WBO's Trade Show & Luncheon

Join Us at WBO's Annual Trade Show!

Where fun, shopping, networking, learning, and lunch all come together under one roof!

Explore a vibrant mix of vendors across diverse industries. Whether you're browsing or buying, it's the perfect chance to:

Bring your business cards—and your friends! We can’t wait to see you there!

Featured Program: Thriving, or at Least Surviving, in Uncertain Times: Lightning Round Learning from Women Who've Been There, and Are Doing That

When times are tough, you learn to be tougher...though not always in the ways you may think. In this powerful program, you'll hear from six experienced businesswomen with diverse areas of expertise. They will share ideas and tools to help you survive and even thrive - by being strong, but also by innovating, staying motivated, and taking excellent care of your most valuable business asset: Yourself.

Emceed by Dana Frank

Spotlight: Get Up & Get On It: Rising Strong, Leading Forward

More to come!

Ann Amati

Focus: What Your Customer Can Teach You: The Ones You Have, the Ones You Want, and the Ones That Got Away Ann Amati says "Keep the sales process open, whether you won or lost." In this lightning-round talk you'll learn what new customers and "lost sales" know that you don't know: customers can help you compete better; and what existing customers don't know that you think they know: customers buy more when reminded!

Colleen Pacem

Focus: Viewing Your Health as a Business Asset: 4 Lesser-known Ways to Protect It

Control the Controllable: When uncertainty hits, we reach for hacks, better routines, quick fixes, instead of asking what actually needs to hold. Drawing on years of experiences with women navigating life, Colleen Pacem (ARNP) makes the case for boundaries as infrastructure: the few non-negotiables that let you thrive, not just survive.

Daisy Derrick

Focus: Shopping Your Closet: Maximize Your Existing Wardrobe

Before you buy anything new - shop your closet. Daisy breaks down her three-pillar wardrobe framework: Intentional Acquisition, Mindful Maintenance, Thoughtful Release - and how to honor your existing investment, re-familiarize yourself with what you already own, and show up confidently in any space.

Denise Haselwood

Focus: Stay in the Game: Mental Health Hacks for Dealing with Uncertainty

Uncertainty creates stress. You have automatic strategies that kick in to manage that stress that may not be helpful. While your responses were preprogrammed in you long before adulthood, you can change those strategies with intentionality. Dr. Denise offers two practical strategies to help you intentionally cope so you can thrive even amidst uncertainty.

Laurie Nichols

Focus: Should I Stay or Should I Go? The Power to Choose

This talk reframes risk for successful women who feel stuck, unseen, or misaligned with their work. Laurie highlights the “Powershift” that is possible with the three essential skills needed to reclaim the authority to choose from a deeper place of purpose and values alignment.

☞ Exhibit at the Trade Show! Interested in exhibiting? Review the exhibitor details, event logistics, and requirements HERE.

️☞ Get Your Tickets Ticket price includes access to all vendors and networking opportunities.

☞ Lunch Details A boxed lunch is not included in the base ticket price. You may add a boxed lunch for $20 during registration, provided by Gourmondo. Note: Lunch orders will close Tuesday, September 22nd.

Premier Sponsor: Washington Trust Bank

AV Sponsor: Magnus Media Group Video Production

Drink Sponsor: Brenda Reiss Coaching

Lunch Sponsor: Strategic Sales Queen

Photography Sponsor: Pinto Portrait

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