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- Adrian Webster
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- Michael McGrath
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- Alan Stevens
- Jeff Grout
- Mark Perl
- Andy Mouncey
Inspirational Speakers
1st Floor, Equity House
Knight Street
South Woodham Ferrers
Essex, CM3 5ZL
☎ 01245 328 303
Lesley Everett
Personal Branding Expert
Lesley is an executive coach and provides a high impact Executive Brand Coaching Programme to senior corporate executives and entrepreneurs.
Lesley is able to deliver to you any one of the following packages to your company
Full-day – Workshop - Build your Personal Brand Workshop – includes materials for up to 10 delegates
A Half-day break-out session - Build your Personal Brand Workshop – (includes materials for up to 10 delegates)
A Video-based Programme – Build your Executive Presence with Personal Branding
This comprises of 12 x 10-minute Modules of bite-sized nuggets of core Walking TALL messages delivered to your inbox 3 times a week for 4 weeks. Designed to energise, inspire and keep momentum going after a keynote or workshop
Lesley Everett delivers techniques to show you how to stand out from the crowd in your own authentic and individual way. Her clear and practical methodology for building and maintaining your Personal Brand.
Books and CDs are available to add to all available packages:
In a climate where business leaders are increasingly concerned with the people elements of their businesses and differentiation, personal branding and image impact coaching is becoming a vital part of staff development. It is an extremely effective means of increasing executive presence, confidence, personal impact and motivation, resulting in increased personal effectiveness and productivity.
What does Personal Branding Training and Coaching provide?
Maximises your corporate brand investment via your people
Motivates staff to be the best they can be, authentically
Improves personal impact and confidence
Increases visibility and exposure using your unique core brand
Provides a powerful differentiator for you and your business
Develops executive presence
Creates consistency
Increases personal effectiveness
Reinforces corporate image and culture, internally and externally
Builds increased confidence – at all levels
Develops impactful presentational brand Improves sales success
Helps achieve maximum positive personal impact and delivery in any customer facing competitive business situation
Maximises the impact of non-verbal communication
Demonstrates commitment to personal development
Maximises your investment in all other corporate training programmes
Maximises your corporate brand investment - people are the strongest element of your corporate brand today
What does Personal Branding Training and Coaching provide?
Maximises your corporate brand investment via your people
Motivates staff to be the best they can be, authentically
Improves personal impact and confidence
Increases visibility and exposure using your unique core brand
Provides a powerful differentiator for you and your business
Develops executive presence
Creates consistency
Increases personal effectiveness
Reinforces corporate image and culture, internally and externally
Builds increased confidence – at all levels
Develops impactful presentational brand Improves sales success
Helps achieve maximum positive personal impact and delivery in any customer facing competitive business situation
Maximises the impact of non-verbal communication
Demonstrates commitment to personal development
Maximises your investment in all other corporate training programmes
Maximises your corporate brand investment - people are the strongest element of your corporate brand today
Lesley Everett is an International Keynote Speaker and thought-leader on personal branding and perception management. She is a highly-rated and well-respected conference and keynote speaker, author, columnist and media personality.
She has a unique ability to inspire audiences with her special blend of professionalism and fun interaction. This teamed with the directness that the subject requires, has resulted in an impressive international blue-chip and FTSE 100 client list, including names such as Lehman Brothers, BT and Barclays Bank. She presents to audiences across the globe.
Lesley is the creator of the internationally acclaimed Walking TALL® Personal Branding Coaching Concept, which helps individuals to define themselves with a clear, consistent and congruent personal brand image. She is also the Managing Director of Walking TALL International Limited.
Lesley is a regular contributor to all forms of print and broadcast media. She has appeared several times on business and consumer programmes including Sky Business, CNN, BBC News, GMTV and BBC News 24. She has presented a mini-series on Tonight with Trevor McDonald and is currently the presenter for Channel 5’s The Honesty Room. She has over 100 articles in print in a wide range of print media from The Times to Personnel Today, and Management Today to Cosmopolitan Magazine. She is the author of Walking TALL – key steps to total image impact. The US version ‘Drop Dead Brilliant’ was published on 17th August 2007 in New York by McGraw-Hill.
Lesley is also an executive coach and provides a high impact Executive Brand Coaching Programme to senior corporate executives and entrepreneurs.
She has a unique ability to inspire audiences with her special blend of professionalism and fun interaction. This teamed with the directness that the subject requires, has resulted in an impressive international blue-chip and FTSE 100 client list, including names such as Lehman Brothers, BT and Barclays Bank. She presents to audiences across the globe.
Lesley is the creator of the internationally acclaimed Walking TALL® Personal Branding Coaching Concept, which helps individuals to define themselves with a clear, consistent and congruent personal brand image. She is also the Managing Director of Walking TALL International Limited.
Lesley is a regular contributor to all forms of print and broadcast media. She has appeared several times on business and consumer programmes including Sky Business, CNN, BBC News, GMTV and BBC News 24. She has presented a mini-series on Tonight with Trevor McDonald and is currently the presenter for Channel 5’s The Honesty Room. She has over 100 articles in print in a wide range of print media from The Times to Personnel Today, and Management Today to Cosmopolitan Magazine. She is the author of Walking TALL – key steps to total image impact. The US version ‘Drop Dead Brilliant’ was published on 17th August 2007 in New York by McGraw-Hill.
Lesley is also an executive coach and provides a high impact Executive Brand Coaching Programme to senior corporate executives and entrepreneurs.
"My personal brand is hugely important to me and, in my opinion, should be the case for anyone in business. Lesley Everett is the Personal Brand Expert. Lesley's experience in presenting this subject drives real results for both organisations and individuals. I would definitely recommend Lesley and her methodology to anyone who takes their corporate and personal brand seriously."
James Martin, Celebritiy Chef and TV Presenter
"In a tough economic climate, retaining focus on people development is critical. The way our people behave and project themselves, in line with the corporate brand, becomes incredibly important. The work that Walking TALL does for organisations on the subject of personal branding and development is, in my view, an essential element in retaining customer loyalty and the best staff.!
Judith Nelson, International Personnel Director, Tesco Stores Limited
"A big thank you for the presentation you gave at our recent Sales Conference, at Wembley Stadium. We have received positive feedback from the 230 attendees, who used words like 'refreshing,' 'eye opening,' 'it makes you think about the impact your appearance has on people' and 'I will be using some of the advice & techniques....from today.'We are reviewing the way that we represent BT with our customers to ensure we maximise impact in the ways you suggested."
David Marsh, Head of Strategy and Communications, BT Business
"Sincere thanks from me personally on your session with the team last week. The pitch and fit for our business could not have been better timed and delivered. We will work hard ongoing to ensure that Walking TALL is part of our day every day! I have recommended you to my colleagues across the Barclays group and hope they will pick up with you direct in the near future."
Mark Collings, Director - International Trade, Barclays Business Banking
"Many thanks for your excellent presentation at Successful Selling. The feedback has been brilliant and I would say the best ever for a female speaker. As you know we are extremely careful with choosing our speakers for this important event and appreciate it takes a special kind of presenter to inspire 1500 people in an audience, many of whom come every year and are used to seeing great speakers. You already had a superb reputation, but you clearly surpassed our high expectations."
Jennie Harnaman, Events Manager, Institute of Sales & Marketing Management
"Thank you very much for the Walking TALL Personal Branding Seminar that you presented at Henley Business School last week. I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was thought provoking, enlightening and extremely useful for today's current climate. This is one of the most interesting and appropriate seminars I have been to in a while.!
Jane Robinson, Henley Business School MBA Student
"Comments from the 2009 Marketing Forum.
Speaker evaluation - Lesley Everett 4.86 - Session average 4.60
Comments for this session:
Was an interesting perspective.
The most valuable session on both a personal and professional level.
Fabulous! She is a wonderful person. Brilliant! Many thanks
Great presentation
Good Well delivered. Food for thought personally and professionally.
Really on target. Focused and engaging.
Great presentation."
Faiza Akhtar, 2009 Marketing Forum, Richmond Events - New York
"The Walking TALL Personal Branding Masterclass was an extremely enjoyable and valuable day with a host of 'take-home' action points."
Kaye Adams - TV Presenter
"Lesley's Masterclass makes you consider every aspect of yourself to project a strong, authentic, vibrant personal brand."
Jackie Heffer-Cooke, Writer and Producer, Surfing Cow Productions
"Great session - I have already made some changes. I am really pleased with the progress and feel great as a result! Thank You."
Deborah Haworth, Group Personnel Manager, Tesco Stores UK Limited
"I wanted to say thanks for leading such an excellent seminar at CIPR, and also for kindly sending through your illustration slides. These will be a useful reminder of your terrific session."
Natasha Tobin, Director, Russell Square Communications Ltd
"I attended Lesley's Walking TALL Masterclass a month ago. Not only did I get great advice on my dress code but also Lesley gave me the confidence to launch myself on the professional speaker circuit. I now have a new keynote talk which I delivered to great acclaim recently and I have already been invited to give it five more times this year to audiences I would never have dreamt of approaching. Thank you eternally Lesley for opening my eyes and widening my horizons."
Tom Evans, The Bookwright
"I really enjoyed the presentation with you Lesley. It was very useful, highlighting things I hadn’t thought of to further develop personally and in my career. Thanks for creating such a clear and practical model."
Trudy Lewis, FSO Communications & Stakeholder Manager, FSO Communications
"Lesley is really great and Walking TALL too. She delivered a splendid keynote at our Convention and was one of the STARS that weekend in Antwerp. We really enjoyed her performance and can use her Personal Branding tips very well. Lesley - thanks again."
Paul ter Wel - President, Professional Speakers Association of Holland
"Such was Lesley's amazing impact on our audience, that we decided to book her again for our conference this year. Even with a large audience she managed to motivate them to interact, and inspire them to take action. She has a truly unique way of building real rapport with an audience that is very powerful for a speaker and highly rewarding for us at BP".
Jenny Baker, PA to Refining & Marketing Vice President, British Petroleum
"At our studio we run regular high profile evening events and at the very first event that we hosted was Lesley Everett. The blend of professional knowledge, style, charisma and energy quite simply matched and exceeded our expectations.
"Without doubt the Events which attract the biggest audiences and require the smallest effort from us in attracting these are those that involve Lesley. Her cool way of presenting and absolute passion and knowledge for her subject of personal image and personal branding are truly transparent. Customers feel entertained and empowered as a consequence of taking a small amount of time to listen and learn from Lesley. It is no wonder that so many other media and experts now seek Lesley’s expertise on her subjects.When sitting in one of Lesley’s Events there is a real feeling of warmth between the audience and Lesley which I is a much valued gift for any presenter.Presenters like Lesley have added enormously to the portfolio of the Orange Studio. Long may it continue?"
Nigel Boyd-Thorpe, The Studio Centre Manager, central Birmingham, The Studio (orangestudio)
"It was such a pleasure meeting you at our Convention. Thank you - you have inspired others with your talk – not only with what you said, but also because of how you said it. You have such a confident, clear manner of speaking which ensures that your message is heard and taken seriously. You are indeed dynamite! (In South Africa that is a huge compliment, meaning that you are dynamic, strong and pro-active)."
Annie Greeff, Co-Founder and 2007-2008 President, National Speakers Association of Southern Africa
"Fabulous, Fabulous! Thank you for the EO conference presentation today – WOW – didn’t really know I had a “personal” brand before this afternoon! Love it! Thank you for all of your extremely valuable information! Learned a ton! I think you are great! Hope to see/hear you at another EO event soon."
Angie Michaels, CEO, FishHer Organization, Omaha, Nebraska
"This is just to say thank you for the workshop you conducted at London Business School last Wednesday. I enjoyed it very much - and also learned a lot, which is even better. You live what you teach - and that is wonderful to see."
Dr. Silke Collins-Tracey, Sloan Fellowship 2008 - London Business School
"The New York Marketing Forum 2007 - Richmond Events
What the 1-to-1 coaching clients said ....
Overall Value as a Learning Experience
* 4.89 Content Quality (out of 5)
* 4.89 Content match to program description (out of 5)
* 4.89 Needs met (out of 5)
Speaker Evaluation
* 4.89 Presentation delivery (out of 5)
"The session was very useful. Lesley is a great speaker and gets you to focus on skills you might otherwise not realize"
"This session was incredibly useful. Lesley was able to tailor an insightful session to my individual needs"
"I think this was the most valuable session for me on this conference. Lesley is very thoughtful, open and honest. She has a way of making you feel that anything is possible and achievable. Thank you"
"Awesome"
"I really enjoyed my conversation and the timing was perfect for my situation. I look forward to ongoing dialogue"
"Lesley is exceptional! I've worked with many coaches in my career. She is top notch. Her ability to diagnose and connect people with their passions is tremendous"
Thank you again for all the time and effort you generously provided in putting together your sessions and for your participation in making this year’s forum another resounding success."
The New York Marketing Forum 2007, Richmond Events
"I wanted to say again how much our teams enjoyed your presentation on personal branding. We received lots of positive feedback from them and can honestly say that all of them found your presentation entertaining, relevant, interesting, useful and very informative. It seems that you certainly know how to make us think about the impact we have - in particular in those first 7 seconds."
Joanne Sheehan, Senior Administrative Co-Ordinator, Lehman Brothers Europe Limited
"Thank you so much for your inspiring presentation at our Sales Conference. You really engaged with the audience and provided an impactful close to the day. The Walking TALL principles are clearly vital to us when communicating with clients, and we look forward to working with you to keep the Personal Branding momentum rolling. Thank you once again."
Adrian Young, UK Country Manager, Integralis
"Lesley, you are a tremendous speaker and have a great message – thank you for your presentation at SMEI in Hawaii!"
Wayne 'Oz' Richie, CNMS,CNRS, Coldwell Banker Advantage Realty,Chairman/CEO, Arkansas Better Business Bureau (BBB), Director
"Dear Lesley, I would like to take the time to thank you for meeting with my colleagues and me last month. As a result of this meeting, I was able to establish a more effective means of branding our firm. This is one of the most impressive marketing events that I have attended to date. Indeed an exercise of finding value in life and polishing our 'own diamonds in the rough'."
Michael J. Wildes, Partner, Wildes & Weinberg Law Offices, New York, USA
"Dear Lesley, I would like to say that I am still using your book and ideas from your course when training my management team. I think it is a very useful tool and can not thank you enough for the insight given to me on that day. Many thanks."
Alexandra Brunner, Operations Manager, Jurys Clifton Ford Hotel and Health Club
"On behalf of the Headmaster, I write to offer my most sincere thanks for the huge contribution you made to our Careers Convention on Saturday 8 March 2008. It is abundantly clear that those who attended were most appreciative and grateful for the opportunity to listen to you. The event was a great success and the pupils have, as a result, been buzzing with thoughts of the future. The significance of your contribution cannot be overstated – your efforts in helping to inspire the next generation are sincerely appreciated."
Mrs Harry Higgins, Rugby School Careers Department
"I would like to thank you once again for your very interesting lecture during the ETT 2008. I hope I am able to use all (or some, at least) of your precisely and clearly expressed advice. I\'m looking forward to your next visit to Warsaw."
Agnieszka Rozanska, Curator, The Royal Castle in Warsaw, Poland
James Martin, Celebritiy Chef and TV Presenter
"In a tough economic climate, retaining focus on people development is critical. The way our people behave and project themselves, in line with the corporate brand, becomes incredibly important. The work that Walking TALL does for organisations on the subject of personal branding and development is, in my view, an essential element in retaining customer loyalty and the best staff.!
Judith Nelson, International Personnel Director, Tesco Stores Limited
"A big thank you for the presentation you gave at our recent Sales Conference, at Wembley Stadium. We have received positive feedback from the 230 attendees, who used words like 'refreshing,' 'eye opening,' 'it makes you think about the impact your appearance has on people' and 'I will be using some of the advice & techniques....from today.'We are reviewing the way that we represent BT with our customers to ensure we maximise impact in the ways you suggested."
David Marsh, Head of Strategy and Communications, BT Business
"Sincere thanks from me personally on your session with the team last week. The pitch and fit for our business could not have been better timed and delivered. We will work hard ongoing to ensure that Walking TALL is part of our day every day! I have recommended you to my colleagues across the Barclays group and hope they will pick up with you direct in the near future."
Mark Collings, Director - International Trade, Barclays Business Banking
"Many thanks for your excellent presentation at Successful Selling. The feedback has been brilliant and I would say the best ever for a female speaker. As you know we are extremely careful with choosing our speakers for this important event and appreciate it takes a special kind of presenter to inspire 1500 people in an audience, many of whom come every year and are used to seeing great speakers. You already had a superb reputation, but you clearly surpassed our high expectations."
Jennie Harnaman, Events Manager, Institute of Sales & Marketing Management
"Thank you very much for the Walking TALL Personal Branding Seminar that you presented at Henley Business School last week. I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was thought provoking, enlightening and extremely useful for today's current climate. This is one of the most interesting and appropriate seminars I have been to in a while.!
Jane Robinson, Henley Business School MBA Student
"Comments from the 2009 Marketing Forum.
Speaker evaluation - Lesley Everett 4.86 - Session average 4.60
Comments for this session:
Was an interesting perspective.
The most valuable session on both a personal and professional level.
Fabulous! She is a wonderful person. Brilliant! Many thanks
Great presentation
Good Well delivered. Food for thought personally and professionally.
Really on target. Focused and engaging.
Great presentation."
Faiza Akhtar, 2009 Marketing Forum, Richmond Events - New York
"The Walking TALL Personal Branding Masterclass was an extremely enjoyable and valuable day with a host of 'take-home' action points."
Kaye Adams - TV Presenter
"Lesley's Masterclass makes you consider every aspect of yourself to project a strong, authentic, vibrant personal brand."
Jackie Heffer-Cooke, Writer and Producer, Surfing Cow Productions
"Great session - I have already made some changes. I am really pleased with the progress and feel great as a result! Thank You."
Deborah Haworth, Group Personnel Manager, Tesco Stores UK Limited
"I wanted to say thanks for leading such an excellent seminar at CIPR, and also for kindly sending through your illustration slides. These will be a useful reminder of your terrific session."
Natasha Tobin, Director, Russell Square Communications Ltd
"I attended Lesley's Walking TALL Masterclass a month ago. Not only did I get great advice on my dress code but also Lesley gave me the confidence to launch myself on the professional speaker circuit. I now have a new keynote talk which I delivered to great acclaim recently and I have already been invited to give it five more times this year to audiences I would never have dreamt of approaching. Thank you eternally Lesley for opening my eyes and widening my horizons."
Tom Evans, The Bookwright
"I really enjoyed the presentation with you Lesley. It was very useful, highlighting things I hadn’t thought of to further develop personally and in my career. Thanks for creating such a clear and practical model."
Trudy Lewis, FSO Communications & Stakeholder Manager, FSO Communications
"Lesley is really great and Walking TALL too. She delivered a splendid keynote at our Convention and was one of the STARS that weekend in Antwerp. We really enjoyed her performance and can use her Personal Branding tips very well. Lesley - thanks again."
Paul ter Wel - President, Professional Speakers Association of Holland
"Such was Lesley's amazing impact on our audience, that we decided to book her again for our conference this year. Even with a large audience she managed to motivate them to interact, and inspire them to take action. She has a truly unique way of building real rapport with an audience that is very powerful for a speaker and highly rewarding for us at BP".
Jenny Baker, PA to Refining & Marketing Vice President, British Petroleum
"At our studio we run regular high profile evening events and at the very first event that we hosted was Lesley Everett. The blend of professional knowledge, style, charisma and energy quite simply matched and exceeded our expectations.
"Without doubt the Events which attract the biggest audiences and require the smallest effort from us in attracting these are those that involve Lesley. Her cool way of presenting and absolute passion and knowledge for her subject of personal image and personal branding are truly transparent. Customers feel entertained and empowered as a consequence of taking a small amount of time to listen and learn from Lesley. It is no wonder that so many other media and experts now seek Lesley’s expertise on her subjects.When sitting in one of Lesley’s Events there is a real feeling of warmth between the audience and Lesley which I is a much valued gift for any presenter.Presenters like Lesley have added enormously to the portfolio of the Orange Studio. Long may it continue?"
Nigel Boyd-Thorpe, The Studio Centre Manager, central Birmingham, The Studio (orangestudio)
"It was such a pleasure meeting you at our Convention. Thank you - you have inspired others with your talk – not only with what you said, but also because of how you said it. You have such a confident, clear manner of speaking which ensures that your message is heard and taken seriously. You are indeed dynamite! (In South Africa that is a huge compliment, meaning that you are dynamic, strong and pro-active)."
Annie Greeff, Co-Founder and 2007-2008 President, National Speakers Association of Southern Africa
"Fabulous, Fabulous! Thank you for the EO conference presentation today – WOW – didn’t really know I had a “personal” brand before this afternoon! Love it! Thank you for all of your extremely valuable information! Learned a ton! I think you are great! Hope to see/hear you at another EO event soon."
Angie Michaels, CEO, FishHer Organization, Omaha, Nebraska
"This is just to say thank you for the workshop you conducted at London Business School last Wednesday. I enjoyed it very much - and also learned a lot, which is even better. You live what you teach - and that is wonderful to see."
Dr. Silke Collins-Tracey, Sloan Fellowship 2008 - London Business School
"The New York Marketing Forum 2007 - Richmond Events
What the 1-to-1 coaching clients said ....
Overall Value as a Learning Experience
* 4.89 Content Quality (out of 5)
* 4.89 Content match to program description (out of 5)
* 4.89 Needs met (out of 5)
Speaker Evaluation
* 4.89 Presentation delivery (out of 5)
"The session was very useful. Lesley is a great speaker and gets you to focus on skills you might otherwise not realize"
"This session was incredibly useful. Lesley was able to tailor an insightful session to my individual needs"
"I think this was the most valuable session for me on this conference. Lesley is very thoughtful, open and honest. She has a way of making you feel that anything is possible and achievable. Thank you"
"Awesome"
"I really enjoyed my conversation and the timing was perfect for my situation. I look forward to ongoing dialogue"
"Lesley is exceptional! I've worked with many coaches in my career. She is top notch. Her ability to diagnose and connect people with their passions is tremendous"
Thank you again for all the time and effort you generously provided in putting together your sessions and for your participation in making this year’s forum another resounding success."
The New York Marketing Forum 2007, Richmond Events
"I wanted to say again how much our teams enjoyed your presentation on personal branding. We received lots of positive feedback from them and can honestly say that all of them found your presentation entertaining, relevant, interesting, useful and very informative. It seems that you certainly know how to make us think about the impact we have - in particular in those first 7 seconds."
Joanne Sheehan, Senior Administrative Co-Ordinator, Lehman Brothers Europe Limited
"Thank you so much for your inspiring presentation at our Sales Conference. You really engaged with the audience and provided an impactful close to the day. The Walking TALL principles are clearly vital to us when communicating with clients, and we look forward to working with you to keep the Personal Branding momentum rolling. Thank you once again."
Adrian Young, UK Country Manager, Integralis
"Lesley, you are a tremendous speaker and have a great message – thank you for your presentation at SMEI in Hawaii!"
Wayne 'Oz' Richie, CNMS,CNRS, Coldwell Banker Advantage Realty,Chairman/CEO, Arkansas Better Business Bureau (BBB), Director
"Dear Lesley, I would like to take the time to thank you for meeting with my colleagues and me last month. As a result of this meeting, I was able to establish a more effective means of branding our firm. This is one of the most impressive marketing events that I have attended to date. Indeed an exercise of finding value in life and polishing our 'own diamonds in the rough'."
Michael J. Wildes, Partner, Wildes & Weinberg Law Offices, New York, USA
"Dear Lesley, I would like to say that I am still using your book and ideas from your course when training my management team. I think it is a very useful tool and can not thank you enough for the insight given to me on that day. Many thanks."
Alexandra Brunner, Operations Manager, Jurys Clifton Ford Hotel and Health Club
"On behalf of the Headmaster, I write to offer my most sincere thanks for the huge contribution you made to our Careers Convention on Saturday 8 March 2008. It is abundantly clear that those who attended were most appreciative and grateful for the opportunity to listen to you. The event was a great success and the pupils have, as a result, been buzzing with thoughts of the future. The significance of your contribution cannot be overstated – your efforts in helping to inspire the next generation are sincerely appreciated."
Mrs Harry Higgins, Rugby School Careers Department
"I would like to thank you once again for your very interesting lecture during the ETT 2008. I hope I am able to use all (or some, at least) of your precisely and clearly expressed advice. I\'m looking forward to your next visit to Warsaw."
Agnieszka Rozanska, Curator, The Royal Castle in Warsaw, Poland
