Gretchen Rubin is the author of the international best seller “The Happiness Project” – an account of the year she spent test-driving the wisdom of the ages, the current scientific studies and the lessons from popular culture about how to be happier. “The Happiness Project” is not just a book, but a movement. Hear about her adventures in the pursuit of happiness.

2011 Pennsylvania Conference for Women keynote Marion Jones is one of the most celebrated athletes of our time. At the 2000 Olympics, she became the first woman ever to win five medals at one Olympics. In 2007, Jones voluntarily returned those medals because of her admission to using performance-enhancing drugs.

As a result, Jones has now committed her life to inspiring others who face life-challenging situations. She discusses real life situations we all face: learning to grow through pain, making decisions that will help us far into the future, overcoming failure and discouragement, and applying practical principles that point the way to personal and spiritual breakthrough.

2011 Pennsylvania Conference for Women keynote Gloria Steinem is a writer, lecturer, editor and feminist activist. She is a frequent media spokeswoman on issues of equality and is particularly interested in the shared origins of sex and race caste systems, gender roles and child abuse as roots of violence, nonviolent conflict resolution, the cultures of indigenous peoples and organizing across boundaries for peace and justice.

In her 2011 keynote speech, Steinem shares her Top 10 Fearbusters.

2011 Pennsylvania Conference for Women keynote Martha Beck has been called “one of the best-known life coaches in America” by Psychology Today, USA Today and NPR. Beck taught social science and business at undergraduate and graduate levels for Harvard. She has now become a full-time writer.

In this clip from her 2011 keynote speech, Beck talks about how to harness fear and leads conference attendees in a rest and relaxation exercise.

Betsy Myers, author, public servant and founding director of the Center for Women in Business at Bentley University interviewed Denise Morrison, president and CEO of Campbell Soup Company during the keynote luncheon at the 8th annual Pennsylvania Conference for Women on October 25, 2011.