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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL | Communicate with Confidence When It Counts | Advocate with Confidence
DESCRIPTION:Communicate with Confidence When It Counts\n\nHow to Navigate High-Stakes Conversations with Clarity\, Influence\, and Impact\n\n \nWhether you're negotiating compensation\, advocating resources\, or influencing key decisions\, the ability to communicate your value and make a compelling case is a critical leadership skill. Join Brandee Collins for this practical three-part series\, as it equips participants to navigate high-stakes conversations with greater confidence and impact.\n\n \n\nThrough real-world examples\, interactive discussion\, and actionable tools\, attendees will learn how to prepare for compensation and promotion conversations\, advocate effectively for themselves and their teams\, build influence across stakeholders\, and negotiate outcomes that support both personal and organizational success. Participants will leave with frameworks they can immediately apply to secure resources\, gain buy-in\, and confidently champion the ideas and opportunities that matter most.\n\n \n\n\n\nSession Two: Advocate with Confidence\n\nMaking the case for yourself\, your team\, and your ideas\n\nWhether seeking resources\, proposing a new initiative\, or championing a team's needs\, effective advocacy is a critical leadership skill. This session focuses on building persuasive communication strategies that help participants present compelling cases\, navigate organizational dynamics\, and gain support from key stakeholders. Attendees will leave with practical frameworks for speaking up with confidence\, overcoming hesitation\, and increasing their influence in the workplace.\n\n\n\nJoin us for part three!\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandee Collins is a nonprofit senior leader\, leadership strategist\, and doctoral candidate at Creighton University. She currently serves as Director of Prevention at the Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault (MOCSA)\, where she leads regional initiatives focused on violence prevention\, community engagement\, and public health collaboration across Kansas and Missouri. \n\n\n\nWith more than 15 years of experience in nonprofit leadership and community-based work\, Brandee has built partnerships with schools\, public health agencies\, and community organizations to develop strategies that strengthen leadership\, prevention\, and community impact. \n\n\n\nAs a first-generation professional and national speaker\, Brandee focuses on leadership development\, professional voice\, and helping women navigate spaces where influence\, confidence\, and clarity matter. Through her speaking and writing\, she challenges leaders to stop shrinking and start using their voice as a tool for impact.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<div class="fusion-text fusion-text-6" style="font-size:16px\;color:#2e4762\;">\n<div>\n<div apple="" color="" font-size:="" id="qid_54" segoe="" ui="">\n<div data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">\n<div>\n<div><br />\n<u><strong>Communicate with Confidence When It Counts</strong></u></div>\n\n<div><em>How to Navigate High-Stakes Conversations with Clarity\, Influence\, and Impact</em><br />\n&nbsp\;\n<div>Whether you&#39\;re negotiating compensation\, advocating resources\, or influencing key decisions\, the ability to communicate your value and make a compelling case is a critical leadership skill. Join Brandee Collins for this practical three-part series\, as it equips participants to navigate high-stakes conversations with greater confidence and impact.</div>\n\n<div>&nbsp\;</div>\n\n<div>Through real-world examples\, interactive discussion\, and actionable tools\, attendees will learn how to prepare for compensation and promotion conversations\, advocate effectively for themselves and their teams\, build influence across stakeholders\, and negotiate outcomes that support both personal and organizational success. Participants will leave with frameworks they can immediately apply to secure resources\, gain buy-in\, and confidently champion the ideas and opportunities that matter most.<br />\n&nbsp\;</div>\n</div>\n\n<div>\n<p data-end="638" data-section-id="fzkohb" data-start="606"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><strong>Session Two: Advocate with Confidence</strong><br />\n<em>Making the case for yourself\, your team\, and your idea</em></span><em>s</em><br />\nWhether seeking resources\, proposing a new initiative\, or championing a team&#39\;s needs\, effective advocacy is a critical leadership skill. This session focuses on building persuasive communication strategies that help participants present compelling cases\, navigate organizational dynamics\, and gain support from key stakeholders. Attendees will leave with practical frameworks for speaking up with confidence\, overcoming hesitation\, and increasing their influence in the workplace.<br />\n<br />\nJoin us for&nbsp\;<a href="https://members.centralexchange.org/events/details/virtual-communicate-with-confidence-when-it-counts-influence-and-negotiate-26099?calendarMonth=2026-08-01">part three!</a></p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n\n<div>&nbsp\;</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n\n<hr />\n<p><br />\n<span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><strong><a href="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/9235/Image/Headshots/JanusikLaura.jpg" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><span style="color:#e1927a\;"><img alt="" height="300" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/9235/Image/Headshots/BrandeeAlexander.png" style="height: 300px\; width: 300px\; margin: 10px\; float: left\;" width="300" /></span></a></strong></span></span></p>\n\n<p><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-weight: bolder\; color: rgb(46\, 71\, 98)\; font-size: 16px\; font-family: arial\;"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/blalexander/" style="box-sizing: border-box\; text-decoration: none\; transition-property: color\, background-color\, border-color\; transition-duration: 0.2s\; transition-timing-function: linear\; color: rgb(225\, 146\, 122)\; background-color: transparent\; overflow-wrap: break-word\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\;">Brandee Collins</span></a> </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgb(46\, 71\, 98)\; font-family: Arial\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\;">is a nonprofit senior leader\, leadership strategist\, and doctoral candidate at Creighton University. She currently serves as Director of Prevention at the Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault (MOCSA)\, where she leads regional initiatives focused on violence prevention\, community engagement\, and public health collaboration across Kansas and Missouri.&nbsp\;</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgb(46\, 71\, 98)\; font-family: Arial\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\;" />\n<br style="box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgb(46\, 71\, 98)\; font-family: Arial\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\;" />\n<span style="box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgb(46\, 71\, 98)\; font-family: Arial\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\;">With more than 15 years of experience in nonprofit leadership and community-based work\, Brandee has built partnerships with schools\, public health agencies\, and community organizations to develop strategies that strengthen leadership\, prevention\, and community impact.&nbsp\;</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgb(46\, 71\, 98)\; font-family: Arial\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\;" />\n<br style="box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgb(46\, 71\, 98)\; font-family: Arial\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\;" />\n<span style="box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgb(46\, 71\, 98)\; font-family: Arial\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\;">As a first-generation professional and national speaker\, Brandee focuses on leadership development\, professional voice\, and helping women navigate spaces where influence\, confidence\, and clarity matter.&nbsp\;</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgb(46\, 71\, 98)\; font-family: Arial\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\;">Through her speaking and writing\, she challenges leaders to stop shrinking and start using their voice as a tool for impact.&nbsp\;</span></p>\n\n<div>&nbsp\;</div>\n</div>\n
LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom - access this program remotely from your computer\, tablet\, or smartphone + dial-in available. The zoom link will be provided in the registration confirmation email.
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