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Registration Opens March 5!

Step Into Next Level Leadership

Are you ready to accelerate your career, expand your influence, and step into leadership with confidence? NEXT LEVEL is more than a conference. It’s a focused leadership experience designed to equip women and male allies from all industries with the tools to grow, lead, and advance with intention.

This year’s program is built around Layered Leadership: The Building Blocks of Next-Level Leadership, followed by practical sessions that help you understand how you show up, how you lead, and how you make your strengths work for you.

With meaningful networking, structured reflection, and a closing panel centered on authenticity, uncertainty, and showing up with clarity, NEXT LEVEL delivers what most conferences promise but rarely provide: a real plan you can take back to work. You’ll leave with stronger self-awareness, sharper leadership skills, and the confidence to move forward with purpose.

Reasons to Attend

Gain clarity on how you lead, communicate, and make decisions using proven leadership frameworks, then turn insight into action through guided skills labs. You’ll learn from women who have navigated uncertainty, built influence, and advanced with intention—leaving with practical tools, stronger connections, and a clearer path to your next level.

Who Should Attend?

This conference is for women and male allies across industries who are ready to deepen their leadership skills and lead with greater clarity and confidence. Whether you’re an emerging leader or a seasoned professional, you’ll gain practical frameworks, guided reflection, and meaningful connections that support growth, expand influence, and prepare you for your next level of leadership.

What to Expect

Kick off the day with a practical framework for the next-level leadership, focused on the skills and behaviors that change as your scope grows

Skills Labs: Turn Insight Into Action

Throughout the day, structured skills lab worksheets help you apply what you learn in real time, so insights don’t stay theoretical.

Real Conversation: About Leadership Today

Close the day with an honest panel on leading with authenticity, navigating uncertainty, and choosing how you want to show up as a leader.

Connection: With Purpose

Build meaningful relationships through intentional networking moments designed to support learning, reflection, and continued growth.

NEXT LEVEL is designed to meet you where you are and help you move forward with clarity, confidence, and momentum—because leadership isn’t one skill, it’s a set of layers you build over time.

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Featured Speakers

Melissa Cutcher
Technology First

Andrea Kaercher
Fortified Data

Amber Brown
Gilman Partners

Tamara Wamsley
Purpose Clarity Strategist

Sponsorship Opportunities Available!

Sponsorship opportunities are available, click here for information. Contact sponsorships@technologyfirst.org if you have questions or are interested in sponsoring.

MEET OUR PARTNERS

Our Partners share a common goal: to connect, strengthen, and champion the technology community in our region. A Technology First Partner is an elite member leading the support, development, and expansion of Technology First services. In return, Partners improve community visibility and increase their revenue. Make a difference in our region and your business.

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CHAMPION PARTNER

"The McCracken Group (TMG) is proud to be a Champion Partner of Technology First. We share a commitment to education, collaboration, and empowering technology professionals across our tech region. Together, guided by our core values, Doing the Right Thing, Always Learning, Building Strong Relationships, and Giving Back, we’re helping advance innovation and continuous growth across our region’s tech community."
Seth Marsh
Vice President Sales & Marketing, The McCracken Group

Registration Opens March 5!

Step Into Next Level Leadership

Reasons to Attend

Who Should Attend?

What to Expect