As always, QuickBooks Connect offers up some of the most sought after speakers to enlighten and motivate attendees. Insightful Accountant has already posted articles featuring some of this year's speakers. We'll continue to post such articles over the next few weeks leading up to QuickBooks Connect, which is being held Nov. 15-17 at the San Jose Convention Center.
Tyra Banks
Tyra Banks (Source: Intuit)
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Entrepreneur. Author. Executive producer. Former model. Professor. Having gone from being one of the original Victoria's Secret Angels, as well as the first African-American model to be featured on the cover of the "Sports Illustrated Swimsuit" edition, Tyra Banks recently assumed the role of professor at Stanford University, where she instructed a graduate level course on creation and protecting your personal brand.
Not only is she the creator and executive producer of "America's Next Top Model," but she's the owner of TYRA Beauty (a division of the Tyra Banks Company). The company offers a line of irritant-free (animal-testing free) beauty and skincare products compatible with all skin types.
While her life's mission is expanding "the definition of beauty," she is just as committed to empowering women. That includes the role her investment firm, Fierce Captial LLC, which plays in supporting early-stage technology and lifestyle companies that are female-led or female-focused.
Shonda Rhimes
Shonda Rhimes (Source: Intuit)
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Shonda Rhimes is a television producer, screenwriter, author, and creator, leading writer and executive producer of the ABC television medical drama "Grey's Anatomy." She also is involved with Grey's spin-off "Private Practice" and the political thriller "Scandal."
Rhimes holds numerous awards, including Golden Globes, the Peabody Award, the Producer's Guild's "Television Producer of the Year" award, the Writer's Guild "Best New Series" award, a "GLAAD Media Award," multiple "AFI Television Program of the Year" awards and an unprecedented number of NAACP Image awards.
Among her many other honors, Rhimes was inducted into the National Association of Broadcasters Broadcasting Hall of Fame.
The list of Shonda Rhimes awards doesn't end there. She has twice been recognized in TIME Magazine’s 100 list of the "Most Influential People" and also Fortune Magazine’s “50 Most Powerful Women in Business.” Rhimes has also been named Glamour Magazine’s “Women of the Year.” She is a recipient of the Directors Guild of America’s prestigious "Diversity Award," Harvard’s W.E.B. Du Bois Medal, The Hollywood Reporter’s "Sherry Lansing Leadership Award," the Writers Guild’s "Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Career Achievement" and the Producers Guild’s "Norman Lear Achievement Award."
Rhimes has also been honored with the Human Rights Council’s "Ally for Equality Award," the Feminist Majority Foundation’s "Eleanor Roosevelt Global Women’s Rights Award" and the "Champion of Change Award" from Planned Parenthood.
Internationally, Ms. Rhimes received the "2016 Personality of the Year Award" from MIPCOM as well as the "International Emmy Founders Award" for her contributions to the quality of global television production.
You won't want to miss this opportunity to hear these two great speakers, so if you're not already planning to attend, QuickBooks Connect-2017 registration is still open.