Choose the story.
We’ll sift through your experience and find the moment that makes your point. The detail that feels ordinary to you might be exactly what someone else needs to hear.
Executive Speaker Development
You have something worth saying. Let’s help people hear it.
You’ve spent years building your knowledge, your business or your career. People already come to you for advice. Then somebody introduces you at an event and you hear yourself listing job titles. What you wanted to say about the work, and why it matters, comes to you on the way home.
Finding your story
What would you tell me over a cup of tea?
If you were telling me about a customer you helped, you’d probably remember the moment something changed for them. You might even remember their exact words. That’s often where we find the start of your talk.
We’ll work out what that story means to the people listening. Then we’ll shape it into a talk you can deliver in your own voice, whether you’re speaking to your board, a room of potential clients or a conference audience.
Working together
From ‘why me?’ to a talk you can give.
Find your feet.
If ‘who am I to stand up here?’ is the thought running through your head, we’ll start there. We’ll practise the parts that make you feel exposed. You can learn to hold a room, take a pause and speak with the same conviction you bring to your work.
Give the talk a purpose.
We’ll build your short talk or keynote around what you want people to feel, remember and do next. That might be backing an idea, asking a better question or starting a conversation about working with you.
Group or one-to-one
How would you like to work?
In a group, you can try out a story and hear what stays with the people in the room. One-to-one, we can give the whole session to your message, your audience and the talk you’re preparing.
I’m a TEDx speaker, curator and speaker coach. My paid development work is independent of TEDx speaker selection. It offers no TEDx audition, invitation or placement.
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Start a conversation
What would you like to feel ready to say?
Tell me about the room you’d like to speak in and the bit that feels difficult. We’ll take it from there.
Let’s talk about your speaking goals Choose a time to talk with me one-to-one.