About this event
Join us this November for a dynamic two-part PSA East Midlands event designed to sharpen your speaking skills and elevate your impact.
From mastering the art of feedback in our member-only masterclass, to building a purpose-led business, this evening is packed with tips and insights you can use straight away.
Member-Only Masterclass (3pm – 4:30pm)
Fiona Brennan-Scott; A Consensual KISS of Feedback
Feedback is a gift, but only when it’s delivered with care. In this interactive masterclass, Fiona Brennan-Scott helps PSA members explore how to give feedback that is kind, insightful, safe and supportive. Making sure your message lands well, is heard, and strengthens relationships.
You’ll discover how to:
- Think about feedback in the best possible way
- Put the speaker’s experience at the heart of your message
- Use three powerful feedback models (and put one into practice)
- Build your reputation as a thoughtful communicator
This is a practical session for PSA Members only.
Main Event (5:45pm – 9:00pm)
The first of our 2 fantastic speakers is:
Bob Bradley – “Building Your Speaker Business: Ten Top Tips”
With decades of experience booking and collaborating with hundreds of professional speakers, Bob Bradley brings a rare insider’s perspective on what really works.
In this session, you’ll learn how to:
- Establish a strong foundation: align your speaking business with your life goals
- Craft a compelling brand that stands out in a crowded market
- Generate business through consistent, smart marketing
- Build and nurture a thriving, supportive network
Whether you’re new to speaking or looking to refocus your business, Bob’s advice will be practical, proven and powerful.
Our second speaker is:
Amy Rowlinson – “The Purpose Payoff: Closing the Gap Between Vision and Impact”
What happens when our purpose gets lost in the day-to-day? In this transformational talk, Amy Rowlinson explores how misalignment between your mission and your message could be costing you more than you realise, and how to fix it.
You’ll take away tools to:
- Reconnect your purpose to your strategy and speaking message
- Spot early signs of misalignment in your business
- Strengthen your brand and credibility as a purpose-led speaker
- Deliver talks that create deeper connection and longer-lasting impact
If you’re ready to speak with more clarity, confidence and conviction, this is for you.
Plus we will have our usual offerings of an amazing showcase speaker sharing their material for feedback, and the fun-filled frivolities of the Robin Hood Randomiser!
Whether you’re looking to sharpen your speaking skills, grow your business, or just find your people — you’ll find it here.
PSA East Midlands… Come for the content. Stay for the community.
Keynote speakers
Fiona is an award-winning and CPD accredited audience engagement skills trainer, coach and speaker. This is underpinned and enhanced by her listening skills as a Time to Think Certified coach. She works with subject matter experts to increase their impact in organisations, working nationally and internationally to help leaders engage with their audiences in-person and online.
Fiona published her first book, ‘Breathtaking Communication: Tools and Techniques for Everyday Leaders’ in 2023 and is currently working on Breathtaking Communication, the online course. Her life is divided between South Wales and Oxfordshire, and she is occasionally mismanaged by two adorable labradors!
Bob is a seasoned business leader with experience leading six companies and serving on 18 boards across private, public and charitable sectors. His background includes running a membership organization for business leaders, where he facilitated hundreds of meetings and workshops with hundreds of professional speakers. Now semi-retired, he’s passionate about sharing his practical insights to help other businesses – and speakers – thrive.
Degree-qualified with over 30 years’ professional experience in the fields of recruitment, marketing, property investing, teaching, podcasting, speaking, coaching and training gained from various employment and voluntary positions, Amy Rowlinson resourceful, people-focused and goal-driven. Today, Amy focuses on coaching and mentoring across two key areas: purpose and podcasting, sometimes both simultaneously!
Qualified as a Life Purpose Coach, Master NLP Coach, Journal Therapy Coach, Master Practitioner of NLP, Time Line Therapy™️ and Hypnosis, Amy works with clients to help them to design the life they desire through ‘living’ and not ‘existing’.
Event agenda
The venue
The Village Hotel – Nottingham
The Village HotelBrailsford Way
Beeston
Nottingham
NG9 6DL The Village Hotel
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