About this event
Resilience, Brand & Strategy – Elevate Your Speaking Business
What does it really take to succeed as a professional speaker in today’s world?
It’s more than just great content and stage presence — it’s about knowing who you are, what you stand for, and how to run your business like a pro.
At our November PSA South East event, we bring together three outstanding keynote speakers who will equip you with the mindset, strategy, and authenticity to take your speaking business to the next level.
Whether you’re just getting started or looking to refine your direction, this evening is designed to give you practical tools, inspiring insights, and a supportive community to move forward with confidence.
What You’ll Learn:
- How to build a thriving speaker business with clarity and consistency
- How to align your brand with your true voice and connect more deeply with your audience
- How to transform adversity into strength and resilience — on stage and in business
- Proven tips for marketing yourself, generating leads, and standing out in a crowded marketplace
- A renewed sense of purpose, presence, and professionalism
Who Should Attend:
- PSA members at all levels: Associates, Professionals, Fellows
- Aspiring or emerging speakers building their brand and business
- Experienced speakers ready to evolve, scale, or reconnect with their “why”
- Coaches, consultants, trainers and entrepreneurs using speaking as a key revenue stream
Join us for an evening of reflection, insight, and strategy. Surround yourself with like-minded speakers and leave with the tools and inspiration to finish the year strong — and set yourself up for success in 2026.
Keynote speakers
Deborah Henley is a leadership communication expert who has worked with senior execs from Accenture, Santander and Cisco to the Royal Society, the MOD and the AWE. She was shortlisted in the 2019 Business Book Awards for ‘Your Leadership Story’, and combines her professional background in clinical and business psychology, neurolinguistics, and hypnotherapy with her many extraordinary life experiences: sailing the world’s oceans, being held at gunpoint, as a journalist in Peru, working behind the cameras at Pinewood and Shepperton Studios and leading training around the world to help leaders to become extraordinary.
Darren Harris is a speaker, coach and facilitator who gives people in business and education the psychological skills to overcome adversity. He works with organisations that want a fun, unique and positive perspective.
He lost his sight after he was diagnosed with cancer of both eyes. But although he couldn’t regain his sight, he could unblind his mind, which meant transforming how he viewed blindness.
A dual Paralympian, Darren is best known as England’s most capped blind footballer. But he also competed at the Games in judo.
His motto is “Your eyes are useless unless you use what’s between your ears”.
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.
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