Comprehensive public speaking training for leaders who struggle in the spotlight — helping you to step up as a charismatic speaker in your space.
✅ 1-to-1 coaching
✅ Group workshops
✅ In-person & virtual
When it comes to sharing that expertise, you struggle to communicate with confidence.
Held back by nerves, lacking formal training, and missing opportunities to become more visible in your space.
You might not want to become a professional speaker, but you’re a professional who needs to speak — with confidence, and while engaging the room.
Over 3-6 months, you’ll follow a proven system to develop powerful speaking skills, and step up with confidence, whether that’s leading a team, presenting to the board, or sharing your story on stage.
True confidence requires competence. We’ll quickly develop your communication skills, focusing on body language, vocal variety, mindset, and frameworks.
You’ll be coached directly by me (Ed!) with unlimited virtual coaching, plus dedicated in-person sessions if you want to learn face-to-face (held in central Manchester, UK).
We’ll usually aim to meet (virtually or in-person) every two weeks, refining your skills, learning techniques, and using tailored feedback for fast progress.
A crucial step in confidence building is regular low-pressure practise — learning in a supportive environment, without the usual high-stakes that come with public speaking.
Weekly drop-in sessions give you the opportunity to practise with a small group of peers, receiving personalised feedback, and testing your skills with different speaking challenges, such as…
⌚ 60-Second Intro’s
🛡️ Storytelling
✋ Body Language
🎤 Vocal Variety
💬 Q&A Practise
What about facing a real audience? Glad you asked!
You’ll join in-person workshops, building your confidence in the room, and learning advanced skills like speaking off-the-cuff, handling audience Q&As, and speaking on camera.
If that sounds daunting, don’t worry… You’ll be learning with a group of like-minded professionals, and provided with unlimited tea, coffee, and pastries to keep you fuelled!
(Typically Saturday mornings, central Manchester)
As we progress, I’ll be supporting you to find speaking opportunities that feel just beyond your comfort zone, whether that’s:
When something comes up, we’ll work together to ensure you’re 100% ready. Honing your message, structuring your content, and rehearsing until it feels effortless.
The goal here is gaining real world wins — positive experiences that fundamentally shift how you feel about speaking, and build lasting confidence.
When all eyes are on you, first impressions count. You’ll learn powerful body language techniques to look (and feel) more confident.
How you say it matters as much as what you say. You’ll eliminate filler words, and develop a voice that’s engaging and authoritative.
You’ll learn to enjoy connecting with people, using the same mindset shifts that took me from social anxiety to paid speaker.
There’s a science to crafting compelling talks. You’ll learn how to keep people engaged, and influence them with your words.
From panels to podcasts and pitches, we’ll equip you with the skills to take on any public speaking challenge with confidence.
The bigger picture? Getting you known as a go-to person in your space — building your profile, and sharing your expertise.
The Charismatic Speaker Programme comes in three flexible tiers.
Each option includes:
You’ll begin seeing progress immediately, but it usually takes at least a few months to create a lasting step-change in your public speaking skills.
Because work and life can sometimes get in the way, each option includes a full 6-months in the programme. Ensuring we achieve a transformation in your speaking skills, and allowing us to work at the pace that suits.
The best option if you can’t readily travel to Manchester UK, or wish to train remotely.
6-months access to:
The best option for UK based clients, combining virtual and face-to-face training.
6-months access to:
The best option if you wish to become a paid speaker (more info in Q&A section)
6-months access to:
To ensure it’s the right fit, please book a free 30-minute intro call (or use our contact form).
We’ll talk through your public speaking goals, and answer any questions.
The programme is “always open”, with availability for 2-3 new clients each month.
Meaning we can begin as soon as you’re ready, usually within 1–2 weeks.
We take payment via invoice or stripe payment link, and offer a split-payment where requested.
If paying via your company, we’re happy to register as a supplier.
If you’re outside the UK, or can’t easily get to Manchester, go for Virtual.
If you can make it to Manchester at least a few times over 6-months, go for In-Person.
If you want to become a professional speaker, go for Pro.
If you want to become a paid speaker, the Pro tier includes professional video content & higher level support to build your profile.
We usually take full payment upfront, but can arrange a split-payment upon request.
This is half upfront, and half the following month.
To allow for flexibility, we make your virtual coaching unlimited.
We’ll usually book a coaching call every two weeks. But when you have a speech coming up, we can book in more frequent time as needed.
Virtual calls are usually 30–60 minutes, depending on what we’re covering.
In-person coaching sessions are 1.5 hours, or longer if you wish to double-up.
We hold two Group Calls per-week. They’re drop-in sessions, so you don’t need to sign up, and can attend any you wish.
(We occasionally alter times to find what suits everyone best, but always with plenty of notice.)
In-person workshops take place every other month, usually on a Saturday morning from 10am-1pm (in central Manchester).
To we run a poll ahead of time to check everyone’s availability, and choose the best date.
We usually have 10–15 professionals on the programme, with new members joining each month.
Alongside our 1-to-1s, you’ll have the chance to practise with like-minded peers on our group calls and workshops.
We start with a 1-to-1 Onboarding Call, covering some quick wins, and setting out your speaking goals.
From there, you’re able to attend all group calls, workshops, and book 1–1 sessions.
We’ve made the programme 6-months to give you ample time & flexibility.
Even still, if you’re away for an extended time, we’ll pause your membership, so you don’t miss out.
We’re experienced working with severely anxious and phobic speakers (as I was myself!)
You’ll be learning in a supportive environment, at a pace that’s entirely suited to you.
After experiencing the benefits of the programme, many people wish to continue their training and set even more ambitious speaking goals!
You’ll have the option to renew for a further 6 months should you wish to.
Hey Ed,
Just wanted to share some feedback we had from the delegates after the October Away day 😊 You went down a storm!
– Presentation skills session very good
– The presentation skills session was AMAZING! Very informative and will definitely come in handy.
– Really enjoyed the presentation skills
– Speaker was very engaging and interesting and worked for all aspects of our work
– The presentation was amazing, getting to interact with each other and learning different presentation skills.- there wasn’t a moment which I found it boring or not helpful.
Jess Docksey, Workforce & Education Programme Manager
“Absolutely Brilliant training session to do, really enjoyed it. Ed was fab made everyone feel at ease, more confident and relaxed. I will take so much away from this session thanks Ed, you do a great job 👍👏”
Diane Axford — GMCA
“Attended an excellent full day session hosted by Ed at Project Charisma, it was a fantastic learning experience and would recommend to anyone who gets the chance.
Ed made everyone feel at ease even when facing our insecurities, individual conversations around the exercises left no question unanswered. A great experience that I can put into practice straight away.”
Siobhan Keane — GMCA
100% recommendation rate! All attendees gave you a 10 on how likely they would be to recommend the workshop to peers!
Here’s a summary of the group’s feedback from the session:
Ideas that resonated with the group the most:
Presentation Structure: Key techniques like planning, the “rule of three,” and the power of pausing.
Audience Engagement: Effective strategies such as the “audience hug” and balanced eye contact (“light housing”).
Public Speaking Elements: Focus on body language, voice modulation, and mindset.
Vocal Variety & Filler Words: Importance of vocal variety and minimising filler words.
Mindset Shift: Emphasis on being prolific over perfect; enthusiasm and charisma over confidence.
All the group have rated themselves as an 8, 9 or 10 in terms of confidence in demonstrating the skills they have learnt in your session.
Other comments:
“This workshop has given me a great toolkit to help build my presenting skills. I feel more empowered in my public speaking and have the confidence to participate in presentations within my role.”
“I thought it was well run, the overall content was excellent. Great feedback throughout the course to support not only the individual but also the group. I would recommend the course strongly to my peers.”
“Was nervous going into the class, worried that it would be a bit school-like or based more in acting (which it was not). Thoroughly enjoyed the experience – would love to do it again later on in the year/next year to look see how my skill has (hopefully) improved.”
“I thoroughly enjoyed this workshop and was highly impressed with Ed. Ed’s approach to the subject, his personal story, the layout of the workshop and his energy made for an engaging, memorable and impactful workshop. Ed was able to give helpful feedback to everyone whilst also filled us with encouragement and confidence. I feel he shared some life skills that I will take forward with me in my career and I would love the opportunity to work with him again!”
