TEDxHiltonHead Women Announces 2019 Speaker Line-Up

After last year’s highly successful sold-out event, TEDxHiltonHeadWomen will be holding its second event on Saturday December 7 – and has just announced its exciting line-up of prestigious speakers and TEDxTalks.  This year’s speaker roster brings together a unique mix of nationally-known names and up-and-coming minds who exemplify this year’s theme of “Bold + Brilliant – Without Apology” —  providing a powerful day of insightful, inspiring presentations and an opportunity to engage with “bold and brilliant” thought leaders from across the country.

TEDxHiltonHeadWomen will take place on December 7th from 8:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the Harbour Town Clubhouse at the Sea Pines Resort, located at 7 Lighthouse Lane on Hilton Head Island.  Tickets for the event, which include a light breakfast, full brunch and attendance at all 16 TEDxHiltonHeadWomen presentations, are $72 and can be purchased at www.tedxhhiwomen.eventbrite.com.

Leading this year’s TEDxHiltonHeadWomen’s list of dynamic presenters is Fran Capo – six-time Guinness Book World Record holder, known worldwide as the “World’s Fastest Talking Woman” at 603.32 Words Per Minute.  Fran is a comedienne, actress, 21- time author, adventurer who has dove with sharks, driven race cars, eaten fire, scaled a castle wall, did a book signing at the top of Kilimanjaro and down by the wreck site of the Titanic. She has appeared on over 450 TV shows and 4500 radio shows, including Entertainment Tonight, Dr. Oz, Good Morning America” and Nickelodeon.  She is currently the radio host on “Fran’s World” on WestchesterTalkRadio.com, the adventure correspondent on the hit show “Live it Up with Donna Drake!” on CBS-TV and on the cover of Influential People Magazine. Fran will be presenting “How to Have a World Record Mindset to Accomplish Anything You Want in Life” – sharing what she has learned by breaking world records, and offering a TEDx talk unlike anything ever presented on the TEDxHiltonHead stage.  In addition to Fran, other confirmed speakers to-date and their presentations are:

  • Amanda Cifaldi Russ, Millennial Entrepreneur – “Change Agents”
  • Anya Sarre, Internationally known fashion, beauty and lifestyle expert, tastemaker and brand influencer – “Perception is not Always Reality”
  • Bahby Bank, Founder & CEO Pillar Consulting/Founder ENVISIONEmpowermentExperience, “The Confidence Conundrum”
  • Erika Kramer, Award-Winning filmmaker and writer–“An Insult is an Opportunity”
  • Katie Girardi, Owner of Core Pilates – “How to Pick Up a Watermelon”
  • Kweighbaye Kotee, Founder& CEO, Bushwick Film Festival and Producer/Writer/Director – “Solving Gender Inequality”
  • Loren Brill, Founder & CEO, Sweet Loren’s, Inc. – “The Survivor in All of Us”
  • Lee-Anne Gilchrist, Founding Partner of International Junior Sports Academies and Bishops Gate Golf Academy – “How to Stop Screwing Up Our Kids”
  • Mel Savage, Founder & CEO of The Career Reset – “The Secret to Career Happiness”\
  • Melissa Wagner, Physical Therapist/Life Coach for Introverts (Envision Coaching Services LLC) – “In a Gentle Way, You Can Shake the World”
  • Michelle Meissen, Founder & CEO of Palmetto Ocean Conservancy –“Beneath the Surface”
  • Rebeka Smyth, Founder of EmotionalBitch.com – “Emotional Bitch: Let’s Talk About Emotions”
  • Victoria Baylor, International Teacher/Consultant/Speaker/Author – “Don’t be Defined by Your Title”
  • Whitaker Gannon, Recent College Graduate – “Autism/Stigmas”
  • Tiffany Briley, Nature Photographer, Writer and Owner of Charleston Photography Tours – “The ART of Entrepreneurship”

TEDx events bring the spirit of TED’s mission of “Ideas Worth Spreading” to local communities around the globe, and are organized by curious individuals who seek to discover ideas and spark conversations in their own community. This year’s TEDxHiltonHeadWomen theme of Bold + Brilliant is being held in conjunction with the national TEDWomen 2019 conference highlighting the ways in which 2019 is the year to be bold and brilliant –  without apology.  All TEDx talks are 18 minutes or less.

For more information about TEDxHiltonHeadWomen, and to purchase tickets, visit https://www.facebook.com/TEDxHHI or www.tedxhhiwomen.eventbrite.com.