Restoring Trust, Embracing Culture: The Nature's Syrup Beauty Story

Join DeVonna Pittman, founder of Nature's Syrup Beauty, as she shares her journey from kitchen experiments to building a plant-powered beauty brand sold in major retailers. Discover how her commitment to ethical sourcing, culture, and community drives impact both locally and globally: and learn how embracing authenticity can ignite transformational change in business and beyond.

Three Take-Aways:

How mission-driven leadership can set your business apart and create lasting community impact.

Strategic steps for building trust and brand loyalty in under-served markets.

The power of ethical sourcing, storytelling, and cultural authenticity in shaping your business legacy.

DeVonna Pittman

CEO

DeVonna Pittman is the founder of Nature's Syrup Beauty, a mission-driven brand born in her kitchen to solve the curly hair crisis with plant-based solutions. A former public servant turned full-time entrepreneur, she's committed to ethical sourcing - partnering with women in Ghana - and to mentoring women locally and globally. Through her leadership, she is transforming the beauty industry, empowering youth, and building a global ecosystem of changemakers rooted in culture, equity, and community.

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Why Connected Leadership Is the Competitive Advantage

Today, we are excited to welcome Morgan Massie, one of our Premier Success Coaches, to the eWomenNetwork blog as our guest writer. In the article below, Morgan shares a formula we can use to ensure our pricing reflects our true value. Welcome, Morgan! 

As women business owners, we’re often taught to focus on strategy, visibility, and growth tactics — and those matter. But after years of working with leaders and entrepreneurs, and through my own research, I’ve found that the leaders who sustain momentum and fulfillment don’t just work harder or market louder.

They lead more connected.

In 2026, connection isn’t a “soft skill.” It’s a strategic advantage.

The Connectedness Model: A New Lens for Leadership

Connected leadership is a framework informed by research I’ve conducted over the last several years. It’s built on three essential relationships:

Connection to Self

Connection to Others

Connection to Context

When one of these breaks down, growth feels heavy. When all three are aligned, leadership feels clearer, more grounded, and more impactful.

Connection to Self: Leading from Clarity, Not Exhaustion

Many women entrepreneurs are deeply capable — but disconnected from their own energy, values, and boundaries.

Connection to self means:

Knowing where your energy is best spent

Making decisions aligned with your values, not just expectations

Allowing space for reflection, not just execution

Quarterly reflection question: What am I doing out of habit or pressure — and what actually deserves my energy right now?

When leaders reconnect to themselves, decision-making becomes simpler, confidence steadier, and burnout far less likely.

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I Want to Get Paid to Speak

I get asked all the time "Toni, I want to get paid to speak, how do I do that?" Well that's the wrong question. the right one is "How do I get this stage to pay me?" Your voice is your most powerful & scaleable asset.

After hearing this presentation, you will 

1. Understanding the right stage for your message.

2. How to negotiate for maximum visibility.

3. How to determine the right offer for the right audience/stage.

Toni Caruso

Executive Director

Toni Caruso is an event production expert with 30+ years of experience in entertainment, corporate, and B2B events. As the founder of Academy4Speakers and Executive Director of eWomenSpeakersNetwork, she empowers speakers to rise above the noise, share their unique message, and build thriving businesses by mastering the art of speaking. Toni is dedicated to helping others unlock breakthrough results.

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3 Things to Check Before You Pivot in Your Business

Every business owner hits that moment. You look at your offers, your messaging, your calendar, or maybe even your entire business and wonder about what’s not working. Maybe sales have slowed down, you’ve outgrown your audience, or you're just feeling unmotivated or out of alignment.

So the natural next thought becomes: “Should I pivot?”

Sometimes, yes. A pivot is exactly what’s needed. But often, what we call a pivot is really a pause for clarity and a chance to fine-tune instead of reinvent.

If you’re standing at a crossroads, here are three things to check before you make a big move in your business.

Are You Clear on What’s Actually Not Working?

Sometimes frustration stems from something upstream. You might be tired, under-supported, or trying to grow without a solid system in place. That doesn’t always mean your idea is wrong. It might just mean your approach needs a reset. Before you rewrite your entire offer or rebrand your business, pause to discover what specifically feels off right now.

Is it your pricing or your positioning?

Is it your offer or how you’re marketing it?

Is it your business or just your bandwidth?

Get curious, not reactive. Clarity lives on the other side of asking better questions.

Try It Out: Take 10 minutes to journal or voice-note through these questions: 

What’s draining me right now?

Where am I not seeing the results I want—and why might that be?

If I had to fix just one thing this month, what would it be?

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Women's Entrepreneur Conference 2025 | Conference 2025

The Future Demands Different

Our 4-Day experience is custom designed for Women Entrepreneurs Ready to Reinvent, Reposition & Rise

Inspired • Stimulated • Learning

Here's a sampling of what's in store for you

Digital Marketing Magic—Insider Tips, Secrets and Strategies 

Most effective ways to grow your personal brand using LINKEDIN

Learn how to tap into the analytics and use Page Insights to your maximum advantage

What You Need to Know about the Facebook Algorithm & Your FB Page

Page Likes: Fans of Your Page & Posting to Your Page 

When & Why You Should Boost a Post

How much should you be spending with Social/Digital Media and how to optimize your advertising budget

What are the KPIs to Look for with Ads

FB Pixels and Custom Audiences for Remarketing

Best practices for Social/digital Media engagement and effectiveness

Reimagining your life and business!

Gain the confidence to go "BIG" and break through what is holding you back.

Discover how to turn your ideas and/or book(s) into highly profitable courses 

Master your mind and reach new levels of amazing!

Marry your purpose and meaning with your actions-learn to free yourself from debilitating expectations.

Learn how to create a “simple” Master Success Plan for your business. No need to over-complicate things.

Discover how to transform your hot idea into a fundable, dynamic blueprint that takes off like a rocket.

Accelerated Growth Breakthroughs

Success Tips & Tricks: Experts share how they are growing their businesses at double the pace of others and how you can, too!

How to get from where you are to where you want to be.

Raise your expert profile and quickly attract more clients.

Create value-added marketing that leverages your image and "appeal" to clients

Discover how the big email lists-builders are growing their contact lists.

The New Rules of Business Engagement

Creating Celebrity: Discover how to convert your skills and talents into a dynamic celebrity brand

Learn proven collaboration models that allow you to increase your cash flow and enjoy more of your life.

Learn why today, more than any other time, connecting with your audience heart-to-heart is the smartest move.

Understand why you want to focus on Happiness-your customers want it!

Simple, Proven and Effective Sales and Marketing Concepts that Work

How to sell today using social media ads

How to test everything to determine what is a good use of your ad dollars

High impact sales-closing strategies for turbo-charging great profits.

Communicate your message in a way that attracts prospects to you like a magnet.

How to increase your sales conversion and close a greater percentage of new customers.

Uncover what motivates people to buy NOW and make a purchase decision on the spot.

Discover how to package your expertise so you can earn a dynamic income!

Create video marketing that accelerates the buying time of your customers and drives business back to you.

This Conference will inspire you!

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From Invisible to Irresistible: Growing Your Business with a Loyal Micro-Community

The key to consistent and sustainable growth isn’t a bigger audience — it’s a loyal one. Discover how to create a micro-community of engaged, excited and ready-to-buy clients who trust you, refer you and keep coming back. Learn the secret to becoming irresistible to the right people without exhausting yourself chasing leads.

Key Takeaways 

1. How to Shift from Marketing to Meaningful Connection – Discover why traditional marketing tactics fall flat and how to create genuine relationships that lead to sales.

2. Build a Micro-Community That Trusts and Buys from You – The step-by-step process to cultivating a group of engaged, loyal fans who want what you offer.

3. Identify Your Next Steps to Build and Monetize Your Micro-Community – Walk away with a clear plan to start attracting, engaging, and converting your ideal clients today.

Abigail Tiefenthaler

Co-Founder

Known as the “Launch and Leverage Strategist,” Abigail Tiefenthaler is the Co-Founder of Savvy Sales Strategy, a marketing and sales agency that works with professional coaches who want 6-figure years and need Implementation with Impact to stay focused and on a path to success.

Abigail honed her strategic branding and marketing skills on Fortune 100 clients. She found clients got results faster with marketing and sales that were ongoing, systemized and aligned. Today Abigail and Tami Crea bring the best of branding, marketing and sales so their clients can go from practitioner to businessowner.

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The Science of Success: Rewiring for Growth & Impact

For anyone ready to break through limits and achieve lasting success.

Success isn’t about working harder - it’s about working smarter by aligning with how your brain is wired for growth. This transformative talk dives into the neuroscience behind habits, mindset shifts, and sustainable success, helping individuals and teams break free from outdated patterns and step into high impact performance.

Key Takeaways

✔ How to retrain your brain to work with change instead of against it

✔ The science behind fear, resistance, why we stay stuck - and how to shift

✔ Practical ways to rewire thought patterns, grow resilience, &and drive results

✔ How small, shifts lead to big breakthroughs in performance and leadership

Laura Boone

Personal & Professional Success Strategist

 Laura Boone is a Personal & Professional Success Strategist and engaging speaker

who blends storytelling, humor, and brain-based insights to help audiences navigate

change with confidence and clarity. Known for her relatable and high-energy style,

Laura simplifies complex topics and delivers actionable strategies that inspire

immediate, meaningful change.

As a Certified Neurotransformational Coach, Laura’s approach is grounded in

neuroscience, change management, and human behavior insights. She is the creator of

The Structured Shifts Solution, a framework that helps individuals and organizations

navigate change with clarity and ease. With experience spanning education, IT, and

leadership development, Laura bridges the gap between strategy, mindset, and real world application.

Need someone who can turn complex challenges into structured, strategic solutions -

all while keeping your audience engaged and entertained? Laura Boone is your best

call!

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More Time, More Growth: Streamline Your Business for 2025

Your business started with big dreams, but now the daily grind has taken over. Every day feels like a whirlwind of tasks and decisions, leaving little room for the growth, freedom, and impact you envisioned. It’s time to change that. In this fun, interactive session, you’ll learn how to take back control by simplifying and aligning the key pieces of your business—systems, processes, and team. Discover actionable strategies to make your business run smoothly and support your goals without requiring all your time and energy. If you’re ready to reclaim your time and step into 2025 with clarity and confidence, this is the session you’ve been waiting for.

What You’ll Walk Away With:

- Practical strategies to simplify operations, free up your time, and focus on sustainable growth.

- A defined path to align your systems, processes, and team to create a thriving business that supports your lifestyle.

- The confidence and clarity to lead your business with ease and make 2025 your most successful year yet.

Mara Whitener

Business Problem-Solving Strategist & Fractional COO

Business Architect & Growth Expert 

Unlock the secrets to business success with Mara Whitener, a seasoned entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience scaling and selling businesses. Mara is your go-to expert for transforming chaos into calm, bringing a unique blend of precision, passion for systems, and a proven track record of business triumphs.

Mara's journey, from international business degrees to building and selling multiple 6 and 7-figure businesses, uniquely equips her to pinpoint the missing pieces in your operational puzzle.

Consider Mara your business operations puzzle master, enthusiastic about systems, S.O.P.s, and metrics. Her joy lies in ensuring your systems and team run seamlessly, allowing you to make the impactful difference you envision.

Mara has crafted fully-custom support systems for numerous CEOs that are engineered to bring their unique visions to life. Her goal is to create time and mental space for you, empowering you to take on more clients, save money, and focus on what you love most.

Mara understands that growing your business your way is about finding the one right way that uniquely suits you. It doesn't have to feel hectic day in and day out, and she's here to fix any hidden problems in your operations.

Mara is not just a business maven; she's also a dedicated kitten foster parent, a winner of 5 congressional awards for community leadership, and an introvert who thrives behind the scenes.

Your business success is Mara's passion – let's make it happen!

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