Our Next Speaker is Scarlett Vespa, Advocate & Accelerator of The Power of Connection
Scarlett is the founder of The Highland Woman, a platform and community dedicated to advancing women in business through the power of connection.
With a 25-year career in media and advertising, she worked with Hollywood talents like Nicole Kidman and Jack Thompson, collaborated with brands including Disney, David Jones and Westfield, and became one of Australia’s first female television commercial directors. She later moved into senior leadership roles, bringing her creative and strategic lens to one of the country’s largest financial institutions.
Over the past decade, Scarlett has translated that experience into connection-led brand strategy, mentorship and curated networks that help women grow thriving businesses and lives. Through The Highland Woman, she hosts salons, retreats and learning experiences designed to turn connection into confidence, collaboration and meaningful growth.
Scarlett is a sought-after speaker and facilitator on connection-led business, creative leadership and the future of women’s work.
Talking Points
The Power of Connection:
In Scarlett's signature keynote, she draws on the current cultural climate to cover our experience today as a society. Addressing the 3 elements of collapse, trust and what people are now seeking, we begin to see the pattern and the solution.The Power of Connection:
- The collapse of structures in today's society
- The most valuable commodity, ’Trust’, who owns this today and why
- What are people seeking now and why?
Thriving in changing times:
This talk helps you navigate a world we’ve never had to move through until now. Scarlett provides a new perspective that will open your mind by reframing where we are currently and how change happens once we address three core elements of connection, self and others and the wellbeing for the greater good.Thriving in changing times:
- What is connection?
- What you didn’t know about yourself & Others
- How to grow and evolve for greater wellbeing.
Your Success Depends on You: The Payoff of accountability
This talk explores how accountability becomes the catalyst for meaningful progress. We unpack why owning your decisions, behaviours, and outcomes is the fastest route to growth—personally and professionally. You’ll learn how accountability builds clarity, increases momentum, strengthens resilience, and ultimately elevates your results. Expect practical tools, honest insights, and a reframing of accountability as a powerful advantage rather than a burden.Your Success Depends on You: The Payoff of accountability
- Technology and the impact it is having on our society
- Your role in an organisation
- Designing your future
We invited scarlett to speak at a recent shesays event and she wowed the audience! scarlett was articulate and held the attention of our ladies to talk about the topic of creativity, in part ... keep reading She Says
I absolutely had a shift. I realised that I have focused so much on my career, my family and my relationships over the years, that whilst I have been telling myself it is time to do things for me , I haven't been doing it right! The day gave me clarity, and refreshed me for my business and life. It was amazing to be in a room full of love and intelligence and no judgement
The finesse with which you curated and facilitated each speaker made it a well-organised event that was informative, vibrant and fun. The presentations were authentic, short sharp and sweet
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