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You Deserve to be Heard: How Women can connect through stories

An empowering 3.5 hour workshop for women to learn how to persuasively and authentically share their stories and ideas resulting in real connection.

Date and time

Tuesday, 28 April 2026 9:30am - 1:00pm ACST

Location

Business House Australia - 96 Sir Donald Bradman Drive, Hilton, SA 5033

Many women don’t openly share or present their stories or ideas, fearing mistakes, judgment, or a hit to their credibility. Too often, this leads to missed opportunities.

At the heart of it all, many don’t believe they deserve to be heard.

Have you ever:

  • Told yourself that your ideas were not worth sharing because imposter syndrome held you back
  • Avoided speaking up in meetings and a domineering colleague took credit for your ideas
  • Struggled to share your story in an interview because you questioned your abilities.

When you hold yourself back, you don’t just miss out on opportunities, but others miss out on hearing your expertise, perspective, and unique story.

It doesn’t have to be that way!

This workshop will help you overcome fear and self-doubt and build the courage to speak with confidence.

Say goodbye to self-sabotage and imposter syndrome and develop trust in yourself and others that what you have to say has value.

Learn how to use stories to engage, inspire and influence, to create connection and empathy, to influence and to sell.

You’ll learn practical strategies to:

  • Identify and share stories and ideas that provide value, that you can use in meetings, interviews, presentations or when networking,
  • Present yourself as professional, confident and engaging
  • Create a story bank that you can use whenever and wherever you communicate
  • Practise using storytelling to connect and communicate authentically.

You'll deliver your story with impact, receiving expert feedback from award winning facilitator, Kerry Pienaar, your Complete Communication Coach.

What to expect:

  • A safe learning environment: You will feel comfortable and encouraged to take yourself out of you comfort zone in order to learn and progress.
  • A transformative experience: A highly interactive and transformative experience for women ready to share their stories in their personal and professional lives with confidence and clarity.
  • Support and feedback: You'll receive individual support and feedback every step of the way
  • Tools for influencing and engaging audiences: Learn strategies to inspire audiences to care about what you are saying and maintain their interest and engagement
  • Manage your nerves: Acquire strategies for managing your nerves and for looking, feeling and sounding more confident when you communicate.

You can do this - you just need the tools, time to practice and quality support. Walk out the door with simple, actionable, life-changing strategies that you can use immediately to boost your confidence and presence!

Date:
Tuesday, 28 April 2026 9:30am - 1:00pm

Investment: $320

This program is tax-deductable. Consider speaking with your organisation as previous attendees have had their employer support their professional development training.

You Deserve To Be Heard

How Women Can Connect Through Stories

Full Price $320

Catering

A light morning tea will be provided with vegan and gluten free options available upon request.

About the facilitator

Kerry Pienaar is the founder of Complete Communication Coach, a passionate facilitator dedicated to helping women find their voice, and the author of “You Deserve to be Heard: 101 tips to boost your public speaking confidence”.

She has extensive experience working with female entrepreneurs, executives, and leaders; coached TEDx Adelaide speakers; and facilitated workshops and coaching for programs for women including:

  • Pathway to Politics for Women
  • Girls Take Over Parliament
  • Behind Closed Doors: Leadership Development for Women
  • Women in the West: Connecting Women in Business
  • Good Shepherd: LaunchMe for Multicultural Women
  • Mitcham Girls High School.

An award-winning public speaker and recognised by Yahoo Finance as one of Australia’s top public speaking coaches, Kerry provides a supportive, practical approach that empowers women to speak with confidence, clarity, and authenticity.

What women are saying about Kerry's approach:

"She met me where I was — nervous, overthinking, doubting myself — and gave me simple, practical strategies that worked straight away. It wasn’t about perfecting me. It was about helping me find my own authentic voice. I wouldn’t have been able to do it without her." - Aish

"After a decade of searching for the right coach, I feel incredibly blessed to have found Kerry. She genuinely wants to help me become the person I've always aspired to be - confident and unafraid to share my voice.
Kerry has shown me that I have valuable knowledge to share, and it can make a difference for others.
Thank you, Kerry, for helping me become my best self after years in the shadows. I am no longer scared, embarrassed, or worried about what others think, I know now that we all deserve to be heard!
" - Veronica

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