Speaking

Expert on giving, entrepreneurship and women’s leadership

Social commentator and author JOANNA L. KROTZ draws on her extensive research and
experience in covering wealth management, women’s evolving roles and business leaders to map
the changing terrain in entrepreneurship, philanthropy and individual purpose. A knowledgeable
forecaster and reporter, Joanna Krotz is helping to remake society’s image and expectations
of women, wealth and the power of one. She
is a speaker, educator and communications consultant.

Joanna’s Speaking Topics

The Power of the Purse: How Women Are Changing the World

You Can’t Live Happily Ever After If You Don’t Take Care of Your Money

• Redefining Sex and Power: How Women Can Find Their Voice and Make an Impact

Raising Giving Children: Why It’s Worthwhile to Start Young

Leveraging the Female Advantage in Communication:
How Women Can Use Their Style to Advance the Conversation and Their Careers

The Female Edge in Business:
What Entrepreneurs Can Learn from the Rise of Women-Owned Enterprises

For Nonprofits


Why Women’s Wealth Is Being Left on the Table – and What You Can Do About It

Media Workshop: How to Get Out the Message about Women and Giving


Some of Joanna’s appearances:

Featured Speaker
Women, Wealth, & Giving | An Evening At Elie Tahari
6-Figures Professional Women
Elie Tahari SoHo Boutique
New York City



Featured Speaker
Let’s Talk about Power, Sex and Money: Interviews with Powerful Women
Berkshire Festival of Women Writers
Kellogg Music Center, Bard College at Simon’s Rock
Great Barrington, MA


Webinar Presenter
The 7 Worst Social Media Mistakes — and How to Avoid Them
Sponsors: Business on Main, Irvine Chamber of Commerce


Keynote Speaker
The Female Edge in Business: What Entrepreneurs Can Learn from the Rise of Women-Owned Businesses

The Women’s Financial Empowerment Series
American Institute of Economic Research
Great Barrington, MA

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Keynote Speaker
Heart of Money: Finding Your Financial Voice
All-Day Workshop
Hosts: Bay Path College, Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts, Harold Grinspoon Foundation,

Jewish Endowment Foundation, United Way of Pioneer Valley, Women’s Fund of Western Massachusetts
Log Cabin
Holyoke, MA


Webinar Presenter
Leveraging the Female Advantage: What Entrepreneurs Can Learn from the Rise of Women-Owned Businesses
Sponsors: Business on Main, Irvine Chamber of Commerce





Workshop Leader
How to Raise Giving Children, ages 5- 12
I
nvitational Luncheon
Hosts: Maverick Capital Foundation and the Robin Hood Foundation

Maverick Capital Offices
New York City




Speaker and Panelist
Leveraging the Female Advantage in Communication
Women in Surgery Career Symposium
Hyatt Regency Hotel
Baltimore, MD



Speaker
Redefining Sex & Power: Why Women Don’t Talk or Write About Money
Berkshire Festival of Women Writers
Lenox Library

Lenox, Mass.


Speaker

Why Women’s Wealth Is Being Left on the Table — and What You Can Do About It

Women in Philanthropy of Western Massachusetts
Delaney House
Holyoke, Mass.



Panelist
Voices for Change: Women in Philanthropy
JP Morgan Private Bank
Luncheon
The Four Seasons
Palm Beach, Florida



Keynote Speaker
The Power of the Purse Is Changing the World
Lakeland Yacht and Country Club
Women in Philanthropy Luncheon
Lakeland Regional Medical Center Foundation

Lakeland, Florida



Speaker
Why Women’s Wealth Is Being Left on the Table — And What You Can Do About It
Berkshire Theatre Festival

Stockbridge, Mass.



Guest Speaker
Intelligent Giving Seminar
Museum Legacy Society Task Force
Delaware Art Museum
Delaware Community Foundation
Wilmington, Delaware




Presenter
Online Webinar
Asking Matters Consultancy


Keynote Speaker
Women & Wealth Luncheon
Merrill Lynch
Knoxville, Tennessee



Keynote Speaker
Power of the Purse Luncheon
Child Saving Institute
Omaha, Nebraska



Featured Speaker
Midsummer Fundraiser
Women’s Fund of Western Massachusetts
Hampden, Mass.



Workshop Leader
Shaping Your Legacy:
How to Engage the Kids

Hedge Fund Philanthropic Alliance
Lone Pine Foundation, Inc

Greenwich, Conn.




Featured Speaker: The Power of the Purse Is Changing the World: How Women Are Creating Impact
Women’s Philanthropy Board 8th Annual Spring Symposium
Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama



Moderator: Content into Cash: Create and Sell Information Products
The American Society of Journalist and Authors 39th Annual Conference
The Roosevelt Hotel

New York City



Consultant:
Finding Your Voice: Where Women Have Been, Where They Are Going

2010 Women’s Leadership Forum
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts,
Murdock Hall
North Adams, Massachusetts




Keynote Address: The Power of the Purse Is Changing the World
Debut Educational Forum
Center for Women’s Philanthropy
Community Foundation of Central Florida
Luncheon, Sonesta Hotel
Orlando, Florida



Panelist, The New Normal: Re-setting, Re-thinking, Re-structuring for a New Age of Philanthropy
Miss Hall’s ANNUAL PHILANTHROPIC ROUNDTABLE
New York University, Kimmel Center
New York City


• Keynote:
The Guide to Intelligent Giving

Mid-Atlantic Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association
University of Delaware, Goodstay Ballroom
Wilmington, Delaware

• Featured Speaker: Women & Philanthropy Dinner
Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation
Western Massachusetts Women’s Fund
The
Women’s Times
Great Barrington, Massachusetts

• Workshop Leader: Women, Girls & Money: Finding Confidence and Gaining Control
Miss Hall’s School
Pittsfield, Massachusetts

Workshop Leader: What Nonprofits Can Do to Better Engage Women
Wachovia Tax-Exempt Advisory Group
New York, New York

Keynote: The Rising Power of Women in Philanthropy
Women’s Philanthropy Forum: Town&Country, JPMorgan Chase, UNICEF-USA
JPMorgan Chase David Rockefeller Room
New York City

Keynote: How Women Who Give Can Create Greater Impact
Highmount Capital Management
Women and Philanthropy Luncheon
The Country Club
Boston, Massachusetts