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Owning the Room: Cynthia Burnham - How to leverage your leadership edge

The event was a great success! Cynthia's engaging workshop received an abundance of positive feedback from many of the 27 attendees who participated.

Joan Fisher, our FY18 SWE-SD Treasurer and SWE Leadership Coach, kicked off the event and spoke about membership benefits, our section website updates and upcoming volunteer opportunities.

Cynthia Burnham, our featured speaker, leadership coach and author, followed, walking the audience through what it takes to "own the room" and leverage your leadership edge. 

“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”
--Ralph Waldo Emerson

  ​When: Thu Feb 15, 2018  ​
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[ Click on the picture for event slideshow ]

Cynthia and the two lucky winners of her book: "The Charisma Edge".

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​A big thank you to Quartus Engineering for hosting this venue and to
Nichole Mayer from Westpac Wealth Partners for providing food and beverages.

• Key Takeaways / What We Learned

  - People who act with apparent purpose seem more powerful, compelling and charismatic.
  - Presence is a learnable skill / Being purposeful gives you presence.
  
  We discussed the Nine Levers of Purposeful Presence:
  

  - Posture
  - Appearance and Attire
  - Gestures and Expressions
  - Physical Connection
  - Voice
  - Articulation
  - Words
  - Mastering Nerves
  - Attitude and Identity
  

  
  On Presence and Purpose:
  

  - People with Presence Use Purposeful Body Language
  
  * Walk and Stand with Purpose (NYC Subway Walk, "Be" the Mountain, ...)
  * Speak with expressive power and purpose (You cannot hear your voice as others hear it!)
  
  
  - People with Presence Use Purposeful Language
  
  * Toss the verbal pillows! Get to the point! (i.e. reduce softening fillers, polite lies and false disclaimers. e.g. "I just wanted to...", "I'm sorry but...", etc.)
  
  
  - People with Presence have a Purposeful Attitude
  

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