Read more from our speakers

Our knowledgeable and talented speakers are often authors. Others have recommended books and papers to expand our understanding. We invite you to consider adding the following to your reading collection:

Lydia Bird: August 1997,  Sonnet: One Woman’s Voyage from Maryland to Greece

Elizabeth Carlassare: March 2001, DotCom Divas: E-Business Insights From The Visionary Women Founders of 20 Net Ventures

Jesse Cool: July 2006, The Really, Truly, Honest-to-Goodness One-Pot Cookbook, Your Organic Kitchen: The Essential Guide to Selecting and Cooking Organic Foods,  Breakfast in Bed, Tomatoes: A Country Garden Cookbook, and Onions: A Country Garden Cookbook

Firoozeh Dumas: March 2007, Funny in Farsi, A Memoir of Growing up Iranian in America and Laughing Without an Accent:  Adventures of a Global Citizen

Carol Firenze: April 2012, The Passionate Olive: 101 Things to Do with Olive Oil 

Christine Hertzog: February 2011, Smart Grid Dictionary and Smart Grid Dictionary Plus (Renewable Energies)

Persis M. Karim: September 2009, Let Me Tell You Where I’ve Been: New Writing by Women of the Iranian Diaspora,  A World Between: Poems, Short Stories and Essays by Iranian Americans

Gayle Keck: December 2010, The Best Travelers’ Tales 2004: True Stories from Around the World (Best Travel Writing)  and The Best Women’s Travel Writing 2008: True Stories from Around the World 

Rhona Mahoney: April 1996,  Kidding Ourselves: Breadwinning, Babies, and Bargaining Power

Sharon Meers: July 2010,  co-author of Getting to 50/50

Almaz Negash: June 2012, Awakening Social Responsibility: A Call to Action Guidebook for Global Citizens, Corporate and Nonprofit Organizations

Fariba Nawa:  December 2011, Opium Nation:  Child Brides, Drug Lords, and One Woman’s Journey Through Afghanistan

Karen Offen, PhD: November 2007

Esther M. Orioli: November 2012, Stressmap: The Ultimate Stress Measurement and Self-Assessment Guide Developed by Essi Systems : Personal Diary Edition 

Lisa Orrell: May 2010, Millennials Incorporated and Millennials Into Leadership, Boomers into Business: How Anyone Over 50 Can Turn What They Know into Dough Before and After Retirement

Ann Packer: October 2001, The Dive from Clausen’s Pier, Mendocino & Other Stories

Kate Purmal: August 2001, Strong Voices, Real Choices

Michele Raffin: March 2012, Pandemonium: Life, Love and Birds on the Edge of Extinction

Carol Realini: May 2012, BANKRUPT: Why Banking is Broken. How it can be Transformed

Linda Riebel, Ph.D.: May 2002, Eating to Save the Earth: Food Choices for a Healthy Planet,The Earth-Friendly Food Chain: Food Choices for a Living Planet 

Michealene Cristini Risley: July 2012, This Is Not the Life I Ordered: 50 Ways to Keep Your Head Above Water When Life Keeps Dragging You Down,Tapestries of Hope (DVD)

Denise Roy: April 2009,  Momfulness: Mothering with Mindfulness, Compassion, and Grace and My Monastery Is a Minivan

Cindy Solomon: February 2009,  The Rules of Woo: An Entrepreneurs Guide to Capturing the Hearts & Minds of Today’s Customers

Rebecca Stockley: February 2001,  Acting Through Improv: Improvisation Through Theatresports

Wako Takayama:  October 1999, Michio Takayama:  A Retrospective

Naomi Tickle: April 2006, You Can Read a Face Like a Book

Teresa Williamson:  May 2008, FLY SOLO: The 50 Best Places on Earth for a Girl to Travel Alone

Betty Jo Waxman (co-author) Feb 2012, Kimberly Wiefling (Editor) July 2005:  Scrappy Women in Business: Living Proof that Bending the Rules Isn’t Breaking the Law

Lolly Winston:  March 2010, Good Grief, Happiness Sold Separately