Their Ways With Words: 2 Power Tool Champions Work To Make Real Change With Stories: Take The Lead 8/5/2025

The daughter of Haitian immigrants, Michelle Génecé Patterson, grew up on Blueberry Hill Lane in Sudbury, Mass., a suburb of Boston that she describes as “idyllic, but very much a dissonance culturally and experientially as we were the only family of color.”

Her father is a native of La Gonave, an island of Haiti, where there was no electricity or running water, and her mother is from Port Au Prince. It was their tenacity in moving from Haiti to New York City to Boston, that was a “key pivotal turning point for me,” Génecé Patterson says.

The Power To Soar Beyond Our Limits

By Marie Clark

I recently led a group of female skydivers to achieve a Women’s Wingsuit World Record. A wingsuit is a specialized suit that allows skydivers to fly through the air like a glider.

Our international squad from across the U.S., Canada, New Zealand, South Korea and Brazil aimed to create a pre-declared formation starting at 13,000 feet while flying at approximately 110 miles per hour. Our biggest challenge was finding the right combination of personalities and individual strengths to create the best formation with the highest level of probable success.

Why I’m in a Fury About Women and Confidence

Issue 2854— August 4, 2025

ChatGPT, when asked to help write a piece about women and confidence asserted that women “naturally have less confidence than men.”

REALLY? Naturally?

My 2 1/2-year-old great granddaughter has tons of confidence. She is loud. She takes up space. She runs fast and love things that go fast. She takes risks. That’s because nobody has yet told her she shouldn’t be confident.

ChatGPT is trained to think women “naturally” have less confidence only because we are culturally trained to have less confidence. The bias is so deeply ingrained in our culture that even my young female colleague who posed the question to ChatGPT didn’t recognize it.

I share that to give you just one of the reasons why you should register right now for the Power Up Conference. The theme is “Courage to Lead,” and that is what you, me, and ChatGPT will know about ourselves after we’ve joined together for a program that will inspire, inform and en-COURAGE us on August 25th and 26th.

My digital twin and I will be there and we can’t wait to see you. I am very confident about that!

Gloria

PS. Early Bird flies away for good on August 8 so get your ticket without delay. I promise, you do not want to miss this.

Power Up Concert and Conference 2025:
Courage to Lead August 25–26,
Washington, D.C.

Because courage is for leaders like you.

In a time when the world feels upside down—rife with anxiety, conflict, and confusion—Courage to Lead is the call to action we can't afford to ignore. Whether you're running a company, a team, or just trying to lead your life with intention, this conference is your launchpad.

Why You Need to Be in This Room

You'll learn how to turn disruption into your advantage—and lead with vision, clarity, and bold integrity.
You'll connect with brilliant, ambitious women (and the men who champion them) who are building the future now.
You'll leave with a renewed sense of your own power TO act, inspire, and create change—plus a concrete plan to do it.
And yes, we'll feed you well—breakfast, lunch, snacks, a closing reception and dance party with legendary rock band BETTY.

Early Bird pricing ends Aug. 6th.

GRAB YOUR TICKETS NOW

🗓 August 26, Women's Equality Day — Conference + Awards 📍 National Housing Center, 8AM–5PM