Have you got what it takes to be a professional speaker? I speak at the highest level globally. It didn’t start that way. I learned by doing it badly. Getting back up. Figuring out what worked. Then doing it again. For the first time in seven years, I’m bringing back my Be a Better Speaker Day. A one-day, in-person event in Somerset, this March. Only 12 places. On the day, we’ll work on: Binning your nerves. Your story and message Body language, eye contact, movement How to get booked and paid.

What actually makes a professional speaker? It’s not just confidence, charisma, and it’s definitely not just a certificate. Same bloke. Same haircut. Bigger stages. Bigger rooms. Over the years I’ve been booked by 100's of Gobal organisations like JCB, Xero, Bentley and many others. No formal training. At first, i'd get up, wracked with nerves, doing it clunkily, and doing it again. Where most people would quit and say they are never putting themseves through that... i'd go again and again. Gett

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