“I have relied on Milly’s support and her wonderful ability to hit the right tone every time.”
Sir Michael Gambon
“Reading in Salisbury Cathedral was a huge honour and for such an important occasion. I nailed it! Thank you, it honestly could not have gone better.
In fact, I so enjoyed reading it and was so completely absorbed with the text that I didn't want it to end.”
Sophie H.
“Working with Milly has been the best thing – she is a huge inspiration. Instead of teaching you to act, as many in her profession do, she brings out your authentic voice and enables you to speak from the heart. The transformation is incredible and the process great fun too!”
Insa Klasing, Company Operations Director KFC
“Founded in 1918, FEDIL is “a multi-sectoral business federation giving a voice to industrials and entrepreneurs, fostering Luxembourg’s economy”. Britain’s equivalent, the CBI — only around since 1965 — are newbies in comparison. The honour of leading the organisation into its centenary year was given to entrepreneur Nicolas Buck. The audience for Nicolas’ first event, the New Year Reception, included not just every major Luxembourgian business leader but Xavier Bettel, the Prime Minister, who took over from tabloid favourite Jean-Claude Juncker. Nicolas’ message — the European response to Brexit should not be less Europe but “more and better Europe”. His speech was a resounding success and we hope he will use his influence to ensure free trade for Be Heard in Europe after 2020.”
Nicholas Buck, Chairman of FEDIL
TESTIMONIALS
“Zoe (Tyron CEO ‘One For The Tribe’) it was an absolute pleasure and honour to introduce you at our annual congress, you did an amazing job inn delivering a powerful story that was brave, sad happy and funny and very moving. Thank you for allowing us to hear about your vulnerabilities as it enabled us all to think about our own and how we can address them. Overall it was a personal journey that I think was the stand out of the conference and out members feedback can attest to that…. You also addressed our tmeme ‘finding your place in the world’ with precision and it was obvious that a lot of thought had gone into your presentation and through finding your place in the world and the wisdom you have gained in doing so, you have become an amazing advocate for those who would otherwise have no voice in helping them preserve their cultures and environments. Extremely well put together presentation, both verbally and in delivery!”
Elizabeth Court, Director of Private Wealth Network
“Milly is the most extraordinary speech coach. She has taken me from a gulping, sweaty, pinked cheeked, bumbling fool to being signed up by Independent Talent as a professional speaker. Although I remain a fool. Milly really is the gold standard – I cannot recommend her highly enough.”
Kate Reardon, Editor-in-Chief, Luxx Magazine
“Milly is truly inspirational and motivational. She achieves this through building both skills and confidence, sharing her knowledge in a clear and kind manner to improve technique, while helping her charges overcome mental barriers that can undermine performance. She’s been invaluable to me and my leadership team in improving performance and underpinning our presentation abilities and presence with far greater assurance and expertise.”
Jackie O’Leary, Chief Customer Officer – Everything Everywhere (the merged Orange and T-Mobile group)
“Little used to public speaking or presenting on Zoom, Milly Ellis brilliantly coached me through making my representation to local communities for an inevitably controversial new settlement proposal. Milly provided structure to my narrative alongside working on my delivery through improving on pace, tempo and inflection, as well as providing vocal and breathing warm ups which I can take with me into future public speaking exercises. I couldn’t have communicated my message without her. No more “umms” and “ahhs” from me!”
Beilby Forbes Adam, Escrick Park Estate
“Milly has been a huge inspiration for our senior manager development program at Pret a Manger. She has given our leaders an extraordinary confidence to convey messages with charisma and impact. She achieves this through down to earth and very practical exercises and workshops.”
Ian Watson, Head of the Pret Academy
“At the leading edge of technology, GKN is a global engineering business with 58,000 employees in 30 different countries. In 2016 the determined, driven and straight-talking Monique Carter was appointed Group HR Director. Monique identified the need for change if GKN were to get the best out of all their people. It was at the 2017 GKN conferences – held across 3 continents – that Monique rolled out plans to build the right kind of leadership across the group. The conferences were an opportunity to make the case for change and to convince the sceptics – there were a few! A confident delivery of a well-structured and focused speech was critical to getting the message across and winning colleague support. Working with Milly for several weeks before the first speech enabled Monique to achieve exactly that.”
Monique Carter, GKN Group HR Director
Adventurer Olly had great stories to tell but, in a competitive market, knew that his delivery was not as great as the adventures that he had survived. Tom Keynon-Slaney, founder of the London Speakers Bureau, put Olly in touch with Be Heard. Milly worked with Olly over several sessions focusing on pace, projection, intonation, energy and stage craft. Olly is now a highly rated motivational speaker on both the corporate and educational circuit.
Olly Hicks, Adventurer