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BBC World News America anchor, best-selling author Katty Kay to keynote IMPACT 2019 in Chattanooga

Katty Kay is a British journalist, lead anchor for BBC World News America and co-author of three New York Times bestsellers, including "The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance — What Women Should Know," "The Confidence Code for Girls: Taking Risks, Messing Up and Becoming your Amazingly Imperfect, Totally Powerful Self" and "Womenomics: Write Your Own Rules for Success." Kay will speak at IMPACT 2019 organized by the Chattanooga Women's Leadership Institute.
Katty Kay is a British journalist, lead anchor for BBC World News America and co-author of three New York Times bestsellers, including "The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance — What Women Should Know," "The Confidence Code for Girls: Taking Risks, Messing Up and Becoming your Amazingly Imperfect, Totally Powerful Self" and "Womenomics: Write Your Own Rules for Success." Kay will speak at IMPACT 2019 organized by the Chattanooga Women's Leadership Institute. Katty Kay is a British journalist, lead anchor for BBC World News America and co-author of three New York Times bestsellers, including "The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance — What Women Should Know," "The Confidence Code for Girls: Taking Risks, Messing Up and Becoming your Amazingly Imperfect, Totally Powerful Self" and "Womenomics: Write Your Own Rules for Success." Kay will speak at IMPACT 2019 organized by the Chattanooga Women's Leadership Institute.

By Allison Shirk 4 min read

This year’s IMPACT event organized by the Chattanooga Women’s Leadership Institute will feature keynote speaker and British journalist Katty Kay, who has written several books about the “confidence gap” between men and women.

Kay, lead anchor for BBC World News America, is the co-author of three New York Times bestsellers, including “The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance – What Women Should Know,” “The Confidence Code for Girls: Taking Risks, Messing Up and Becoming your Amazingly Imperfect, Totally Powerful Self” and “Womenomics: Write Your Own Rules for Success.”

Registration details

IMPACT 2019 will be held on Thursday, Feb. 21 at the Chattanooga Convention Center from 5:30-8:30 p.m.Tickets are $75 each. Visit Chattanooga Women’s Leadership Institute at cwli.org/impact for registration details and partnership opportunities.

In a phone interview with the Times Free Press Wednesday, Kay discussed what she hopes women in Chattanooga will take away from her keynote on Thursday, Feb. 21 at the Chattanooga Convention Center.

She said there seems to be a misnomer about what confidence really means.