Events
2026 Upcoming Keynote Events
Each inspiring, entertaining keynote delivers essential skills to help you succeed, and practical ways to begin using them immediately.
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Past Events Library & Recording Access
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Why Storytelling Matters (July 2026)
Too often we go for the logical, the obvious, the ponderous or the empirical, when what is needed to ensure you are appropriately memorable is something a little bit different; something that does not include boring, read PowerPoint-led narrative; something that tells a story and takes you on a journey.
This 45-minute keynote will explore how stories and visual imagery can be effective ways of conveying messages to make the all important ’emotional connection’.
Staying Front of Mind (June 2026)
Delivering on your promises is a very attractive quality: end conversations with an action, take control when you need to and call when you say you will. This is how to get yourself ahead in your relationships: by doing exactly what it says on the tin. The best relationship builders do what they’re supposed to, when they’re supposed to. By the end of this 45-minute keynote, you will know how to move smoothly through the gears when it comes to developing your relationships.
Top Strategies to Develop Your Network for the Long-term (May 2026)
Ahead of a summer of networking at conferences and events, have you taken a step back and thought about who you need to know and what you want to be known for? Whether it’s to advance your career prospects, help you build relationships, or win business… understanding and engaging in your networks -internally and externally – is vital. By the end of this 45-minute keynote, you will come away with a plan to develop a network that will carry you for your entire career.
How to Handle Objections (March 2026)
Your meetings need better outcomes than you buying prospects more coffee and cake. Russell Wardrop will spend most of this event on his favourite topic: handling objections. By the end of this 45-minute keynote, you’ll come away with strategies for exiting your next meeting with a better advance.
Converting Contacts to Clients (February 2026)
Building relationships doesn’t happen by accident, you have to take action. Once you’ve sorted out your mindset, business development has to become a habit. In this 45-minute keynote, Nicky Denegri will give you practical tips to help you get more organised and systematic in your approach to business development.
How to Master a BD Mindset (January 2026)
The Confidence Formula (December 2025)
Gaining self-confidence can be like trying to catch the wind, yet we all know it is an essential component of success. We would never claim that one short burst of our recipe for self-confidence will have you swinging from the chandeliers, but why would you want to do that anyway? Sounds like bravado to us…
Context: why self-confidence is important
Defining self-confidence
It’s all about skills
Self-awareness is your touchstone
Goal setting: what you need to get better at
How to Win the Big Pitch (November 2025)
The big pitch is when your team are in front of a prospect and there is a lot riding on it.
The pitch can be formal, semi-formal or informal.
The amount at stake might be thousands, millions or hundreds of millions.
Russell will give you the insight of someone who has helped clients win billions when the stakes are high.
Key EI Skills for Star Performing Rainmakers (October 2025)
We explore the strategic BD traits that underpin the key emotional intelligence skills of star performing Rainmakers.
Former law firm litigation partner, Michael Fleming, will take you on a tour of the essential skills, behaviours and emotional intelligence attributes of great Business Developers in the world of professional and legal services.
Come and hear how successful Rainmakers excel at selling to help them grow their businesses.
How to be Assertive (September 2025)
Balance your empathy with assertiveness and you’ll be a more effective leader, colleague, parent, friend.
Assertive people say the right thing, at the right time, in the right way; even in challenging circumstances.
The good news is assertiveness can be learned, so come along and change your life in 45 minutes*.
*well, get the tools to change your life.
The Art of Influence (August 2025)
Thank you to everyone who joined us on August 8th to listen to Nicky Denegri deliver this keynote. We spend our lives influencing others.
From morning to night, Monday to Friday, we are cajoling and asking and prodding others to do our bidding. The weekends too- who wants to walk the dog in the rain?
Nicky Denegri will leave you with plenty of tools next time you need something done. And she’ll always walk the dog, no matter the weather. Ask her on the day, see you there.
Be Curious: The Power of Questions (July 2025)
Curiosity may have killed the cat, but here’s one thing we know for sure:
- A lack of curiosity can kill relationships – both personal and professional.
- Being curious opens up to 10x more business opportunities. Why?
- Because when you’re curious, you ask questions, and that immediately shifts the focus from you (and that pitch you were about to make) to the person you’re talking to.
Dr Richard Norris discusses how being curious, and harnessing the power of questions, helps builds rapport and trust and keeps the focus on your prospect’s needs, until the time is right to ask for the business and close the sale.
Your Black Book: How to Build Your Business Network (June 2025)
Thank you to everyone who joined us on June 13th to listen to Michael Fleming deliver this keynote.
Relationships are the heart and soul of business.
In this session we deconstructed relationship building and focused on a particular challenge: getting stuck in the friend zone.
Michael covered why we get stuck in the friend zone and 10 ways to get out of it.
Be Impactful in 30 Seconds (May 2025)
Thank you to everyone who joined us on May 9th to listen to Richard Norris deliver this keynote.
Public speaking is said to be our biggest fear, followed by walking into a room and having to introduce yourself: networking.
Sometimes you have 30 minutes and sometimes three minutes, but 20 times a week on the Zoom you have 30 seconds.
Dr. Richard Norris will allay your fears, give you confidence and impart six ways to be impactful in half a minute.
Rational Compassion: The New Empathy (April 2025)
Thank you to everyone who joined us on April 9th to listen to Russell Wardrop deliver this keynote.
- Empathy can be short-sighted and bias
- Empathy can lead to practically useless action
- Empathy can be used by bad actors for their own ends
- Defined three types of empathy using Daniel Goleman’s cognitive, emotional and concern categories
- Tested your empathic concern
- Introduced three case studies
- Compared rational compassion and empathy
- Showed how you can dial down your empathy and dial up rational compassion
7 Principles of Relationship Management (March 2025)
170 people who joined us on March 14th to listen to Nicky Denegri deliver this epic keynote.
The 7 principles is one of our oldest programmes and has taught many thousands of professionals how to be human in business for more than two decades.
Starting with confidence and ending with following up and keeping promises, you will learn the key interpersonal traits essential for success.
Compelling Storytelling: Make The Emotional Connection (February 2025)
173 people who joined us on February 14th to listen to Russell Wardrop deliver this epic keynote.
He provided the secret sauce that connects the creative to the technical and enable you to make the emotional connection.
Think Like An Optimist (January 2025)
The webinar was the first in a series of events we’re delivering this year to celebrate KWC Global’s 25 amazing years in business. We were thrilled to host over 200 people on Zoom and share with them why being optimistic is so important for business success.