Jackie

This is the view from the judging table at PSA South East last night, where I was lead judge for the regional Speaker Factor contest. It was a tough decision, and the winner goes forward Read more…

Last week, I visited the South East region of the Professional Speaking Association – that’s the region I co-founded and where I was joint Regional President for a couple of years. After running online events Read more…

Here I am, demonstrating some of the icebreakers and energisers from my Experiential Speaking book, at PSA Thames Valley, April 2023. For more information, please see experientialspeaking.co.uk.

At last, I’ve published my new book, Copywriting Q&A. It contains my answers to the most common questions I’ve been asked when training and mentoring copywriters, and is already selling well. Hoorah!

Last week, I hosted a thoroughly enjoyable social event for freelance copywriters. These pix show a few of the attendees (others were out of shot). Among other things, we played the fun headline-writing game, Wash Read more…

Having run a series of six Zoom ‘Speakeasy’ lunch-and-learn sessions for ProCopywriters, I’m doing three more. These focus on helping copywriters gain confidence when pitching, networking, and dealing with clients. Pitch with confidence Managing clients Read more…

In April, I’ll be demonstrating some of my ideas for audience participation to a group of professional speakers in Thames Valley. Attendees will experience a range of activities to enliven their audience and help embed Read more…

I’m thrilled to be on the speaker roster for the Viva event in Spain in November, running two interactive  one-hour sessions linked improvised comedy to the Three Principles. More details

Last night, I facilitated half an hour of fun and games with fellow PSA Fellows at a social event on Zoom. We played customised word games based on Articulate, Charades and Pictionary. Laughter ensued 🙂 Read more…