Simply Brilliant Speaking 2026

Unleash Your Inner Simon Sinek or Brené Brown!

...and transform the way you speak & present

Unleash Your Inner Simon Sinek or Brené Brown!

...and transform the way you speak & present

Welcome to

Simply Brilliant Speaking!

Learn to Speak & Present Like a Pro

with Steve Payne

Create your signature speech!

This course has led to 10 participants becoming TEDx speakers!

One of these speakers even won Best TEDx Speaker 2025 at the

Speaker Awards 2025!!

Congratulations!

Nicola S. Morgan

Nicola was voted Best TEDx Speaker 2025 at the Speaker Awards in London in July 2025.

Congratulations!

Jamie McManus

Jamie delivered his first TEDx speech at TEDxWarrington on December 2nd 2025!

BOOK YOUR PLACE NOW!

6 weeks, 1 evening per week, LIVE on ZOOM!!

Body

Spoiler Alert!

Your head is not just to carry your body around!

Your body is an essential part of your communication system. It sends unconscious signals to the audience.

We'll teach you how to use your body to the max!

Voice

Find Your Voice!

There's fire and passion inside you.

The voice is a key trigger for evoking a range of emotions in your audience. It produces unconscious influence.

We will teach you how to play this instrument.

Mindset

Master Your Mindset!

Speaking and Presenting is a mental sport.

As with most high-performance tasks, your mindset is the foundation that underpins results.

We'll share how to master mindset.

Message

Know What You Stand For!

...and 'Be' Your Message!

A great speaker needs great words to say. Intention, beginnings, endings, narrative and story are key. Blend WHAT, HOW & WHY!

We'll teach you how to create structure & flow.

Body

Spoiler Alert!

Your body is not just to carry yourt head around!

It is an essential part of your communication system. It sends unconscious signals to the audience.

We'll teach you how to use it.

Voice

Find Your Voice!

The voice is a key trigger for evoking a range of emotions in your audience. It produces unconscious influence.

We will teach you how to play this instrument.

Mindset

Master Your Mind!

As with most high-performance tasks, your mindset is the foundation that underpins results.

We'll share how to master mindset.

Message

Know What You Stand For!

A great speaker needs great words to say. Intention, beginnings, endings, narrative and story are key.

We'll teach you how to create structure, flow & PUNCH!

Here's the good news...great speakers aren't born...

...they're created!

And we can help you become a great speaker in just 6 weeks, 1 evening per week! Here's some of the juicy content we'll be covering:

Presence - Vocal Gymnastics - Vocal Archetypes - the Speaker's Mindset - Setting Spatial Stage Anchors - Vocal and Physical Anchors - A User's Guide to Practical Rhetoric - Beginnings & Endings - Storytelling Secrets - Opening and Closing Loops - the G.A.D. Factor - resonating with Values & Beliefs - the Hero's Journey - 5 Golden Structures - State Choice - Question Handling - Learning Styles - Unconscious Influence - turning nerves into positive energy - How to Rehearse - the From Script to Stage Framework

Turn your voice into an instrument of Influence

Our voice typically has a 3 1/3 octave range, but we tend not to leverage that.

Steve will teach the group how to maximise the influential potential of the voice and tap into greater vocal variety.

Effective public speakers modulate their voices to engage their audience, evoke emotions, reinforce their messages and ethically influence. So, that's the 'why'.

We will show you the 'how'.

Technique - great speakers blend process with passion

Learn to master simple techniques of engagement and influence.

Process and Passion are not mutually exclusive. On the contrary, they are complimentary elements that satisfy the same goal...to impact your audience.

In this video, I look at the difference between information and 'informotion'.

Technique - great speakers blend process with passion

Learn to master simple techniques of engagement and influence.

Process and Passion are not mutually exclusive. On the contrary, they are complimentary elements that satisfy the same goal...to impact your audience.

In this video, I demonstrate a simple use of questions to have greater engagement and connectiuon with audiences.

YOU

Mindset

BODY

Presence

ETHOS

Credibility

YOUR AUDIENCE

Resonance

VOICE

Archetypes

PATHOS

Emotion

YOUR MESSAGE

Intention

WORDS

Language

LOGOS

Logic

to stand out,

you need to know what you stand for...

to stand out,

you need to know what you stand for...

YOU

YOUR AUDIENCE

YOUR MESSAGE

As a speaker, you are never speaking for you.

You are always speaking for your audience

SPEAKER TIPS

I will share many simple tips that will have an immediate impact on your speaking.

Here are 3 examples for you.

Informotion

The 9:32 Moment

The 10 CCs

STEVE PAYNE

Your Lead Trainer

Steve is one of the UK's leading speaking coaches. He is an international keynote speaker, and a TEDx speaker. Steve is shortlisted as Best TEDx Speaker 2024 at the Speaker Awards 2024.

Steve trained as an actor at the world-renowned Royal Central School of Speech & Drama and worked in theatre, TV, radio and film for many years.

He is an award-winning writer and co-author author fo My 31 Practices, published by LID.

STEVE PAYNE

Your Lead Trainer

Steve is one of the UK's leading speaking coaches. He is an international keynote speaker, and a TEDx speaker. Steve is shortlisted as Best TEDx Speaker 2024 at the Speaker Awards 2024.

Steve trained as an actor at the world-renowned Royal Central School of Speech & Drama and worked in theatre, TV, radio and film for many years.

He is an award-winning writer and co-author author fo My 31 Practices, published by LID.

Watch Steve's TEDx Talk

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The Power to Influence!

Authenticity is key

What makes a speaker great, is the speaker. We crave a sense of authenticity and people standing behind what they believe in.

Great speaking is a potent tool that can sway minds, stir emotions, and ignite change. At its essence lies the symbiotic relationship between body, voice, mindset, and message. The body becomes a vessel for expression, its gestures and posture reinforcing the speaker's words and intentions. A confident stance can exude authority, while fluid movements can enhance engagement and comprehension.

The voice is one of the most powerful instruments we possess.. A well-modulated voice, with its nuances of tone, pitch, and pacing, can evoke empathy, passion, or urgency.

When these elements align seamlessly, together with a powerful message, the result is a transformative experience for both speaker and listener.

Great speaking stands out as a beacon of influence, guiding perceptions, shaping opinions, and catalysing action.

Churchill on Rhetoric

from 'The Scaffolding of Rhetoric'

Of all the talents bestowed upon men [sic], none is so precious as the gift of oratory. He who enjoys it wields a power more durable than that of a great king.

+++The Speaker Awards 2024+++

Congratulations to our alumni Gill McKay and Nicola S. Morgan on being shortlisted in the Best TEDx Speaker category at the Speaker Awards 2024 on July 5th. I am delighted to be shortlisted alongside them.