
- Name
- Grateful Growth Summit
- Created 2 weeks 6 days ago
- Organizer Michael Whitehouse

- Business Areas
- Business Marketing Mindset
- Timezone
- Timezone: Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Event date(s): -
Registration ends: Tue, Nov 25, 2025 10:34 PM (1 month 1 week from now)
- Recorded Audio Summit, with content available November 1-25, 2025
- Speaker Application Deadline: 10/17/25
- Content Submission Deadline: 10/25/25
- Promotional requirement: 10 registrations, with incentives at 25
- Theme: Grateful Growth (tying in US Thanksgiving)
- Topics: Mindset, Marketing, AI, Content Creation, Networking, Collaborations, Sales, Offer Creation, Gratitude, Ethical Business, and more
Summit Structure
The Grateful Growth Summit is a recorded audio summit, with content being actively pushed to participants November 1-25, 2025.
Speakers will record a 15 minute audio talk on their topic, which will be available to participants during the entire period and actively pushed on a particular day (after promotional requirements are met)
The event will be gamified, giving participants rewards for engaging with more of the content.
Among the gamification rewards as well as VIP bonuses will be live events with the speakers, and these are a great opporunity for you to connect with participants.
Concept
The audience is busy and overwhelmed. Many of the people we are trying to meet do not have a day to sit through a summit, nor do they have hours to sit and watch videos. Audio is more accessible, and it does not feel as overwhelming.
We believe that this audio format will increase registration conversions, getting you more opt-ins, while the longer format, with less content spread over more days, gives us the opportunity to engage more over time.
The live events will provide opportunity for you, the speakers, to engage directly with the most engaged participants, maximizing your opportunities to grow your business through this event.
Content
The theme of the summit is Grateful Growth, which ties in with the timing right before US Thanksgiving.
The content can be anything that applies to business growth, with an emphasis on doing so in an aligned and values-based way.
We follow the values laid out in the Entrepreneur Village Manifesto.
Your talk should be high value, teaching one to three valuable, actionable tips. A talk which is clearly holding back the good stuff to entice people into your offer will be rejected. No direct offers can be made, but you can spend 30 seconds of your talk discussing your free offer (and VIP offer if you like) to encourage people to take advantage of it.
We provide value first, and in doing so, we create a desire in the listener to engage further with us.
Delivery
The summit will be delivered in audio format, available to participants through the dashboard throughout the summit period.
Every day of the summit period, participants will receive an email spotlighting between 1 and 3 talks with direct links to that content to listen to.
Additionally, your talk will be transcibed (with appropriate editing for print) into a collaborative book, which will be available in ebook form for VIPs, and will be available for sale on Amazon. Your regular and VIP gifts will be listed in the book to give you additional opportunities to receive opt-ins even after the summit is over.
Speaker Meetings:
Thursday, October 9th at 4 PM Eastern
Friday, October 24th at 11 AM Eastern
Participant Meetups:
November 13th, at 3 PM Eastern
November 25th, at 3 PM Eastern
Speaker Acceptance and Requirements
If your application is submitted and compete before October 7th, you can assume that you are accepted, and do not need to wait for confirmation, but that is only the beginning.
That means that you should block off the speaker meetings and participant meetups as soon as you apply. You can also start recording your content.
To be included in the content line up, you must provide a high quality recording on MP3, the message of which delivers value to the audience, not just a pitch. (If your recording is not up to our standards, you will be informed so you may re-record)
To be highlighted in the email reminders, you must promote to bring no less than 10 opt-ins.
If you bring at least 25, you will be promoted multiple times and will be in the front of the book created from summit content
If you bring at least 40, you will be directly promoted to the entire summit list in a solo email.
If you fail to promote, your talk will remain in the general content of the summit, and may still be included in the book, but it will not be directly highlighted.
Questions
Questions can be sent to Michael Whitehouse at michael@guywhoknowsaguy.com
Legal Stuff
By applying this this event, you are agreeing to the following:
1. Speaker hereby grants to Michael Whitehouse and Concardia, LLC the right to use his or her name, voice, appearance, likeness, image, words, participation, and title or professional designation, in whole or in part, in these Recordings and/or compilations and in any correspondence, publicity, advertising, promotional, or other derivative materials based on them. Michael Whitehouse and Concardia, LLC has no obligation to make use of the rights granted herein.
2. Speaker hereby grants Michael Whitehouse and Concardia, LLC the unconditional and irrevocable right to reproduce the Recording in any format, and to distribute, sell, prepare derivative works, advertise, and publicize the Recordings without compensation to Speaker, Michael Whitehouse and Concardia, LLC may edit the Recordings at her discretion. Michael Whitehouse and Concardia, LLC shall own the worldwide rights, title, and interest, including copyright in, and to, the Speaker’s Recording. However, the Speaker shall also retain the right to use his or her own Recording for any purpose.
3. Speaker, upon written request to Michael Whitehouse and Concardia, LLC, shall be provided with a copy of his or her Recording in electronic format.
4. Speaker agrees to promote the event to their audience by email, social media, or any other method to generate a minimum of 10 opt-ins with a goal of over 25.
5. Speaker is permitted to make a FREE offer during his or her talk.
6. Speaker represents that he or she has the full right, power, and authority to grant this release and to perform all of the provisions thereof. Speaker acknowledges that in the event of a breach or alleged breach with respect to the terms and provisions hereof, that Michael Whitehouse and Concardia, LLC shall not take any legal action, but will be very disappointed and will record such breach in the official records.
7. Speaker agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Michael Whitehouse and Concardia, LLC from and against all claims, losses, expenses, and liabilities of every kind including reasonable attorney's fees arising out of the inaccuracy or breach of any provision of this Agreement. Speaker expressly releases Michael Whitehouse and Concardia, LLC from any and all claims arising out of the use of the material.
8. This release shall be governed in accordance with the State of Connecticut law, constitute the entire agreement of the parties, and may be amended only in writing.
- Speakers
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From Scarcity, High Pressure and Narcissistic Abuse to Sovereignty Through GratitudeAlexa Sasha Marshall From Scarcity and Sovereignty
When you’ve lived through narcissistic abuse or high-pressure environments, you’re trained to overwork, overgive, and undervalue yourself. Gratitude is more than “being positive”—it’s a daily practice that restores self-trust and rewires the scarcity brain.
In this 15-minute session, you’ll discover:
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The neuroscience of gratitude and how it stops stress from hijacking your brain
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How gratitude sharpens decision-making and boundaries so you protect your energy
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A simple 3-step morning ritual that reorients you toward opportunities instead of obstacles
By the end, you’ll know how to use gratitude as a tool to shift from survival mode into sovereignty.
Grateful PivotsBJ Stromme Author| Intl Speaker| Keynote Speaker| Communications/Team Trainer| Business Coach | Retreat HostWhen I first moved offgrid to beautiful SE Alaska, everything in my life shifted. This meant I had to find a whole new way to keep my business alive. That pivot led me online-to people all over the world.
What started as a challenge became one of my greatest blessings! I've built relationships across the globe, learned new skills, and experienced peace and prosperity like never before. Looking back, I see each step that prepared me for this. A life of time and wealth freedom!
In this conversation, I’ll share the moments that shaped my journey, the pivots that brought unexpected gifts, and the deep gratitude I carry for a path that turned challenges into stepping stones toward joy, freedom, and connection.
My hope is that my story reminds you of your own—how even the challenges can become stepping stones to a life of joy, freedom, and connection.
Business Family & Parenting +3Communication Client Attraction +32Biz Owner Tax Perks You've Missed Out OnBen Collier Founder of Profit ShieldSimply by virtue of being a business owner, you have access to major tax & asset protection benefits. Distilling down proven strategies used by wealthy business and real estate owners for decades, this presentation offers business owners easy how-to guidiance on strategies that may implemented right now to save money and strengthen asset protection.
Tax and asset protection strategies that used to be hidden behind expensive pay-walls are now more accessible than ever. Walk away knowing that, as a business owner, you have much more control over your financial future than the system has been telling you. Learn how to take charge of your profit.
Duct Tape Is Not a Business Strategy: Stop patching. Start building. Grow like you mean it.Brandi Cox Tech Systems StrategistMost coaches don’t fail because of lack of skill—they fail because their business runs them. In this session, Brandi Cox reveals how to stop patching your business with “duct tape solutions” and start building systems that actually scale. She’ll share proven frameworks for automation, delegation, and implementation so coaches can reclaim their time, boost retention, and grow sustainably—without adding more work. Attendees will walk away knowing how to identify tasks to offload without losing quality, set up automation that sticks, and build a business structure that supports long-term success.
Unbreakable: The Strength We Find In StruggleDawn LeBlanc Unbreakable: The Strength We Find In StrWe’ve been told that strength means holding it all together — carrying the weight of expectations and pretending it’s not heavy. But real strength isn’t in how long we carry it — it’s in finding the courage to set it down.
In Unbreakable: The Strength We Find in Struggle, women’s empowerment speaker and mentor Dawn LeBlanc shares how we rise through life’s heaviness by reclaiming who we are and rediscovering our worth. Through her RISE framework — Reclaim, Invest, Shine, Empower — Dawn helps women move from survival to freedom, from self-doubt to self-worth.
A powerful reminder that even when life feels heavy, we can still rise — and we don’t have to do it alone.
The Financial Ownership Code: How Accountability Creates Unstoppable WealthDebra Morrison Transformational Speaker & Best-SellingTrue financial transformation begins with a simple but powerful shift: taking complete ownership of your financial outcomes with gratitude for the lessons learned. As a CFP® with 45 years of experience helping clients build wealth, I've seen that the people who achieve lasting financial success aren't the ones with perfect track records—they're the ones who practice radical accountability for their financial lives. In this session, you'll master three transformative financial ownership principles: how to embrace "grateful accountability" that acknowledges mistakes while driving progress, the accountability systems that turn financial goals into achieved results, and how to create sustainable wealth by owning your financial decisions rather than avoiding them. This isn't about financial perfection—it's about building wealth through consistent, accountable action rooted in grateful ownership of your journey.
Financial servicesEmpowerment Accountability +1Never Second Guess Yourself Again! The Neuroscience Behind Confident Decision Making.Ell Graniel FounderWe've all been there. Stuck in analysis paralysis, like a deer in the headlights. Or, falling into the fear of "but what if I make the wrong decision?" The trouble always begins with too many cooks in the kitchen, meaning too many voices with strong opinions about what's right and battling it out for the grand prize: your final decision.
When you learn how to tell who's talking and why, you begin to get clarity over what the best decision is—with confidence. Understanding how to combine your faith with how your brain repurposes information will put an end to the battle and have you coming out on top every time.
Business Health & Well-being +2Mindset Decision-making +6Self-Worth & Collaboration: Unlocking Growth Like Never BeforeEndre Hoffmann Doctor of Self-WorthToo many entrepreneurs try to grow their businesses alone—burning out, second-guessing, and getting stuck in cycles of self-doubt. The truth is, no one builds lasting success in isolation. Collaboration isn’t just about networking; it’s about consciously choosing partnerships that amplify your strengths, fill your gaps, and expand your vision.
In this powerful session, you’ll discover how self-worth is the foundation of collaboration. You’ll learn practical ways to attract aligned partners, create win-win opportunities, and step into collaborations that elevate not only your business but also your confidence and impact.
This session will give you real hands-on tips, mindset and strategies to make it happen. Among them:
How anchoring your self-worth allows you to show up authentically and attract the right people.
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The difference between chasing connections and choosing aligned collaborators.
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Practical framework: how to identify mutual values, complementary strengths, and shared goals.
Purpose First, Tech Second: Using AI to Fuel Aligned, Grateful GrowthHeather Ann Di Rocco AI MavenGrowth isn’t just about doing more — it’s about doing what matters, better. In How AI Can Help You Set Goals That Stick, Heather Di Rocco shares a refreshing, human-centered approach to goal setting that combines technology with intentionality. You’ll learn how to use AI tools to clarify your vision, break big goals into manageable habits, and create simple systems that keep you on track — even on busy days. Through practical examples, Heather shows how AI can act as your accountability partner, creative collaborator, and gentle reminder to stay aligned with your goals. Attendees will walk away with three actionable tools they can apply immediately to make measurable progress, reduce overwhelm, and stay connected to gratitude throughout the process. It’s not about chasing perfection — it’s about designing a growth journey that feels authentic, sustainable, and truly yours.
Fast-Track Your Coaching Business: How One Workshop Can Consistently Attract and Enroll ClientsJanelle Anderson Virtual Events Visionary & CoachMost coaches work tirelessly to get noticed — posting on social media, going to networking events, and trying every new tactic — yet still feel like they’re chasing clients. In this powerful session, you’ll discover a smarter path: the Client Enrollment Workshop. This one workshop becomes the front door to your coaching business, consistently attracting the right audience, building trust, and naturally enrolling clients into your programs.
You’ll get an inside look at the CLIENTS Framework, a simple, proven 7-step process for designing and delivering workshops that work. From clarifying your enrollment vision to creating engaging content and making authentic invitations, you’ll walk away with practical strategies you can implement right away. Imagine filling your programs with excited clients every month — without the constant hustle — by using one repeatable workshop as the engine of your business.
Business Marketing +3Client Attraction Storytelling +6Boundaries & Bliss: Saying No Without Guilt This Holiday SeasonJennifer Anderson Beliefs & Boundaries SpecialistBoundaries & Bliss: Saying No Without Guilt This Holiday Season
The holidays are supposed to be filled with gratitude and joy, but too often, they leave us drained, resentful, and running on empty. In this empowering 15-minute session, Beliefs & Boundaries Specialist Jen Anderson reveals how simple, compassionate boundaries can transform stress into peace and guilt into gratitude.
You’ll discover:
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Why boundaries aren’t walls but doors—to presence, connection, and growth.
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Three truths that will shift how you show up with family, work, and yourself.
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A pivotal mindset reframe that makes saying “no” feel like a gift.
Walk away with practical tools you can use immediately to protect your energy and create space for joy this season.
By honoring your boundaries, you not only give yourself peace but also model gratitude and growth for those around you.
MindsetBoundariesHow to Create Money MiraclesJoel Salomon Master Prosperity CoachPeople’s beliefs about money have held them back from living the lives of their dreams. For example, people believe they can’t be spiritual and rich. They believe they have to work hard to be rich and successful. They also believe that once they get rich, then they will be happy and feel gratitude. They believe they can’t do it themselves and they need a lot of time and to be good in math. My idea is that these are all limiting beliefs. Once you change your beliefs about money, you will change your life. Learn how to be happy and grateful first and then watch the money flow. This is Rule #5 in The 9 Money Rules Millionaires Use!
From Scarcity to Sacred: How Gratitude Practices Unlock Your Next Revenue BreakthroughJulie Flippin Owner/Business Strategist at True QuestSummary: Most entrepreneurs approach business growth from a place of "not enough"—not enough clients, money, or time. This scarcity mindset actually blocks the very abundance we're seeking. Julie reveals how specific gratitude practices don't just feel good—they literally rewire your nervous system to recognize and attract opportunities you've been blind to. This isn't just positive thinking; it's neuroscience-backed strategy that transforms how you show up in sales conversations, partnerships, and daily business decisions.
Key Takeaways:
- The Scarcity Scanner Reset: A 60-second morning practice that trains your brain to spot abundance and opportunity instead of lack and limitation
- The Grateful Client Magnetism Method: How expressing genuine appreciation for current clients creates an energetic frequency that attracts ideal prospects (with real examples)
- The Revenue Gratitude Audit: A simple weekly review process that reveals hidden money leaks and growth opportunities you've been unconsciously dismissing
Business MindsetPositive Mindset Gratitude & Growth +1You Can't Live a Life You Love on a Budget You Hate™Linda Grizely Personal Finance ExpertLet’s flip budgeting from survival mode to self-prioritization using the MeMoney™ method. It’s part mindset shift, part financial strategy and helps you reframe your relationship with money from guilt to intention. Learn how to lean into your own money personality and start spending, saving, and showing up in alignment with what matters most to you.
Financial services Health & Well-being +1Abundance Personal Growth +27Catalysts for Change: Designing Retreats to Turn Gratitude into Growth and Purpose into ImpactLori McDowell Retreat StrategistWhat if gratitude could be the catalyst for both extraordinary living and extraordinary business growth? In this talk, Lori McDowell shares how designing transformational retreats becomes the formula for aligning purpose, fueling impact, and creating new revenue streams. With a unique blend of strategy and heart, she shows how retreats can spark the “right reactions”: deeper client loyalty, stronger connections, and a business that feels both profitable and purposeful. With gratitude as the foundation and retreats as the vehicle, Lori helps business owners unlock growth that extends beyond income to touch lives, amplify impact, and create extraordinary experiences.
Fear of Staying vs. Fear of Leaving: Choosing the Right FearLynda Sunshine West FounderThis talk will help you recognize the right kind of fear by learning to tell the difference between what keeps you stuck and what pushes you to grow and trust your inner voice to make powerful decisions. You will explore how breaking the cycle of toxicity not only changes your life but impacts future generations and creates a ripple effect of love and self-respect. We will cover practical steps to shift from survival mode into a thriving mindset so you can rebuild your confidence and embrace the life you truly deserve.
Networking with Heart: How Authentic Connection Accelerates Business GrowthMarie Fratoni CEOWhat if the secret to exponential business growth wasn't in your marketing funnel or sales strategy, but in a simple mindset shift that costs nothing but delivers everything?
As someone who's helped thousands overcome "Chronic Networking Avoidance Syndrome" and build thriving businesses through authentic connections, Marie Fratoni reveals how gratitude becomes your ultimate networking superpower.
In this value-packed session, you'll discover:
- The Gratitude Reset Formula - A 30-second practice that instantly shifts you from "what can I get?" to "what can I give?" mindset, making every interaction magnetic and memorable
- The Appreciation Amplifier Method - How to use specific gratitude techniques to deepen existing relationships and turn casual contacts into loyal advocates, joint venture partners, and referral sources
- The Thank You Follow-Up System - A simple but powerful framework that ensures you're remembered long after the conversation ends, leading to more opportunities, speaking engagements, and ideal client connections
BusinessNetworking Business CoachingWhy learning to ask for help with your business is…good business [mindset]Marjorie Turner Hollman President, MarjorieTurner LLCConstructively asking for help is a skill, one we're not often taught. Some of us may learn from mentors. Parents or other family members may model healthy ways of asking for help. Others of us must learn the hard way.
It’s a skill that can improve with practice. Many of us avoid asking for help at all costs. Not the best plan for getting practice! There are good ways and not so great ways to approach requesting help (you may want to think of it as support instead). Let’s talk about what you can do first: Counterintuitively, encourage the person you approach to say, “no” if what you are asking is not a good fit for them. Want to learn more? Take a listen.
Grateful for Open Doors - HomeownershipMatthew Harner Sr. Mortgage Loan OfficerThrough this Grateful Growth Summit, Matt's aim is to build up entrepreneurs via clear guidance on pursuing their own homeownership in both traditional and non-traditional ways. What should you expect from Matt's talk? From his vantage point as a seasoned Mortgage Loan Originator, Matt will provide clarity regarding specific challenges entrepreneurs face when financing their homes, plus three ethical paths toward overcoming these challenges and successfully becoming homeowners. Matt views work as an opportunity for both service and fellowship, and he firmly believes that "All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty" (Prov. 14:23, NIV). So once you've heard his talk, be sure to put him to work.
Business Financial services +1Vision Lifestyle +1Leading in the Age of DisruptIAnMichael Martin Dr.n this 15-minute talk, Dr. Michael Martin, the 2024 Ohio High School Principal of the Year, tackles the elephant in the room for every leader: the fear of AI. He begins by addressing the very real concerns around AI's impact on cognitive abilities and culture, providing a human-centric perspective on a technological problem. Dr. Martin then reveals his unique framework and provides a clear, actionable playbook for navigating AI, clearly showing leaders how to use AI amplify their leadership, not replace it. Attendees will leave with a new perspective and the confidence to lead with purpose in the age of AI.
How Do You Make People Feel? Another side of GratitudeRonnie Loaiza RonnieLo | Life CoachWe often think of giving people value- whether we’re solopreneurs, entrepreneurs , or working at a job - .
It’s transactional and guess what- that’s okay! Fair valuable give and take.
But how often do we automatically think before we engage with someone how we make them feel?
In this talk, we explore your meaning of gratitude– differentiate it from false hope, relief, and appreciation.
- Must we always feel grateful?
- What if you don’t?
- How do we get in habitual way of making sure we are in such a state to have people feeling good around us and subliminally feel grateful for that?
And do it without being fake?
- Lastly, let’s talk about how even when it’s hard to do this, it prompts both inner growth, and growth in communication, relatability, and relationships - personally and professionally.
Make Money Not Mistakes: 3 Profit Boosting Strategies for Business OwnersSharon Galluzzo3 foundational areas that need your attention (and quick wins to strengthen them) A better understanding of how money, marketing, and delivery quietly shape your profit A clear next step to build a business that’s strong, simple, and built to last.
With Gratitude as a Growth Strategy, You Can Turn Collaborations into AuthoritySummer Diya Selva Business Strategist & Productivity CoachGratitude towards the universe for giving me a second, third and a fourth chance to continue living, has been my driving fuel in the past three years. In business, growth is often framed as hustle, strategy, and scale... but rarely as gratitude. Yet gratitude is the secret fuel that transforms ordinary collaborations into powerful authority-building opportunities.
When you acknowledge others, lift them up, and celebrate shared wins, you create a ripple effect that positions you as a trusted authority in your space.
In this 15-minute session, I'll be talking about how I use gratitude as a deliberate growth strategy. You’ll discover how simple practices of appreciation can open doors to collaborations that multiply your reach, strengthen your reputation, and accelerate your authority.
By shifting from self-promotion to mutual elevation, you’ll see how authority isn’t claimed, it’s conferred, and gratitude is the bridge that makes it happen.
The Entrepreneur’s Guide to More Free TimeTiffanie Kellog Sock-it-to-'em Success StrategistDo you find that you are ALWAYS busy? Needing more time?
Do you find there are things you WANT to do, though are never able to do so?
In this engaging presentation, Tiffanie Kellog (aka the Speaker in Socks) will help you discover ways to help you free up more time. Participants will explore how to make small, meaningful shifts in your schedule, reclaim your focus, and reduce the time-drains that steal your energy. These are practical strategies that busy entrepreneurs can implement right away, without having to overhaul their entire life.
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