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PSA Birmingham February 2025: Collaboration, Comedy and Style

03 February|18:00 - 21:00|The Arden Hotel - Solihull - See full address

About this event

Join us on February 3, 2025, for an unmissable event at the Professional Speaking Association in Brum!

We’re excited to welcome National President Michelle Mills-Porter, who will deliver a compelling presidential address on Collaboration Evolution. Discover how working together can elevate our speaking businesses across the UK and Ireland.

We’ll also be joined by Beth Sherman, an Emmy-winning comedy writer, who will share her expertise on adding humour to your speeches. Plus, Kay Korsh will provide invaluable insights into how fashion and clothing can enhance your stage presence and message delivery.

In addition to great speakers, enjoy the usual opportunities to network with fellow members of our speaker network and share valuable experiences.

Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your speaking career!

Keynote speakers

Michelle Mills-Porter
Michelle Mills-Porter
FPSA – National President 2024/2025
Beth Sherman
Kay Korsh
Michelle Mills-Porter - FPSA – National President 2024/2025

Michelle is known as The People Reader – a behaviour expert specialising in unleashing potential. As the creator of a suite of profiling tools, she speaks, consults and trains in values, motivation, communication, performance and collaboration. She works with organisations to help increase engagement, performance and results through empowering their people, alongside her family of Certified Practitioners.

Beth Sherman

Beth Sherman is a speaker, comedian, and seven-time Emmy Award-winning Hollywood comedy writer who’s written for the biggest shows in American television, including Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, Ellen, and the Academy Awards.

As a speaker, she helps companies achieve healthier workplaces and more profitable business relationships by showing employees how to harness the power of humor to create quick connection and genuine engagement with clients and colleagues.

Kay Korsh

Kay Korsh has spent 20 years dressing actors like Elizabeth Debicki, Riz Ahmed, Ben Whishaw and Lily James.

Kay started Mind Over Fashion to combine her passion for style with her love for learning about human behaviour to help professional speakers all over the world gain more confidence and find their Signature Speaker Style, which is aligned with their message. Because whether we want it or not, we are being judged for the way we look, even before we start speaking.

Event agenda

18:00
Welcome, food and networking
18:30
President's welcome
18:50
Kay Korsh
19:20
Beth Sherman
19:50
Comfort Break
20:05
Michelle Mills-Porter
21:00
Event Ends

The venue

Get in touch with the organiser

Dave James

Regional President - PSA Birmingham

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