Join us for an engaging networking session featuring a short inspiration segment from Angélica Tirado-Cruz on why most communication challenges stem not from messaging, but from trust. Angélica will share a simple, actionable framework for listening, connecting, and communicating your value more effectively—at work and beyond. After her spotlight, you’ll engage in guided networking and conversation designed to help you strengthen your communication presence and build meaningful professional connections. This energizing session blends learning, connection, and career-building dialogue with fellow L&D professionals.
OBJECTIVES:
- Apply a simple "listen, understand, valu" framework to strengthen clarity and connection in workplace conversations
- Reflect on how psychological safety influence the ability to communicate value within organizations
- Practice articulating professional value
- Build new connections with professionals across industries
MEMBER VALUE PROPOSITION:
- Sharpen Your Skills
- Build Your Network
- Advance Your Career
ABOUT THE PRESENTER:
Angelica M. Tirado-Cruz is a Senior Communications Specialist with Şişecam’s Green River, Wyoming mining operations, where she leads both internal and external communications for a large industrial workforce. Her work focuses on translating complex operational, safety, and organizational information into clear messaging that employees, leadership, and community stakeholders can understand and act upon. She oversees major employee engagement initiatives and company events serving hundreds of participants and manages communication projects with budgets approaching $75,000.
Angelica has worked in professional communications since 2017 and brings a unique technical foundation to the field. A U.S. Army veteran, she previously served as a Strategic Systems Repairer, maintaining communication hardware and infrastructure including satellite systems, fiber optics, and computer networks. That experience gives her a practical understanding of the physical and digital mediums that make modern communication possible.
She holds a Master of Arts from the University of Wyoming and is currently a PhD student in Communication at Liberty University, where she is also completing an Executive Certificate in Communication consisting of doctoral-level coursework. Her research explores communication challenges in technologically restricted environments and the role of emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, in reaching underserved audiences.
Angelica has chaired her company’s United Way campaign for three years and is a member of American Legion Post 36 in Fort Bridger, Wyoming. She remains active in both community and church service and is committed to contributing to the future development of the communications profession.
ATD Capability Model
Developing Professional Capability:
- Career & Leadership Development — strengthens member self-advocacy and personal branding
- Coaching — supports reflective practice and peer feedback in breakout/AMA
Impacting Organizational Capability:
- Organization Development & Culture — communicating value is foundational to healthy team dynamics
Building Personal Capability:
- Communication — central theme; effective articulation of value
- Emotional Intelligence & Decision Making — self-awareness, personal positioning
- Collaboration & Leadership — strengthening interpersonal influence and presence
- Cultural Awareness & Inclusion — inherent in how value is communicated across diverse settings
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