Power To Speak with Confidence. Conversations that will inspire and empower.

The 4 February was World Cancer Day and so my guest for this episode, like me has fought cancer. MMS founder, Patrick Melville uses his experience to help companies and individuals with their marketing and mental health. He has a passion to take away mental health stigma and help others avoid burnout caused by work and personal trauma. We discussed how he approaches uncomfortable subjects in his t...

Speaking About Speaking (S.A.S.) is a weekly opportunity for me and another fabulous speaker or speaker coach to discuss all things speaking. In this previously LIVE episode, I will be speaking about speaking with guest communication skills trainer & business storyteller, Andrew Thorp. Andrew works with leaders and other professionals to help them communicate in a more effective way, whether on a...

My guest for this episode calls herself a Creativity Doula. It describes what Hollis Citron does beautifully. But what is a Creativity Doula? Listen to the episode to find out, of course, but in a nutshell, Hollis helps her clients 'birth' their creativity. She gives them permission and support to express themselves creatively. A former art teacher, turned coach, multi-book author, publisher and h...

Speaking About Speaking (S.A.S.) is a weekly opportunity for me and another fabulous speaker or speaker coach to discuss all things speaking. In this previously LIVE episode, I spoke about speaking with Brian Hilliard, a Popular Speaker, Coach & Author of the Best-Selling Book “Networking Like a Pro!” Since 2001, Brian has written 7 books, created 200 podcasts, and has spoken at literally hundreds...

Speaking About Speaking (S.A.S.) is a weekly opportunity for me and another fabulous speaker or speaker coach to discuss all things speaking. In this LIVE episode, I will be speaking about speaking with today’s guest author of Mental Theft, Paul Newton. Following a brush with the military, magician, mind reader, and former actor Paul, now talks about cyber security and cybercrime. He's a much soug...

Speaking About Speaking (S.A.S.) will be a weekly opportunity for me and another fabulous speaker or speaker coach to discuss all things speaking. My guest for this LIVE Speaking About Speaking episode is Rikki Arundel. Rikki is a storytelling Expert and Gender Inclusion Speaker, They are the founder of the UK Professional Speaking Association, and help business leaders and professional speakers t...

My guest is an online course mentor and former BBC comedy writer, Glen Long. Currently, Glen is an online course mentor, helping individuals and small teams to create effective and engaging courses, cutting through the hype that surrounds online courses. Before that, he was the "Course Creation Guy" for a 7-Figure Entrepreneur creating courses that generated over $1 million in revenue and served 1...

Jackie Goddard, founder of Power To Speak, talks with speaker and voice & presentation skills trainer, Simon Raybould. Simon is the director of the training company Aware Plus and helps anyone who wants to make better use of their voice and make more impact with their presentations. He spent 24 years as a research scientist and now works with professionals that would rather not be on a stage at al...

Mark England is a TEDx Speaker and Co-founder and Head Coach of Enlifted. He has been researching, coaching and presenting on the power of language and identity for the past 15 years. Believe me when I say this was a fascinating conversation! Mark is a language expert and we discuss how the words used can define us and how we influence others. He shows me how, with subtle changes in the way we spe...

Jackie Goddard, the founder of Power To Speak, talks with Caribbean voice actor and speaker coach, Daya Ottley. Daya has been a Voice Over artist for over 2 decades and uses the skills he acquired when working with clients. He helps them understand how to communicate with expression, warmth and colour. Jackie and Daya both use their experience as performers to help their coaching clients step in f...

Join me and speaker, magician, podcast host and CEO of The Confident Club, Ricky Locke. We speak about all things speaking and share tips and techniques to build your confidence and get you excited about speaking to your audience. Including, the power of metaphor and stories to convey your message especially when data-heavy. How to avoid torture by PowerPoint and how props can spark curiosity. To...

Ricky Locke, speaker, award-winning magician of The Magic Circle, CEO of the Confident Club & host of the Unlocked podcast, speaks with me, Jackie Goddard. With an extensive background in Retail leadership, colleague development & training, over the last 15 years, as well as running his own business, he's been on the front line in one of the UK's biggest retailers; performing, serving, studying an...

Carlton Brunton is a video marketing expert with a wealth of knowledge and experience in helping business owners to build their audience and share their passion. Salisbury-based, Carlton, set up Brunton Media in 2017 and went full-time just as the pandemic hit. We discuss everything related to showing up on film.  From video marketing to 'trend jacking'.  Whether you should go for views or clients...

Speaking About Speaking (S.A.S.) is a weekly opportunity for me and another fabulous speaker or speaker coach to discuss all things speaking. In this previously LIVE episode, Trisha Lewis and I will be speaking about speaking. We both started as actors before moving into the communication and speaker coaching field, so there's a lot to talk about. Communication and confidence coach, Trisha, has wr...

I'm LIVE with voice coach and former TV and radio personality, Susan Murphy. Susan's spent the majority of her 40-year career on-air. Starting as a shadow traffic reporter and programme director in Philadelphia she then moved to New York and became a radio personality before hosting and producing PBS television fundraising drives, crossing paths with our very own Charlotte Church. She once even ro...

My first guest for the live stream of Speaking About Speaking was the WORLD’S BEST speaker, (in my opinion!) the amazing, Tom Morris! Tom is not only the world’s best keynote speaker having spoken over 1200 times, but he’s also known as America’s philosopher and has written 30 fiction and non-fiction books. The man is a legend - think Gandalf, Dumbledore and Yoda all rolled into one! Whether you a...

Brand Consultant and Digital Marketer, the 'Frank' part of frankandmarci.com, and Rise Above the Blah founder, Frank Prendergast is a creative Irishman, artist and actor who talks about personal brand and storytelling. He is the perfect guest for me! He says, 'Nothing in my long and winding path has turned out to be futile. These days, I utilise all the different aspects of my creativity in my wor...

My guest is personal brand specialist and founder of Much More Social, Ella Orr. Ella does social media marketing & personal branding for finance, law and regulated industries. She's a former teacher and event speaker. She lifts brands – and weights 🏋🏾‍♀️ She retrained in social media marketing following a long career as a teacher, so has accumulated a wealth of knowledge and experience on her fi...

My guest is speaker, coach, and founder of MasterTalk, Brenden Kumarasamy. Canadian, Brenden has been coaching since he was 19! Now 27, he’s an experienced and expert communication coach. He started by coaching his fellow business students and learnt his craft by teaching others. His YouTube channel has nearly 29K subscribers and is jam-packed with valuable free resources on how to communicate con...

Anna Grabow is a business mentor and coach focused on changing the way others view the world. She used to believe that the world was out to get her, but through divine life experiences, came to realize that life is not what we thought-- it is actually all created out of love. She hosts The Premise of Purpose Podcast, a show where entrepreneurs and other leaders are interviewed on how they found th...

Ben Albert is the founder and CEO of Balbert marketing and the founder, host and producer of the Real Business Connections podcast. When Covid hit in March 2020 Ben was a sales executive bobbing along quite nicely in his hometown of Rochester, New York. Within a month he was unemployed and in his own words ‘lost’.   He was in a dark place, taking comfort in a bottle of whiskey. Did he say did he s...

My guest is voice-over artist, Santa Claus extraordinaire and all-round creative being, Richard Crossman Richard is Canadian-born but of British heritage. It's the reason he is so adept at its regional accents, particularly English RP (received pronunciation), beloved by BBC broadcasters of the 50s. Currently, he is a voice-over artist working from his home studio and due to his not-so-passing res...

Welcome to this special ‘best of...’ edition of Power To Speak, the podcast. Unbelievably, the podcast is 2 years old. During that time, I’ve had the privilege to speak with creatives, business owners and thought leaders about the importance of creativity for their work and life, as well as their unique journeys. Thanks to the podcast I have learnt, been inspired, educated, and enthused by those I...

Susan Murphy's spent the majority of her 40-year career on-air. Starting as a shadow traffic reporter and programme director in Philadelphia she then moved to New York and became a radio personality before hosting and producing PBS television fundraising drives, crossing paths with our very own Charlotte Church. She once even rode an elephant through New York. She's been a voice-over artist for co...

Polymorph and wide boy is the way that Jason De Jonge describes himself. According to Linkedin, Jason is a recruitment and outsourcing specialist, a public speaker and a manager of a team of e-commerce gurus. With this many job titles, he is, indeed, polymorphic. But 'wide boy'?  Well, he started his career on the family market stall selling souvenirs to tourists in London's West End, followed by...