Powerful Presence: Communication Tools for Women Leading Change

9:30am - 11:30am ~ Wednesday 25th June

Burnett Riverside Hotel - 7 Quay Street Bundaberg

A space to strengthen your voice, presence & impact.

This workshop is for women navigating the real (and often unspoken) challenges of leadership. If any of these sound familiar, you’re not alone:

  • You find yourself second guessing how to express yourself without being misread

  • You’re often the only woman at the table - and it feels isolating

  • You’re navigating conflict but feel emotionally triggered or drained

What You’ll Experience:

✅ Practical, presence-based communication tools:  Speak with clarity, conviction, and connection - even in high-stakes conversations.

✅ Embodied leadership strategies: Use breath, posture, and energy awareness to lead from a grounded, aligned state, no matter the environment.

✅ Tools to influence culture without overpowering: Guide team dynamics with intention and confidence - no burnout required.

✅ Confidence that comes from within: Lead with your own voice, rather than trying to fit someone else’s mould.

✅ Connection with other women leaders : Reflect, share, and grow in a space of mutual respect, courage and authenticity.

Catered Morning Tea provided. Limited Places. Registration Essential by 22nd June 2025.

This Workshop is for Women Who:

✨ Are shaping teams, guiding culture, influencing decisions or preparing to step more fully into leadership. 

✨ Are in a formal management role, running your own business, leading in education or community spaces, or stepping into greater visibility and responsibility.

✨ Lead with heart, want to communicate for impact with clarity and courage, and are ready to lead change from the inside out.

Meet Your Facilitator - Melissa Thomson

Leadership Coach | Speaker | Podcast Host

Hi, I’m Melissa, thank you for being here.

I’m passionate about supporting women to lead with presence, connection, and courage—so they can create meaningful change without compromising who they are.

My work is devoted to helping women express their voice and vision with clarity and confidence, navigate complexity with integrity, and influence culture from the inside out.

This passion is grounded in lived experience. I spent over a decade founding and leading a values-driven school—without a blueprint. I’ve worked across education, leadership, wellbeing, and systems change, partnering with local and state governments, driving legislative reform, and building community from the ground up.

Today, I bring that experience into my work as a leadership coach and speaker, helping women access the kind of embodied presence that earns trust, transforms conversations, and moves people and systems forward.

I’d be honoured to connect with you, and hope to see you at the workshop, and feel free to be in touch with any queries: