Events

PSA Yorkshire June 2025: Speak for Impact

28 June|09:00 - 13:00|Novotel Leeds Centre - See full address

About this event

Calling All Speakers — PSA Yorkshire Wants YOU!

Whether you’re just at the beginning of your speaking journey or you’re a seasoned speaker ready to catapult your influence, this event is for you.

Join us for another exciting, high-impact event designed to supercharge your speaking career.

Why You Should Be There:

  • Discover insider strategies from powerhouse speakers who’ve been there and done it
  • Learn how to wow your audience, and build a stand-out personal brand
  • Network with a dynamic community of speakers, coaches, and industry pros
  • Walk away with practical tools to speak more and speak better

We’ll also be hearing from speakers Simon Raybould and Richard Pascoe.

Don’t miss this chance to sharpen your skills, grow your business, and connect with a powerful tribe of like-minded leaders.

Reserve your seat today — because your voice deserves the spotlight.

Keynote speakers

Simon Raybould
Regional President, PSA North East
Richard Pascoe
Simon Raybould - Regional President, PSA North East
Simon Raybould started his career as a research scientist, using “very hard sums” to look at causes of childhood cancers.  He had a 24 year career as a research scientist working with organisations as varied as The W.H.O., the Westminster governments (of various colours!) and the police. This training is one of the things that makes him special as a speaker – he rarely “does opinion”. Instead in draws on a wide research base to stick to what’s to been proven to be true.
Along side this he’s worked as a teacher, lighting designer for dance companies, author, speaker, playwright and professional actor.
He’s also a reasonably proficient fire-eater!

Website – https://simonraybould.wordpress.com/about-simon-raybould/

Richard Pascoe

Richard is one of the UK’s top experts in advanced presentation skills, especially in commercial business situations.

Richard spent 18 years at Procter & Gamble, in a range of UK-based and global roles in sales, insights, and learning & development.  In addition, he soon became their go-to global expert on advanced presentation skills training – becoming known as the “guru grandfather of presentation skills”.

Since 2016 Richard has shifted this ‘side hustle’ into being is sole focus.  Today he  runs Making Presentations.  He works with large multinationals like Procter & Gamble and Carslberg, UK companies like Channel 4 and TTP, and heroic charities like the Trussell Trust and Yorkshire Cancer Research.   He designs and delivers training courses, leads executive coaching and delivers keynote talks all an array of topics within making presentations – “The science and art of saying things brilliantly”.

Richard is the co-author, with Kirstie Hawkes, of “The Versatile Presenter: Master 12 styles to get the response you need” – a book that tells you how to break-out of your one fixed style of presenting and to embody any of twelve different styles.  It transforms you into a truly versatile business presenter.

The venue

Get in touch with the organiser

Barbara Nixon

Regional President - Yorkshire

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PSA Yorkshire June 2025: Speak for Impact

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Members Early Bird
£27.50
+ VAT and fees
Members Standard
£40
+ VAT and fees
First Time Visitors
£27.50
+ VAT and fees
Non Members
£55
+ VAT and fees
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