About this event
At PSA North East our focus is on helping you to be better at speaking and presenting in front of others regardless of your speaking experience or aspirations.
At PSA North East you get a warm welcome, a packed 3-hour session, good craic, a learning opportunity and of course… great speakers!
Keynote speaker: Julie Holmes
Pivot to Products: How to Add Products to Your Professional Speaking Portfolio
In the blink of an eye everything changed. Your plans. Your forecasts. All out the window.
Cancellations, postponements and a dose of high-octane panic leave you feeling overwhelmed, confused and uncertain about what’s next. Events might be coming back but many of us aren’t willing to put ALL our eggs in that speaking basket again.
Being a speaker was great … maybe it still is … but if we’ve learned one thing during Covid (aside from the popularity of toilet paper), it’s that we have to re-think our business models and find new ways to stabilize and diversify. After all, you’re an entrepreneur and speaking is just ONE of your products.
Takeaways:
As an inventor and entrepreneur (as well as a speaker), I’ve spent over 20 years creating and launching products for companies big and small. In this talk, I’m excited to share with you my favourite, tried and true strategies to:
- Turn revenue streams into revenue fountains
- Spot irresistible product ideas
- Productize ANYTHING (even your keynote!)
- Get excited about your business again!
Business as usual is over. It’s time to get creative. Time to rethink, reframe, retool, and renew. We are going to have a lot of fun!
Keynote speaker: Hilary Briggs
Overcoming overwhelm
As a manager and leader in the current context, some level of overwhelm is inevitable. Therefore knowing how to monitor yourself, discovering how to regain control, and minimise overwhelm longer term are essential skills.
This talk will explore the main causes of overwhelm and actions to take from the perspectives of both you and your organisation – to give some concrete steps for you and your team to overcome overwhelm.
Takeaways:
- Signs to alert you to dangerous levels of overwhelm
- Three practical actions for you to tackle any overwhelm coming your way
- Three areas to address in your organisation to minimise levels of overwhelm for your staff
Simon Raybould will also share his Showcase Beyond Storytelling AKA Is storytelling screwing up your presentations
We look forward to welcoming you to PSA North East this April!
Keynote speakers
Introducing Julie Holmes, Fellow PSAUKI – an award-winning speaker, seasoned entrepreneur, and innovative inventor known for crafting products adored by thousands across more than 60 countries. Her creative flair has led to products like SpeakerFlow CRM and Hey Mic! (a pioneering wireless Bluetooth microphone), as well as dozens of digital products. Together, these have driven hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue, propelling her business and expanding her network exponentially.
With her unique blend of wit, wisdom, and an undying passion for entrepreneurship, Julie is a force to be reckoned with in the business world. And let’s not forget her piano-playing, trick-trained dogs that add a dash of furry charm!
Once described as “Britain’s most exciting woman executive under 40” by Business Age Magazine, Hilary trained as an engineer at the University of Cambridge before her corporate career with Rover Group, Whirlpool Europe and Laird Group plc.
For the last 20 years she’s supported smaller businesses to improve productivity, performance and profits.
In the last seven years, she’s got into triathlons, transforming herself from low-grade amateur to member of the Team GB Age Group team, 2023 European Champion and World Championships silver medallist, overcoming a major Achilles injury on the way!
Hilary is an International Speaker, the winner of the 2022 PSA Speaker Factor contest and a TEDx speaker.
Event agenda
The venue
County Hotel, Newcastle upon Tyne
Neville Street
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 5DF
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