Keynote Speaker

Jess Robinson has spent her professional life speaking in other people’s voices. Quite literally.

As one of the UK’s leading vocal performers, she has embodied some of the most powerful, confident and unapologetic voices of our time. From Angela Merkel to Lady Gaga to… Liz Truss. On stage, Jess could be bold, fearless and expressive. Off stage, like many people, she learned to be agreeable, adaptable and easy to work with, often at the cost of her own voice.

This keynote explores what happens when we stop borrowing voices and start using our own.

Blending storytelling, insight and moments of live performance, Jess takes audiences on a journey through voice, identity and presence.  She shows how many of us,learn to perform versions of ourselves that feel safer, smaller or more acceptable, and how that shows up in professional environments affecting leadership, negotiations, decision-making and presentations.. 

Her speaking is grounded, humorous and shaped by lived experience rather than theory. And what a lived experience she’s had! So many stories. So little time.

How Jess delivers this talk

Jess weaves together storytelling, observation and selective live vocal moments to illustrate the difference between borrowed confidence and authentic presence. Her use of voice is not a gimmick. It’s the lens through which the message lands.

Audiences don’t just hear the idea. They feel it. 

The keynote can be delivered as a standalone session, a conference keynote, or adapted for leadership events and internal programmes.

 In conjunction with this Jess can also host and facilitate your full or multi day conference, present your awards ceremony and   entertainment. What an all rounder! 
She’s also very good at writing in the third person… (Hi, it’s Jess!).

This talk is particularly relevant for organisations navigating a world where communication is becoming faster, smoother and increasingly automated.

As tools like AI and ChatGPT become part of everyday working life, language is starting to converge. Emails, presentations, leadership messages and even conversations are beginning to sound the same. Polished, competent, efficient, but often interchangeable. 

It has almost become radical to use your authentic voice. 

What audiences take away

After this keynote, audiences leave with:

• Permission to speak with more clarity, honesty and authority
• A practical awareness of how they present themselves
• A renewed sense that their own voice, as it is, is enough

The impact is lasting.

This is a keynote that stays with people and subtly changes how they show up afterwards.

Note: the audience might also leave with a desire to speak like Liza Minelli for a period of time, but don’t worry – that will pass.