Inspirational Speakers – June 2026
This month has certainly been one to remember, with the heatwave adding an extra challenge to an already busy events calendar! A huge thank you goes to our speakers and clients who have been so accommodating, helping to make sure every event ran smoothly despite the soaring temperatures. Whether it was adapting schedules, keeping venues comfortable or simply staying positive, everyone pulled together brilliantly.
Behind the scenes, it has been a balancing act of childcare, work and trying to stay cool, so a special shoutout has to go to our amazing team here at Inspirational Speakers. Their hard work, flexibility and sense of humour have been invaluable throughout the month and we couldn’t be more grateful.
We’ve also had some fantastic events, with several international bookings requiring plenty of planning and logistics. It’s always rewarding to see everything come together successfully. Looking ahead, we’re excited to be attending the Festival of Education next week. We’ve been working hard behind the scenes to secure a fantastic line-up of speakers and can’t wait to see them take to the stage. Here’s a look at what we’ve been up to this month.
Claire Rackham
Managing Director
Monthly Shoutout
This month’s shoutout goes to the brilliant Danny Crates. One of our longest standing speakers, Danny has been part of the Inspirational Speakers family for an incredible 26 years and is always an absolute pleasure to work with.
This month he rounded off the week by delivering a fantastic event for one of our clients in Istanbul.
Keep an eye out over the next few weeks too, as we’ll be releasing a podcast with Danny, sharing stories from his incredible journey, 26 years of working together, and plenty of behind the scenes insights.
New speakers
We are pleased to introduce a few new speakers to our website this month, below is a short bio, but if you are keen to know more – just click on their name to go to the profile!
Marjie Hadad is a globally recognised crisis and leadership communications expert, former television news reporter and anchor, and an award-winning TV producer and author. Specialising in medical and venture capital public relations, she designs and manages strategic public relations programs that achieve the business and clinical goals of her clients.
Bennett Arron explains how the negative things in our past can catch up with us at any time and the devastating effects they can cause. He also speaks about how he managed to learn and move on and how sufferers can do the same by talking, sharing and having a better understanding of themselves and each other.
Andy Ayim MBE works with senior leaders and entrepreneurs at organisations including Google, Uber, Pfizer, and Novartis to help them move from leading by traditional habits to leading with genuine intention. Over a multi-year programme with Tesco, Andy has worked with more than 2,000 managers.
Antonio Weiss is one of the UK’s leading voices on artificial intelligence. He is Senior Partner at The PSC, a consultancy specialising in public sector transformation, and was a Senior Adviser on Technology to the office of the incoming UK Prime Minister.
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