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PSA North West December 2024: Collaboration Evolution!

12 December|17:30 - 21:00|The Village Hotel - Warrington - See full address

About this event

A warm welcome to PSA North West! Whether you’re an aspiring speaker or a seasoned professional, our meetings are a place to learn, grown and connect with other professionals who all ‘speak’ as part of their role.

Join us and become part of a thriving community who support each other to ‘Speak Better’ and ‘Speak More’.

To round off the year, December’s meeting will be a celebration of all things speaking and collaboration!

We’re delighted to welcome PSA legend Roger Harrop, alongside our PSA National President Michelle Mills-Porter who’ll be sharing her President’s address entitled “Collaboration Evolution”.

Keynote speakers

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

Roger Harrop has spent over 25 years leading international businesses, including a Public Limited Company (plc), which puts him in a unique position to deal with present-day business challenges.

Based in Oxford in the UK, he’s an international business growth speaker who inspires and entertains audiences with his acclaimed Staying in the Helicopter® programmes. Over 30,000 CEOs, business leaders and others, across 50 countries, have achieved transformational change through his thought-provoking and entertaining talks laced with real-life stories and humour.
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Roger is also an author, business advisor, mentor, consultant and independent director.

He has unusually wide leadership experience: from small start-ups to multi-nationals and from high-tech products to basic commodities, people-based service businesses, and not-for-profit organisations.

Roger spent seven years as Group Chief Executive of a FTSE quoted, high-tech industrial group with 12 sites across four continents. The UK Government mentioned it in its ‘Competitiveness’ White Paper. Forbes Magazine in the US included the group among its list of the top 100 overseas companies. Two business schools have used it as a benchmark case study on culture change and business re-engineering.

Roger tutored on a leading leadership and team building programme for over 25 years.

He’s a keen mountain biker and classic car enthusiast.

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.

Event agenda

17:30
Informal Networking
18:00
Start and Welcome
18:10
Showcase Speaker
18:30
Keynote Speaker - Roger Harrop
19:15
Break & Networking with refreshments
19:45
Keynote Speaker - Michelle Mills-Porter
20:30
Wrap-up, final messages and finish
20:45
Informal networking

The venue

Get in touch with the organiser

Kerry Lockyer

Regional President - PSA North West

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PSA North West December 2024: Collaboration Evolution!

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