Evening of Empowerment 2025
Name:
Evening of Empowerment 2025
Date:
October 9, 2025
Time:
5:30 PM - 8:00 PM EDT
Registration:
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Event Description:
Evening of Empowerment
with Keynote Speaker Katie Sandoe
Join us for a celebration of empowerment and inspiration! The Evening of Empowerment brings together 200+ and always offers a takeaway to immediately help you develop professionally and personally. Join us to meet Katie Sandoe, who will share a story of empowerment and inspiration like you've never heard before.
Do No Harm, Take No Crap, Own Your Power
It’s time to redefine and reclaim our power as women in the workplace, as leaders in all spaces, and as human beings in this world. In this bold and energizing session, we reimagine what it truly means to own our power as women. Together, we blow the lid off of disempowering ways we communicate and uncover a liberating way to show up with warmth and strength. Audiences will walk away with a transformational mantra and actionable tools to unapologetically express their full and authentic selves.
Learning Objectives
Katie Sandoe, D.Ed.
Dr. Katie Sandoe is The Sparkologist™! She believes that we're all created fora purpose and hers is to help people find deeper joy and fulfillment in their life and work, along with championing women and girls. She’s a keynote speaker, leadership and well being expert, podcast host, and taco lover.
Originally hailing from Kansas City (go Chiefs!), Katie moved to the EastCoast as a young adult where she built a career in strategic communications and spent almost 20 years in various executive leadership roles.
In 2021, Katie founded Light Echo Co. to help leaders create high-performing teams and thriving organizations through the power of purpose and courageous leadership. She offers consulting, training, and coaching services, along with powerful keynotes and workshops. She’s also the host ofthe change-making podcast, Spark Something New.
Katie's visionary work has been recognized in several professional and academic spaces, including awards that honored her ground-breaking research and impact to society, community, and profession.
She holds a Bachelor of Science in Communications from Millersville University, a Master of Arts in Communications and a Doctor of Education in Adult Education both from The Pennsylvania State University.
Katie is certified in Speech & Stage Performance Mastery, offering audiences a transformative learning experience. She’s also a Certified Emotional Intelligence Practitioner, helping people unlock the power of EQ in their lives and workplaces; a Certified Sparketype® Advisor, helping people discover the work they were meant to do; and a Certified Ikigai Coach & Advisor, the Japanese philosophy on how to create a life worth living.
Katie loves her community and currently serves on several governance and advisory boards. She lives life to its fullest and enjoys running while listening to audio books and podcasts, hiking in adventurous places, chasing after the best tacos in town, and watching football with her best friend (hubby) and their adorable woofer, Zander.
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Women2Women (W2W) is Greater Reading Chamber Alliance's catalyst for developing women leaders and connecting women from diverse backgrounds to learn, share ideas, and mentor each other by offering a forum for women to create connections, gain knowledge, and build strategic alliances to foster their personal potential and career advancement. Joining the network is open to all who support women.
The Greater Reading Chamber Alliance with the mission to be Berks County's leading resource for building a healthy, competitive business community.
***Photos from 2024 courtesy of Susan Angstadt
with Keynote Speaker Katie Sandoe
Join us for a celebration of empowerment and inspiration! The Evening of Empowerment brings together 200+ and always offers a takeaway to immediately help you develop professionally and personally. Join us to meet Katie Sandoe, who will share a story of empowerment and inspiration like you've never heard before.
Do No Harm, Take No Crap, Own Your Power
It’s time to redefine and reclaim our power as women in the workplace, as leaders in all spaces, and as human beings in this world. In this bold and energizing session, we reimagine what it truly means to own our power as women. Together, we blow the lid off of disempowering ways we communicate and uncover a liberating way to show up with warmth and strength. Audiences will walk away with a transformational mantra and actionable tools to unapologetically express their full and authentic selves.
Learning Objectives
- Identify and unpack the false binary that fuels the “double bind” many women face, and explore how this dynamic limits authentic expression and leadership.
- Challenge the “too much” stereotype by reframing traits like compassion, assertiveness, and empathy as powerful assets rather than liabilities.
- Critically examine traditional definitions of power rooted in dominance and control, and explore a redefined, liberatory framework of power called P³.
- Learn and apply an adapted ancient mantra as a practical, empowering tool to reclaim your voice, stand your ground, and embody your full power with courage and compassion.
Katie Sandoe, D.Ed.
Dr. Katie Sandoe is The Sparkologist™! She believes that we're all created fora purpose and hers is to help people find deeper joy and fulfillment in their life and work, along with championing women and girls. She’s a keynote speaker, leadership and well being expert, podcast host, and taco lover.
Originally hailing from Kansas City (go Chiefs!), Katie moved to the EastCoast as a young adult where she built a career in strategic communications and spent almost 20 years in various executive leadership roles.
In 2021, Katie founded Light Echo Co. to help leaders create high-performing teams and thriving organizations through the power of purpose and courageous leadership. She offers consulting, training, and coaching services, along with powerful keynotes and workshops. She’s also the host ofthe change-making podcast, Spark Something New.
Katie's visionary work has been recognized in several professional and academic spaces, including awards that honored her ground-breaking research and impact to society, community, and profession.
She holds a Bachelor of Science in Communications from Millersville University, a Master of Arts in Communications and a Doctor of Education in Adult Education both from The Pennsylvania State University.
Katie is certified in Speech & Stage Performance Mastery, offering audiences a transformative learning experience. She’s also a Certified Emotional Intelligence Practitioner, helping people unlock the power of EQ in their lives and workplaces; a Certified Sparketype® Advisor, helping people discover the work they were meant to do; and a Certified Ikigai Coach & Advisor, the Japanese philosophy on how to create a life worth living.
Katie loves her community and currently serves on several governance and advisory boards. She lives life to its fullest and enjoys running while listening to audio books and podcasts, hiking in adventurous places, chasing after the best tacos in town, and watching football with her best friend (hubby) and their adorable woofer, Zander.
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Women2Women (W2W) is Greater Reading Chamber Alliance's catalyst for developing women leaders and connecting women from diverse backgrounds to learn, share ideas, and mentor each other by offering a forum for women to create connections, gain knowledge, and build strategic alliances to foster their personal potential and career advancement. Joining the network is open to all who support women.
The Greater Reading Chamber Alliance with the mission to be Berks County's leading resource for building a healthy, competitive business community.
***Photos from 2024 courtesy of Susan Angstadt
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