Kate Gilbert

Public Speaking Coach

Kate is an award-winning public speaking coach (coachingfoundation.com 2021) with seven years of coaching experience and over twenty years as a workshop facilitator in communication and performance techniques. Her work includes a wide range of clients from business to the creative industry including CEOs, entrepreneurs, education, creatives and even boxers. She has led workshops for SKY, Maverick Media, London School of Economics, Jazz North and government-funded NCS among others.

Kate's style is supportive, energetic and fun. With a background in acting, playwrighting, compering and singing, she specialises in storytelling, voice and performance, supporting clients to cultivate captivating stage presence with stories that inspire, transform and engage. Kate has a rare ability to take her clients from tearful to genuinely enjoying public speaking. Clients often report that they have a greater number of people approach them after their talks and feedback often include comments about how genuine, authentic, natural, inspiring and compelling their talks were. Kate's style is highly practical and uses holistic elements such as meditation, visualisation and relaxation techniques.