Email from Innovation Women

January 2026

AT A GLANCE

Your January innovation Women Month-at-a-Glance memo is here! This is a guide for events and programs available to our community. Whether you’re looking to connect with our team, collaborate with others or learn something new, we’ve got everything you need in one place. (Our speaker members have access to additional sessions - another great reason to join.) Check it out!

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Cheers!


Bobbie (and the IW Team)

Speaker Friends LIVE!

Save the date! Join us for Speaker Friends Live on January 29, 2026 from 6:00 - 8:30 PM ET. All are welcome & registration will open soon!

Speaker Friends Live is an in-person event in Boston dedicated to providing speakers with the assets they need to advance their speaking careers without spending a fortune, mortgaging the house or running up their credit cards. This is a fast-moving, community-powered event where speakers practice live, audiences show up big and supportive, and everyone leaves with something useful. It's...


  • Not a webinar. 
  • Not a pitch session. 
  • No awkward networking…we’re on a mission to get more underrepresented voices heard. 


This is speakers helping speakers — live and in-person. Please be on the lookout for more information soon. There will be discounted pricing and free tickets for speaker members.

Speaker Friend Fridays

Join us every Friday at 8:45 am ET for Speaker Friends Friday on Zoom. We have discussions with speakers, authors, event managers, business owners, podcasters and other professionals.


You can also join us on January 2 and 16 for West Coast Speaker Friends at noon ET/9:00 am PT. It's every first and third Friday each month. All are welcome.

Get More Speaking Opportunities

Featuring Bobbie Carlton

January 13, 2026, 12:00 - 1:00 pm ET


Join us for this free session where we’ll show you how to find and land speaking opportunities, craft a strong speaker presence and tap into the Innovation Women community and our tools that support your growth every step of the way. Learn more about what to expect here.

Upcoming IW Webinars


What's in Your Lifeboat? Moving from Scarcity to Abundance and Surviving Dark Time

Featuring Dr. Joy Wiggins

January 7, 2026, 12:00 - 1:00 pm ET


Women are living through a moment defined by uncertainty. Scarcity thinking naturally rises in these moments: fear of losing relevance, opportunity, or security. In that headspace, women often turn on themselves or each other.

This fireside chat reframes that instinct. Using the lifeboat metaphor drawn from my book From Sabotage to Support and my Cultural Agility work, we explore how women can resource themselves differently—how to choose what gets thrown out, what stays, and who they want in the boat as they navigate dark waters. The conversation will show that abundance is not a mindset alone; it’s a practice that transforms how we lead, collaborate, and support one another.

The Portfolio Mindset Advantage: Leveraging Multiple Passions for Maximum Impact

Featuring Jessica Tudos, M.Ed., OLY

January 21, 2026, 12:00 - 1:00 pm ET


Ambitious women innovators don’t need to choose between careers, passions, or skills—they can strategically leverage them all to build resilient, sustainable, and creative careers in complex times. This interactive session, led by Olympian-turned-life design strategist, speaker, and edupreneur Jessica Tudos, introduces the Portfolio Mindset—a framework for transforming diverse skills and passions into strategic advantage.

Knowledge Sessions

Bi-Weekly on Fridays at 11:00 am ET

This month: January 9 & 23


These sessions cover Profile Reviews, Concept Clinics and Ask Me Anything segments. Come with a filled-out profile, a concept that needs refining or any other questions. The sessions are first-come, first-serve and for members only.