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PSA GO-2-PRO 1 Course
01 February - 21 July|See Agenda for times|Online - Zoom - See full address
About this event
The GO-2-PRO course is designed to help you get from Associate to Professional Membership of the PSA by building your Speaking Business to the point where you are getting regularly paid for gigs.
This is a 6 month course with a 3 hour virtual session every month to springboard your business ideas.
Online Sessions; Accountability sessions, buddies, and some exceptional trainers will help you to know what your Speaking Business is, who it is for and how you can encourage people to book you to speak and get paid for your speaking too.
There will be material to read, books to discover, buddy sessions and coaching contact in-between these sessions so that you can keep the momentum going and build your speaking business to the point where you can upgrade to Professional Membership.
- Be clear on your message and the solutions you provide for people and organisations.
- The business model you will be using.
- Your customer journey and CRM provision
- Your website and the technical requirements for your business
- What are your speaking platforms
- Marketing and Sales – made easy for you
- Your finances and accounts in order
- Your power team which will make your business run more smoothly.
Many more subjects will be covered when we deep dive into these 8 main categories.
Your host for this course will be Yvonne Emery – Learning and Development DirectorYour Accountability coach will be Sam Warner
Some of the speaker/trainers will be: Sue Evans, Penny Haslam, Heather Wright, Simon Hazeldine – all Fellows of the PSA
Additional speakers will be part of this course to help you achieve your Speaker Business goals.
Session times:
Saturday 1st February 2025 9.30am to 12.30pm
Saturday 1st March 2025 9.30am to 12.30pm
Saturday 19th April 2025 9.30am to 12.30pm
Saturday 3rd May 2025 9.30am to 12.30pm
Saturday 7th June 2025 9.30am to 12.30pm
Saturday 5th July 2025 9.30am to 12.30pm
Accountability Calls
Monday 17th February 6.30pm to 7.30pm
Monday 17th March 6.30pm to 7.30pm
Monday 28th April 6.30pm to 7.30pm
Monday 19th May 6.30pm to 7.30pm
Monday 23rd June 6.30pm to 7.30pm
Monday 21st July 6.30pm to 7.30pm
Keynote speakers
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![Penny Haslam](https://thepsa.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Penny-Haslam-5-1-scaled-e1730480547279.jpg)
Heather has made it her mission to learn as much as she can about the psychology of influence and translates this into accessible content, delivered in a way that changes lives.
She’s an inspirational speaker and facilitator delivering speeches and workshops to public services and large multinational companies in the UK and across the globe. Heather has an excellent reputation for her professionalism and pragmatism and she has enough energy to run a small power station!
Yvonne has been a member of the PSA since 2007 and is currently the Learning & Development Director as well as Interim Vice-Chair of the PSA UKI.
As a Global Property Investment expert she has spoken at hundreds of Networking events, Conferences and once was the warm-up Speaker to Frank Bruno. She now mentors Property Investors, CEOs and Board Members to support their business growth.
During Lockdown she was in great demand by many organisations who took their Networking Events online as they knew she could put together presentations very quickly.
Now Yvonne is on a mission to help speakers to build their speaking businesses, and she has developed 5 courses for all levels within the PSA to get more paid speaking gigs and elevate their profile within the PSA and the world of speaking.
Simon Hazeldine works internationally as a keynote and conference speaker, sales transformation consultant and as a sales and negotiation trainer.
He has spoken in over thirty countries and his client list includes some of the world’s largest and most successful companies.
Simon has a master’s degree in psychology, is the bestselling author of eight books that have been endorsed by a host of business leaders including multi-billionaire business legend Michael Dell and is co-founder of the UK’s leading sales podcast “The Sales Chat Show”.
Sam Warner is a Neurodivergent Communication Specialist and uses her lived experience to work with leaders across multiple industries to improve their DEI policies to help them attract and retain talented Neurodivergent (Autistic, ADHD, Dyslexia etc) employees. Organisations enjoy loyalty, diversity of thought, innovation and increased profits whilst spending less on recruitment due to attrition. She delivers keynotes, workshops, training and coaching to clients such as Nokia, Ocado, The Royal Ballet School, GirlGuiding, and the NHS to name a few.
Sam has an energetic delivery style that leaves the audience with engaging memories and inspiration. She has worked in multiple industries herself including, IT, Manufacturing, The NHS, The Police Service, and in many different roles, such as Project Manager, Quality, Governance & Risk Management. She is also a Professional Speaker, a TEDx Speaker, TEDx Curator and Speaker Coach with 25+ years experience.
Penny Haslam is an award-winning speaker, coach and trainer on the subjects of Communication and Confidence.
Her business, Bit Famous, develops the communication capability and confidence of leaders and emerging talent in some of the world’s largest organisations, particularly in technology and finance sectors.
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Online – Zoom
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