Presenting under any circumstances can be a stressful experience, but even more so when presenting your business case. When you have a business case to share, it’s often something you’re passionate about and the culmination of a lot of hard work. When the stakes are high, it’s perfectly normal to feel nervous about presenting, but there are many things you can so beforehand to ensure it goes smoothly. Here are 6 ways to increase your confidence when presenting your business case:

Sarah Tillery co-teaches in VOICES (Visioning Organizations: Inclusive Communities & Equitable Spaces) on the module Compliance:  Research, Interpretation, and Overview of Statutes, Regulations, and Policies.

As a nutritionist, it’s important to stay up-to-date on the latest nutrition research to provide your clients with evidence-based care. Every day, new scientific research reveals the benefits or harmful effects of foods, from coffee and alcohol, to organic fruits and vegetables. Education for nutritionist can help you stay on top of the latest information, but you can read research on your own, too.

Michele Wilson not only developed the VOICES (Visioning Organizations: Inclusive Communities & Equitable Spaces) program, but she also teaches several modules: Overview of Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity, Equity Lens: Systematic Equity and Inclusion, Class: Socioeconomics, Religion and Spirituality, Age and Generational Status, Instituting Equity and Inclusion in the Workplace: Strategic Plans, Best Practices, and Assessment, and the Capstone.

Dr. Joseph Accuardi-Gilliam teaches in VOICES (Visioning Organizations: Inclusive Communities & Equitable Spaces) in the module on Disability. 

Updated Jan. 14, 2022

As a nurse, you can provide care in a variety of settings, from primary care in a physician’s office to intensive care at a hospital. Now more than ever, as advances in medicine become more and more necessary, many nurses are working in a different setting: clinical research. However, this field also has immense benefits for RNs.

Jimena Alvarado, Ph.D. teaches several sections in VOICES (Visioning Organizations: Inclusive Communities & Equitable Spaces). She teaches Historical Framework, Identiy: Constructions, Assignments, and Intersections, and Gender and Sexuality.

Updated Dec. 8, 2022.

Project management is an important skill. Successful project managers know how to run a good team, keep multiple balls in the air, and ideally bring their project in on time despite whatever problems might emerge. 

Of course, project managers are also human. Project outcomes can vary, and they can obviously make mistakes. A good project manager is not somebody who never makes a mistake. Instead, they are somebody who learns from their mistakes and, of course, from those good things that can happen through serendipity.

Dr. Carmen Thompson teaches in VOICES (Visioning Organizations: Inclusive Communities & Equitable Spaces) in the module on Race and Ethnicity. 

Dana M. Emerson, PhD teaches several sections in VOICES (Visioning Organizations: Inclusive Communities & Equitable Spaces). She teaches Inclusive Recruiting, Hiring, and Retention and Communicating Interculturally and Resolving Conflict.