About this event
Are you ready to level up your speaking business with real-world insights from two expert speakers?
Join us for an inspiring and practical evening featuring two powerhouse professionals who’ve been there, done that — and are ready to share everything they’ve learned.
Our first speaker is Roger Harrop – Global speaker, business leader, and PSAE Award holder – “A Chat With…”
Roger pulls back the curtain on 21 years of success, challenges, and the surprising truths of building a profitable, joyful speaking career. Expect hard-won advice on getting booked, staying relevant, managing problems, and making more money — all delivered with humour and insight into how to have fun along the way.
Our second speaker Alastair Greener – Communications expert, MC master & PSA Vice President will be presenting his MC’ing Masterclass. Alastair will arm you with the essential tools every speaker needs to confidently MC events — from writing killer introductions to keeping things on track when the tech fails and the panel goes rogue. With over 30 years of experience presenting on television and on stage Alastair has hosted hundreds of events from conferences and award ceremonies to charity auctions
Whether you’re just starting your speaking business or you’re looking to improve your bookings and develop new income streams — this is a must-attend session if you want to short cut your speaking journey and learn from the speaking experts
Plus we’ll be holding the heats of the Professional Speakers Competition, so if you’re a PSA member get your application in to be in the competition.
Keynote speakers
As a speaker specialising in Generational Communication, Alastair helps organisations understand and bridge the communication gap between generations.
He is the founder of Present Yourself, leading workshops on communication, and is also an experienced event
MC and moderator.
As President, Alastair oversees the PSA’s two annual conferences in 2026 (Impact and the Speaking Business Summit) and plays an active role on the PSA Board. He is PSA Fellow, former Regional President and Director of Regions, and his
mission for the year is to help us all Speak More and Speak Better through The Art of Connection.
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.
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