August CPE Luncheon
August 12, 2026
11:20 AM - 12:30 PM
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Two Warren Place - 6120 S Yale Avenue - First Floor Meeting Space
6120 S Yale Ave Ave
Tulsa, OK 74136
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Empower Your Voice and Super Charge Your Confidence
Speaker:
Rena Cook
Date:
August 12, 2026
Time:
11:20 am - 12:30 pm CST
Session Description:
This practical and experiential session will show how participants can use the voice in service of the challenging conversations we face both professionally and personally.
Learning Objectives:
- How does the voice work and why does it often fail us just when we need it most.
- How alignment can affect the voice, our confidence and how others perceive us.
- Learn breath techniques that not only power the voice but help control the performance anxiety triggered by challenging dynamics.
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How to create space in the mouth to project, clarify and amplify the message
- Learn speaking tips that will help draw the audience into your message.
About Rena Cook:
Rena Cook is a TEDx speaker, author, coach and a Professor Emerita. She is an in-demand speaker specializing in entertaining, interactive and informative presentations on the theme of Empowering the Voice and Enhancing Confidence. She is founder of Vocal Authority, a training consultancy for business professionals who want to speak and present in more compelling and authentic ways. She is the author of four books on voice, including Voice and the Young Actor; Empower your Voice: For Women in Business, Politics and Life; and Her Voice in Law. She has an MA in Voice from London’s Royal Central School of Speech and Drama; an MFA in Directing; and an MA in Guidance and Counselling. Coming from the theatre world and involved in actor training for thirty years, she provides a practical and tangible process for making lasting changes in communication style to tame performance anxiety, increase vocal power, build presence, gravitas and authentic authority. Her guilty pleasure is voicing video games and animation.
Note:
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Instructional Delivery Method: Group Live
Program Level: Basic
Field of Study: Personal Development
Recommended amount of CPE: 1 hour
Program Prerequisites/Advance Preparation: None
RSVP today at: AFWA Tulsa Chapter - Meeting/Event Information
Registration Cost $25 Members and $35 Non Members
Administrative Policies: If you would like to make or cancel a reservation, please email [email protected]. Per chapter rules, if you register and do not attend or do not cancel by the Monday prior to the meeting, you will be charged the cost of the lunch/dinner.
Official National Registry Statement
The Accounting & Financial Women’s Alliance is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: https://www.nasbaregistry.org/.
Mission of AFWA
The mission of the Accounting & Financial Women’s Alliance is to enable women in all accounting and finance fields to achieve their full potential and to contribute to their profession. For more information about the Accounting & Financial Women’s Alliance (AFWA), please visit www.afwa.org
Tickets
$25.00 Members
$35.00 Non-Members
$0.00 Member Ticket - Prepaid
