Quinn Conyers Turn adversity into opportunity. Company: Speak2Society LLC Location: Baltimore, Maryland Website: www.Speak2Society.com

Biography:
In October of 2005 a business was born. On the campus of Howard University Quinn Conyers a graduate student founded Speak2Society LLC a motivational speaking company specializing in entrepreneurship, leadership and motivation for youth and young adults. At the tender age of 24, Quinn’s message of empowerment and helping students turn their passion into a profit quickly took off landing her speaking engagements across the United States.

As the 2006 Youth Leader of the Year of the New Light Leadership Coalition, Ms. Conyers is very involved in the community and an advocate for youth entrepreneurship and leadership. By finding her own motivational speaking company she has received both national and local media attention as a result of her accomplishments. She has been named an Emerging Minority Business Leader by the Minority Business Development Agency and was the 2006 Capitol Speakers Club of Washington DC Scholarship Winner.

She has been featured in the Baltimore Times Minority Business Magazine, Young Money Magazine, The District Chronicles Newspaper and the Washington Informer. Last month she was featured on Fox 5 News in Washington DC and will be hosting a youth entrepreneurship talk show in Baltimore Maryland in conjunction with Morgan State University. As an in demand speaker Quinn Conyers has spoken at conferences, colleges and youth organizations. The Carroll Hardy Black Leadership Conference, Frostburg State University, the Baltimore chapter of the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship, Largo High School and the Crispus Attucks Community Center are just a few of the many places Quinn has uplifted and empowered audiences. In addition she was the 2007 Speak Up Speak Off competition winner in Los Angeles California.

Originally from Lancaster Pennsylvania, Quinn Conyers holds a B.A in Communication Studies with a minor in Spanish. She is currently finishing up her M.A from Howard University in Mass Communication Media Studies with a specialization in Entrepreneurship.

Quinn is passionate about engaging, enlightening, and empowering students and young adults to consider entrepreneurship as a career choice and capitalizing on their potential. Her future goals include, creating a database of young speakers, leaders, and entrepreneurs on a diversity of topics. She is adamant about and leading a powerful youth movement and using the youth to relate and connect to other youth. She also wishes to host a national talk show addressing social, political and entrepreneurial issues from a youth perspective.

Availability:
Available to speak on youth entrepreneurship, Black youth empowerment, and youth leadership.