VIRTUAL | Communicate with Confidence When It Counts | Know Your Value

Communicate with Confidence When It Counts

How to Navigate High-Stakes Conversations with Clarity, Influence, and Impact

Whether 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.

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.

Session One: Know Your Value
Preparing for compensation, promotion, and career-defining conversations

Gain the tools and confidence to articulate your contributions, communicate your impact, and advocate for your professional growth. This session explores how to prepare for compensation discussions, promotion opportunities, and other pivotal career conversations. Participants will learn practical techniques for navigating difficult conversations with clarity and confidence.

Join us for part two and part three!

Brandee 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.

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.

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. Through her speaking and writing, she challenges leaders to stop shrinking and start using their voice as a tool for impact.

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Date and Time

Thursday Jul 16, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT

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.

Fees/Admission

CX Members: FREE
CX Partners: 1 Voucher
Non-Members: $25.00
No refunds.

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Contact Information

Allison Baker
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