Luxembourg

Annica Törneryd

Luxembourg Ambassador

Annica Törneryd is an Executive Leadership Coach and Speaker. Founder of ACT2exceed and Executive Director with the John Maxwell Team. She’s an award-winning mentor in the Young Enterprise Project, serves as mentor for Dress For Success and the Global Youth Initiative. Annica has received multiple nominations of leadership awards and has spoken on stage with leadership expert John Maxwell. She is a best-selling author of The Youth Book and The Last Single Mom, and has been featured in Tiny Buddha, Success Stories, and is a contributor to leadership blog the Leading Edge. After having had three babies in one year, as a single mother, Annica collapsed from a severe burnout and left her post as official at the European Parliament. A former kickboxing champion, she used her mindset of steel to recover and start her own business https://www.act2exceed.com helping other high-achievers transform their lives to reach their goals.

Women’s Entrepreneurship Day Celebrations in Luxembourg 2019

How to succeed and live your dream as an entrepreneur

Celebrations with and Speaking Contest for local women entrepreneurs

♥ ♥ ♥ Read about the event in the local news: Soft-skills are Super-skills

Annica Törneryd, WED Ambassador, captured by Steve Eastwood

It’s time to put the spotlight on and celebrate women entrepreneurs and women in leadership, and those who collaborate with and support women to become their everything. The Women’s Entrepreneurship Day is being celebrated in Luxembourg on November 15th this year and we have the coolest speaker panel ever!! Plus, a Speaking Contest where five local women entrepreneurs will take the stage.

Come join us for an evening of phenomenal panel discussions around how to face everything related to getting started with and/or getting ahead with your business. How do you get off the ground? How do you even get started? And how on earth do you take your business to the next level once you’ve managed with a lot of hard work to get past the phase of “very expensive hobby”? Or, if you’re one of the few who’s got a steady situation, but you want MORE, how do you get there?

EXPERT SPEAKER PANEL

Opening message from Luxembourg Prime Minister, Mr. Xavier Bettel, spokesperson on the forefront of issues around equality, inclusion and gender diversity.

Flown in from all around the globe, and some locals, here is our speaker list with amazing stories to share:

James Cluskey: Richard Branson’s private tennis coach, former ATP Pro and World Record holder

Dr. Betty Uribe: an Award-Winning C-Suite Executive in Financial Services, expert in turnarounds, bestselling author, former Executive VP of California Bank & Trust. Teaser interview with Dr. Betty: “How well do you know your banker”.

Jean Carrillo: celebrity and world champion trainer, personally mentored by the best motivational speaker in the world, Jim Rohn. Teaser interview with Jean; “From Nobody to Somebody”.

Annica Törneryd: award-winning mentor, mentored by the No 1 leadership profile in the world, John Maxwell.

We begin with powerful interviews and panel conversations, leading into a very empowering interactive part with Q&A from the audience, literally unfolding “The Entrepreneur’s Handbook to Success”. Bring all the questions you have and get in line to bring them to the expert panel.

After the panel conversation and questions, it is time for our:

SPEAKING CONTEST

Five local women entrepreneurs will be selected to share their story from the stage. We want to hear your message, your why, a success story, the truth about ongoing challenges, fear that feels overwhelming, how to beat the doubt, an empowering, entertaining, inspiring or provoking message. We want all that!

There are three rules to respect: 1) maximum 2 minutes, 2) no pitching, and 3) no selling. For the rest, use your heart, soul, mind and words to add value and lift us up!

Here’s how to enter:

Register so you have your ticket. Write and record your 2-minute speech. Upload it to YouTube and email the link to annica@act2exceed.com Respect the three rules. The deadline to submit your video is Monday, 11 November by 6 PM CET. The five winners will be welcomed up on stage to share their story at the beautiful stage of “la Grande Salle”. You will get professional photos of yourself delivering your speech, and there are other prices that will remain a secret until winners are announced. NICE prices 🙂

With us at the event, our Head of Jury, Nienke van Bezooijen, Master TEDx Speaker Coach. Annica interviews Nienke on how to create a speech that connects with all personalities of an audience: How to connect.

NETWORKING COCKTAIL WITH DJ MISS MAD

We continue with a qualitative networking evening. Bring your business cards, prepare your pitch, be ready to make really valuable connections and create opportunities!

The networking cocktail will be enhanced by super cool DJ Miss MAD.

All ticket sales go to a carefully selected charity project that supports a project run by a woman. The selection process for the charity receiver is currently ongoing and will be announced during the event.

You can expect BIG surprises and a very rewarding evening! Some of the surprises will be announced through Facebook lives on Annica Törneryd’s Facebook profile. You will also be able to listen to mini-interviews with the speakers, also on FB lives, prior to the event. Take the chance to get to know a little bit more about the speakers before we meet up, so you can prepare your questions and set yourself up for an optimized experience.

If you want to be one of our sponsors and support the Women Entrepreneurship Day celebration, email us at annica@act2exceed.com for details.

VENUE: We are so happy to announce that our main sponsor Spuerkeess, are hosting us in the beautiful “La Grande Salle”, situated in the Banking Center on 19, avenue de la Liberté. It is a pure pleasure to get to welcome you here and spend the evening together with you in this lovely building.