Smart Women Series
Smart Women Know How to Communicate!
Series Co-hosted by: Working Moms of San Antonio
🗓 Date: Wed, Aug.19, 2026
🕔 Time: 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
9:00 – 10:00 AM – Networking & Light Breakfast
9:30 – 10:30 AM – Program
📍 Location: Working Moms of San Antonio
11854 Wurzbach Rd, San Antonio, TX 78230
💲 Members FREE / Non-Members $25
Speak Their Language:
The Secret to Communicating Effectively with Anyone
Guest Speaker: Mandy Smith, Spitfire Academy
What if the problem in your toughest conversations isn’t the other person? What if you’re simply speaking different communication languages?
Most communication breakdowns don’t happen because people are difficult. They happen because people communicate differently, and the cost shows up as frustration, rework, and slower progress toward goals.
In this engaging and interactive session, leadership and communication expert Mandy Smith introduces the DiSC model, a powerful tool for understanding how different people think, respond, and interact.
What You Will Learn
- Identify your own communication style
- Recognize the styles of others
- Understand each style’s priorities, motivators, and stressors
- Adapt your message so it is clearly understood
When you learn to speak someone else’s language, conversations get easier, misunderstandings drop, and collaboration improves.
Think about one person you wish you communicated with better. You will leave with tools you can use that same afternoon.
Mandy Smith is a leadership and communication expert, executive coach, facilitator, and founder of Spitfire Academy. With more than 20 years of experience as a corporate learning executive and consultant, she provides practical classes, workshops, and coaching that equip professionals, leaders, and teams to communicate with greater clarity, lead with confidence, navigate change, and improve performance. Mandy also partners with organizations to build stronger leaders, more effective teams, and workplace cultures that support their vision and business goals. She is known for making leadership and communication practical, relevant, and immediately applicable.
Learn more: Mandy Smith
Learn more: Spitfire Academy
Save the Dates for SWS 2026: OCT 21
What’s the Smart Women Series About?
The SMART WOMEN Series was created by Dr. Yvonne Katz in 2007, mirrored after the famous book by author David Bach, titled “Smart Women Finish Rich: 9 Steps to Achieving Financial Security and Funding Your Dreams.”
This dynamic, interactive learning experience brings together leaders and industry experts to explore real-world topics with practical tools for personal, professional, and financial growth that matter most to women.
Whether you’re starting or scaling a business, navigating career transitions, or building financial security, SMART WOMEN offers the inspiration and tools to help women lead with confidence, clarity, courage, and finish strong. Learn more about past sessions
Become a Member
- Access to private membership directory with full member information on website.
- Discounts to Smart Women Series Luncheons, networking mixers, and POWERhour! Luncheons.
- Opportunity to participate in the Transformational Leadership Development Program at discounted tuition.
- Member pricing for The Bloomberg Business Program with the University of the Incarnate Word (UIW). Continued professional licensure/certifications may be given through UIW.
- Make a difference by serving with the SAWCC on it's committees at events and network with other awesome women!
Previous Smart Women Series Topics
Smart Women Do Smart Things …
Whether you’re starting or scaling a business, navigating career transitions, or building financial security, SMART WOMEN offers the inspiration and tools to help women lead with confidence, clarity, courage, and finish strong.
June 2026
Smart Women Know How to Network!
Guest Speaker: Mindy East
Mindy East made the case that trust, not volume, is what turns a contact into a real opportunity. Her relationship-first approach helps professionals get clear on what they want to be known for and use in-person networking and LinkedIn together, all without adding more to an already full plate. Attendees left with simple tools they can put to work right away.
Thank you, Mindy, for reframing networking as relationship-building.
Learn more: www.mindyeast.com
April 2026
Smart Women Don’t Guess ✅ They Get Approved!
“Building a Bankable Business: The Step That Comes Before Funding”
Guest Speaker: Mia Prather, The Credit Vixen, Executive Director
Building a Bankable Business with Mia Prather, The Credit Vixen — learn how to structure your business so lenders say yes. From separating personal and business credit to building under your EIN and landing real funding, this step-by-step workshop is a must for entrepreneurs and small business owners ready to access capital.
Feb 2026
“Master Your Inbox”
Guest Speaker: Brissa Ytuarte, Online Business Manager
Are you drowning in unread emails? Feeling overwhelmed every time you open your inbox? You’re not alone!
This hands-on workshop is designed to help busy women take back control of their inbox and their time! In this practical session, we’ll dive into the concept of Inbox Zero — what it means, why it matters, and how a clear inbox can create more mental space and business focus, and walk away with more clarity and less chaos.
Sept 2025
“Innovation in Entrepreneurship: What it Means and Takes to be Entrepreneurial”
Guest Speaker: Purnima Chawla, Ph.D.
June 2025
Smart Women Save Time & Boost Growth Using AI
Speaker: Jacqueline Arevalo Kuykendall
AI & Design Implementation Leader Kyarlo Consulting
“I believe smart, tailored design and tech can enhance the human experience.”
This session simplifies AI for busy women entrepreneurs—no tech background needed. You’ll learn key AI terms, discover practical ways to use AI in your business, and get hands-on experience to help save time and drive growth. Just bring your business challenges and a device—leave with real solutions.
March 2025
Smart Women Do Smart Tings with Their Money: Investing 101 for Women in Business
