“Excellent feedback”

"Just a quick note to thank you for joining our group yesterday. It was good to see you again. I have already had excellent feedback from some of the participants and I’m sure more will follow when we do our usual post meeting survey. As always, everyone enjoys your presentation style and interactive approach." Chris …

Practical and helpful

About a one-hour interactive talk designed to help PPP franchisees write better Spareroom ads (customised for five UK regions so far and being reproduced as a series of videos for their intranet): "Thank you very much for attending our meeting yesterday. I have had some lovely comments from our guys about your practical and helpful …

300% increase

After my recent talk about speaker websites: "I always value your advice, Jackie. From your last presentation, a (relatively) simple change to Henry’s website has just increased our incoming speaking enquiries by 300%." QJ

“Highly recommended”

"Jackie gave an excellent, practical and engaging talk to the Professional Speaking Association in London. Anyone booking her as a speaker for their event will find exactly what we did - their delegates will leave the room with waffle-free, concrete actions they can take to improve their literature the following day. Highly recommended." Guy Clapperton …

Ooh look, I’m a doodle!

This week, I was guest speaker at the first virtual meeting of the Professional Speakers' Association Southern Africa (PSASA). I did a top ten rundown of the most common mistakes speakers make on their websites. Each point was captured by a professional doodler. Here are some of the attendee comments: "Thank you for an awesome …

Insightful, professional and entertaining

"Jackie led an impressive session last week helping business owners think about their core message to potential customers. Feeding back to the audience what she had gleaned from networking and introductions, Jackie provided a combination of insightful feedback and high-quality ideas for improvement in a professional and entertaining way. Very good indeed!" Martin Munro, The …

Standing ovation

"I had the absolute pleasure of attending one of Jackie's talks this week. Jackie's presentation was highly informative and engaging. The whole audience joined in with the interactive parts and it really made everyone in the room think about their own business messages. Jackie bubbles with ideas and we all left on a high, motivated …

“Delivered brilliance”

"I booked Jackie to speak at my business event in St Albans. Jackie is brilliant at what she does, and in communicating about her knowledge so that other people "get" it too. The event was for business owners, and I'm already receiving feedback on how Jackie's talk immediately impacted the way they market themselves. The …

“Can energise an audience”

"Jackie Barrie conducted the active networking session at our Stand Up Speak Out Be Heard conference. An event that I organised on behalf of the Professional Speaking Association and sponsored by Sage. Using her improv skills, Jackie can energise an audience that has sat and listened to speakers and make networking sessions fun and informative. …

“Nailed it”

"Jackie was a speaker at our inaugural Inspire Recruitment event. In short she "Nailed it", She took a potentially boring subject and made it interesting and exciting for the audience. Her delivery style showed not only her ability to engage a crowd but her commitment to tailoring her presentation to the audience. I would not …