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Speak at Social Saturday

Every Saturday morning, women working with AI come together on Zoom to teach each other what they know. We’d love to have you in the speaker slot. Here’s everything you need to decide.

Say Yes

Here’s what to know before you say yes — what She Leads AI is, who joins us on a Saturday, the ways you can speak, and what we ask of you.

What She Leads AI Is

An AI Academy grounded in a powerful community.

She Leads AI is a home for women practitioners, educators, founders, and consultants who are already working with AI in their organizations, their classrooms, their consultancies, and their lives.

How we got here

She Leads AI began in January 2023 as a hashtag on social media and grew into an event series, a community, an AI academy, and an in-person conference. Since launching the She Leads AI Society in January 2024, we have platformed over 200 women in speaking roles, hosted hundreds of hours of free events, and graduated dozens of AI practitioners into new careers in AI.

Social Saturday is a big part of that — the free weekly gathering where much of this begins, and the one you’re being invited to speak at.

Our work runs across a few connected pieces — and underneath all of it, the She Leads AI Society, whose members underwrite Social Saturday so it stays free for all women.

What Social Saturday Is

Our free weekly gathering for women in AI. Come as you are, learn from subject matter experts, build relationships, and share your knowledge.

It’s how women in AI share what they know with each other, with the warmth and steady support that builds between us week after week.

Our speaker might be a practitioner sharing what she’s learned in her field, or a strategist presenting the framework she’s built, or a new founder, or a total beginner.

Our co-hosts run the event itself — they handle announcements and intros, and they facilitate the Q&A that typically opens into a group-wide discussion. The speaker speaks during her section, and the co-host runs the rest. Many of our most engaged community members first met us here.

It runs every Saturday from 10am to noon Pacific on Zoom, and it’s always free. Social Saturday is made possible by the She Leads AI Society, our membership program for human-centered AI practitioners.

Who You’d Be Speaking To

Women from across the world who are already working with AI in some way — beginner to advanced.

The range goes from beginner to advanced — and our expert speakers typically pitch their talks to the intermediate woman in the audience.

Inside that range you’ll find founders of AI companies and service providers, in-house AI leads running rollouts and AI Councils, mid-career professionals moving into AI from another field, decision-makers with 20–30 years of expertise adding AI to their leadership, governance professionals, and visual creatives building with AI tools.

They work across business, law, education, healthcare, HR, tech, and the nonprofit sector. International — we draw from the US, UK, Europe, Asia, and beyond. They come because they want practical knowledge from women who have done the thing, and because they want each other.

Three Formats

Pick the format that fits your content and your comfort. We’ll confirm the choice with you before scheduling.

Format 01

Single Featured Speaker

One speaker, the full block

You hold the speaker slot on your own. Longer time on stage, more space for a workshop format, a framework that needs unpacking, or a live demo.

Best for: Substantive talks where 20 minutes wouldn’t do the content justice.

Format 02

Two-Speaker Pairing

Two speakers, 20 minutes each

You and one other woman share the speaker block. Each of you presents for 20 minutes, with conversation between and after.

Best for: Sharper, more focused topics — and when complementary perspectives lift both talks.

Format 03

Podcast-Style Interview

No slides, just conversation

Anne or a co-host interviews you. ~20–30 minutes. You answer questions about your work; we open the floor to the audience after.

Best for: When presenting isn’t your favorite mode, or your content lives better in conversation than in slides.

The Run of Show We’d Propose

The typical run of show for a two-speaker Social Saturday — the exact schedule we’d be proposing as your day. Times shown are Pacific.

9:40 amTech check with our team. You join 15 minutes early to test audio and screen share.

10:00Doors open. Attendees arrive, say hello in chat.

10:09Announcements from the co-hosts.

10:24First-time attendee introductions, if any.

10:44Speaker 1 takes the stage — 20 minutes

11:04Conversation block — co-hosts facilitate Q&A with the audience.

11:24Speaker 2 takes the stage — 20 minutes

11:44Conversation block + close. Co-hosts thank speakers, drop links, tease next week.

12:00 pmWe’re done.

Single Featured and Podcast Interview formats adjust the speaker blocks; the rest of the shape stays the same.

What You Get

Social Saturday is built to give speakers visibility for their work — not just the two hours on Saturday morning, but everything we put around the session before and after.

A LinkedIn event with you on the inviteWhen we post the Social Saturday LinkedIn event, we “Invite” you as a speaker — which lets you use LinkedIn’s Invite button to bring up to 1,000 of your own connections.
Social-wide promotionWe promote you across our channels with speaker spotlight posts, and you get the same assets to share with your own audience.
Our 5,000-person email listWe feature you in our mailing list in the lead-up to your session.
A companion guide from your talkWe turn your session into a branded She Leads AI companion guide you can share with clients or post wherever your audience finds you.
A clean recording of your talkYours forever, to use wherever your audience finds you.

Pre-made posts to shareWe hand you ready-to-use copy and graphics so promoting your talk is straightforward.
The CREATE Conference pipelineA number of our Social Saturday speakers go on to be paid speakers at CREATE, our annual conference.
Kudos from the women who attendWe collect direct feedback from the audience and pass it to you — quotable testimonials you can use in your own marketing.
Reach into a focused audienceThe women who attend are decision-makers in their work — some follow up, some refer you into their next project.

What We Ask

In return for everything we put around your talk, we ask one thing — help us bring more women into the session. Pick at least two of the paths below before your session date. We give you the assets and the tag suggestions; you choose where to spend the energy.

LinkedIn Event Invite

Use the Invite button on the event listing to bring your connections — up to 1,000 in one go.

Direct Messages

Personal outreach to colleagues, clients, or peers who’d want this content.

Original Post

A post on LinkedIn or another platform sharing a tip or angle from what you’ll be talking about, with the registration link in the comments.

Repost the Event Listing

Share the LinkedIn event with a quick personal note about why you’re speaking.

Email or Newsletter

Send to your list, or ask a colleague to include it in theirs.

Community Forums

A Slack group or any forum where your audience already gathers.

Ready to Speak, Say Yes

The next step is one short form. Fill out our speaker form with the format you’d want and a couple of Saturdays that could work for you. Kate, our point of contact for She Leads AI events, takes it from there.

Select a Date to Speak

Opens one short form — choose your format and pick the Saturdays that could work for you. Kate takes it from there.

↑ Date-selection form link coming soon — paste your Google Form URL into the page when it’s ready.

Already applied to speak at CREATE? We have that application on file — but you’ll want to update it for Social Saturday. Select a date through the speaker form and we’ll work from your latest.

Who You’ll Be Working With

Kate Rivera

Your point of contact for She Leads AI events.

Kate is who you’ll hear from once you say yes. From your confirmation email to the run of show on the day, she makes sure your session is set up for you — your date locked in and everything you need in hand well before you go live.

Select a date to speak

Anne Murphy

Meet Anne

Anne Murphy is the founder of She Leads AI and a leading AI operations consultant specializing in governance, education, and responsible adoption. She is currently building the world’s first matriarchal agentic company and is co-founder of a stealth start-up to be announced soon.

With 33 years raising hundreds of millions for STEM education and research, she also consults through Empowered Fundraiser Consulting. Proud mom of three, backpacker, Midwest roots, Pacific Northwest energy.

This briefing is produced by Anne with her matriarchal agentic leadership team.

Anne on LinkedIn Anne on TikTok Schedule a 1:1

If You Said Yes — What to Expect From Us

Here’s the order of what happens once you’ve said yes.

Confirmation Email

From Kate, with your speaker date locked in. You’ll have it in writing within a couple of business days of saying yes.

Optional Prep Call

Anytime in the lead-up, with Kate. Talk through whatever would help you feel ready, from your angle to your format. Say the word and she’ll get one on the calendar.

Ten Business Days Out

Kate sends your promo schedule along with the LinkedIn event link and all the assets you’ll need. You take it from there.

Day Of

Tech check at 9:40am Pacific. Laptop or desktop and a quiet, well-lit space with the camera at eye level. You’re on screen during your section, and co-hosts run the rest.

Join the She Leads AI Society

Speaking at Social Saturday is open to every woman, and Society membership is completely optional. We’d love to have you.

The She Leads AI Society is the year-round membership for women in AI. It includes the Build, Launch, Scale Lab and its replay library, weekly Social Saturdays free for all women, the AI Governance Community of Practice, member-led jam sessions, the She Leads Reads book club, client leads and referrals, and a 24/7 community on Mighty Networks.

Society members are the women who underwrite Social Saturday so it stays free for all women. Your membership keeps that going.

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