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Alonda Is Passionate About Sharing Her Experiences And Advice With Audiences That Are…
Leading with AI
Leaders looking to supercharge their leadership with AI beyond tools and prompts.
Nonprofit Executives
Leaders looking to drive their mission and staff forward while innovating with AI and maintaining balance.
Women Leaders
Women who are ready to lead without apology and build future ready organizations.
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Alonda Is an Expert Speaker On
Lead Curious - What AI Actually Changed and why curiosity is your most valuable leadership asset
What AI changed is access. For the first time in human history, the cost of curiosity dropped to zero. The strategic conversation that once required proximity to power, an expensive advisor, or the right room is now available to any leader willing to ask. The bottleneck is no longer information. It is the quality of the question.
In this talk, Alonda Williams — technology executive, AI-practicing CEO, and creator of the LEADS Framework™ — makes the case that the leaders who will define the next decade are not the ones who master the most tools. They are the ones who learn to ask better questions of themselves, their teams, and their organizations.
Discover how leaders can harness the power of AI to amplify their impact. Alonda shares her LEADS Framework to help leaders move from AI Anxious to AI Confident.
Resilient Leadership in an age of disruption
the leaders we admire most are not stronger than everyone else. They have built anchors. This session introduces the Four Anchors of Resilient Leadership: Strong Back, Soft Front, Clear Mind, Joyful Heart – as a complete framework for leading through disruption. . Alonda provides practical strategies for growing leadership capacity, inspiring teams, role of AI and navigating challenges in today’s complex and evolving professional landscape.
The CEO's Playbook: how I use AI to Lead a Mission-Driven organization
Most AI sessions for nonprofit leaders are delivered by consultants, technologists, or academics who study organizations from the outside. This one is different. Alonda Williams is a sitting CEO — leading Washington’s largest youth mentoring organization — who has been using AI in her daily leadership practice for four years.
This session is not a framework. It is a playbook. The actual prompts. The real decisions. The specific ways Alonda uses AI to think through board communications, staff development, strategic planning, fundraising narratives, and the hundred small decisions that land on a CEO’s desk every week. Practical, personal, and immediately replicable