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Virtual Workshop: The Visual Resume
Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM EST
Category: Events

The Visual Resume: Elevate Your Presence, and Influence Any Room

Every leader has a resume, but only a rare few have a Visual Resume™, the intentional expression of who they are, how they lead, and how they want to be experienced. In diplomatic, cross-cultural, and high-stakes environments, this visual dimension can determine credibility, trust, influence, and access.

This session equips protocol professionals, global leaders, and public-facing executives with a strategic and culturally aware approach to personal presentation. Participants will learn how to shape perception in the first 3–7 seconds, refine their nonverbal cues, and use wardrobe, grooming, and polish as tools of leadership communication. The session blends strategy with actionable guidance, ensuring participants leave with a clear roadmap to elevate their professional presence and align their outward expression with their diplomatic image.

Learning objectives: 

  1. Understand the Strategic Role of Visual Presence
  2. Build a Visual Brand Aligned With Leadership Goals
  3. Communicate Cultural Intelligence Through Appearance
  4. Apply Practical Tools to Elevate Day-to-Day Presence 
  5. Influence Any Room With Intentional Nonverbal Communication

Participants may submit questions in advance while registering to be sure they are addressed.

Register Here

Presenter:

Monica Barnett

Monica Barnett is a Personal Brand Strategist, Coach, and Wardrobe Stylist with more than 18 years of experience helping professionals show up and stand out. As the Founder of Blueprint for Style, she has worked with Fortune 500 companies, C-suite leaders, politicians, and public-facing executives to align their wardrobe and personal brand with their influence, impact, and aspirations. 

Monica created The Visual Resume™, a framework that helps clients turn their personal brand into a visual presence rooted in confidence, credibility, clarity and authenticity. Her work blends style, communication, and executive presence to help leaders show up with intention, authority, and impact. 

Educational Webinars

Education of protocol professionals is an integral part of the mission of PDI-POA. Webinars are part of our expanding professional development and member engagement opportunities. They include educational presentations by featured speakers, along with a forum for viewers to ask questions of leading experts of protocol and diplomacy. To promote the instructional environment of the webinar, audio and video interaction for attendees is disabled, with interaction happening through the chat and Q&A functions of the Zoom Webinar platform.

Webinars are open at no additional charge to members of PDI-POA as a benefit of membership. Non-members are invited to attend as well; the non-member registration fee is $50 per person.

Each webinar session will be recorded and made available to PDI-POA members through the members-only Video Library. For non-member registrants, the recording will be available for 30 days after the session via a password-protected link that will be shared after the conclusion of the webinar.

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