About this event
Get That Fellows “Spring In Your Step!”
Join us in Leeds for an exclusive Fellows/PSAE day of insight, challenge, and connection – perfectly timed the day before Impact! 2026, the PSA UK & Ireland annual conference. You asked us for more time to have conversation, and maybe go deeper on a specialist subject… and that is what we are giving you at this great event.
This special Spring Fellows event is designed to help you sharpen your thinking, strengthen your business, and get the most from the conference experience that follows.
Anthony Stears – Human-to-human in a world of AI
In this light-hearted session, we’ll be looking at ways to build stronger relationships and have better conversations with clients, prospects and bureaus. As speakers we know how powerful our words can be and NOW is the time to step back from the keyboard and start using that superpower to drive more sales. In such a crowded market and a world full of AI and automation, it’s becoming even more important to really connect on a human-to human level. This session will leave you feeling inspired with the confidence to dial, and give you the skills to help more customers to buy.
You’ll walk away knowing how to…
- Know when people are ready to listen
- Get them to like you
- Build trust fast
- Create urgency
- Prevent pipeline constipation
What to expect from the day
- Expert-led session focused on the real-world business of speaking
- Strategic discussions around positioning, credibility, and commercial opportunity
- High-value peer conversations with Fellows who “get it”
- Space to reflect, refine, and reset your plans for the year ahead
As always, content will be practical, honest, and grounded in what actually works — not theory, fluff, or recycled keynote advice.
Why attend?
- A rare chance to go deeper than conference sessions allow
- Stronger relationships before Impact! even begins
- Clear ideas you can immediately apply to your speaking business
- Momentum, clarity, and confidence going into the PSA conference
The perfect conference warm-up
This Fellows day takes place the day before Impact! 2026, making it the ideal way to arrive prepared, focused, and already connected.
If you haven’t booked your Impact! 2026 ticket yet, make sure you do — and maximise the value of being in Leeds for the full experience.
— book now to secure your place at this popular Fellows/PSAE event.
Keynote speakers
A published author and international speaker, that often uses training to accelerate the learning process. He has fast become the go-to person when it comes to telephone engagement, and helping companies to improve both sales and service through conversation.
Anthony Stears is better known as “The Telephone Assassin” and he’s on a mission to get businesses talking again and stopping people from hiding behind their emails and social media. As a conversational strategist he helps clients to get in front of more of their ideal customers and getting more business from their existing clients.
Anthony has been speaking for over a decade now and is an active member of the PSA, Professional Speaking Association. He’s spoken all over the world in front of audiences of up to 4,000 people… some events with up to 11 different interpreters at the back of the room.
As the Past President of PSA London from 2019-21 (yes… through Covid) Anthony is passionate about helping speakers raise their game, and their fees.
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