KNOW SUMMIT 2024 SUCCESS

Have you ever wondered what it's like to be in a room filled with AMBITIOUS female entrepreneurs, leaders, and C Suite executives? This is KNOW! And Moving to Master Summit 2024 was the place. The Palomar Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona, was buzzing with energy as women from all over gathered for three days of inspiration, empowerment, and connection.

From fire side chats with Rachel Roff and Jill Osur to a keynote speech from Jen Welter, first female NFL coach this event bas back to back! In between were panel discussion and hands-on workshops, there was no shortage of valuable insights and knowledge to soak up at the KNOW Summit. I was excited to put some faces to names, meet some phenomenal women and, of course, see the the Summit week of style!

I am honored to work with the visionary, Sarah Benken Foushee who dreams up the whole vision. Then, amazing power players come together to execute it. Huge shout out to Dreams to Reality from Tampa, FL for their amazing builds. I love having our resident DJ, Sarah Selfish to play summit from the walk out music during programming to the Tropical Disco Dance Vibes + its after party! +++ My task force of volunteers and HQ, we could NOT run with out you!

My favorite takeaway from Jen Welter was her stating if you share your dream with someone, listen to how they react! If they encourage and ask more, those are your people. Sitting here I cannot pin point one moment I loved most. I think it was the genuine conversations, connections and compliments from those cheering me on while I cheer them on.

Whether you're a seasoned entrepreneur or just starting out on your journey, the KNOW is the place to be. Learn more about Know here: https://theknowwomen.com/

Enjoy my photos and some BTS.

XoXo Britt

I KNOW WOMEN - WHAT DO I DO ?

As someone who is passionate about empowering women and helping them achieve their goals, I was thrilled to join The Know Women in 2022. (You can read about my switch out of Healthcare here.) We are not just a good time, but a group of women who are dedicated to helping each other grow both personally and professionally while having a good time.

When Sarah came on the Podcast in 2017 she announced starting a community of women to Know and do business with. Welcome to Know Women, the ultimate events, publications, and experiences curated exclusively for ambitious high-achieving women. Five years and over 50 publications later the goal is One Million Women to Know!

As a Membership Success Manager, my role is to ensure that our members are engaged and leveling up to their highest self. I work closely with each member to understand their goals and help them connect with other members who can help them achieve those goals. Whether it's through our online community or our in-person events, we provide a variety of opportunities for our members to connect and collaborate with each other; my favorite being our annual Summit.

Our summit brings together some of the most successful and inspiring women from various industries and backgrounds. Through our interactive workshops, keynote speeches, and panel discussions, you will learn from their experiences, gain valuable insights, and connect with like-minded women. We do this monthly too in our FOCU$ED series with carefully selected our speakers and topics to provide you with practical strategies, tools, and resources that you can apply to your business, career and life! Its more than taking elevator selfies with Candace Nelson, its lasting relationships from real friends.

One of the most rewarding parts of my job is seeing the positive impact that our organization has on our members. I have seen firsthand how our members have grown their businesses, expanded their networks, and gained confidence through their involvement with The Know Women. Selfishly, I have had the opportunity to develop new skills, such as event planning and community management, and have been given the freedom to take on new challenges and initiatives in design. Importantly, Know Women is supporting the Finding Arizona Podcast and Found House Production services for The High Achieving Female Podcast with more opportunities to come.

You know you want to get in the room! Join us at our next event, shoot me an email.

XoXo

Britt

Check out some amazing photos from our Know Summit 2023 by the incredibly talented Sarah Hoag . I love the ones with Erin, (love working with you so much). Also here is my POV from the gram

KNOW SUMMIT 2022

Imagine one hundred and fifty women to Know and do business with, sharing, teaching, learning, connecting, gaining visibility and being seen. Throw in a pool party, shopping, Jamie Kern Lima and Alli Webb! It was unbelievable, but Believe it! 

Where was it? The Saguaro Hotel in Scottsdale AZ. But who made it? The KNOW Women! We built walls (blog post to come on this) for backdrops, hung velvet drapes, stapled greenery, pegged walls (maybe got charged for a few damages), and more. All with our power tools and women power- we did it! 

We celebrated with a dip in the pool and a cool drink, but most importantly- being recognized in a room of women I recognize… incredible.

Also let me just humbly say I was not familiar with Jamie Kern Lima prior to Summit. I had that NBA finals Referee Jack Harlow moment when we hopped on a Zoom call with her and her team prior to the event. After meeting her, hearing her story and seeing who she shows up as every day is honorable. I cannot wait to read her book, Believe It! 

Can you sit with us? Of course- what I love about KNOW (of the many things) is you can always sit with us! Summit 2023 is on the calendar and I want you there! 

Learn more about the Know Women here.

Learn about the Top Women across America to KNOW for 2022.

XoXo

Britt

NASCAR WIVES: FINDING ARIZONA VIP'S WITH KNOW TRIBE AT ISM RACEWAY

First time at a Nascar race and I could not not blog about it! What was I expecting and how did we get to be apart of this amazing experience I have to share. Not everyday does someone get to tour the garages while the drivers are prepping for qualifying laps or meet Jimmy Johnson’s publicist.

I am not here to boast but to feel honored to be apart of the Know Tribe and great opportunities like this one that we get to be apart of. Sarah Benkin started the Know Book + Tribe 2 years ago and we have been blessed to watch and support this journey. You can read all about the Tribe at the launch we attended this year here. When we got the invite to attend we said yes in a heart beat. Thanks to a helpful post of Facebook I had suggestions on what to wear and made sure ear plugs were part of the OOTD.

On the drive over we were joking about the direction they lap and the rules of the game. Once we arrived we were quickle toured by Julie Giese ISM Raceway’s first and only female president. She was humble and her passion for the sport was palpable. We toured infield inside the garages watching the cars get pushed to inspections before their qualifying laps. Before the 200 lap race we rushed up to our suite with a beautiful view of the entire track and lite bites and drinks.

Upstairs not only did we get to hang out with Julie but we also met Jimmy Johnson’s publicist Amy Walsh Stock. She was again very humble and after leaning more about her new candle business and that she is in the KNOW CHARLOTTE Book we were celebrating with the other KNOW Women in the room. This was a pure moment of gratitude- to be surrounded with such powerful women not only in the NASCAR industry but also Construction, Health and Beauty, Marketing and PR.

Then, I look over at my handsome husband- who is my plus one for life and no one I would rather have experience this with me and I thank him for letting me into the podcast and allowing me to water it and nurture it and love it while it continues to bloom. Until our next adventure together.

XoXo

Britt

FESTIVAL SEASON

Ten years ago I would have be preparing for a different type of event season. Probably one of the ones you're seeing now. Creating my outfits, planning my hotels stays, and organizing set lists to see. But, I have had my fair share of music festivals and find myself now focusing on planning different types of events. In the last 10 days I have hosted, helped and crashed 3 very different, but very impactful events and I wanted to share my takeaways. Whether you are packing for Indio or Idaho, Miami, FL or Miami, AZ getting out and experiencing community is so important .

THE EMERALD PRESENTS : PODCASTS & PROSECCO

When I first heard about this event through social media I immediately reached out! I thought: a podcast event in AZ… we HAVE to get involved! Open heartedly, The Emerald welcomed me on board. The idea was to feature powerful women in the current podcast space to encourage and support up and coming podcasts. It was that and so much more! I was able to bring some of our tips and tricks, but also the idea of topics, questions, and a workbook to be incorporated. With the talented work of The Emerald and of course the amazing female speakers the event was a success. Myself and Ashlyn of The Emerald moderated our 4 pannelsits: Cayla Craft of Mommy Millionaire, Mika Perry of Good To Be Home, Danny Johnson of The Best Life, and Espree Devora of Women in Tech.

It was FULL day from panel Q&A, breakout sessions, and of course a networking lunch in between. The best advice I received was from Espree about valuing yourself, your brand understanding the value I can bring other brands. This was over a mimosa, before 10am and before the event “ started.” BUT, Honestly, my biggest takeaway took place before the event happened. I am about to get real, and if you are reading this I hope you know I am sharing this to encourage you to not make the mistake I did, or I had been. I was not expecting The Emerald to welcome me into the team to get involved, so lesson #1: don’t be afraid to reach out! But lesson #2 came 12 hours before the event started. I worked my ass off researching, sharing, and preparing for this event as well as putting my heart out there only to receive the “final” info with no credit of mine to be found. If you know me, you know my love lang is NOT words of affirmation, or even acts of service, but to be left unappreciated is how I felt. I let that emotion run through me and I made an educated decision to let my voice be heard. I threw on my heart chakra necklace and made my voice be heard, professionally. Graciously my demands were met and the respect was given and the overall success of the event was amazing- before, during and after!

THE KNOW SUMMIT 2019

You already know about the Know, and if you don’t know Know, you can read my blog here. But the Know Summit, wow, wow, wow! Over 150 women from 7 books and tribes in the U.S and Canada gathered for a three day immersive networking conference. “For us, by us,” was the motto because there wasn’t a speaker, moderator or vendor who is not apart of the tribe. Day 1 was was round tables and a happy hour mixing with the best of the best as the Best Of Know Book was unveiled. Day 3 was a VIP excursion to Sedona for a little more interacting and a lot more vacaying. But day 2 was my fave and what I helped to coordinate. Day 2 was an ALL DAY summit featuring 40 speakers, a marketplace, breakout sessions and a networking lunch at the fabulous FABRIC Tempe, What I helped bring to the table was the incredible marketplace: an outdoor shopping and mingling experience to support fellow tribe members and record with some pretty cool podcasts! The Finding Arizona Podcast was hitting record all day with the great ladies of the summit and you can hear the full episode here. At 5:30 p.m., as the sun was setting, the tables were tearing down and the ladies were saying their goodbyes, I took in the moment of gratitude for coordinating with amazing partners a for a functional and fantastic marketplace.

Attending the summit and hearing from the amazing speakers I took a plenty of notes on my phone app, but what stands out to me the most is the quote from Letitia Frye: “When you change your expectations to admirations your whole world changes.” Whether this means the value of myself, my business or others appreciation is greater than depreciation. I build some great relationships and the summit and strengthened current ones but overall really appreciated being surrounded by such powerful women!

BLOGGER BABES AZ INFLUENCER EVENT

Last, but not least was this little hidden gem. I saw this event scrolling through the gram and was messaged and encourage to attend. I was going with the intention to be the best student. As our podcast is growing I am learning to take on more partnerships and as my blog grows I want to make sure I am remaining authentic and showcasing who I am and not just another brand ambassador, I train those. I met the CEO of Well and Co and heard inspiring stories from him and his business partners. I learned the trend of micro influences and re-affirmed a message to myself. I met a health and wellness enthusiast whose family has a coffee shop in south Phoenix and connected better with her than an “blogger” I had been “adminiring” on insta for months. I connected better with someone who was being herself and resonated more with speaking sharing their true authentic selves and not with the one I thought I wanted to be like on a digital space. WOW! Shocker right? Sometimes you have to experience it to believe it.

Now we get to work on our own events, preparing for a podcast workshop of our own we put together this amazing PDF you can print and share to start your own podcast. CLICK HERE ! Get the tools in your belt and stay tuned for the workshop info on how to use them! Also, another big event were prepping for is on October 12! Oh yeah, more about that soon!

XoXo

Britt

KNOW PHOENIX: WE'RE ON THE RISE

Imagine a book featuring 100 of the most influential women making moves in your city! Well Sarah Benken imagined it a little over 1 year ago and when she sat down to record with the Finding Arizona Podcast about her business, Metro’s Other Woman (listen here) we wanted to promote, support and see to it her dream became a reality. In February of 2018 Volume I was launched and after meeting, connecting and conversing with these powerful women, Sarah asked me to be apart of Volume II.

Being in the “Tribe” is an honor, but also a responsibility. I decided to take on an On the RIse Women to Watch Page because our podcast is “On The Rise!” Our 9-5s are not the podcast, yet, but I know my connections in this organization will lift me by boosting others. Thankfully, the skills I have learned as a business owner have allowed me to practice being a tenacious producer in the media industry, but also keeping a student mentality.

We are more than a publication. This tribe was created to spark women relationships and cultivate growth by networking and getting outside of our industries and comfort zones. My favorite thing about the tribe is there are “No Mean GIrls Allowed.” To much of what we do is criticized and compared and this community is all about support and love!

Vol I and II have had a few guests of the podcast, but I look forward to establishing many more relationships and seeing what the future holds for our business through this publication and tribe. The events are amazing! The cocktail hour mixers have been spectacular from the food and drinks to the locations, the Know Tribe utilizes the resources within: For Us By Us. Also, I cannot wait for the conference! The first ever Know Summit will take place this April in Phoenix and we have so many amazing things planned for it!

Our launch party this year was in the Southwest Airlines Airplane Hanger at Phoenix Sky Harbor and we got 150 powerful women on the plane to celebrate! These photos were taken by Desert Peak Productions and you can see the full album here. The final photo was taken by MiMI Paris Photography for the AZ Foothills Magazine. You can see the entire album here.

So as I sit here finishing up my first hustle to go home to my second hustle I am wearing my Know Tribe 2019 rose quartz bracelet and excited to see what new opportunities bloom from the beautiful relationships. Watch out 2019, you are going to KNOW The Finding Arizona Podcast, were On the Rise, I am a Woman to Watch!

XoXo

Britt

The Know Tribe