Corporate testimonials

“Jill was a phenomenal success at our Business Women in Sussex event. Her unique style is not only fun and entertaining but her workshop inspirational and thought-provoking. Our delegates all went away with invaluable ideas about how to make their presentations stand out from the crowd.”

Sussex Enterprise

“I had tremendous feedback from the April event - we were amazed by how much we learnt about how useful comedy can be. Jill put it across really well, with great humour, and I know that some of her serious points (e.g. thinking about not offending others) went down well too. As a trainer, I was also impressed by how much time we had to practise the theory in such a short session.”

Judith Secker, Professional Development Adviser, University of Oxford

“Staff used to "talk and chalk" style learning sessions were treated to Jill's unique style of training that involved everyone in the room. Delegates were amazed to find they could use techniques from the world of comedy to really connect with audiences when public speaking and/or delivering presentations without compromising the gravitas of sensitive topics.”

Jo Gibson, Communications Advisor, Uk Borders Agency, Home Office

“Learning from you really was invaluable. You gave such good advice that will stick with me; so for that I’m really appreciative. Not only that but you gave me a huge boost in confidence and your personal feedback is now tucked away in my filofax I carry around with me at work! Always good to read if you need to remember you’re funny (when you’re convinced your customer thinks you’re not!!!!).

Vicki Davies, National Accounts Manager, Anheuser-Busch

“Jill brought a unique perspective and fantastic coaching skills to the training sessions we ran together at Imperial, and the combination was unbeatable. Watching academics realise that boring isn’t a prerequisite of intelligent communication and that they could use humour to make their work more accessible lifted the whole process - and gave us some most unexpected comedy moments. Who knew that Condensed Matter Theory could be that funny?”

Pauline Buchanan Black, partner in consultancy Agents for Change, now Director- General, The Tree Council.

“Jill ran a workshop for us as part of Brighton’s Winter Pride event, aimed at the LGBT community. The event sold out very fast, got incredibly positive feedback from participants and some even made their stage debut at my show later that week and went down a storm with the audience. Jill’s ability to take participants from complete beginners to performing a short set in one day is remarkable. Accessible, engaging and great fun! Highly recommended.”

Steve Bustin, booker & compere, Bright’n’Queer. Workshop funded by “Pride.”

“Jill organised an informative and fun-filled workshop for our largeish team, many of whom had little or no experience of public speaking and presenting, let alone being funny! Using the basic techniques of stand-up comedy is a brilliant and engaging way to build confidence and teamwork and everyone raved about it afterwards. Not only did we learn some great techniques - we all laughed, a lot!”

Andrew Kidger, Chellozone

“Within three hours she has me writing and performing a three minute stand-up set.”

Matt Keating, The Guardian

“One of the most effective trainers I've seen in twenty years of organising training.”

Chris Smith, HB Help -
Housing Benefit Consultancy