PSA Birmingham February 2025: Collaboration, Comedy and Style

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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

FPSA – Immediate Past President (2024/2025) & ND Community Founder and Community Lead

Beth Sherman

Kay Korsh

Michelle Mills-Porter - FPSA – Immediate Past President (2024/2025) & ND Community Founder and Community Lead

Michelle Mills-Porter FPSA ADHD is a visionary human behaviour specialist and keynote speaker who decodes the complexities of human motivation, collaboration, and communication – translating them into high-performing, people-powered organisational cultures. As the creator of THE PEOPLE READER™, she has built a distinctive and authoritative presence at the intersection of human behaviour, leadership, and commercial performance.

As Founder of the Neurodiversity Community, Michelle is leading a movement to deepen understanding, elevate inclusion, and unlock the full potential of every mind. This is a space where neurotypical and neurodivergent perspectives come together to learn, share, and evolve – powered by the expertise of the Founding Working Team, guest contributors, and a dynamic, collaborative network.

She is the Immediate Past President of the Professional Speaking Association UK & Ireland and a Fellow of the PSA, where her presidential theme of Collaboration Evolution continues to shape conversations and drive meaningful change across the profession.

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.