Inspirational Speakers - September 2023

September tends to be the busiest month for us, as the summer holidays finish and clients look to get a jump on events for the next year.
With that in mind, all our staff made sure they had a lovely break over the summer and enjoyed well deserved downtime, ready to take on this month… and what a month it has been!

We have been working with new clients and speakers (some of which are below!) and even working on new and improved updates to the website, which will be ready in a week or so – watch this space!

Claire Rackham

Inspirational Speakers Manager

New Speakers

Abi Lemon

Abi Lemon is a speaker, trainer and advocate for ADHD awareness, and a Positive Psychology Coach and Business Mentor for Leaders + Entrepreneurs with ADHD.

As a brand strategist and ex agency founder, Abi combines her business background with creative thinking, energetics and deep inner work, giving her ADHD clients a unique coaching experience. She’s currently studying an Msc in Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology with her research dissertation focused on supporting women with ADHD in the workplace.

Ben Smith

Ben Smith is a social entrepreneur, mental health charity founder, award winning global adventurer, fundraiser, author and inspirational speaker.

From attempting suicide twice to running 401 marathons in 401 days, we challenge you not to find something in Ben’s life story that isn’t relatable.

As a speaker, Ben is extremely open and honest and his story is one of genuine courage and determination which has, to date, inspired over 264,000 people and helped drive genuine cultural change in some of the world’s biggest organisations.

Chelsea Roff

Chelsea Roff is a world-renowned speaker, educator, and the visionary Founder and Director of Eat Breathe Thrive — an international charity dedicated to helping people recover from eating disorders.

She is known for her down-to-earth speaking style and ability to blend a deeply moving personal story with scientific and cultural insights to move and inspire audiences from all walks of life.

Chelsea’s remarkable journey through foster care and the mental health system catalysed the charitable work she does today. At fifteen, her life took a dramatic turn when she suffered a stroke due to severe anorexia.

Shrouk El-Attar

Shrouk El-Attar is a distinguished advocate, engineer, and performer who has been recognized as one of the BBC’s 100 Most Influential Women and honoured by the United Nations.

With engineering expertise and impactful roles at organisations like Intel and NASA, she has not only excelled professionally but also actively championed refugee and LGBTQ+ rights.

Shrouk’s advocacy work is extensive, holding positions in organisations such as Engineers Without Borders UK and contributing to NASA’s Artemis project. As a celebrated belly dancer and drag performer, she uses her art for activism.

Lutalo Muhammad

Lutalo Muhammad is a double Olympic Taekwondo medalist, host of Sports Direct’s Fast Enough: Ramadan Running podcast and the most successful male in British taekwondo history.

In the summer of 2011, he joined the GB Academy and has gone on to become the most successful male in British taekwondo history. He represented Great Britain at the 2012 Olympics, winning a bronze medal, and the 2016 Olympics, winning a silver medal. Lutalo is an ambassador for Taekwondo, and SportsAid, where he works to inspire the next generation of athletes. During SportsAid 2020 he trained the Duchess of Cambridge to throw a taekwondo punch and jokingly praised her “mean right hand”.

Savannah Marshall

Savannah Marshall is a 2x Olympian, Professional Boxer and currently the undisputed super-middleweight world champion.

Born and raised in Hartlepool, Savannah discovered boxing at 12 when she joined the local Hartlepool Headland club. Known by most as Hartlepool Headland boys club, there were unsurprisingly not a lot of female boxers at the club. However, after a childhood of sparring with boys and showing she had what it took, Savannah initiated change…starting with the sign above the door.

Featured Testimonials

"Kayode is an inspirational young man and it was a great pleasure to welcome him to speak at our annual Higher Education Graduation ceremony. His natural charm, enthusiasm, professionalism and humour provided the perfect blend to capture the attention of our students."

HELEN NELLIST, Principal and Chief Executive, West Cheshire CollegeKayode Damali (BSc, MPSA)

"It was honestly great to hear you speak yesterday... hearing your take on the topic of neurodiversity along with your own experiences was powerful."

SR, VP Diversity & Inclusion. LondonSara-Louise Ackrill

"It was so great - some comments from the team were 'best ever speaker' and 'best offsite ever'. They really loved how engaging Ben was, one reference was that they felt Ben was talking straight down the camera at them which is great."

SAMSUNGBen Hunt-Davis MBE

"I particularly appreciate Laila's friendly, didactic approach, training straight to the point with practical tips. She is responsive and highly organised and has a genuine commitment to equity diversity, and inclusion."

Adrien Gaubert, myGworkLaïla El-Métoui

Featured Testimonials

HELEN NELLIST, Principal and Chief Executive, West Cheshire CollegeKayode Damali (BSc, MPSA)

"It was honestly great to hear you speak yesterday... hearing your take on the topic of neurodiversity along with your own experiences was powerful."

SR, VP Diversity & Inclusion. LondonSara-Louise Ackrill

SAMSUNGBen Hunt-Davis MBE

Adrien Gaubert, myGworkLaïla El-Métoui

Frederika Roberts

Frederika Roberts is a vibrant, energetic speaker who applies her expertise in Positive Psychology to enhance the wellbeing and performance of staff, leaders and students in schools and universities, and of staff and leadership teams in businesses.

Frederika’s experience includes setting up and managing businesses in recruitment, specialist food production & sales, and social media marketing, as well as working as a teacher. Since 2013, Frederika has been active as a speaker, trainer, lecturer and consultant, applying Positive Psychology to education, business and charity settings. She also keeps her classroom experience current by working as a supply teacher, and is undertaking a Professional Doctorate in Education with a research focus on whole school wellbeing.

Featured Speaker Quotes

“Don’t treat people the way that you want to be treated, treat them the way that THEY want to be treated”

Alison Edgar MBE

"The future of work is about the future of learning - and everyone needs to own that."

Rohit Talwar

"Stress is good for us: the key to preventing stress from becoming distress is to focus on controlling the controllables in all areas of your life, and empowering your team to do the same."

Ruth Briant-Jones

"Want to be happier? Realise being contactable everywhere makes you present nowhere."

Jamil Qureshi

Featured Speaker Quotes

“Don’t treat people the way that you want to be treated, treat them the way that THEY want to be treated”

Alison Edgar MBE

"Want to be happier? Realise being contactable everywhere makes you present nowhere."

Jamil Qureshi

"Stress is good for us: the key to preventing stress from becoming distress is to focus on controlling the controllables in all areas of your life, and empowering your team to do the same."

Ruth Briant-Jones

"The future of work is about the future of learning - and everyone needs to own that."

Rohit Talwar

The Joy of Being Selfish: Why you need boundaries and how to set them

By Michelle Elman

‘A practical guide that will reclaim your time, energy and self-belief’ – Stylist

* Do you frequently say ‘yes’ to people and events to keep those around you happy?
* Do you often find yourself emotionally exhausted and physically drained?
* Do people describe you as a pushover or ‘too nice’?

It’s time to discover the joy of being selfish and reclaim your life through the art of boundaries!

Life coach and influencer @scarrednotscared Michelle Elman is here to teach you the practical side of self-love. Creating and upholding strong boundaries will teach others how to treat you, rid your life of drama and toxic relationships and allow you to love yourself and others in the best way you can.

Featured Reviews

Our multi-academy trust held an INSET day for 300 staff today and we booked a speaker through Inspirational Speakers Ltd. The service by this company was excellent from start to finish! The booking system, support up to the event and following it were brilliant. As an educator, my role is not usually to manage large events such as this and so I really valued the service provided to guide and reassure me during the preparation process. The speaker was excellent and really motivated the entire audience. I cannot recommend Inspirational Speakers Ltd highly enough. Thank you!

We partnered with Inspirational Speakers to invite an expert on inclusion & diversity and the partnership has been excellent with frequent and transparent communication.

Claire is always a joy to deal with and makes my job of conference organiser as easy and smooth as it can be. She is always responsive and provides information and contact swiftly when needed - a great set up.

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