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SUMMARY:IN-PERSON | Voice & Vision | Holding the Hard: How to Build Stamina for Real Conversations | Sponsored by Hallmark Cards
DESCRIPTION:Voice & Vision is a powerful three-part series designed to help professionals\, especially women\, navigate the nuanced terrain of leadership communication. Whether you're wrestling with when to speak up\, how to show up without putting on a performance\, or how to stay grounded in tough conversations\, this interactive series invites you to lead with clarity\, integrity\, and courage.\n\n\n \n\n\nPart Three: Holding the Hard: How to Build Stamina for Real Conversations\n\n\n\nA lot of advice around "difficult conversations" assumes the hard part is knowing what to say. It's not. The hard part is tolerating what you can't control: the awkwardness that doesn't resolve\, the discomfort that lingers\, the misconceptions that stick even after you clarify.\n\n\n\nWe prep our language to be precise\, but we rarely prep our nervous systems to handle the silence\, the resistance\, the not-fairness of it all.\n\n\n\nThis workshop flips the script on traditional communication training. It's about emotional regulation\, conversational resilience\, and the quiet skills that create psychological safety\, even when nothing gets wrapped in a bow.\n\n \n\nSponsored by: \n\n\n\n\n\n\nKelle Snow is a leadership strategist and founder of Thornbird Consulting\, where she helps organizations build smarter leaders and more human workplaces. With a background in educational psychology and deep expertise in learning design\, she's worked with everyone from Fortune 500 execs to first-time supervisors to rewire the way people show up\, speak up\, and lead.\n\n\n\nHer workshops don't come with fluff\, formulas\, or one-size-fits-all advice. Instead\, she's known for teaching practical\, clarity-driven tools that stick - especially in moments that are messy\, uncertain\, or just real.\n\n\n\nShe's designed and delivered more than 40 leadership programs across industries\, with specialties in communication\, visibility\, change\, and capability building. Most days\, her favorite kind of feedback is still: "That was actually useful."
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<div>\n<div><br />\n<strong><span style="color:#2e4762\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Voice &amp\; Vision&nbsp\;is a powerful three-part series designed to help professionals\, especially women\, navigate the nuanced terrain of leadership communication. Whether you&rsquo\;re wrestling with when to speak up\, how to show up without putting on a performance\, or how to stay grounded in tough conversations\, this interactive series invites you to lead with clarity\, integrity\, and courage.</span></span></span></strong></div>\n</div>\n\n<div>&nbsp\;</div>\n\n<hr />\n<p font-size:="" helvetica="" segoe="" ui="" web="" west=""><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="color:#2e4762\;"><strong>Part Three: Holding the Hard: How to Build Stamina for Real Conversations</strong><br />\n<br />\nA lot of advice around &ldquo\;difficult conversations&rdquo\; assumes the hard part is knowing what to say. It&rsquo\;s not. The hard part is tolerating what you can&rsquo\;t control: the awkwardness that doesn&rsquo\;t resolve\, the discomfort that lingers\, the misconceptions that stick even after you clarify.<br />\n<br />\nWe prep our language to be precise\, but we rarely prep our nervous systems to handle the silence\, the resistance\, the not-fairness of it all.<br />\n<br />\nThis workshop flips the script on traditional communication training. It&rsquo\;s about emotional regulation\, conversational resilience\, and the quiet skills that create psychological safety\, even when nothing gets wrapped in a bow.</span></span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;</p>\n\n<p><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgb(46\, 71\, 98)\; font-size: 16px\; font-family: arial\; font-weight: 700\;">Sponsored by:&nbsp\;</span><img alt="" height="100" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/9235/Image/Logos/HallmarkLogo.png" style="box-sizing: border-box\; border-style: none\; vertical-align: middle\; max-width: 100%\; height: 100px\; color: rgb(46\, 71\, 98)\; font-size: 16px\; font-family: arial\; font-weight: 700\; width: 265px\;" width="265" /></p>\n\n<div>\n<hr /><br />\n<span style="color:#2e4762\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><strong><span new="" times=""><img alt="" height="300" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/9235/Image/KelleSnow.JPG" style="width: 300px\; height: 300px\; margin: 10px\; float: left\;" width="300" /></span></strong></span></span></span><br />\n<strong><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelle-snow/"><span style="color:#e1927a\;">Kelle Snow</span></a><span style="color:#e1927a\;"> </span></span></span></strong><span style="color:#2e4762\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">is a leadership strategist and founder of </span></span></span><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><a href="https://www.thornbirdconsulting.com/"><span style="color:#e1927a\;"><strong>Thornbird Consulting</strong></span></a></span></span><span style="color:#2e4762\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">\, where she helps organizations build smarter leaders and more human workplaces. With a background in educational psychology and deep expertise in learning design\, she&rsquo\;s worked with everyone from Fortune 500 execs to first-time supervisors to rewire the way people show up\, speak up\, and lead.<br />\n<br />\nHer workshops don&rsquo\;t come with fluff\, formulas\, or one-size-fits-all advice. Instead\, she&rsquo\;s known for teaching practical\, clarity-driven tools that stick - especially in moments that are messy\, uncertain\, or just real.<br />\n<br />\nShe&rsquo\;s designed and delivered more than 40 leadership programs across industries\, with specialties in communication\, visibility\, change\, and capability building. Most days\, her favorite kind of feedback is still: &ldquo\;That was actually useful.&rdquo\;</span></span></span></div>\n
LOCATION:IN-PERSON AT UMKC BLOCH EXECUTIVE HALL 5108 CHERRY STREET\, ROOM 331 KANSAS CITY\, MO 64110 You will receive an email from UMKC Parking 24-48 hours prior to the program. This will include a personalized link to the parking registration portal. To complete registration\, you will enter your vehicle information\, including your license plate number. Parking is available in the Cherry Street Garage and you are able to park in Lot 12\, Lot 14 or Lot 19\, or any of the other lots in red on the map (see here).
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