Inconceivable

The Asylum for IMpreneurs Who Dare to Dream Crazy

…Because your crazy ideas is what keeps the world sane

Imena dreams of owning a construction company. She imagines standing on the scaffold, in her hard hat, looking over the sites that she and her crew have built, the contracts she’s won.

She smiles about the jobs she has created through her company, the housing issues her company assists with addressing. But her dreams are interrupted by other people’s criticism, judgment and doubt. As a woman, mother and person of color, she’s told by everyone that matters (and doesn't) that she’s being unrealistic, taking unnecessary risks or not focusing on “what really matters”— being a mom. Some just flat out tell her to stay in her lane. Mentors refer to her vision as “her little project.” Bankers laugh at her and her business plan. Over time, she starts to question herself and her sanity, “Am I crazy?” She wonders, “Maybe I am doing too much.” Is she? We don’t think so, and that’s why we created Inconceivable: The Asylum for IMpreneurs Who Dream Crazy. Imena, and women like her have solutions to problems, and we want to inspire and help them create a game plan for making those answers real. 

  • "Sagashus was simply phenomenal!! What an amazingly powerful way to close a day full of learning! I felt unified with and mesmerized by Sagashus. Her standing ovation was well-deserved! A brilliant speaker who gave of herself so whole-heartedly. I'm humbled and honored to have been in the room."

  • "This was my favorite talk of the day. I appreciate Sagashus sharing from her heart and being so vulnerable in front of us. Her talk really moved me."

  • "Sagashus was an amazing speaker, and was very touching and personable."

  • "She was amazing and her story was amazing and so inspiring. The standing ovation at the end was not enough to show her just how moving her speech was. I am glad she shared things that must have been extremely difficult, especially things people would say to her when she was pregnant. Reminds you to not judge so quickly, etc but also reminds you that there are cruel people in the world and you need to be YOU and not let that get you down."

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Inconceivable is the talk created for mothers who are crazy enough to dream of solving problems through business.

It’s designed to help you own your vision, offer you tools to help you create a game plan for making it real, and to inspire you to build a mothering practice that makes room for you to care for your family while also birthing out or nurturing one more baby: your company.

Learning Objectives that will help you own your Inconceivable dreams:

  • Make their crazy your new normal, without apology

  • Recognize your power and lean into it

  • Understand the importance of having the right kind of support

  • Introduce the idea of creating an authentic mothering practice

Be a part of the Inconceivable audience if you want to…

  • Be in a space that inspires bold dreams

  • Be surrounded by other people who are looking to the same

  • Be part of a movement that empowers women just like you to provide solutions through business

ALL KEYNOTES

  • Inconceivable

  • Naked

  • Your Hands Are in My Panties

  • Covet

  • Nothing’s Wasted

  • Story

  • Perseverance/Tenacity

PRE -PROGRAM SETUP

What is the best way to set up the room? 

Please, if possible, make sure the stage or platform is as close to the audience as possible, 10 feet or less is great! 

While Sagashus will move around the stage, she will require a lectern with a told that holds her water, book and notes and a hidden shelf for her purse. 

If the AV requires the computer on stage, please make sure the lectern has space for it. Otherwise, please create a setup where the notes, book and technology can all be in the same space. The goal is for Sagashus to be able to move seamlessly between the technology and materials without having to separate them. 

AV REQUIREMENTS

Sagashus requires the following A/V equipment be provided:

Wireless lavalier microphone 

Computer 

LCD projector with the capacity to play audio and video 

Large screen or screens 

Confidence monitor 

Sagashus will bring her program on a Flash Drive in a PowerPoint format. But she will also have a backup in Google Sheets.

Is audio/video recording allowed? No audio or video recording of any kind is permitted during the presentation without Sagashus’s prior written permission.

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Dr. Sagashus T. Levingston was born in Chicago and raised in the area now known as Bronzeville. She holds a bachelor’s in English Literature from the University of Illinois. She also holds a master’s in Afro-American Studies and a PhD in English literature—both from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. While her research focused primarily on literature, it was informed by theory and criticism from rhetoric, motherhood studies and black feminism.