PSA Birmingham July 2023: Competition and Care

About this event

On Monday 3rd July at PSA Birmingham you can examine two elements of your speaking career – Competition and Care.

The competition element is of course very friendly – it is the regional heat of Speaker Factor! We welcome our competitors who will entertain you with the fantastic Five minutes – and the results from our judges will be available on the night!

Our meeting begins with refreshments and networking from 6.00pm, (though I’ll be there from about 5:45pm) with a prompt – and slightly earlier – 6.20pm start with our speakers.

We will begin with our Speaker Factor Competition. We have our regional competitors lined up – but if you would like to enter there is still time! For this heat you need to enter by Tuesday June 27th please, and you can start the process here: https://thepsa.co.uk/speaker-factor/

Then, after a short break…

Our leading Keynote this month comes from the fantastic Mike Pagan who will show us ‘Self Care for Speakers’.

Mike will ask: Where is Self-Care on your Agenda? Self-care that makes you focus on being number 1 comes in many different guises, what’s the best way for you?:
Meditation and Mindfulness
Eating and Drinking – Fasting
Cold / Ice Water bathing
Open Water Swimming
Knitting, Whittling, gardening, Origami or Writing Books?
(You don’t have to do all these – even if Mike does!)

Three main practical takeaways:

• Putting self-care at the top of your agenda
• It’s time to focus on becoming number 1 in your world.
• Asking for help is not a sign of weakness; it’s what helps the best to succeed

First time at a PSA event? Email [email protected] to get your special introductory code!