Today’s marketing landscape is fast-moving, unpredictable, and filled with both exciting opportunities and uncertain turns. For many professionals, it’s easy to feel stuck—overqualified for your current role yet unsure of your next step. Whether you’re dreaming of advancement, eyeing a new industry, or reimagining your path entirely, clarity and intention are your greatest assets.
This virtual, interactive workshop is designed to help marketing professionals avoid drifting through roles and start intentionally defining their professional journey. In a discipline shaped by rapid AI adoption, expanding cross-functional responsibilities, and increasing pressure to lead effectively and empathically, marketers who act with intention are better equipped to stand out, lead with purpose, and pursue roles that truly align with their values and skills.
Through guided reflection, peer exercises, and practical tools, participants will explore how to craft a career roadmap rooted in their values, skills, and preparation. You’ll learn to identify red flags that may signal misalignment with future opportunities, and how to articulate your value proposition across different industries and company cultures. Imagine what’s at the end of the rainbow before making your next big move—whether that’s in the next quarter or the next three years.
By the end of this workshop, attendees will:
- Define a career trajectory narrative built on making an impact individually and collectively, building influence, and positioning your professional brand for long-term growth.
- Learn how to recognize potential red flags and opportunities when navigating career transitions.
- Develop a skills-based profile to strategically prepare for job changes, promotions, or career pivots.
Virtual Event Details | Presentation and Q&A
Tuesday, May 6, 2025 | 6:00 – 8:00 pm
You will receive an email 24 hours before the event with the Zoom meeting link and ID needed to join.
Ticket sales will end two hours prior to the event’s start time. Non-members rate will increase 24 hours before the event.
Meet the Presenters
Hennither Gant, President | Chief HR & Career Strategist
Hennither Gant is a speaker who intertwines HR and entrepreneurial expertise with entertaining stories and insightful observations. Hennither is a first generation American of Sierra Leonean descent and she credits her success in HR to her upbringing between the two continents. Backed by over 18+ years of experience, her firm, Career Image Solutions, works on behalf of companies as well as for individuals seeking fulfillment in their work- “If a company wants to grow profits, we help with the ‘people’ part.” Whether the need is recruitment or workforce development, employment compliance or staff training, Hennither is the go-to person known for her expertise and common-sense approach to problem-solving.
Hennither also specializes in working with professionals to attain their dream careers by coaching working professionals transitioning to new careers. The firm identifies transferable skills and assists individuals in advancing their current career or moving into another one that better suits their talents, personalities, and needs. Her enthusiasm for effective hiring strategies and integrity-based leadership in the workplace makes her a sought-after panelist, trainer, and keynote speaker.
Hennither has authored 4 books, sits on several boards, and has achieved acclaim as Who’s Who in America, Baltimore’s Top 40, Under 40, Inspire Maryland Finalist and Women of Power Award recipient. She was also recognized as a graduate of Leadership Baltimore County, as Dream Giver of the Year, the recipient of the Fiercest Eagle Award, and won several Leadership Awards.
Stephanie Ranno, Recruiting Expert
With more than 20 years of experience in marketing recruiting, Stephanie is dedicated to supporting marketing leaders in their work and careers through team building, contract resources, or career guidance.
Based on her professional and personal experiences, Stephanie regularly speaks, and appears on podcasts and webinars and guest blogs on a variety of topics including marketing staffing, inclusion, and neurodiversity in the workforce, as well as career development in marketing and communications.
Stephanie cares deeply about access to meaningful work for all who seek it. With three children, two of whom are neurodivergent, she wants a work world ready for them and their beautiful gifts and unique challenges.
Dr. Sylvia Long-Tolbert
Dr. Sylvia Long-Tolbert is a dynamic strategist, brand builder, and postsecondary educator with a proven record of delivering strategic value across enterprises, nonprofits, startups, and educational organizations. As founder of Know More Marketing®, she specializes in designing immersive and interactive projects and human-centered workshops that disrupt conventional thinking, anecdotal knowledge and outdated processes to re-imagine brand performance, cultural transformations, and strategic growth.
Dr. Long-Tolbert’s expertise spans marketing, operations, and higher education and professional development, with a strong focus on cross-functional leadership and strategy. She has launched and directed innovative academic programs, including the internationally recognized MSc Marketing program at Johns Hopkins University, and has developed cutting-edge curricula that blend experiential learning, with business strategy and marketing ethics. Her leadership has been instrumental in building community partnerships, coaching graduate student competition winners, and co-creating innovative solutions that address complex business and social issues.
As a lifelong marketer, Dr. Long-Tolbert has shaped public discourse across industry and academic forums on contemporary topics, including distrust in business and brand relationships, customer/employee resilience, and social identity and multicultural experiences. Her mission is to champion customer-centric solutions that help brands evolve and deliver meaningful value to their audiences/stakeholders in very dynamic markets.
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