The Inspiration Sessions with Matt Bolton-Alarcón, Zoe Tuffs and Nic Neal

This recording is part of our open mic series of 5 minute talks that take place at the end of our Inspiration Sessions. This fantastic talk by Kelly Taws Founder of Athena Event Solutions lasts exactly 3 minutes and 22 seconds! Her talk is entitled ‘Saying Yes Before You Feel Ready’. As Kelly puts it: “Sometimes the best thing you can do is say yes, show up and trust that your confidence will catc...

This is our first live and in person inspiration session for 2026 specially created by the Elevate team, ensuring that the Elevate community receives the most valuable and impactful tools, resources, and inspiration.  In this talk  Zoe Tuffs   from   Times 10 Coaching   and people and culture consultant  Nic Neal  explore how, even when growth feels outside of ou...

This is our sixth live-and-in-person Inspiration Session for 2025, specially curated by the Elevate team ensuring that the Elevate community receives the most valuable and impactful tools, resources, and inspiration.  In this talk Zoe Tuffs , from Times 10 Coaching and Emma Castle from CastleBell Recruitment will challenge the concept of personal brand and will explore the value of values – h...

This is our fifth live-and-in-person Inspiration Session for 2025, specially curated by the Elevate team ensuring that the Elevate community receives the most valuable and impactful tools, resources and inspiration.  Networking can feel daunting at any stage of your career, but at its heart it’s about building meaningful connections. With the right mindset and strategies, it can be enjoyable...

This is our fourth live-and-in-person Inspiration Session for 2025, specially curated by the Elevate team ensuring that the Elevate community receives the most valuable and impactful tools, resources and inspiration.  We have two inspiring guest speakers delivering two talks for you in this episode. Lisa James, Founder of The Wentworth Collective and Louisa O’Connor, Founder and Managing Dire...

This is our third live-and-in-person Inspiration Session for 2025, specially curated for Elevate  by Matt Bolton-Alarcón of Special Sauce Training ensuring that our community receives the most valuable and impactful tools, resources, and inspiration.  In this talk you will learn how to move beyond slide decks and connect through emotion, clarity, and creative storytelling. Whether you're...

This is our second live-and-in-person Inspiration Session for 2025, specially curated for Elevate  by Matt Bolton-Alarcón of Special Sauce Training ensuring that our community receives the most valuable and impactful tools, resources, and inspiration.  In this talk Matt will help you unlock your creative mindset: break thought patterns, reframe challenges, and spark fresh ideas with simp...

This is our first LIVE-and-in-person Inspiration Session for 2025, specially created for  Elevate  by talent leadership coach  Zoe Tuffs from Times Ten Coaching , along with people and culture strategy consultant,  Nic Neal  ensuring that our community receives the most valuable and impactful tools, resources, and inspiration.  In this talk Zoe and Nic will be explain...

This is our third and final live-and-in-person Inspiration Session for 2024, specially created for Elevate by Matt Bolton-Alarcón of Special Sauce Training , ensuring that our community receives the most valuable and impactful content, tools, resources, and inspiration. Matt has worked for the last two decades in learning and development. He has trained thousands of people all over the world from...

This is our second LIVE-and-in-person Inspiration Session for 2024, specially created for Elevate by Matt Bolton-Alarcón of Special Sauce training ensuring that our community receives the most valuable and impactful content, tools, resources, and inspiration.  Matt has worked for the last two decades in learning and development. He has trained thousands of people all over the world from compa...

This is the second of our series of monthly inspirational talks for 2024 curated for Elevate by our People and Culture partners Zoe Tuffs from TIMES x10 Coaching, Nic Neal from Nic Neal Consultancy and our Learning Partner Matt Bolton-Alarcón of Special Sauce Training.  This session was expertly delivered by Matt who has worked for the last two decades in learning and development, he’s traine...

This is the first of our series of monthly inspirational talks for 2024 curated for Elevate by our People and Culture partners Zoe Tuffs from  Times x10 , Nic Neal from  Nic Neal Consultancy  and our Learning Partner Matt Bolton-Alarcón of  Special Sauce Training .  This session was expertly delivered by Zoe and Nic—these two don’t just chalk and talk! Entitled "How to Get...

This is the sixth episode of a series of monthly inspirational talks curated for the Elevate community by our friend  Matt Bolton-Alarcón  of  Special Sauce Training  for the Elevate community.  In this episode we unpick the topic of personal branding and what it means in the context of the events and experiential industry.  It's a topic that hosts  Zoe Tuffs &nb...

This is the fifth episode of a series of monthly inspirational talks curated for the Elevate community by our friend Matt Bolton-Alarcón  of  Special Sauce Training . In this episode, we tackle the very tricky subject of overwhelm in the events industry. Something we all experience but rarely talk about! Our host, Zoe Tuffs of Times Ten Coaching, chats to exec producer Jess Charles, peop...

This is the fourth of a series of monthly inspirational talks curated by our friend  Matt Bolton-Alarcón  of  Special Sauce Training . Our guest speaker is  Samme Allen , CEO and Founder of  ConferenceEmcees.com , the first global network of professional conference emcees, moderators and facilitators. This elite team deliver in person, virtual, or hybrid professional hosts...

This is the third in a series of monthly inspirational talks hosted and curated for Elevate by our learning partner Matt Bolton-Alarcón of Special Sauce Training . In this session Matt explores psychological safety and busts a few myths around this subject.  He shares practical tips on how you can build more psychological safety into the teams you're in.  It doesn't matter what level you...

This is the second of a series of monthly inspirational talks curated by our friend Matt Bolton-Alarcón of Special Sauce Training . Our guest speaker is Evie Manuel, Managing Director of London based immersive agency The Department. Evie started her career at the creative events agency Full Circle, joining the business as an events assistant. Seven years later she was appointed the managing direct...

This is the first of a series of monthly inspirational talks hosted and curated by our friend  Matt Bolton-Alarcón  of  Special Sauce Training .  Matt's topic for this sessions is 'Managing Your State (of Mind)’. Matt believes that 'how you are' is more important than 'what you know' or 'what you do', especially in those high-stakes stressful moments - and in the events industr...

The Inspiration Sessions podcast series has been specially created by the Elevate team, ensuring that the Elevate community receives the most valuable and impactful tools, resources and inspiration. In this episode, Lisa James , Founder of The Wentworth Collective , explores how event professionals can create virtual experiences that are more dynamic, more thoughtful and more memorable. Drawing on...

In this episode,  Dan Keene , Global Director at Wonder draws on lessons from the elite world of sport, he shares simple techniques for building positive habits and making steady progress towards personal and professional goals. His overarching message is that small, intentional changes can help anyone feel more prepared, more focused and more ready for their next chapter, 1% at a time. Recor...

In this session, communications coach  Mike Kelly  from  Speak The Speech , highlights key strategies for delivering engaging virtual presentations, meetings and interviews Stressing the importance of a strong first impression, he introduces “height, light, and sight” as a quick way to look more professional on camera. Mike also focuses on how “credible passion” and effective pacing...