Mastering Effective
Communication Workshop

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Women Who Cyber unites diverse groups of aspiring and accomplished cybersecurity professionals through engaging events across North America. Women Who Cyber is going virtual again to offer a Women Who Cyber - Mastering Effective Communication Workshop to cybersecurity professionals within the Eastern United States.

Skillful communication lies at the heart of success and can transform the way people work together and influence others to act. Yet, for many high-achieving cybersecurity professionals, chronic self-doubt may keep them from speaking up, advocating for new strategies, and taking calculated risks.

Join us to gain valuable insights, practical skills, and useful techniques on how to embrace your strengths and become a far more resourceful and successful communicator.

At this workshop facilitated by Mayla Clark, a communications skills coach, you’ll:
  • Discover how body language can instantly boost your confidence and personal power
  • Learn a surefire method for trusting your success and stop sabotaging yourself with self-doubt and anxiety
  • Master a proven technique to short circuit the downward spiral of “Imposter Syndrome”
  • Build resilience with powerful strategies to spark motivation and unleash greater influence
  • Develop assertive speaking skills to shine a light on your competence, contributions, and leadership style

Host

Erin Leonard
Erin Leonard | Global Director of Sales Engineering, Sigma Information Protection, Proofpoint, Inc.

Erin Leonard is Proofpoint’s Global Director of Sales Engineering for Sigma Information Protection. She has more than 15 years of experience with Information & Cyber Security, focused on enterprise risk and remediation. She started her career in enterprise compliance at Fidelity Investments and Iron Mountain Records Management before spending 10 years at RSA Security, focused on the Archer Governance, Risk and Compliance business. Erin’s background as a systems administrator, Professional Services consultant and Presales technical leader of security technology has given her the ability to view risk from people, process and technology perspectives. Erin graduated from the University of Vermont and received her MBA from Bryant University and her MSCIS from Boston University. She lives in the Boston area and has a passion for exercise and running – she has completed 8 full marathons including Boston, Chicago, Berlin and NYC.

Featured Speaker

Mayla Clark
Mayla Clark | Executive Speaking Skills Coach, Mayla Clark Training

Mayla Clark is a communication skills coach and workshop facilitator. With over 25 years of corporate, university and non-profit experience, she consults with accomplished professionals who want to increase their influence and impact when interacting with and speaking to others. She has been privileged to work with senior leaders and key individual contributors who have successful careers in high tech, law, medicine, venture capital, finance, marketing and the non-profit sector. For 10 years, she was an Adjunct Professor at Santa Clara University where she taught her 11-week class “Effective Oral Technical Presentation Skills.” This was part of the MBA program for Engineers and many of her students went on to leadership positions at companies such as Cisco Systems, Apple Computers, Seagate Technology and Xilinx.

Who Should Attend

While we are dedicated to bringing talented women together to celebrate and foster their passion and drive for cybersecurity, we welcome everyone - all genders, identities, and generations!

This event is suitable for information security decision-makers, including CXOs, VP of IT, Director of IT, as well as mid-level information security management professionals (Senior Security Manager, IT Security Manager, IT Manager), and technical information security practitioners (Security Engineer, Messaging Architect, IT Analyst). It is also relevant for Proofpoint Channel Partner representatives.

NOTE: Registration requires a valid email address from your organization’s domain, so Gmail, Hotmail, AOL, Yahoo or any other ISP are not accepted.