6th Annual MetroWest Conference for Women Coming September 2022

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Here’s what happened in September 2021

2021 Special Guests and Keynotes

Comedian

Kelly MacFarland
Emcee

Kim Miles
Keynote Speaker

Bevin Mugford
Keynote Speaker

Jill Dixon
2021 Goddess Award Recipient

Deborah Sweet

Comedian

Kelly MacFarland

Kelly MacFarland is a stand-up comedian, writer and actress. She has an extensive and well-rounded resume including comedy clubs, theaters, colleges, festivals, television appearances and entertaining US troops overseas. Kelly has appeared on the Today Show, Comedy Central, NBC’s Last Comic Standing, AXS Gotham Comedy LIVE and Comics Come Home (to name a few}.  She can be heard on SiriusXM radio! For all things Kelly, visit www.kellymacfarland.com!

Emcee

Kim Miles

What do you call a successful businesswoman with a vibrant financial advisory practice, more than 25 years of sales experience, a background in performing, and a serious shoe habit? Kim Miles! Through her company, Miles in Heels Productions, Kim is a highly sought-after emcee, panel moderator, creative collaborator and event strategist who partners with her clients to deliver critical messaging to their key audiences in fresh, unexpected and entertaining ways. No matter the format, live or virtual, from ideation to execution, Miles in Heels Productions is the answer. When you need to think outside of the box and laugh while you’re learning, look no further: if Oprah and Ellen had a love-child, it would be Kim Miles.

As a proud TEDx speaker, Kim’s clients include The Massachusetts Conference for Women, Babson College, Worcester Women’s Leadership Conference, Wellesley College, Winchester Hospital/Lahey Health, Women’s Bar Foundation of Massachusetts, Women’s Bar Association of Massachusetts, Yankee Dental Congress, Foundation for Business Equity, League of Women Voters of Massachusetts, Goulston & Storrs Counsellors at Law, College of The Holy Cross, MassChallenge, Women in Technology International, Colwen Hotels, Regis College, Bryant University Women’s Summit, MetroWest Conference for Women and many more. She’s a member of The WIN Lab Coaching Circle at Babson College, the Innovation Women Speakers Bureau, and the GDA Speakers Bureau. With over 17 years of experience producing programs for as few as 30 people and as many as 1000, Kim makes every event feel as intimate as hanging with your closest pals over a glass of wine. 

Kim is widely known as a powerhouse problem solver, kick-a** content creator, and a hilarious humorist. When she’s not working, Kim has been known to take off her signature heels only to hit the slopes or the golf course…that is when she’s not singing with her band!

Be sure to check out all things Miles in Heels at: www.milesinheels.com 

And get social with Kim at:

Email: info@milesinheels.com

Facebook: Miles in Heels Productions

LinkedIn: Miles in Heels Productions

Instagram:@kimmilesinheelsTwitter: @KimMilesinHeels


Be sure to check out all things Miles in Heels at: www.milesinheels.com

Keynote Speaker

Bevin Mugford

In a talk that will bring equal parts tears, goosebumps and laughter, Bevin shares the story of how the tragic drowning death of her child led her on a soulful journey of self-discovery, and how she learned that even in moments of the most unimaginable pain, there is an opportunity to thrive.  Bevin’s talk is all at once deeply personal and completely universal.  She shares her story in a way that makes you feel as if it was anyone’s, and she helps everyone to see how they can create meaning out of loss.  https://www.instagram.com/bevin.mugford/ 

Bevin is a dynamic executive with over 15 years of experience in leading people, building high performance teams and developing innovative sales/learning solutions. Known for her creativity, curiosity, high-energy and unwavering optimism, she is passionate about investing in others to facilitate human breakthroughs that drive high-performance business results. For the last three years, she has walked a personal growth journey after losing one of her children to a traumatic drowning incident. Learning how to address and talk about this painful aspect of her personal life has led her to discover the powerful impact of connecting with others from a place of authenticity and vulnerability. Bevin is Chief Growth Officer for a mission-driven, culture-first, Waltham-based women’s lifestyle clothing brand, Peach. She is host of a weekly podcast-style chat called Thursday Thrive based upon the tenants of Positive Psychology and author of a weekly “Saturday Meditation” blog chronicling her journey through child-loss. A dynamic and engaging public speaker, Bevin presents powerful personal and professional development workshops and mainstage presentations, averaging over 150 live engagements annually. Described as a “zesty badass with a flair for the dramatic”, Bevin believes men and women can do anything when they play to their strengths. Bevin is a Mom of 4, a former competitive swimmer and current CrossFit junkie.

Keynote Speaker

Jill Dixon

Jill Dixon is a firestarter and change agent with a passion for thinking outside of the box and disrupting the system — whether it be in tech or in a preschool classroom. To feed Jill’s philanthropic soul, she & her husband, Phil, are the Founders of Taly, a nonprofit created to tackle the toughest challenges plaguing the early education field and infuse the system with innovation. 

Jill is the mother of two curious and hilarious children who are the inspiration for Taly.  Jill combines the relationship-building skills she has honed throughout her 25 year career as a successful multimillion dollar tech sales professional with her desire to find solutions for accessible, affordable, relevant, quality education for all kids.

Buckle up and hang on! Jill tells it like it is. She talks fast, she’s loud, she gets her energy from other humans, and above all else… wants everyone to be the best version of themselves by overcoming obstacles with humility, humor and chutzpah.  

2021 Goddess Award Recipient

Deborah Sweet

Deborah Sweet is a writer, activist, and advocate who focuses her work on lending her heart and her voice to vulnerable children, while coexisting within the hard spaces of childhood trauma. As a Foster Parent Ambassador for the Department of Children and Families, Deborah works tirelessly at raising community awareness for kids who come from difficult places, but works even harder as a foster/adoptive/biological parent to children with complex medical and behavioral health needs. Deborah and her husband have won the prestigious Massachusetts Foster Parents of the Year Award, and have been recognized for their work by the Massachusetts Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Children at their annual Gala. Deborah is a teacher by trade, with a Masters Degree in Education and over a decade of classroom experience, but now spends her time advocating for school districts to practice from a trauma informed lens, and to provide wrap-around services for children who are challenged by developmental trauma. Deborah is the founder of WE’VE GOT YOUR BACKpack, a backpack and school supply drive that provides much needed lifelines of support for hundreds of at-risk children throughout the Commonwealth. Deborah’s writing has been featured on national and international websites and can be found on her blog, Because I Stay. She lives in the Boston area with her husband and six(ish) kids, plus a couple of amazing animals that add to the calm of the house, not the chaos.

2021 She's Local Goddess Award

Expert Local Panelists

We deliver inspiration & engagement.

Our mission is to create lasting experiences for women, close to home. Since 2016, our She’s Local team of volunteers have created and sustained local conferences for women in six regions of New England. We average 600 attendees at each in-person event, skillfully bringing together speakers, vendors, entertainers, sponsors, attendees, business owners and community leaders. Through the pandemic, we pivoted successful to an all-virtual platform, maintaining the energy, connections and inspiration for local women.  This year we are working towards our 5th conference, returning to an in-person setting, with a virtual component at the Framingham Sheraton on September 30, 2021.

We are different from every other local conference for women in the country. 

  • We are affordable.
  • We are personal and intimate.
  • We highlight and connect local women.
  • We bring you relatable, relevant information.
Relevant Topics
Customized for Local Women

Each local conference is customized to the women in their community. In the four months leading up to the conference, we host local in-person and virtual meetups to gather the important topics that matter to the women we serve. We then ask local experts to apply to be panelists on conference day.  Once the topics are collected and the application process closes, we then match local speakers to the topics that matter to women in the area.

 
Relatable Women
Women Living Similar Lives
Each of our panels are made up of three local experts: real, accessible, relatable women from the local community. Women who will answer a phone call or meet for coffee, close by.  We match these experts with each other so they can weave together their passion and purpose for a well thought-out and informative session for our audience. Over the course of 3 months, panelists meet and customize their panel format, title, description and key take-aways, all while being promoted through our She’s Local social and digital channels prior to, during and following their local conference.


Affordable for ALL

A Ticket Price We Can Feel Good About Investing
We want to make information and inspiration accessible to ALL.  Our in-person conference tickets remain at $52 for a full-day conference including breakfast, lunch, coffee-all-day, and complementary wine during a post conference DJ-hosted celebration.  A dollar a week to invest in yourself is something we can feel good about.  We will include a Virtual component this year, making the opportunity to connect with local women, even more accessible.  We also give scholarships to women struggling to make ends meet, female veterans and survivors of domestic violence.

A Message From Our Board

After four years of sold-out conferences, we remain excited and committed to our goal to add information, resources, networking and mentoring within the MetroWest region that increases the opportunities available to all women as we lead into our 5th year.

We will continue to do this with accessible, relevant, and local experiences featuring topics that matter most to our region.

The annual MetroWest Conference For Women will inspire, connect, motivate and move local women through every stage along their path.

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