And since you started the business back when you had a full-time job and another part-time job, you probably took some lessons from that in terms of time management and so forth. I don’t , I don’t think I’ve ever gotten near that degree of specificity with like my time blocking practice. So I could not show up to my speaking engagements half-tired because I had a paper due last night that was 15, 20 pages, you know? Natilie understands that college is the perfect place for students to create, cultivate, and enhance their leadership skills and change the world.

But it’s because I have much fewer, I think, constraints on my life, especially prior to becoming like a parent. Much of my audience includes underrepresented groups, Greeks, first-generation students, first-year students, and second-year students, just to name a few! Williams credits the SoC’s graduate teaching program for helping her become a leader through public speaking and communication instruction. And luckily the Director of Grad Studies was like, you know, I’m going to count you speaking as professional development since you already have your hand in your career.Williams’ began her career as a professional public speaker in August 2016, after receiving her master’s degree from Illinois State University in May 2016. At the end of every interview, I ask my guest to give their best financial advice for another early-career PhD. I wasn’t too sure how it would go, but I knew ISU would help me because I saw the same importance put on peer mentorship that I learned in CMU,” said Williams. As the author of “Innerview: Lessons in Leadership”, my mission is to empower and inspire students across the country to lead with a legacy in mind.

And I would do my papers sometimes on the airplane, do my class readings in the back of the Uber as I was going to my hotel to speak. There she was able to express to the cast what the show meant to her as a young adult and how it inspired her work as a graduate student at Illinois State. I have the privilege of traveling around the country, soon the world, to provide college students and young professionals with the tools to prepare for executing their goals. And I was so happy that she was so generous because she could have been like, no, you need to be here.

Students had an abundance of networking opportunities, listened to amazing speakers, and grew their personal and professional skills at the largest conference of the year. I would recommend Natilie to anyone looking to bring an enthusiastic speaker to their school/business. So your best friend that you consider your sister friend or your childhood nextdoor neighbor that you may have considered your cousin growing up because you all have known each other for the past 20 years.