The Poindexter Effect is more than just a label for my work; it's the transformative experience you feel when you're in the room, on the call, or in the audience. This page offers you a chance to feel the Poindexter Effect yourself.
Signature Talks:
**Quit Pleasing & Claim Your True Voice**
Explore how conditioned mindsets keep us small, discover how your subconscious voice serves as your true superpower, and learn to design a career and life that genuinely reflects who you are.
**Funding Systems, Not Funding Scrambles**
Understand why grants and non-dilutive capital should be approached like a sales pipeline. Learn how to create a solid funding infrastructure and how to protect your staff from the chaos of last-minute funding scrambles.
**Leading While Black, Whole, and Unapologetic**
Engage in a vital discussion about leadership, boundaries, and wellness specifically for Black women and women of color who are exhausted from shape-shifting to fit into spaces where they should feel welcome.
**The Poindexter Effect: From Survival to Structured Power**
This talk outlines the transition from survival-mode improvising to embracing structured, sustainable power in your work, business, and community.
Bring these impactful signature talks to your conference, company, ERG, accelerator, or community to experience the Poindexter Effect firsthand.
Since 2023, we have delivered over 40 talks, panels, and workshops focused on the Poindexter Effect, engaging audiences such as founders, nonprofits, certified small businesses, public sector representatives, and community organizations. These events feature a variety of formats, including signature talks, keynotes, moderated conversations, workshops, and public speaking trainings.
What the Fundraising, Episode 288 — "Delusion, Disruption, and the Future of Funding Systems." This episode features a candid conversation with Mallory Erickson on disrupting broken funding systems, building Scaffina, and exploring the hidden costs associated with tech development as a woman of color without a technical background. Additionally, we touch upon the Poindexter Effect in relation to public speaking and how it influences the conversation around signature talks. Public Health Entrepreneurs, Episode 148 — "Building Tech Without Coding." Dr. Charlotte Huntley and I delve into the journey of constructing a genuine SaaS platform without a technical background, embracing imperfection, and selecting clients whose values resonate with ours.
TEDx Round Rock: “Quit Pleasing & Claim Your True Voice” – Keynote showcasing the Poindexter Effect in public speaking. Austin Woman Connects Club: “The Real Work of DEI: Belonging, Leadership, and Impact” – Featured Speaker discussing signature talks. EforAll Summer Business Accelerator: Featured Speaker delivering insights on public speaking. Soho House Austin: Featured Speaker sharing experiences related to the Poindexter Effect. Reddit for Business: Featured Speaker, Panelist engaged in discussions on effective public speaking. BGV, ELF Program: Black Girl Ventures cohort 2 of Emerging Leaders Fellowship program - Featured Speaker presenting on signature talks. VLink Podcast: Tech Talk with VLink, Episode 39 — 'AI, Access & Equity: Non-Tech Minds, Big Tech Solutions.' A conversation on building accessible technology from outside the traditional tech world, featuring a public speaking segment - Featured Speaker. Show Her the Money Documentary: Community conversation in collaboration with Coffee Milk Media - Featured Speaker presenting on the Poindexter Effect. Net-Do Community Sessions: multiple facilitated sessions on wellness, purpose, and funding systems - Keynote related to signature talks.
Soho House Austin: Education for artists and creatives through community events, including keynote presentations that highlight the Poindexter Effect. Convergence (SXSW unofficial): A collaborative effort with The Cometa Collective & Olivia Dell, where I served as a featured speaker. Women Communicators of Austin: Annual conference where I moderated a panel, showcasing my public speaking skills as a featured speaker. Austin Woman UpLevel Her Conference: Participated as a panelist sponsored by ZenBusiness, delivering signature talks that inspired attendees. Black Girl Think Tank: Engaged as a panelist in the Bootstrap to Billions discussion, sharing insights as a featured speaker. Austin Tech Week: Focused on entrepreneurship and community engagement, where I was a featured speaker. Net-Do Community Sessions: Led multiple facilitated sessions concentrating on wellness, purpose, and funding systems.
SXSW: ZenBusiness at SXSW 2023 - So You Want to be an Entrepreneur? Join featured speakers Mark Cuban and US SBA Administrator Isabel Guzman as they discuss the Poindexter Effect on entrepreneurship. Also featured is the Soho House Austin Fyli Founders Series, offering workshops on public speaking, grants, and logic modeling. At Austin Tech Week, dive into discussions around entrepreneurship and community as a featured speaker. Additionally, participate in the Net-Do Community Sessions, which include multiple facilitated sessions on wellness, purpose, and innovative funding systems, featuring signature talks from industry leaders.
People-pleasing isn’t kindness — it’s conditioning. We are taught that our subconscious holds us back, but what if the real barrier is our conditioned mindset — the beliefs we inherit from culture, family, and society? In this talk, Natalie Poindexter reveals how pleasing others silences our truth, and how releasing those patterns allows us to hear our authentic voice. You’ll walk away with permission to unlearn what no longer serves you and to begin living with purpose.
Getting that first client made Natalie Poindexter feel like she truly knew what she was doing. As the founder of NPI Consulting House, she didn’t have to worry about the details of setting up her LLC or managing the necessary documentation because ZenBusiness provided everything she needed. ZenBusiness gave her the confidence to focus on growing her business and securing her first client, without the overwhelm.
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