Room to Rise: Rewriting the Beliefs That Hold You Back
You are the one everyone counts on.
When member engagement declines and someone has to uncover why. When you're making the case for a bold strategic change, even when you know not everyone on the board is ready to embrace it. When multiple deadlines converge in the same week and your team is stretched thin, you're the one who makes it happen.
Yet, you still hesitate before you speak.
Underneath that hesitation is often a belief: If I just do great work, someone will notice.
Imposter syndrome doesn't mean you're not ready. It means you care.
In this session, we will pull those beliefs into the open and test whether they hold up. You will hear the ones that come up most often in this field, spot which are yours, and practice the reframe that gets you moving. There is more room here than the quiet voice admits.
Attendees will leave with practical strategies to:
- Name the specific belief behind your hesitation, and test whether it holds up.
- Replace it with a reframe that sounds like you and holds under pressure.
- Recognize imposter syndrome as a signal of high standards, and move anyway.
Most importantly, you'll learn that you're not alone in the struggle against imposter syndrome. See you there.
Heather Antoinetti
Ah-Ha Marketing
Heather Antoinetti has nearly two decades of experience spanning nonprofit development, global technology, and cybersecurity marketing. As founder of Ah-Ha Marketing, she has advised organizations from startups to global enterprises, including Elastic, Palo Alto Networks, LookingGlass Cyber, and Fidelis Cybersecurity, as well as supported initiatives with Accenture, AWS, IBM, Kyndryl, and Capgemini. She also brings deep expertise helping cybersecurity companies partner with major telcos such as AT&T, Verizon Business, and NTT.
Heather is the creator of the VELA framework and influence building program which helps professionals align their authentic self, core values, and career to build influence that feels real and sustainable. Earlier in her career, she led global partner programs and market expansion as Marketing Director at NTT Security and built the marketing function from the ground up as VP of Marketing at Security On-Demand.
