Liz Bohannon
About
About Liz Bohannon - Author & Inspirational Speaker on Entrepreneurship:
Liz Bohannon is the Founder and CEO of socially conscious fashion brand Sseko Designs, which she founded in 2008 as a way to provide educational and economic opportunities for women in East Africa. Liz shares the lessons learned from her 10-year journey growing Sseko from three women under a mango tree, into a successful international fashion brand that provides employment, educational and entrepreneurial opportunities to thousands of women across the globe.
Her story is filled with lessons for success that are grounded in the principle of having a beginner’s mind, which Liz sums up in her new book, Beginner’s Pluck: Build Your Life of Purpose and Impact Now. In it, as in her presentations, she shares uncommon ideas toward success like, Own Your Average, Stop Trying to Find Your Passion…Create It, and Dream Small so you can do big things. Liz continues to channel her inner beginner as she manages 100s of employees across multiple continents, and her mindset sets her apart as a courageous, creative and effective leader.
The Sseko story has been featured in dozens of publications including, Vogue Magazine, Redbook Magazine, O Magazine, Inc., Fortune and others. Sseko has appeared on national broadcasts including ABC's Shark Tank and Good Morning America.
Among other notable honors, Liz was named a Top Three Transformation Leader by John Maxwell, Forbes listed her as a top 20 public speaker in the U.S. and Bloomberg Businessweek named Sseko as a top social enterprise to watch.
Liz now splits her time between Uganda and Portland, Oregon, where she and her husband Ben run Sseko Designs and raise their two young sons.
Topics and Audience Takeaways
What Liz Bohannon Talks About:
Beginner’s Pluck: A Roadmap to Success in Highly Uncertain Times
In addition to being a Forbe’s Top 20 speaker, Liz Bohannon is a founder and entrepreneur. By sharing her unique story of applying a Beginner’s Mind to everything she does, Liz shows how this powerful mindset shift leads to innovation, creativity and growth.
By exploring some of the key principles from her Bestselling Book, Beginner’s Pluck: Build Your Life of Purpose & Impact Now, Liz gives her audience permission to dream small (with BIG DREAM ENERGY.)
She sets the stage for the audience to take a personal journey down the ultimate path of success by weaving passion & purpose into their every goal.
Funny, inspiring, deprecating and MOTIVATING, this talk will help move your community of our waiting and into creating.
The Community Quotient: How authentic connection and collaboration builds healthy leaders and sustainable growth
In addition to being a top 1% VC-backed female founder, Liz has become a leading expert and authority in one of the single most valuable investments leaders can make to create massive impact: Connection and community.
Liz Bohannon’s forward-thinking and time-tested strategies inspire audiences with her lived experiences of building global and local communities as well as actionable principles that will help your community feel more connected to their purpose, to one another, and to your shared mission so you can reach new heights of impact and success, together.
Funny, accessible, impactful and deeply inspiring, this talk will help transform “community consumers” into “community co-creators.”
Recent Publications
Liz Bohannon will inspire your audience. Her story is powerful, and she can connect with young and old, CEO or entrepreneur - and bridges the gap of not just inspiring but also providing practical lessons that can be applied immediately.
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