Update for the Influencers of Midlife Summit

This post was originally published on 6/29/2019 and updated on 1/13/2020.

Ladies, can you believe in almost 2 months we will be having our 2nd Annual Influencers of Midlife Summit! So I thought I would give you the latest information about what our midlife conference is going to have for speakers and sessions.

We had a wonderful Influencers of Midlife Summit in January of last year with 80 attendees (we’ve already passed that number!!) and we decided to do it again because we felt a midlife women’s conference for bloggers, influencers, and female entrepreneurs was much-needed for a blog conference. There wasn’t any blog conference focused on the over 40 women and I decided that this was important to have one for our age group.

What makes our event different from the other conferences?

We are at a different stage in our lives with different opportunities than the young crowds that attend blog conferences. We needed a conference focused on US which is why I created this midlife summit. I envisioned this summit to be educational and inspirational for all influencers, bloggers, female entrepreneurs, and businesswomen. So many events for the midlife woman are based on topics about how to manage money, taxes, wills, job search, divorce, and other things we all will experience after midlife but this one is for women who want to continue being relevant and making a living doing something they love.  Whether you write, own a business, have a podcast, or use video for business, this conference is for you!

The Influencers of Midlife Summit is a multi-day conference for midlife women looking to take their business and life to the next level. The underlying theme for this year’s conference is Living Your Best Life Now.
​​We are teaching intermediate and advanced workshops and we believe attendees will walk away from the Influencers of Midlife Summit with increased knowledge & tools to “up” their business (and life) game as well as develop the connections to help support their dreams.  ​
We created the Summit to give midlife women an opportunity to connect, collaborate, and learn best practices to be successful in their businesses.

Who Benefits from Attending our Event?

The women who attend the Influencers of Midlife Summit are mostly over the age of 40 with different levels of expertise as content creators – both online and on air.
They represent a variety of niches from, fashion, health/wellness, business, food, beauty, technology, travel, DIY, design, personal growth, and more.
These midlife women promote their content on various platforms including Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, Pinterest, Podcasts, Twitter, e-magazines, and blogs.
They come to the Influencers of Midlife Summit to discuss emerging topics and trends, learn best practices, tips and tricks, network, and develop long-term relationships with other like-minded attendees and sponsors.

Once the event was over last January many of my friends on Instagram started to reach out to me, the first was Sheree Frede of SheShe Show. She was the first one to sign on as a speaker, then Jamie and Shauna wanted to come and talk about their new partnership as the traveling trio.

It amazes me to see the interest in a blog conference for women over 40! So many women have started blogs, are writing books, and finding a new career after midlife.

When I attended the Design Influencers Conference in February so many interior designers over the age of 50 were wondering if they were still relevant as interior designers and never thought to expand their brand as a lifestyle influencer as I did! We are already experts in interior decorating why not expand our platforms?

We have from the home design/DIY area: Janet Coon, Rhoda Vickers, Mitzi Beach, Linda Holt, Paige Minear, Vicki Gladle Bolick, and Jill McKenzie as speakers. Mitzi will also be having a book signing at our event. I saw Linda’s session on iPhone photography and editing at the Design Conference and knew she had to speak!

Home Decor Experts

Rhoda Vickers of Southern Hospitality

Janet Coon of Shabby FuFu

Linda Holt of Linda Holt Creatives

Vicki Gladle Bolick of The Ace of Space

Paige Minear of The Pink Clutch

Mitzi Beach of Mitzi Beach Designs

Jill McKenzie of McKenzie Interior Designs

When my friend Rhoda Vickers asked what she could do to help me with the event I asked her to join three of our panel discussions. She will be talking about Interiors, Travel, and how to make money as a blogger with Deb Boland, Janet Coon, Sheree Frede, Shauna Robertson, and Jamie Lewinger on how to monetize your blog. This panel alone has a total reach of over 3 million! (Do you know what your total reach is? Very important to know when a company reaches out to you for collaboration!)

Fashion and Style Influencers

Sherre Frede of She She Show

Deborah Boland of Fabulous After 40

Shauna Robertson of Chic Over 50

Jamie Lewinger of More Than Torquise

Stephanie Glover of Haute Grey Fox

Tonya Parker of The Real Chic Life

Annette Duke of Reinventing 50’s

Suzanne Smith of Crazy Blonde Life

Tonya Parker is headlining a session on diversity which is so important as we are a unified group of women over 40. Annette Duke is joining her and my sweet sister Stephanie Glover who was the first person I interviewed when I began my journey into the fashion and lifestyle blogging world. Stephanie and I have sure come a long way together!

Add Travel to Your Brand

We are going to include a panel discussion about adding travel to your business as women over 40. We now have the time to travel and enjoy visiting cities and other countries, why not write about your experience and share it with others who love to read about destinations? Molly Mathis is going to be joining our panel discussion as a female entrepreneur who runs a female adventure tour that takes women to exciting places all over the world. She will be joining the women who get invited to travel and write about it as part of a paid sponsorship with companies who want to connect to the over 40 crowd.

 Health and Wellness 

We are focused on living our best lives now after midlife and it’s so important to discuss health and wellness. As an interior designer who believes our homes are our sanctuary to heal and nurture our souls. Mitzi Beach is a leading speaker on how the 7 elements of wellness can be incorporated into our lives. She is joined by my dear friend, Lisa Washington, who spoke last year on mindful living and healthy menu ideas will be joining me as we discuss the importance of taking care of ourselves after midlife. Many of us are now seeing brands reach out to us to promote dietary supplements, hair, skincare, fitness, and activewear as over 40 women. We are a large demographic audience that companies are just now reaching out to work with us and we have sponsors and vendors joining us who market to us.

Business Sessions

The most important sessions we have at this conference are sessions on growing your business and making money as female business owners. If you can’t drive traffic to your website or if brands can’t find you on your social media platforms because you have low engagement because of poor content or photos these sessions will be so important to you!

Photography and Video

Linda Holt and  Janet Coon will talk about using your phone and apps to create beautiful photos. Lisa Washington and Shauna Robertson will be speaking on using Big girl cameras.

Business Sessions

We will have a panel discussion on how to monetize your blog or social media platforms with top influencers Rhoda Vickers, Deborah Boland, Sheree Frede, Jamie Lewinger, and Shauna Robertson. They will share how they make money working with brands and share tips with the attendees on how you can make money as an influencer or blogger.

We invited professional women whose business is focused on marketing and branding for companies to be our speakers on legal matters, SEO, content writing, website design, how to create a podcast, and how to monetize your blog without a large email list or subscribers.

Donna Duffy of Sage Success Studio

Jena Dunham of Black Bear Design

JoJami Tyler and Lana Helda of Ladies Roadmap

Angie Avard Turner, Esq. – Lawyer

Lorrie Thomas Ross – Marketing Expert

Ana Canon of The Admin Cove

Inspirational Speakers

What midlife conference isn’t complete without the fabulous women who inspire us through charitable work, books of their journey or moving forward in a new career. We have an Ice Capades skater turned race car driver, an author, a midlife coach, a CNN reporter with a fabulous podcast, a congresswoman, and a woman who believes in paying it forward with a charity supporting those women less fortunate than ourselves. Susan Kanoff is a fellow influencer whose charity, Uncommon Threads, will be benefitting from the ticket sales for our conference.

Susan Kanoff of Uncommon Threads

Deborah Kobylt of Deborah Kobylt Live

Congresswoman Lucy McBath

Dina Parise of Dina Parise Racing

Rosie Dalton- Life Coach-Midlife Aesthetic

Maria Leonard Olsen- Author

As you can see we have Congresswoman Lucy McBath as our keynote speaker on Saturday. Because she is a former flight attendant, I invited Lucy to share her story as a former Delta flight attendant to the congresswoman she is today. So inspiring and courageous! No discussion on politics, please!

This is a tentative schedule for the Influencers of Midlife Summit. We will continue to update it as we finalize all speakers and sessions.*

Get Your Tickets Today!

This has been a huge undertaking but it’s finally time to sit back and wait for you to join us in March at the Hotel at Avalon!