Nadine, Ross and Denise all present, facilitate and design events for a living and are in a position
to understand what it takes to be a great presenter, and that's what sets our programmes apart.

We know how important presenting is to people and the benefits it can bring, both professionally
in business and personally in life. We understand how to create the right atmosphere, whether that's
informing or convincing your audience, or building humour and enjoyment into your presentation.

So based on solid experience, we have set up these programmes to pass on our skills, tips
and techniques that we have put into practise and observed over the years. And here is a little
bit more about us individually.

Nadine Dereza

An award winning journalist, Nadine is an experienced presenter and an accomplished interviewer. As a popular presenter for corporate events, Nadine chairs and facilitates conferences and live events for a diverse range of clients across many sectors globally. The events include senior management and sales conferences, product launches, award ceremonies, webinars, consumer and trade shows. Nadine has presented for CNN, Simply Money, BBC, Sky TV, SABC and Summit TV. Over the last 20 years, as well as interviewing Chief Executives and senior management teams on their company's performance and results, she has also presented reports on all the major business and financial stories. Nadine was awarded "Financial Journalist of the Year" whilst she was London Markets Correspondent for the Financial Times. Nadine directs and coaches individuals and businesses on their presentation content and delivery, developing the confidence and ability of management teams to present effectively to live audiences and enable them to deliver crisp, clear and compelling interviews on TV and radio. Nadine is a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute, a member of the FSB and the Institute of Directors and she has a BA Honours degree in Business Studies. Nadine is a Non-Executive Director for WorldSkills London 2011, the largest vocational skills competition in the world and provides strategic leadership and direction to the WorldSkills executive team, and this includes overseeing legal, financial, risk management and operational issues with a clearly defined remit to promote vocational training throughout the world. Nadine also sits on the Audit Committee for WorldSkills London 2011. "Nadine combines professionalism, humour and an ability to be totally unflappable which is a rare gift. Her performances are fantastic; she's a consummate professional and also great company." "My fellow presenters and I learnt a lot and clearly benefited from Nadine's clarity of thought and direction. I would have no reservations about working with her again in fact I look forward to it." "As always Nadine did an outstanding job and the feedback has been brilliant. She really got under the skin of this complex and difficult subject namely the role of banks going forward and gave the audience a valuable and engaging insight into what this country's most senior bankers are thinking at this time of change in the worlds banking system."

Ross Edmonds

Ross is a presenter, facilitator and event designer for many of the top businesses in the UK. His experience and business acumen extends across the travel industry, financial services, pharmaceuticals, media, banking, telecommunications, and information technology. Ross's impact comes from an unusual blend of knowledge and expertise. He worked for British Airways for several years, in both an operational and commercial capacity, before turning his attention to presenting and facilitating business events. He has since worked on long-term communication programmes with many businesses, including National Magazines, AXA Insurance, PMI, Vodafone, T-Mobile and Sun Microsystems. Ross is involved with designing 'learning and development' programmes, which includes coaching presentation skills programmes. "Ross is the first person I speak to when preparing for a public presentation. He has the knack of coaching and supporting people to deliver performances which are memorable, engaging and enjoyable - for both the audience and presenter!" "Ross is an outstanding presenter. He has the ability to understand the key business issues quickly, and put them across clearly whilst also injecting fun at relevant points. Ross also provides invaluable support to determine the theme, style and content. I would highly recommend Ross to anyone planning an event or presentation." "His facilitator skills are amongst the best I have worked with and his desire to produce actionable results for the customers from his projects and programmes is just one of the reasons why I have no hesitation in recommending his company."

Denise Fryer

Denise Fryer is an experienced facilitator and business coach specialising in personal development for both the UK and overseas markets. For almost twenty years, she has been partnering with individuals, teams and organisations to help achieve their goals. Denise designs and facilitates programmes on leadership, influencing skills, personal impact and team skills. In addition, she coaches senior managers and executives on a one-to-one basis, helping develop their personal effectiveness in managing teams. Denise has taken on many long-term projects with large global organisations and these include BT, Royal & Sun Alliance, Marks and Spencer, T-Mobile, British Airways, dunnhumby, Swarovski and BP. Denise is a certified trainer of NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming), and a Certified Consultant and Trainer of Language and Behaviour (LAB) Profile. "It is very rare to find a person who can truly interface at all levels and make people comfortable in an uncomfortable environment. I have used Denise's skills over and over again - she is without doubt both exceptional and unique." "She has a style which works well at all levels in an organisation, from first line Manager to Director, which enables her to deliver a great deal of coaching experience with direct intervention." "How fabulous is Denise? Very! She is succinct, empathetic and extremely easy to speak to."