Join our event in Calgary on Saturday, September 13th, 2025 to discover your path during an incredible day of inspiring speakers and meaningful connections.
LOCATION: Sheraton Cavalier Calgary Hotel
TIME: 9am – 4:30pm
Your Registration Includes:
-Hearing the Fearless Stories of 12 Inspiring Speakers
-A day filled with networking and powerful conversations
-Community, new friendships and opportunities to create meaningful connections
-Shopping in our vendor marketplace
-AND SO MUCH MORE!
Deanna is an accomplished Business Executive and Certified Real Estate Investment Advisor with 20+ years investing experience in 3 countries. She has vast experience building & leading teams plus coaching instructors, professionals and investors. Deanna has been recognized by ISSA International with their Leadership Award for her work with empowering women.
Deanna’s real estate experience includes everything from single family homes, student rentals, Rent to Own and historic properties to participating in large scale land development projects and helped to found a private REIT. She has an affinity for vacation rentals and creating spaces where special memories are created.
Deanna’s motto is “Building for Tomorrow while Living for Today” so whether there is one tenant or up to 500 in her largest projects, Deanna believes in providing clean, safe housing to each one of her tenants and value to her partners while living her own Lifestyle by Design.
One Woman is the collective power of women working together toward the greater good of all. Our goal is to support, encourage and empower women to be all that they dream to be.
By attending a One Woman FEARLESS Summit, your ticket purchase changes the lives of women and girls around the world by helping them break the cycle of poverty for themselves, their families and their communities by empowering them to have access to education, start their own business, or to learn the skills to gain meaningful employment.
You can support our work to empower women and girls each month through our One Woman Memberships.
We know that One Woman Can Make a Difference, but Together We Can ROCK THE WORLD!
Sharla Brown is a Canadian social entrepreneur, philanthropist and humanitarian who has been passionate about entrepreneurship, leadership and social issues her entire life. In the last 10 years Sharla has received 13 business and social impact awards, including the international WEF Iconic Women in Social Enterprise Award in 2016, the 2019 Ruby Award from Soroptimist International, a nomination for the 2017 Ontario Premier’s Award, 2019 Philanthropist by the Toronto Waterfront Women’s Awards, and has been invited to meet OPRAH!
For more than 28 years, through her entrepreneurial endeavours, Sharla has supported numerous community organizations. As the president of her event management company Keynote Events, she has created and executed more than 200 events and contributed more than 2 million dollars to various community and international charities.
Sharla mentors, teaches and inspires other women to embrace their leadership potential and entrepreneurial spirit. She empowers those around her to use their gifts to create a purpose-driven life doing what they love because she believes that each person’s gifts are like pebbles they can toss into the water, creating ripples that positively impact the world around them.
In 2015, Sharla travelled to Ecuador, and a world-changing ripple effect began through her creation of One Woman and One Girl.
These global social enterprises are on a mission to help women and girls around the globe live their dreams and reach their full potential through education, skills development and entrepreneurship.
Sharla has created over 200 One Woman Fearless events in the USA, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. Her vision has ignited a ripple that has turned into an international wave of empowerment for millions of women and girls around the globe.
