The Bold Ask Blueprint
Building the Life and Career You Want
Success doesn’t come from waiting to be chosen—it comes from having the clarity and courage to ask for what you want.
In The Bold Ask Blueprint, Marty McDonald draws from her journey as a former Fortune 500 executive turned founder, USA TODAY bestselling author, and movement builder to deliver a practical framework for women who are ready to stop shrinking and start shaping their careers and lives with intention.
Marty introduces a clear, repeatable blueprint that helps women define what they want, position their asks with confidence and alignment, and navigate rejection without losing momentum. Through candid storytelling and real-world examples—from scaling Boss Women Media to launching Elle Olivia into 400+ Target stores—she shows how bold decisions, made consistently, create measurable outcomes.
Participants leave not just inspired, but equipped—with language, frameworks, and a clear next step for making their own bold ask in work and life.
Grounded in the methodology behind her book, Audacious: A Bold Guide to Building the Life and Career You Want and Deserve, this keynote reframes bold asking as a strategic leadership skill—not a personality trait.
Marty shows your audience how to:
A practical framework for making bold, aligned asks with clarity and confidence
Tools to move from self-doubt and comparison to decisive action
Strategies for navigating rejection as redirection, not failure
Insight into how community and visibility accelerate opportunity
A clear action step to begin building the life and career you want—starting now
This session ends with each participant identifying and committing to the bold ask that moves their life or career forward NOW, not someday.