{"id":31,"date":"2026-09-18T10:32:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T10:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/locals.buildprosites.com\/imogen-hale-warm\/speaking\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T10:44:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T10:44:30","slug":"speaking","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/locals.buildprosites.com\/imogen-hale-warm\/speaking\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaking"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Talks for rooms that have already had a hard year<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Every talk is rebuilt for the room: two calls with the organiser, a look at your engagement data if you have it, and language your people actually use.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Steady Middle<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Keynote · 45 min · signature<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Why the damage lands eighteen months late, and the four repair conversations that stop it compounding. Ends with a one-page exercise the leadership team does in the room.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Capacity, Not Grit<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Keynote or workshop · 45–90 min<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Resilience has become a way of asking people to absorb bad design. A practical reframe for leaders who can change the work, not just the mindset.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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The Honest Update<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Workshop · half day<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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How to tell people something difficult without draining their trust. Written for restructures, mergers and the third delay to the same project.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Small Brave Things<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Keynote · 30–45 min · all-staff<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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For whole-organisation events: the ordinary courage of the person who says the awkward true thing in a meeting, and how to make that survivable.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Speaker reel, 2026 season<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Three excerpts and the closing exercise, plus organiser comments. The full 45-minute recording is available to programme committees on request.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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45–60 minutes<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Main stage, up to 4,000. One slide. Optional 15-minute moderated Q&A and a signing table.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Half or full day<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Up to 40 leaders at round tables. Pre-read, two live exercises, a written summary to your exec within a week.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Broadcast-quality home studio, hard-wired, two cameras. Recorded rights for 12 months of internal use included.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Northline Leadership Summit — closing keynoteOslo · 2026<\/i><\/span>Harbourline Health — all-directors dayLeeds · 2025<\/i><\/span>Meridian Public Sector ForumToronto · 2025<\/i><\/span>Castellane Group — global managers offsiteLisbon · 2024<\/i><\/span>Lowry School of Management — annual lectureChicago · 2024<\/i><\/span>Two Rivers Education Trust — heads’ conferenceBristol · 2023<\/i><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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“She read our staff survey before writing a word. Delegates thought we had briefed her on individual departments. We hadn’t.”<\/p>Tobias Renn · Programme chair, Northline Summit<\/cite><\/blockquote>

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Booking, briefly<\/h3>

Fees by sector, with two pro-bono dates each year for public services. Travel from Edinburgh.<\/p>

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