The survey we ran at the end has told me that 100% of attendees gave this session 4* or above (out of 5)- which is a fantastic result. Even more impressively perhaps was that 100% of attendees also felt they’d learnt some actionable tips on how they can speak up in meetings (which is our measure of learning success). So, overall, a truly brilliant result.

Daisy Goddard - Everywoman

Thank you for a great workshop! It was fun, interesting, engaging, a great atmosphere and it reassured all of us and gave individual skills and points to work on!

Ingrid Caceres, Manager, ILS Dept, The Walt Disney Company

Though I have never been particularly afraid of public speaking, my thoughts – and consequently my delivery – often became chaotic when I was speaking in front of lots of people. However, Jude has brought ballast to the madness, helping me with everything from nerve management to posture. Speaking Works works.

Gavin Haines, Journalist

Had an introductory session with Jude and was blown away by her passion and depth of knowledge of her field. She is a strong advocate for science backed approaches which was a concern of mine beforehand. Even after the first session I feel I have some tools to take away and put into practice, I will be booking follow up sessions soon.

Sam Elstob - Brighton

Just that one session and I already really felt the benefit, thank you.

Amanda, Brighton

Thank you Jude for a great course this morning. I really enjoyed meeting you and the others on the course. I feel I learnt a lot of useful tips and feel much more confident about speaking at a meeting I have coming up. I would definitely recommend this course to friends and colleagues. Thanks again.

Jackie, Harpenden

It was absolutely brilliant and Jude was engaging and wonderful. It was challenging (in a good way!) life-changing and fun!

Client from Imperial College on a group session

My sessions with Jude were excellent from start to finish. Jude was very good at explaining each part of the process with great clarity. I felt that I was able to fully understand what we wanted to achieve by the end of each session, which helped me put into practice the ‘lessons learned’ when at work. I feel far more confident in my communication skills now! Thanks Jude!

Nicholas Atkinson, Oxford

The workshop was really engaging and useful. You have a really friendly and calming presence, which made what I thought would be quite a challenging session (being actually quite a nervous public speaker!) a fun and encouraging one! Somehow you managed to pack a tremendous amount of information, activities, and feedback into just an hour - we all took away something useful. Since your visit, we’ve shared our learnings with each other, and lots of us are really keen to come to more of your workshops, we can’t wait to learn more.

Lizzie Boyd, Brilliant Noise

I've worked with Jude to help me with speaking, both for my job and personally.
Jude has helped me with very practical, easy to understand methods of being clearer.
I'd often thought about speaking in terms of "what I'm saying" but working on things like breathing, emphasis, and slowing down has been a gamechanger.
I had a session with Jude before delivering a eulogy for my Mum's funeral - with her feedback I felt a lot more confident and prepared, which was incredibly helpful especially given the emotions of the event. Highly recommend Jude to anyone looking to improve their communications!

Andy K

Jude is an exceptional trainer. We bought her into our business to train the team in communication skills as it is a key part of our business. Every session with jude was so valuable and we had a marked difference in the teams performance immediately. Would highly recommend!

Amy Cahill - Quickfox

We had a group workshop and 1:1 sessions with Jude which have been so helpful. As a social media agency, we rely on being able to effectively communicate creative concepts to our clients and potential new clients which is where Jude's training has been invaluable. We'll be having 'top up' sessions in the future and I highly recommend anyone looking to improve their speaking and presentation skills to get in touch with Jude.

Becky Shepherd - SWWIM

I highly recommend Jude at Speaking Works to anyone looking to gain more confidence with public speaking! Jude offered expert guidance and so many tips, strategies and exercises to really help beat the nerves and speak with confidence - thanks Jude!

Lucy - Bee in The Woods

It’s been a wonderful journey to work with Jude and tackle some of my inner thoughts and outward sounds! This work can be (and I found it) deeply personal and rooted in our self-beliefs. Taking on the tasks and practising together, has really helped me to chip away at the barriers holding me back. I have loved my time with Jude, especially her sincerity and openness. I was really touched how she shared things and it was so useful to discuss deeper challenges and thought patterns. At each session she gave such useful pointers, tips and advice. And of course always expertly modelled the way! I am so grateful for this opportunity and support. I feel that I’ve been given a wonderful gift and secret insight into how to speak up to achieve more. I will keep up my practice and awareness, and look forward to utilising this new advantage that I’ve gained. Thank you so much.

Marie

Public speaking is something I often get nervous about, so I was excited and somewhat relieved to nab a ticket for Jude’s training. It didn’t disappoint! I really enjoyed learning about how great posture and voice techniques can help you speak with clarity and confidence.

Jude also helped me get my elevator pitch down, which is something that I hadn’t quite nailed until now.

I’m looking forward to putting what I learnt into practice and can’t wait to come along to another workshop!

Mel Berry Lelkesova, Digital Firefly

Jude’s workshop opened my eyes to a whole world of communications techniques that it would never have crossed my mind to consider using beforehand. She showed us simple and effective strategies for improving the clarity of our voices, and helped us to individually identify our weaknesses and find ways to address them. A massively valuable workshop for anyone who wants to be heard and understood better in any area of their work.

Chloe Upton, Logo and Brand identity designer

Having lived in England for 11 years my English is good, yet I had had the feeling people struggle to understand me sometimes. Put simply, I had not been articulating clearly. I had contacted Jude and we set on a journey to get my English into shape. Now I feel way more confident, and crucially, people understand me much better.

Vladimir Jirasek, Hertfordshire

Jude was a very warm and informative coach. I feel more confident and armed with the tools I need to improve - thank you.

Attendee from Presence & Impact Course

Thank you Jude for a great course this morning. I really enjoyed meeting you and the others on the course. I feel I learnt a lot of useful tips and feel much more confident about speaking at a meeting I have coming up. I would definitely recommend this course to friends and colleagues. Thanks again.

Jackie, Harpenden