About this event
Join us for a powerful line-up exploring what it really takes to build a sustainable, successful, and inclusive speaking career.
Global futurist Rohit Talwar shares the practical tools behind three decades of speaking business success and how he’s rebuilding it all again after adversity forced him out of action for eight months.
Charlie Hart brings essential insights on neuroinclusion, helping speakers and event organisers create stages and audiences that work for all kinds of minds.
And our showcase will be from performance psychologist Dr Andrew Wood.
Whatever stage you’re at in your speaking journey, this event will give you practical, actionable tools to grow your business, broaden your reach, and perform with confidence under pressure.
What you’ll walk away with:
- Proven strategies to build and sustain a financially successful speaking business, including pricing, value stacking, and leveraging unpaid speeches
- Practical tools for developing international speaking opportunities and knowing when to say no
- A deeper understanding of neurodivergence and actionable ways to make your events more inclusive, for speakers and audiences alike
- Techniques to catch the irrational stories that drive stress and overreaction, so you can stay calm and perform under pressure
- Insight and inspiration from three world-class speakers with a combined 35+ years of experience across business, psychology, and inclusion
- Real, honest lessons on resilience including how to rebuild your business and confidence after setbacks
Come away with the tools, mindset, and connections to take your speaking career to the next level.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Keynote speakers
Rohit is a global futurist, award-winning keynote speaker, author, and the CEO of Fast Future. He focuses on helping clients develop ‘ready for anything’ leadership that can understand and respond to critical forces and developments shaping the future. He explores themes ranging from geo-political and economic shifts through to sustainability, AI, and other disruptive technologies. His keynotes and immersive education sessions are tailored to the needs and context of the client organisation. In a 25 year+ speaking career, Rohit has delivered 2,000+ speeches to leadership audiences in 80+ countries, for rates from £100 to £30,000. He has co-authored and edited nine books on the emerging future.
Charlie Hart is a neurodiversity inclusion speaker with a 20-year career in HR Analytics. She is also a popular social media neurodiversity influencer under the name Ausome Charlie. Charlie is Autistic, ADHD, bisexual, and gender non-conforming, and her talks centre her neurodivergent lived experience and insights, underpinned with expertise in HR and inclusion best practice, and delivered with authentic quirkiness and humour. Charlie is an Associate Member of the CIPD, and a Professional Member of the Professional Speaking Association (MPSA).
Event agenda
The venue
The Arden Hotel – Solihull
The Arden HotelCoventry Road
Bickenhill
Solihull
B92 0EH The Arden Hotel
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