2025 Strategic Communication for Better Collaboration

In today’s workplace, communication is more than exchanging information—it’s the foundation of leadership, collaboration, and performance. Yet most professionals are never taught how to truly listen, interpret, and respond with clarity.

This 3-hour interactive workshop introduces a powerful, image-based methodology designed to sharpen core communication skills through guided observation and structured dialogue. Participants will engage in dynamic exercises that build:

• Active listening: Learning to hear beyond the surface and respond with precision
• Paraphrasing and affirmation: Strengthening clarity and alignment in conversations
• Reiterative thinking: Refining ideas through collaborative interpretation
• Strategic inquiry: Asking better questions to unlock insight and reduce miscommunication
• Team alignment: Building trust and cohesion through shared meaning-making

DISCOUNTS FOR TEAMS! 
Bring your team and save - because aligned communication starts with shared learning. Discounts available for teams of 3 or more people at registration. 

WORKSHOP FACILITATORS

Erin Wederbrook Yuskaitis

Erin is an educator, facilitator, and creative strategist who believes that better conversations start with better questions—and better listening. With roots in the museum world and a career built on visual inquiry, she’s spent over 20 years helping people make meaning across disciplines and communities.

Through her consulting firm, Yellow Room Consulting, and her leadership at the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, Erin designs learning experiences that spark insight, build empathy, and transform workplace culture. Her work blends business strategy, education, DEI, and the arts into programs that are as practical as they are powerful.

Erin holds degrees from the University of Virginia and the University of Alabama, plus a certificate in Museum Education from Tufts University. Outside of work, she’s a fitness enthusiast, youth basketball coach, museum wanderer, and true crime podcast aficionado.

Kelsey Archer Merriam

Kelsey is the Program Manager at the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce. Before that, she was the Education Manager at the USS Constitution Museum where she oversaw education programs, managed civics initiatives, and worked closely with Boston Public Schools and the Naval Crew of USS Constitution. Kelsey has held roles at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Cape Ann Museum, Historic Newton, and Old South Meeting House, developing and leading education programs, integrating DEAI principles, and engaging in Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) conversations with diverse audiences.

She holds a Master of Arts in Museum Education from Tufts University and a Bachelor of Arts in Art History from Bard College. When Kelsey isn’t championing the benefits of continuing education for all learners, she can be found swimming and walking the beaches of Massachusetts, testing out her green thumb, and spending lots of time with family and friends.