A motivational conference on Saturday left hundreds of women inspired to change Bermuda for the better by helping out their "sisters".

Navigating Success, a weekend event organised by Women's Integrated Network, included speeches from Michele St. Jane of KAIROS Philanthropy, Cindy Trimm, an internationally renowned life coach and motivational speaker, and Venous Memari, chairperson of the Human Rights Board.

Reverend Emilygail Dill described the conference as inspirational.

"It showed us the importance of celebrating the contributions of others, harnessing our own gifts and honing them and being committed to helping inspire others that come behind," she said.

"I felt if we took just a smidgen of what happened in this conference and put it into practice, we would be able to transform this community."

At the conference, "strong and dynamic women" including MarketPlace CEO and barrister Pamela Ferreira and Reading Clinic director Janet Kempe gave their various perspectives, but also voiced their frustrations and struggles, stated organiser Keetha Lowe.

She said: "It was very enlightening because often we assume that a person is doing good or much better than us, but you don't know where they have been, what challenges they have encountered.

"To be in a room with such powerful, experienced, diverse and generous individuals it was an opportunity to say I'm at a lower level right now but with those tools and that information, and a mentor here and a phone call there, I can actually turn my situation around."

She continued: "In terms of the quest of many of these women often they have done it on an individual basis. Dame Jennifer Smith, you know she was out there alone many a day trying to make a difference."

The same could be said of Dame Pamela Gordon and Minister of Culture and Social Rehabilitation Neletha Butterfield, Ms Lowe added.

"They gave us the nuts and bolts and told us 'you do not give up your dream for anyone. Who you are inside and who you were born to be you must become it'. It was empowering. You left there on such a high note it made you feel that when I walk out of this room I have an obligation to myself first, to tap into my potential and aspirations and not take no for an answer, that is my right. But it also sent a very clear message to us that women, no matter how far up the totem pole we go and no matter how far through the glass ceiling we go, we must bring others along and that we must be willing to be our sisters' keepers. We must open doors and break through windows so that others can make it through."

Also speaking at the conference was Marie Claire Angwa from the United Nations.

Ms Angwa said: "We were sharing our experiences and just appreciating what Bermuda has done so far in 400 years.

"It was amazing to know that women have fought for so long and that they are really empowered here. And from that experience I felt Bermuda could help other countries in the world and learn from other countries' experiences."