Testimonials: James Stalley

Confident Public Speaking and Presentation Skills training and coaching in person and online

With Philippa Hammond

Brighton, Sussex, UK and beyond

‘As some who is confident in life and in business I lacked something which I feel is looming over me – the prospect of being in front of a camera and talking on video! I found Philippa through local google search and after an initial consultation call I felt at ease and confident that I had found the right person to help me. I found my tuition with Philippa as an experience that just kept giving! My confidence and understanding the lessons and homework given to me grew each week. Now I have gone from feeling and sounding like a bumbling, stumbling robot on video to my more natural, charismatic self – feeling more confident to give speeches without the need to use a teleprompter gadgets etc. Definitely worth the investment and Philippa is genuinely a lovely person with a rich history which makes her great at what she does today. Thanks again Philippa!! :)’

James Stalley, founding director Pure Choice Partnership

Testimonials: Stephanie Cronin

Confident Public Speaking and Presentation Skills training and coaching in person and online

With Philippa Hammond

Brighton, Sussex, UK and beyond

‘I recently worked with Philippa to smarten up my presentation technique and confidence. Philippa was so easy to work with, welcoming and understood the areas I was looking to improve. She listened and offered advice and a whole variety of ways to change my delivery. Even after our session together, Philippa sent an incredibly detailed overview of our conversation notes and this has been valuable to reflect back on for a refresher when needed. I would not hesitate to recommend Philippa to anyone that is looking to boost their skills and confidence – thank you Philippa!’

Stephanie Cronin, Summers Photography

Testimonials: Issac Theophilos

Confident Public Speaking and Presentation Skills training and coaching in person and online

With Philippa Hammond

Brighton, Sussex, UK and beyond

‘Philippa helped me with public speaking at the early part and as required during my career as a public speaker. Philippa’s acting skill was an added benefit for me which helped me to focus on voice modulation, posture, expressions and several other domains of effective speaking. Highly recommended if you are setting out on journey to public speaking. Thanks Philippa.’

Issac Theophilos, author of the Amazon bestseller book ‘How To Get Outstanding.’

Testimonials: Corinne Card

‘It’s life changing’

Confident Public Speaking and Presentation Skills training and coaching in person and online

With Philippa Hammond

Brighton, Sussex, UK and beyond

‘I worked with Philippa after starting my own business. I had been asked to speak at BrightonSEO in spring 2018, in front of 500 industry insiders, and I had never spoken in front of a large audience before.

The thought was overwhelming and terrifying, but I knew that an opportunity like this could help my business if I could perform well on the day.

Through one-on-one coaching, Philippa helped me to build my confidence. She also taught me the tricks of the trade for public speaking and how I could make the most of my natural speaking style.

The BrightonSEO speech was a success and I was asked back to speak at the same conference in 2019, this time in front of 1,000 people.

It’s life-changing to have the confidence and know-how to speak well in public. I’d recommend that anyone who wants to improve professionally and personally invests in a coaching course with Philippa.’

Corinne Card, co-founder Full Story Media, trainer, speaker, digital PR

Testimonials: James Clammer

‘I did my reading in London last night for the new publishers and it went REALLY WELL. Thank you so much … that session and the advice you gave me was invaluable. I practised loads beforehand as you recommended and it paid off. I even felt surprisingly calm before going on … This is a massive confidence boost and it’s mostly thanks to you!’

James Clammer, author, Carnegie medal nominee

Testimonials: Employability and Outplacement workshops

Feedback from my recent career development and employability seminars in Brighton, Sussex and Surrey

Confident Public Speaking, Presentation and Employability Skills training and coaching in person and online

With Philippa Hammond

Brighton, Sussex, UK and beyond

 A range of highly interactive workshops, programmes and 1-1s with a 70:20:10 approach, including discussions, group work, skills practice, essential new knowledge and a real confidence boost for those facing redundancy or seeking a career change. And no PowerPoint!

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Testimonials for Brand ‘New You’ employability skills training seminars

Training, coaching and inspiring for success in

Building confidence

Creating the CV for business impact

Self-presentation and interview skills

For leaders, managers and business people

For anyone seeking their next career step

Client feedback is recorded anonymously. A selection of some delegates’ comments:

About Philippa Hammond

Excellent

She was very good and explained things well

Philippa was very knowledgeable in delivering the course

Excellent, very informative, friendly, knows her stuff!

The course leader was very clear in explaining what was expected of us and was overall very good at advising

Very good tutor. Very easy, understandable. So it was great to be in this course.

Lovely and a great teacher

It has been a great experience with Pippa, she was great

Very informative. Has helped me to answer questions I would normally have “ummed” and “aa-ed”. Pippa was always on hand to explain things in an indepth and understandable way.

Friendly and a great communicator. Thank you.

Quite a confidence booster. Excellent encouraging presenter. Met some great people. I feel much better prepared to promote myself

The course speaker, was fantastic + really made it a very informative and enjoyable experience. I really gained a lot + she has given me confidence

Pippa was brilliant! Clear, precise & explained everything in detail without condescending. Allowed us to work at our own pace whilst staying on topic.

Every problem / worry was explained in a clear concise manner, making me feel secure in what I was doing

Extremely helpful! Everything was broken down and analysed to clear any problems that may have arisen.

What was the most valuable part of the workshop?

Learning interview skills

Interview techniques

Understanding the layout of CV

I enjoyed the group work and discussion

Personal impact, interview skills, creating a CV and developing an online presence that speaks volumes about you and your potential …

Help with CV and mock phone interviews were very helpful

Able to assess and readjust my CV in the best way possible

Advice about covering letters and interview questions helped me realise where I was going wrong

All stuff covered was very useful, will definitely be putting techniques into practice to enhance my job search.

A really useful reminder of the diverse aspects involved in the search for new employment.

Surprisingly useful information. Should really be taught in schools. It is important to receive this before leaving education.

The most useful help was how to conduct myself during different interview types

Be more confident in the answers at interview

I would use this on my CV and preparing for future interviews

I feel much more confident and have more ideas and understanding of what employers want

Comments

Fantastic course – will recommend it to others

Fun experience – I learned much and will use my new knowledge for a better career

The course was extremely helpful – I feel confident in my search again as it opened up new gateways

Very good!! Very enjoyable.

It was very helpful and informative course.

The whole course was very helpful and enlightening. It helped me to realise where some of my strengths and weaknesses are.

I had a great time on my course and found it fun to play a role as a team player

Knowing I can achieve my goals and anything is possible – I was very happy with everything.

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Welcome to Speaking Well in Public

Deal with nerves, build confidence, learn a vital business skill

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scared of public speaking – but you know you have to do it if you’re going to win those brilliant opportunities?

Needing your teams to speak about your business – but you know they lack the confidence and skills to give a great message about you and what you do?

Ready to deal with nerves and build confidence, enhance personal and professional image and get your message across with style?

Welcome to Speaking Well In Public

Confident public speaking and presentation skills corporate workshops

Train the trainer corporate workshops

Private 1-1 coaching programmes

With Philippa Hammond

Brighton, Sussex, UK and beyond

Philippa Hammond

Whether you need to speak for leadership, training and business, performance and social occasions, education, employability or as a great new life skill, I can help.

The ancient Greeks knew a thing or two about public speaking. They recognised that an audience needs to like, trust and understand you before they’ll start listening to you.

And they knew about ‘glossophobia, or ‘tongue terror’ – the fear of public speaking.

Me too. I’m standing on stage about three quarters of the way through the first ever performance of my first solo show. And then something terrifying happens. A voice in my head starts saying ‘You can’t do this. You don’t know your lines. They don’t like you.’ I freeze, my mind goes blank – and I walk off stage.

That could have been it for me as an actor. But the next night I went on – and I did it. And the audience came back. And the next year we took the show to Edinburgh, to four star reviews.

I beat the fear – and so can you.

Now I combine my pro actor / voice artist skills with my corporate learning and development consultancy experience in my Confident Public Speaking training.

I’ll share the secrets actors, speakers and trainers have used for centuries to deal with nerves and develop confidence, feel, look and sound better, and craft and deliver a great message about you and your business to any audience.

Simple, straightforward – anyone can learn, with Speaking Well In Public.

The benefits of Confident Public Speaking skills

Deal with nerves and build confidence

Enhance your business, social and professional life

Improve your personal impact at meetings, conferences and networking events

Build your professional brand

Create a confident and credible lasting first impression

Capture and keep your audience’s attention

Get your message across

Win your next contract

Secure your next role or promotion

Develop your team

Improve internal communications

Improve the way the company is perceived by the outside world

Training for leadership, training and business, for education, employability, performance, work and life

What they’re saying

Feel much better about presenting … Fantastic … I can’t wait to put it into practice … Exceeded all expectations … A great day with Philippa @TalkingSpeaking learning something different!’

[Received later:] ‘ My day with you continues to pay off. On Friday I organised a Dispute Resolution Seminar for about 60 lawyers. We had speakers from all over plus some very eminent High Court Judges. I did not even get nervous this time, after all after the National Conference with over 500 delegates, why would I?!?!’

Sharon Kay, Partner Kay & Pascoe LLP @SharonLKay

‘…. I highly recommend Philippa to anyone who would like to speak confidently and well in public.”

Claire Griffin, Claire Griffin Talent Ltd

” … thank you for the help with my recent public speaking foray … I don’t think the speech could have gone better … I had some lovely comments afterwards from people I really respect, who asked how I was so calm”

Joanne Edwards, chair of Resolution
[the national family lawyers association]

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