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Connie is an award winning business consultant, social entrepreneur, and educator focused on helping people thrive through highly impactful skills and supportive programs that inspire greatness in everyone she meets. Known to be a dynamic speaker, she thrives on conducting impactful coaching, training, and keynote experiences.
As CEO of Full Flavor Leadership and Founder & Executive Director of Digital Bridges she has distilled over 20 years of experience in consulting, business development, and leadership into catalytic programs in the nonprofit, education, and consulting industries. She has created over 75 lessons to help individuals of all skill levels.
Focused on skills, strategy, and support, Connie’s work helps learners become more digitally prepared, expand their business skills, and master emotional agility and leadership skills leading to bold business results and savory lives that are as satisfying as they are lucrative.
Speaking Experience
2022
Brentwood Baldwin Whitehall Chamber of Commerce Spring Festival
412Curio Podcast
POSH Pittsburgh
Envision & Enact Workshop
Brentwood Baldwin Whitehall Chamber of Commerce General Meeting
Center of Life Pittsburgh
JADA House International
Urban Impact Foundation
2021
Greater Pittsburgh Nonprofit Partnership Annual Summit
Women’s Interactive Network Professional Development Day
Robert Morris University Women’s Leadership Mentorship Program Annual Leadership Retreat
2020-2016
Pittsburgh Women’s Mastermind
Women’s Interactive Network
Center for Women
You Can Be Summit
Hazelwood Healthy Active Living Center
RMU Women’s Leadership and Mentorship Program
Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management
Steeltown Productions
Crossroads for Women Conference
West Virginia Regional Rotary Summit
Connie has been featured in/on:
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
H Magazine
FM PGH
Let's Connect!
Connie loves connecting deeply with people, meeting them where they are and helping them to grow based on their unique needs and goals.
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Keynote Topics:
- The Power of Visibility
- Making the Most of Your Network and Connections
- So, You Want To Be a YouTube Star: Social media Mastery and Digital Entrepreneurship.
- Emotional Agility: Your Super Secret Skill Set
- Demystifying Data: Making sense of information.
- Cyberbullying for Parents: Technology and Your Teens.
2022 Awards and Business Grants
Accepted to the University of Pennsylvania Social Impact House 2023 Residency program
Awarded Best in Business Services 2022 by the Southwest Regional Chamber of Commerce
Awarded Best Business of 2022 by the Southwest Regional Chamber of Commerce
Powered by Purpose Award 2022
Comcast RISE Grant recipient 2022
Heinz Endowments Grant recipient yearly since 2017
Previous Years Awards and Business Grants
Citizens Bank Small Business Recovery Grant recipient, selected as one of only 134 grantees out of over 14,000 applicants
Nominated for WIN Woman of the Year
Axiom Small Business Grant recipient
Age-Friendly Challenge winner
Outstanding Achievement in Marketing Award
Academic Credentials
M.S. Competitive Intelligence Systems-Robert Morris University 2013
B.S. Business Administration-Marketing- Kutztown University of Pennsylvania 2003
Certificate in the Foundations of Banking- New England College of Finance 2003
Connie is also the Founder and Executive Director of Digital Bridges Pittsburgh, the education and nonprofit arm of her work, in which her popular programs So, You Want To Be a YouTube Star and Entrepreneurs & Influencers aim to meet PA State Academic Standards including Technology and Society; Markets and Economic Systems; Career Preparation; Writing; and Communication.
These programs reinforce scholastic standards as students engage in individualized learning that trains them to achieve personal goals and provides access to curriculum topics that are often under-taught in schools. They are also highly effective at reinforcing PA SAS topics by utilizing an engaging framework relevant to the youth we serve.
Connie regularly runs adult entrepreneurship cohorts in underserved neighborhoods and is currently an Executive in Residence Coach for the Forbes Funds, supporting nonprofit leaders in key areas including:
- Ideas for growing the mission and capitalizing on program opportunities
- Developing a model for stimulating more impactful employee performance
- Being an objective sounding board with an experienced CEO to share leadership challenges
- Recommending tools for goal setting and measuring program progress
It is exceptionally important to Connie that she shares her skills with underserved populations in a way that supports them in improving their life, meeting them where they are, and helping them move up. She accomplishes this through her total dedication to fostering quality relationships and partnerships in every community she serves.
For more information about Digital Bridges please visit www.digitalbridgespgh.org
Hours by appointment:
M – F : 11am–6pm
Sat : 1pm–6pm
Sun : Closed