Alexa Carlin

Turning Obstacles Into Opportunities

You have a goal in mind, an idea you’re passion about, a job to do in your organization, but now what? Where do you start? How do you overcome daily obstacles from performing well in school, being involved, making an impact and having a social life?

There will always be obstacles and challenges that come our way and for our entire lives we are taught on how to “overcome obstacles”, but Alexa has found a better solution. In this impactful keynote Alexa not only empowers students to get started, but she challenges their way of thinking and provides actionable tools and steps to turn any idea into reality- regardless of the obstacles they face.

Our obstacles can do one of two things, they can either stop us or propel us- Alexa wants to ensure you choose the latter. Audiences will learn the framework on how to push through challenges, develop a positive mindset, and create a customized action plan to achieve any goal whether that’s planning a fundraiser for their organization, getting the job of their dreams, or pursuing an entrepreneurial idea.

Learning Outcomes

As a result of attending this program, students will learn:

• the three elements to push through obstacles and challenges,
• how to develop a positive and healthy mindset for growth,
• how a perception of circumstances often dictates reality,
• how to identify their strengths and challenge their way of thinking,
• how limiting-beliefs influence academic and extra-curricular choices and how to switch those beliefs to positive ones,
• how to focus and create an action plan for success,
• the importance of focusing on meaningful work and making an impact in the lives of their peers and their community,
• how to feel empowered to turn their passion into purpose,
• the importance of their own stories and why we need to share those stories with others

The Confidence Spectrum

Let’s be honest, being confident is hard. Think back to the last time you felt most confident. What were you doing, who were you with, what do you think impacted your level of confidence?

In today’s society, it’s so easy to fall into the comparison mindset. Women are inundated with messages and the pressure to be perfect that it can become paralyzing and create an unhealthy competitive environment.

As the Founder of the largest event for female entrepreneurs and change leaders, Alexa has discovered that the key to success is empowering women to collaborate versus compete. In order to achieve this students must first develop their own self-confidence and understand their worth.

In this empowering and inspiring keynote,  Alexa helps students connect and collaborate while offering tools to develop their own self-confidence, learning how to break through the fear holding them back from becoming an authentic leader.

Learning Outcomes

As a result of attending this program, students will learn:

• strategies on how to build unwavering confidence,
• how to identify when they feel most confident and how they can build upon it when put in new situations,
• how to overcome the need for outside validation,
• techniques to break through the fear of judgement, failure, and feeling unworthy,
• how to create an inclusive and supportive community,
• why women need to support one another and how collaboration drives positive change,
• the importance of vulnerability and how to practice it,
• how to create stronger relationships and the importance of building real connections in their personal and professional life.

Confidence: The Key to Recruitment Success

It’s time for recruitment and members, new and active, can already feel the pressure and stress. Why is this? Why does an exciting process like becoming part of a sorority or adding new members to your organization who may become a friend for life cause so much stress? It should be an exciting time but instead, the pressures of society have allowed women to feel doubtful, fearful and insecure. Recruitment has been a process of putting on a “face” to impress other women, instead of opening up authentically and vulnerably to find your true new home.

You get asked the same questions like if you watched the latest season of the Bachelor or what are you majoring in, but how does this really determine if someone is right for your chapter? Unfortunately, pressures from society and greek life have caused many women to go into recruitment putting on a front they think will impress others instead of being their true selves. They dress a certain way, speak a certain way and ask questions that are common to fit in. But isn’t the goal of rush, whether you are an active member or potential new member, to find a group of women who will support you, become your friends and help you become the best version of you possible? If we continue focusing on the system of the way things have always been done, we will continue to run into the same problems.

It’s time for a change and to achieve this change you must focus on two things, connection and confidence. For true connection to occur, we must change the narrative and begin asking people who they are versus just what they do or like. The other side of this equation is confidence, we must not only be confident in ourselves but we must help other women feel confident when around us. When you can achieve these two things during the recruitment process, you won’t only enjoy the process but you will be able to recruit members that truly fit your chapter and create an environment of true sisterhood.

In this keynote, Alexa shares how to achieve connection and confidence during recruitment and shows how to implement small but impactful changes in your chapter to achieve true recruitment success.

Learning Outcomes

As a result of attending this program, students will learn:

• how to gain confidence in themselves during the recruitment process
• how to create authentic and meaningful conversations
• how to identify values of their chapter and how to stand by those values during recruitment
• ways to create a positive environment during the recruitment process to help achieve true sisterhood with current and potential new members