"When it comes to tips, tricks and genuinely brilliant ideas for engaging your audience, you need go no further than Jackie Barrie.As RP for the London Region of the Professional Speaking Association this year, I needed a speaker to fill a session, the length of which wasn't going to be known until a few days … Continue reading “Genuinely brilliant ideas”
Category: speaking
Virtual coffee
"During lockdown, (and since) Jackie inspired, motivated, energised and entertained a group of professional speakers every Friday morning. Although she was not the host every week, she always had something planned for our virtual coffee mornings! She is engaging and professional, sharing a wealth of knowledge and expertise online." Ruth Fogg on LinkedIn
“A joy to watch Jackie in action”
As past President of Asia Professional Speakers Singapore, I was recently asked to recommend someone to deliver a virtual session for members on copywriting. I’d heard a lot of great things about Jackie from good friends and groups in the UK, so I recommended her. After so much Zoom fatigue and uninspiring or clumsy presentations, … Continue reading “A joy to watch Jackie in action”
Feedback from BHS
“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 … Continue reading “Excellent feedback”
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 … Continue reading 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 … Continue reading “Highly recommended”
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 … Continue reading Ooh look, I’m a doodle!
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 … Continue reading Insightful, professional and entertaining