Advocacy 101
Learn about the three distinct components of advocacy and how to leverage them to achieve your policy goals.
Exactly what is “advocacy”? Designed for beginners, this session explores the three distinct components of advocacy and how various tactics within each of these components can and must be used in order to achieve your public policy goals.
Unlock Your Inner Orator
This unique workshop will drill down into the psychology behind public speaking and help participants identify potential roadblocks and develop strategies for success.
Suitable for intimate, small group or one-on-one coaching sessions or large group workshops, this unique seminar will drill down into the psychology behind public speaking and help participants identify potential roadblocks and develop strategies for success. Participants will leave with a practical set of steps to promote continued growth and improvement in the public speaking arena.
Defining Your Identity as a Leader
This reflective and interactive session helps participants uncover the values, experiences, and personal strengths that shape their unique leadership style.
Leadership isn’t just about titles or tasks — it’s about understanding who you are, what you stand for, and how you show up for others. Through guided discussion, participants will explore the many, many roles – from the unglamorous to the unexpected – that leaders must fulfill in order to successfully serve the mission and meet the needs of an organization. Participants will leave with a clearer sense of their leadership identity and how to lead authentically with confidence and purpose.
Beyond Schoolhouse Rock: How a Bill REALLY Becomes a Law
This in-depth workshop will walk participants through the complex legislative process and explore the politics of advancing a measure through Congress.
Did you know that, on average, only about 3% of the bills introduced in Congress become law? With odds like these, only advocates who truly understand the legislative process can transform their policy ideas into reality. This in-depth, yet lively session will walk participants through how to winding and complex navigate the winding and complex legislative process. Fans of “The West Wing,” “House of Cards” and “Scandal” won’t want to miss this!
Twenty Minutes to Advocacy Superstardom
Rookies will emerge as rock stars after this interactive session that distills fifteen years of hard-won advocacy lessons into twenty minutes.
Gain an overview of the legislative process while also learning key principles of advocacy success that are often gleaned only after years of trial and error. Key learnings will focus on interactions with elected officials and their staff, outreach to grassroots members, and strategizing for both short- and long-term advocacy success. Participants will gain insights into several critical, yet unspoken rules that, if applied correctly, will help transition advocates from rookies to all-stars.
Customized Talks & Workshops
Think Kimberly can add something special to your conference, meeting, or event? Her expertise ranges from education policy and legislative affairs to women in leadership and professional image and style. Request a customized workshop or talk.
Kimberly’s expertise covers a broad range of topics - from hard-hitting issues like higher education policy and legislative advocacy to more human- and heart-centered subjects like leadership and self-esteem for women and girls, people of color, etc. (She has even been known to share her top tips for makeup and plus-size professional fashion.) If you believe Kimberly can add something special to your conference or event, please reach out to request a customized talk or workshop.