Authentic Growth: Navigating Change with Intention

Season 7, Episode 2

Featured Guest: Nataly Horan, Founder & CEO, AUTHENTIC
Meetings & Incentives®
 
Nataly Horan, Founder and CEO of AUTHENTIC Meetings & Incentives®, joins host Courtney Stanley for a conversation about building a business rooted in authenticity, intuition and meaningful human connection. Together, they explore why choosing alignment over familiarity is a game-changer, how asking for--and accepting--reshapes the way women lead, and why connection matters more than ever in today’s world.

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Meet Our Guest:

Nataly Horan Nataly Horan is the Founder and CEO of AUTHENTIC Meetings & Incentives®, a boutique marketing and sourcing firm serving the global meetings, Iincentives, conferences and events industry. With a background in incentive travel, cruise and destination partnerships, and brand storytelling, Nataly is known for connecting people through experiences that feel human, intentional, and culturally grounded.

She works closely with cruise lines, destinations, hotels and hospitality brands to help them reach North American planners through thoughtful content, live experiences and meaningful visibility. Nataly is an active member of SITE Florida & Caribbean and the host of MICE Bites®, a LinkedIn Live series spotlighting incentive-worthy products and the people behind them.

At the heart of her work is a simple belief: Real connection still matters, especially in an increasingly automated world.

Connect With Nataly:

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More About Our Host:

Courtney Stanley standing in blue dressCourtney 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:

Website
LinkedIn
Instagram: @courtneyonstage
Twitter: @courtneyonstage
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About the author
Courtney Stanley

Courtney is a keynote speaker, writer, podcaster and career success coach with a background in experience design, community engagement and leadership development. Courtney is the host of Meetings Today’s “Dare to Interrupt,” a podcast that provides a platform for the event, hospitality and tourism industry’s most influential and successful women to share their stories of adversity and success, unfiltered.