What Happens When You Ask Well: How TaVona Denise Turned a Dames Community Ask into 100+ Connections and a Career-Defining Report

There's a difference between simply networking/growing your community and strategic asking. One leaves you hoping. The other gets you results.

Dames member, TaVona Denise, Operations Intelligence Consultant for independent healthcare practice owners, knows the difference firsthand. And she has the data to prove it.

TaVona helps private practice owners structure their businesses so they can step away for 30 days or more — without a drop in revenue or patient care. When she decided to launch the 2026 Private Practice Vitality Report, she didn't cold-pitch strangers or post into the void. She made a well-crafted #DamesAsk — and then she watched her community show up.

Here's her story, in her own words.

Who do you serve, and what do you do?

I work with independent healthcare practice owners to structure their business so they can step away for 30 days or more without a decrease in revenue or patient care.

What was the Ask you made of The Dames community?

I explained in our Dames virtual chapter meeting and in my Power Partner coffee chats that I was conducting research — I was looking to interview healthcare professionals in private practice across all disciplines, with a goal of 25 interviews.

Here's what I sent people by email*:

"I'm interviewing practice owners across healthcare for the Private Practice Vitality Report and would love to interview 25 practitioners. We are trying to understand what's working, what's changed, and what challenges are universal vs. discipline-specific in this ever-changing climate. The goal is to create something valuable for independent practice owners, not to sell anything. Would you be open to sharing this with a few of the docs in your network? It's a 30-minute interview, and they'll get early access to the final report in April."

*This is a well-articulated, clear ask with all the necessary information!

What was the result?

I was overwhelmed — in the best possible way — with how the members of The Dames showed up to help me. I started receiving multiple introductions to exactly the right people.

*This well-articulated, clear, specific ask generated ideal introductions.

Where did this Dames Ask land?

You can download a free copy of the 2026 Private Practice Vitality Report: What 43 Practice Owners Across 7 Disciplines Reveal About Revenue, Stability, and the Cost of Being Indispensable at BeyondPatientCare.com.

What did you learn about making clear, concise, doable asks in a high-caliber community?

Unlike asking for client referrals, this felt so much easier — because I was asking members to support a project that would genuinely help their contacts. People were really willing to help, especially once I had a ready-to-go text, DM, and email they could easily copy and paste.

*The key elements: making your asks easy for Power Partners (collaborative colleagues) with copy-and-paste resources at the ready!

Any early results from launching the report?

“In a short time, I've landed 4 podcast interviews, grown my email list, and — most significantly — interviewed 55 practice owners total while being connected to over 100 through warm introductions I never had before. I also have a proposal out for a client that is larger than anything I could have anticipated before this project. I directly attribute that opportunity to the credibility the report gave me, and to a conversation that grew out of the interview process.”

*WOW! These results are measurable and stem from her commitment to clarity!

The Ask Works When the Ask Is Right

TaVona didn't stumble into these results. She used The Dames Ask framework to craft something specific, completable, and easy for her Power Partners to act on. She supported them with ready-to-share copy. She made the ask concrete and the outcome clear. And then she let the community do what it does best.

That's the Dames way.

If you're a practice owner who wants to understand what's actually working in private practice right now, download TaVona's free report at BeyondPatientCare.com — it's the kind of research you didn't know you needed until you're reading it at midnight nodding along to every page.

If you're a woman business owner at the 6-, 7-, or 8-figure level who's ready to be in a room where the ask is this good — we'd love to meet you. Join us for a complimentary virtual Dames Connect Experience or a 1:1 conversation with our team.

Register here: thedames.co/roundtable