My Top Tools

A list of resources for leveling up your public speaking—tools I’ve tried and tested, plus ones I’ve created myself.

I dive deep into research and testing (or create solutions when there’s a gap), so you don’t have to.

You will always get my full & frank assessment of what works. I will never recommend anything I haven’t successfully used and benefited from myself. I’ll only share the best options to help you speak confidently and persuasively to grow your business, amplify your work, and champion your ideas. If I am an affiliate for any item I recommend, I’ll always disclose that—but rest assured, I only become an affiliate for products I believe in. And if I find something better, I’ll update my list!

Tools I Recommend
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How to Get Started in Public Speaking

A 7-step rapid guide to get you started in public speaking!
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Grow Your Business With Public Speaking

Practical steps you can put into action to turn every chance to speak into a purpose-led business-growing opportunity.
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Winning Grants: 17 Expert Tips

17 Expert tips to craft a standout application, straight from an expert with years of successful grant writing experience. Business and professional development grants can be a great way to source funding to invest in my strategic messaging and public speaking services.
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PodMatch

Establish and amplify your expert status by appearing as a guest on strategically selected podcasts. Podcast guesting is also a great stepping point for experts and thought leaders who want to speak but aren’t quite ready to walk onto a physical stage in front of a large live audience – and you can do it in comfortable pants! PodMatch automatically matches ideal podcast hosts & guests for interviews. It’s my go-to place for being booked for podcast speaking gigs. They have a 100% money back guarantee.
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Riverside.fm

Riverside.fm is the easiest way to record podcasts and video content in studio quality from anywhere. I use it for my masterclasses and my soon-to-be-launched podcast (currently in preproduction). As someone who can be easily intimidated by complicated tech – this platform is a dream! There are so many features, and the instruction video suite is next level, and never patronising. The ‘edit videos by editing the transcript’ functionality (not what it’s actually called) is a personal favourite!
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OpusClip

If, like me, you have a back catalogue of links to long videos you appear in but don’t have as a file, that are just sitting there doing nothing – this one is for you. OpusClip is a generative AI video repurposing tool that analyses long videos and picks out the gold nuggets with the best chance of going viral – perfect for highly engaging social media content. It also captions them. You can tweak and edit the recommendations quickly and easily. There is a free trial and an ongoing free option. If you choose to opt into the paid plan, this link will give you 30% off the first month of a Pro Plan (once your free trial ends).
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Kajabi

When I decided to offer an online course, I wanted a highly reputable, world-class platform that was easy to use for my students and me as the course creator. Enter Kajabi. In addition to being the platform host for my How to Get the Gig course (with more to come), I also use it to process all my offers/sales transactions for my 1:1 coaching sessions, and it will soon be the host platform for my new podcast (coming 2025!).

A free 14-day trial is available so you can try before you buy, with lots of straightforward instruction videos for everything you need to know to launch your courses and get them into the world!
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Grammarly

I recommend Grammarly to a lot of my clients!  Grammarly helps improve the accuracy of your spelling, punctuation, and grammar. More important to our realm of public speaking – it helps you identify and replace complicated sentences with more straightforward ones (which can help you identify waffle in your early speech drafts). I use the Mac version and the browser extension works with Gmail, LinkedIn, Facebook and more. You can use this link for one free month of Grammarly Premium. 
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Active Campaign

When I first started my company I used Mailchimp for several years, and it delivered everything I needed. As my company grew in sophistication and complexity, I wanted to automate as much as possible and have access to more intuitive options. I did a lot of research and landed on Active Campaign. It has a wealth of features and functionality that will take me a long time to outgrow!
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Artlist

Source terrific, easy-to-use, professional digital assets for your video creation – while also ensuring the creators of those assets are paid for their work. Get a dedicated, royalty-free license, for any type of asset, for any platform, anywhere in the world — with built-in indemnification. There’s music (my favourite), sound effects, templates, footage, AI voiceovers and more! If you like the music at the start and end of any of my promo videos – this is where is came from! You can access a free trial and get 2 extra months when you subscribe to any annual plan.

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