Perfect last minute gift idea: Sandstorm Run 2026 tickets 🏃🏻‍♀️🪩 Sandstorm Run RETURNS 29th August 2026 along with a post-run CONCERT with Darude and friends! Run, jog, walk, or dance through the Sandstorm music video locations around Helsinki. Super Early Bird Tickets 👉 www.sandstormrun.com

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Thought leaders are not always popular because most people don’t even understand what they talk about. It can take years for many thought leaders to be seen as such, and most thought leaders I know were first laughed at.

Are You A Victim Of Passion Entrepreneurship Porn? You can combine your life passions with your business, but they don’t have to become your business. Look for the risks and avoid burnout. Read more media.crushmovement.com/articles/pas...

Women’s Voices Still Get Silenced - That’s Why We Need Our Own Media Social media algorithms and AI models often silence women’s voices. Crush Movement media amplifies stories in business, culture, and lifestyle that are too often suppressed online. media.crushmovement.com/articles/cru...

Huomenta Suomi kysyi voisinko tehdä jonkun aktiviteetin studiossa? Strategina olen hyvä tekemään slide esityksiä ja dekkejä mutta ajattelin ettei se ehkä sovi 😅 Joten ehdotin Crushin symbolin origamilintujen tekemistä www.mtv.fi/lyhyet/51ac3...

Mikä kertoo tarinankerronnan merkityksestä markkinoinnissa? Se, että hyvä tarina kiinnostaa TV:tä jopa 17 vuoden jälkeen. Mielummin kerron ajankohtaisia tarinoita, mutta kiitos Huomenta Suomelle kun sain olla mukana 🩷 www.mtv.fi/lyhyet/83dc4...

I’d like to connect with people who used to organize tweetups 😃 What happened with low key networking events?

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I spoke in a university today in the front of young women. One of them said they recognized me as the mother of my son. She said he is the nicest person she knows and wanted to see the woman who raised him. 🥹

I posted my first post on Substack and will start sharing my marketing secrets substack.com/@katjapresnal I just want women business owners to benefit from my 20+ years of marketing experience.

This doesn’t happen often. In studio with my son. But when it’s about working on something big involving empowering women, even I get in the front of the camera.

Thousands of U.S. Government Web Pages Have Been Taken Down Since Friday Federal agencies moved to satisfy Trump’s orders to remove topics like diversity initiatives and “gender ideology.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/u...

Now is the time to fight.

President has embarked on a massive government makeover, firing and sidelining hundreds of civil servants in his first steps toward downsizing the bureaucracy and installing more loyalists. Musk aides lock Office of Personnel Management workers out of computer systems www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...

Musk and allies have reportedly seized key HR office - and skipped past officials to send mass resignation email www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

Senior Treasury Official Quits After Clash With Elon Musk Over DOGE Access www.thedailybeast.com/senior-treas...

While speaking about tariffs is important, pay attention what else they are doing at the moment.

Here are the options on the table (which are not mutually exclusive): 1. House Dems bring articles of impeachment* 2. Senate Dems play constitutional hardball and obstruct everything 3. State AGs litigate (and prosecute) everything they can 4. Citizens march en mass

"I want to speak directly to Americans," says Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. "This is a choice that will harm Canadians...but will have real consequences for you."

Fun ways for the US government employees to resist open.substack.com/pub/ollyolly...

A trusted person I know who wants to stay anonymous started a resistance blog. ollyollyallsinfree.substack.com/p/privacy-an...

Masculine, sexy, hot, caring, loving husbands who believe in equality and don’t have fragile egos go grocery shopping with their wives. Also those who like to cook.

I lost a Twitter account with over 40K followers. Insta algorithm doesn’t show my posts to my 13K followers. 32K Pinterest followers practically useless. I’m trying to grow a company & community focusing in equality, but also wondering what’s the point trying on social media these days 😛

What do you do when you are called to lead? You step up. When people suggested to me “Katja, you should have your own conference” first time over 15 years ago, I never wanted to do it before meeting Anna. It’s been one of my professional highlights to build Crush Event with her.

Some big news on the @crushmovement.bsky.social front today. My co-founder Anna is moving to new adventures, and I will take on with leading Crush alone. My heart is full of gratitude for the work she did as a co-founder, and I am excited about the new Crush era.

Time to reshare the Power Women starter kit now with @candicekbrathwaite.bsky.social and @lolaakinmade.bsky.social in it too 🔥🔥🔥 go.bsky.app/Q3YZYcV

🐞What would happen if your product was on Oprah Show, endorsed by Tom Cruise? Would your business be ready for it? When that happened to me - I was ready, but my business wasn’t.

Why are boys falling behind? Well, why there are not enough men doing feminist work? Because the patriarchal world is designed to serve the mediocre man. If men were taught to embrace feminism, they would better understand why some people succeed — and how to live in a truly equal society. 🧵

Our 2025 theme is Rebel Together and we hope you join us 🩷 What do you wish for 2025?

Year 2024 in review. Sometimes the biggest impact happens when you walk away from what you know, and dare to pursue a bigger mission. In 2024, we doubled down on closing Finland's gender gap through the power of community. 🧵

Reminder: you can feel scared, frustrated, disappointed etc. but maybe things are not always as bad as they look. I feel like I should have accomplished more this year, but when I look at some of things I’ve done, it’s not too bad after all. I guess 😅

Are you feeling helpless in the fight against tyranny? Have no fear, today’s resistance post will give you hope. Listen to Erica Chenoweth,a renowned political scientist & professor, discuss successful non-violent civil resistance movements including the 3.5% rule. youtu.be/YJSehRlU34w?...

This year feels like a total kick in the guts, and I don’t think one week of Christmas cooking is going to fix it for me. There is not going to be “new year, new me” for me. It’s going to be the same old me, just older and more tired. What about you? Feeling festive & hopeful? Do share.

Really proud of the cake babies I made today.

The best work moment today. We invited a person who also runs a conference focused at the same topics as we are to speak. Me: “we are not trying to compete with anyone, just support.” Them: “same, we don’t have competitors.” There is NO competition who does more for social sustainability. 🩷

I don't care what TIME says. MY Person of the Year is Kamala Harris. TIME got it wrong. So did America.

Trick how to get maximum visibility in an event and use it for marketing? Even if you have zero budget. Step into the spotlight, and apply as a speaker. This way more people will see you, your name will be part of conference marketing. Good for your personal brand, and your company brand.

When you have a deep relationship with yourself - and know who you are, your safety in life comes from that. You can always rely on yourself. You can always know that, no matter what, you are there for you.

24 because we moved across the country a few times and I traveled for business.

I was writing copy for a client, they didn’t have tone of voice guidelines. They said the tone is “as you speak to a friend.” Me thinking: “but I say fuck a lot to my friends…” so I went with “slightly cute and sassy girlfriend” tone. It was “too much”. Wondered what kind of friends they have.

How do you feel about live business events? In the post-pandemic hybrid work era, it’s even more special to have meaningful face to face gatherings. But organizing and sometimes attending events can be expensive. Would you like to learn how to make your budget stretch and get best out of events?

Finnish Independence Day always gives me mixed feelings. Super proud of my country, but also that I don’t quite belong. That’s why I do both: tell people how amazing Finland is, but also work making Finland more inclusive.

I once heard an interview with a talk show host, who said that in order to get 50/50 gender parity in his guests, he had to reach out to twice as many women as men. The men presented themselves, but they had to really actively find women. I've kept that in mind ever since!

There are still a few weeks left in the year (though December is generally a quiet month for book proposals), but it looks like I’m going to close out 2024 with around 80% of total book proposals coming from men, 18% from women, and 2% from persons whose gender was not apparent/obvious.

Do you think it’s as easy as having a few women in the parliament to make changes in laws? No. It takes many women, many years to push the systemic change.

What does having women as part of parliament mean? Better laws.

From voting to having female parliament members. Finland was a pioneer and 19 women started their work in the parliament in 1907.

When Finland held its first elections, volunteers traveled around the country knocking on doors explaining why everyone should vote. We had been under Swedish and then under Russian rule, INDEPENDENCE was important, it was important to include women.

How do you feel about living in Finland? Are you proud of Finland’s status as a gender equality trailblazer? We 🩷🇫🇮 … but still want to keep moving forward and making Finland the first country in the world where there is no gender gap.