Danielle Barnes is the CEO of Women Talk Design, where she’s on a mission to amplify the voices of women and nonbinary individuals. She’s trained hundreds of wanna-be speakers on the power of storytelling and how to become more confident public speakers. Knowing that helping to create great speakers is only half the equation, she and her team also provide resources for organizations and conference coordinators on how to create and maintain inclusive environments that makes anyone feel welcome.  

A serial starter of good things, Danielle is also the co-founder of Austin Design Week, a week-long event celebrating the design community in Austin through a hundred-plus free community-hosted talks, workshops, and events that ran from 2016-2021. And prior to that, she founded and led educat ...