The Power Within: Building Confidence Through Authenticity and Courage
Season 6, Episode 10
Guests: Yush Sztalkoper, Founder & Neuroinclusion Strategist, NeuroSpark+; Precious L. Williams, CEO, Perfect Pitch Group
Yush Sztalkoper, founder and neuroinclusion strategist at NeuroSpark+, and Precious L. Williams, CEO of Perfect Pitch Group, join host Courtney Stanley for a powerful follow-up conversation to their live Dare to Interrupt panel at IMEX America in Las Vegas. In this deeper dive, they explore what it truly means to step fully into your power, build unshakable confidence and lead with authenticity—on stage, in business and in life.
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Editor's Note: See Yush Sztalkoper's Root Reflection - Events Edition
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Meet Our Guests:
Yush Sztalkoper, CMP, is the founder of NeuroSpark+, where she is building the human operating system for the AI era.
A late-diagnosed neurodivergent professional and the parent of a twice-exceptional child, Yush blends nearly 20 years in the corporate events industry with lived experience and research to surface hidden patterns of masking, burnout and disconnection.
Her breakthrough insight: The very conditions that allow neurodivergent people to thrive—nervous system safety, authentic strengths and environments that fit—are the same conditions every human needs.
Through her frameworks, The Inclusion Blueprint™, Root Reflection™ and the SHIFT Pathway™, Yush invites event professionals and leaders to rethink performance, belonging and human connection. Her philosophy is simple: Inner work creates outer impact. When we design from the edges, we elevate the experience for everyone.
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Precious L. Williams, proud founder and CEO of the Perfect Pitch Group, is a 13-time national elevator pitch champion, five-time No. 1 bestselling author and international professional speaker.
Besides training entrepreneurs, business leaders and professionals, she is also a TOP Fortune 100 corporate sales trainer, teaching them how to take their sales, media or elevator pitches from TRASH to straight CASH!
Having successfully appeared on Shark Tank season 8 in 2016, Precious is a world-class speaker for global brands that include BMW, Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Blackstone, Verizon, SiriusXM, HubSpot, Conde Nast, Harvard University, Columbia University, Spelman College, QuickBooks, Yelp and many more. As a sought-after global speaker, she is also hired to keynote international conferences, summits and events.
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Instagram: @PerfectPitchGroup
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More About Our Host:
Courtney believes that transforming past experiences into impactful conversations through raw, authentic storytelling challenges the status quo, connects people from all walks of life and results in great change for the world.
Courtney is the youngest member to have ever been elected to Meeting Professionals International’s (MPI) International Board of Directors.
She is the recipient of Smart Meetings’ Entrepreneur Award, MeetingsNet’s Changemaker Award, the Association for Women in Events (AWE) Disruptor Award, the MPI Chairman’s Award and MPI RISE Award.
She was also named Collaborate and Connect Magazine’s 40 under 40 and a Meetings Today Trendsetter.
Recognized as one of the event industry’s most impactful change-makers, Courtney serves on the Events Industry Sexual Harassment Task Force, AWE’s Board of Directors, MPI’s Women’s Advisory Board, is a Meetings Mean Business Ambassador and is the co-founder of the award-winning movement, #MeetingsToo.
Courtney was named as a 2020 Meetings Trendsetter by Meetings Today.
Connect With Courtney:
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Instagram: @courtneyonstage
Twitter: @courtneyonstage
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