 FOR WOMEN FOUNDER BILLIE DRAGOO- GARCIA AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CHELSEA ANDERSON. LADIES WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM AS 6 00:00:36.836 --> 00:00:40.807 ALWAYS,. >> THANK YOU. >> BILL I WANT TO START WITH YOU IT'S THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY 7 00:00:40.807 --> 00:00:48.615 CELEBRATION FOR THE CONFERENCE FOR WOMEN AND I REMEMBER BEING AT THE FIRST CONFERENCE AND FROM THAT FIRST CONFERENCE ON IT HAS 8 00:00:48.615 --> 00:00:54.320 BEEN A HIT AND HAS GROWN EVERY YEAR. TALK ABOUT AS YOU THINK BACK THE IDEA FOR THE CONFERENCE WHAT IT 9 00:00:54.320 --> 00:01:04.631 IS ALL ABOUT AND WHY IN YOUR VIEW IT'S CONTINUED TO ACHIEVE SUCH SUCCESS. >> YOU KNOW, IN THE BEGINNING 10 00:01:04.631 --> 00:01:12.739 THERE WAS A STRATEGIC FOCUS AND LEADERSHIP AND ECONOMIC VISION FOR WOMEN IN OUR STATE AND ACTUALLY OUR CITY AND OUR STATE, 11 00:01:12.739 --> 00:01:22.682 BUT IT MUSHROOMED INTO MUCH MORE THAN THAT NOW. WE ATTRACT MULTIPLE CROSS ALLIANCES OF INDUSTRY AND 12 00:01:22.682 --> 00:01:31.825 C-SUITE AND STUDENTS ACROSS OUR STATE AND THEN WE ATTRACT A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM OUT-OF-STATE SO IT'S BECOME AN ECOSYSTEM OF 13 00:01:31.825 --> 00:01:41.734 STRATEGIC THINKING AND LEADERSHIP AND NOW WE HAVE MUSHROOMED INTO SCHOLARSHIPS AND I WILL LET CHELSEA TALK TO ABOUT 14 00:01:41.734 --> 00:01:55.348 THAT LATER THAT THE AMAZING 501(C)3 BOARD AND AMAZING CASE STUDIES AND 40 PERCENT OF MILLENNIALS, C-SUITE ACROSS 15 00:01:55.348 --> 00:02:05.158 MULTIPLE LEVELS OF THE CITY AND ALSO 20 PERCENT BUSINESS OWNER SO SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE BUT LIKE YOU SAID IT'S GONE 16 00:02:05.158 --> 00:02:10.763 EXPONENTIALLY IN 20 OR 30 PERCENT IT'S GROWN EVERY YEAR. >> TALK ABOUT THIS YEAR BECAUSE 17 00:02:10.763 --> 00:02:23.243 A BIG LINE UP AND SOME KEYNOTES AND GIVE US A THUMBNAIL OF THIS YEAR'S EVENT. >> I'M SO SO YOU CUT OUT FOR A 18 00:02:23.243 --> 00:02:29.382 MOMENT I DIDN'T HEAR THE QUESTION. >> A THUMBNAIL DESCRIPTION HIGH-PROFILE KEYNOTE SPEAKERS 19 00:02:29.382 --> 00:02:35.555 AND ACTIVITY PLANNED. GIVE US THE DESCRIPTION OF WHAT FOLKS CAN EXPECT. >> I WOULD LOVE TO. 20 00:02:35.555 --> 00:02:45.999 I'M EXCITED ABOUT OUR KEY NOTES. WE START THINGS OFF WITH A WONDERFUL ROLE OF HIDDEN FIGURES EMPIRE AND A NEW CAMPAIGN TO 21 00:02:45.999 --> 00:02:52.605 TALK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT ALL THE TIME ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST YEAR AND 22 00:02:52.605 --> 00:03:00.346 A HALF. FOLLOWING THAT WE WILL SEE JAMIR JAMAIL FROM THE GOOD PLACE. SHE ALSO HAS A WONDERFUL PODCAST 23 00:03:00.346 --> 00:03:06.419 AND A HOST AND A NUMBER OF AREAS AND WE LOVE HAVING HER HERE. SHE WILL HAVE A GREAT CONVERSATION. 24 00:03:06.419 --> 00:03:14.193 AND CLOSING OUT THE KEYNOTES BETSY JOHNSON WHO, OF COURSE, IS AN ICONIC FASHION DESIGNER FROM THE '80s AND 90s. 25 00:03:14.193 --> 00:03:22.435 SHE HAS PURSES A NEW ACCESSORY SHE JUST LAUNCHED SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THESE GREAT SPEAKERS. >> A MAJOR EVENT. 26 00:03:22.435 --> 00:03:28.675 YOU'VE HAD SUMMER EVENTS PLANNED LEADING UP TO THAT. WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME BUT SO MANY STORIES COMING OUT OF 27 00:03:28.675 --> 00:03:40.420 THIS CONFERENCE OVER THE YEARS AND THE IMPACT THE CONFERENCE HAS HAD ON INDIVIDUAL WOMEN. >> TALK ABOUT THAT? 28 00:03:40.420 --> 00:03:52.565 >> YES. >> WE HAVE HAD SOME FOLKS IN NEW YORK AND I THINK IT WAS MARTHA STEWART WE HAD SOME FOLKS AND 29 00:03:52.565 --> 00:04:04.811 SHE VISITED SOME INDUSTRIES HERE AND SO THERE ARE SOME OTHER FOLKS WORKING IN ONE OF THE STUDENTS AMBER RAY SPOKE AT OUR 30 00:04:04.811 --> 00:04:12.919 BREAKOUT SESSION AND SHE IS NOW THE MENTEE OF AMBER RAY WITH A BOOK CALLED JEWS WONDER OVER WORRY SO THESE GIRLS IN HIGH 31 00:04:12.919 --> 00:04:19.492 SCHOOL IT'S CHANGING THEIR LIVES SO THERE IS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE AND STUDIES THAT ARE COMING OUT OF THIS AND CASE 32 00:04:19.492 --> 00:04:30.370 STUDIES DOWN THE ROAD AND ALSO BUILDS A LEGACY FOR THIS CONFERENCE AND THE FOLKS WILL BE ABLE TO REFLECT BACK ON AND SEE 33 00:04:30.370 --> 00:04:37.410 WHAT THIS CONFERENCE HAS DONE FOR OUR STATE. >> IT'S HAD A BIG IMPACT. THE INDIANA CONFERENCE FOR WOMEN 34 00:04:37.410 --> 00:04:43.383 THE COFOUNDER OF THE EVENT AND ALSO CHELSEA ANDERSON THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. THANKS FOR JOINING US.