About Willow Sweeney

American Association of University Women and Women's Summit Central Minnesota are very grateful to have Willow Sweeney, a nationally recognized motivational speaker and trainer as keynote for International Women's Day, Central MN  2014. The former teacher and coach at Tech High School in St. Cloud will speak on Empowerment of women: Improving from Within.  Click here for the full program guide.

Biography: Willow Sweeney

Willow Sweeney is co-founder of Top 20 Training that provides training and materials to empower leaders. teachers, parents and students to develop their potential. She and her Top 20 team have trained over 250,000 leaders throughout the United States. Her work with businesses and companies focuses on developing more effective workplace teams and cultures.

Willow has co-authored Top 20 Teachers: The Revolution in American Education, Top 20 Parents: Raising Happy, Responsible and Emotionally Healthy Children and Top 20 Teens: Discovering the Best-kept Thinking, Learning and Communicating Secrets of Successful Teenagers.

Willow's present training, Living Above and Below the Line: Discovering the Power of Choice

 The training encounter focuses on becoming aware of our thinking so we know when it is working and when it is not working. It explores (1) the conditions that come up in our life that invite us to go Below the Line, (2) indicators telling us when we are Below, (3) how to handle Below the Line experiences with more grace and dignity and (4) how to trampoline back Above the Line.

Willow's career has included high school teaching, coaching and she has been a national speaker and trainer since 2002. She and her husband, Brian, have two sons and live in St. Cloud, Minnesota.