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SMART TALK FOR WOMEN
Tuesday, September 22, 2026 | 11:45 AM – 1:15 PM
Maggiano’s Little Italy, Boca Raton

Not Faking It — Innovating It: Owning Your Authentic Success

Success isn’t about becoming someone else—it’s about fully stepping into who you already are. When you understand and leverage your strengths, confidence becomes natural, and success becomes sustainable.

This month, we shift the focus from self-doubt to self-awareness—grounding success in what you do best.

In this session, we will:
Identify and articulate your core strengths
Recognize how your strengths already show up in your daily life and work
Explore how to lean into those strengths with more intention and confidence
Reframe success through the lens of alignment, not comparison

This is not about fixing what’s missing—it’s about maximizing what’s already within you.

Takeaway: A Strengths Ownership Worksheet to help you clearly define, apply, and confidently communicate your strengths.

Facilitated by Sarah Vielot, M.S.

Sarah serves as the Events Manager at the Greater Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce, where she oversees more than 100 annual programs and curates community experiences that strengthen leadership, connection, and professional growth across Boca Raton and South Palm Beach County.

With more than a decade of experience in strategic leadership, operations, and organizational development, Sarah has worked across both nonprofit and corporate sectors, helping teams grow with clarity, purpose, and excellence. Her background includes extensive international work—partnering with the Government of Costa Rica on community development initiatives and spending over 10 years supporting nonprofit leadership, education, and capacity-building efforts in Haiti.

In addition to her work in the community, Sarah also teaches courses in nonprofit volunteer management, marketing, and mission–vision–purpose development, equipping emerging leaders with the tools to serve their organizations with confidence and impact.

Sarah is known for her thoughtful facilitation style, her heart for empowering women, and her ability to create meaningful spaces where professionals can connect, reflect, and grow into stronger leaders and changemakers.

About Smart Talk

Smart Talk for Women is a facilitated roundtable experience where businesswomen gather each month in an intimate setting to discuss topics such as marketing, effective selling, empowering your team, web presence, and more. While a professional facilitator guides the conversation, the focus remains on you. Bring your challenges, ideas, successes, and lessons learned as we collaborate on becoming stronger female leaders and impactful community changemakers.