Ananda Leeke spoke about "Digital Sisterhood for DC Women Entrepreneurs" at Ignite DC #8 on October 20, 2011. Her slides were edited to include additional information on October 24, 2011. Visit www.ignite-dc.com for more information about the Ignite DC talk series. Visit http://digitalsisterhood.wordpress to learn more about the Digital Sisterhood Network. Follow @digitalsisterhd on Twitter. Like Digital Sisterhood Network on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/digitalsisterhood.
1. Digital Sisterhood for DC Women Entrepreneurs
Ignite DC #8 Talk on 10/20/11 (updated with additional slides on 10/24/11)
by Ananda Leeke
Founder of Digital Sisterhood Network
Excerpt from Leeke’s Digital Sisterhood, a memoir (2012)
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2. Presenter Bio
Yoga + Creativity + Internet Geek = Ananda
Leeke. Leeke is a lawyer turned “Jill of many
trades”: innerpreneur, author, artist, coach, and
yoga teacher. She is also a speaker and the
founder of the Digital Sisterhood Network and
Digital Sisterhood Month. Her mission is
“Empowering U2BU through creativity coaching,
Reiki, self-care, social media, volunteerism, and
yoga.” Macy's Heart of Haiti Campaign and the
Clinton Bush Haiti Fund selected her to travel to
Haiti as a blogger ambassador with Willa Shalit
of Fairwinds Trading and the Everywhere team in
February 2011. Black Enterprise named her as
one of the Black Women in Tech You Should
Follow on Twitter in July 2011. The Blogalicious
Weekend Conference chose her to serve as a
blogger ambassador in August 2011. Leeke
works as an artist-in-residence for Smith Center
for Healing and the Arts at Walter Reed National
Navy Medical Center. She penned That Which Photo Credit: Leigh Mosley - www.LeighMosley.com
Awakens Me: A Creative Woman’s Poetic Memoir
of Self-Discovery (2009) and her debut novel
Love’s Troubadours – Karma: Book One (2007).
She is currently writing Digital Sisterhood, a
memoir (2012) and Love’s Troubadours – Symon:
Book Two (2014).
3. Got 5 minutes?
Got 5 minutes?
Walk with me on Story Road.
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4. My story is simple.
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5. When DC women entrepreneurs express
their power online and offline, they create
a win-win situation for everyone.
6. How do they express their power?
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8. What is digital sisterhood?
The feminine currency
women use to create
relationship wealth through
the connections they make,
conversations they have,
communities they build,
causes they support,
collaborative partnerships
they establish, and
commerce they engage in
with women they meet
online and offline.
9. How do DC women entrepreneurs
cultivate and strengthen their
digital sisterhood relationships?
10. Answer
For the past several
years I have watched
my fellow DC women
entrepreneurs use 7
ways to cultivate their
digital sisterhood
relationships.
14. They visit web sites and participate in online
seminars, conferences, bootcamps, and meet ups.
15. They share best practices at Digital Sisterhood
Network’s women in social media focus groups.
16. They have conversations and share information
during weekly Facebook and Twitter chats.
Women-Owned
Business Wednesdays
on Facebook
#wgbiz Twitter Chats
#DigitalSisterhood
Wednesday Weekly
Twitter Parties
17. They use social networking sites with DC-based
groups to connect with local women.
34. 4 Lessons Learned by DC Women Entrepreneurs
• Being a part of communities is an essential ingredient to
success.
• Practicing generosity and gratitude is the smart thing to do.
• Asking for help and support from fellow entrepreneurs
strengthens relationships.
• Leveraging each others’ creativity, expertise, and resources
generates an abundance of advocacy, business, and learning
opportunities.
35. My story has a happy ending!
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36. DC Women Entrepreneurs Rock!
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