In this episode Ashley speaks to Kelly Parker, a remarkable student of the Speak Your Way Academy.

Kelly is a professional speaker with 15 years of experience presenting at colleges, churches, and corporations.

She is the founder and lead consultant at Kelly D. Parker Consulting, where she and her team teach entrepreneurs, business professionals, speakers and thought leaders the keys to effective communication.


A marketing professional with a career path that includes prestigious global powerhouses such as Sherwin-Williams, Cleveland Clinic and American Greetings, Kelly has leveraged her communication skills to garner support for key business initiatives and influence C-level executives.

Creator of the When the Gals Gather movement, Kelly is the visionary and keynote speaker for The Gathering Women's Empowerment Summit, growing its attendance drastically in a few short years with her engaging on-stage delivery.

A wife and mom of 3, Kelly enjoys some good old peace and quiet in her free time, along with a good book.


In this episode Kelly, aside from revealing the back end of working with Ashley, she covers:

•The decision that made her to change her mindset.
•What made her to invest in the Speak Your Way Academy.
•Her family’s role and support in their career.
•The process of discovering a signature speech.
•The role marketing research plays in her career; and much more!


To learn more about Kelly go to her website:
https://www.kellydparker.com/

Connect with her on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelly-d-parker-43205328/

Follow her on Instagram:
@iamkellydparker


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About Ashley: If you ever meet Ashley Kirkwood in-person you will feel her energy!
She has a magnetic personality and truly cares for her clients!

After graduating from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law with honors, she started her career at one of the largest law firms in the world, Kirkland & Ellis LLP. While there, she tried cases on behalf of large insurance companies. She also landed in the pages of the American Lawyer after a hard-won victory in a federal civil rights jury trial! Soon after that trial, Ashley left Kirkland to work at another large law firm where she represented employers in employment discrimination and sexual harassment cases. It was there that Ashley decided that she wanted to represent emerging businesses in order to help them bulletproof their businesses!


Ashley makes her expertise accessible by providing legal products for the busy entrepreneur! She frequently provides legal trainings open to all via her Facebook and Instagram accounts. She also has do-it-yourself legal classes such as Clapback with Contracts and Get The Tea On Trademarks!


You might catch Ashley serving as an on-air legal correspondent for a local Chicago television network or speaking at a college or corporation!

Ashley is committed not just to entrepreneurs, but also to students. She and her husband, Chris, run a nonprofit, The Kirkwood Foundation, where they teach students on Chicago’s West Side about high paying legal, medical and STEM careers.

Whether Ashley is advocating for a billion dollar business or a solopreneur, she gives it all she’s got!