Patricia Lawrence Kolaras attended the 2009 Own Your Power Biz Conference, held on September 18, 2010, as a featured speaker. Kolaras educated the audience on such topics as creating and embellishing a personal and business brand, building and keeping business networks, developing partnerships, the art of negotiation and sealing the deal, legal aspects of partnerships and sponsorships, as well as other topics touching upon both business and the law.