The one person who can’t see how you come across to your audience … is you.
And it's costing you every time you speak in public.
The reason your speaking isn't changing
You've tried. You've prepared more. Watched yourself back. Asked for feedback. Maybe done a course or read the books.
And something still isn't quite right. Progress feels slow, or random, or like you're working hard at something that isn't quite shifting.
There's a reason for that.
You're trying to improve from the inside, based on how it feels, how it sounds in your head, how you think you're coming across. And that information is almost always wrong.
Because the version of you that you experience when you speak, and the version your audience experiences, are often completely different people.
You might think you sound clear, you're coming across as uncertain. You think you're being warm, you're coming across as guarded. You think you're holding the room, however, the room moved on thirty seconds ago.
You can't hear what they're hearing. You can't see what they're seeing. So you can't fix it. Not properly. Not fast.
Every adjustment you make is a guess. Some land, some don't, and you're never quite sure which is which or why.
This is why experienced, intelligent people stay stuck. Not for lack of effort. For lack of visibility.
The moment that changes everything
The speakers who improve, quickly, noticeably, in a way that sticks, aren't the ones who prepare more.
They're the ones who finally see it clearly.
Not a vague sense of what might be off. Not feedback from someone being kind. A clear, accurate picture of exactly how they come across, what's working, what isn't, and what to focus on first.
Once you have that, you stop guessing. Every adjustment you make is deliberate. Progress stops feeling random and starts feeling inevitable.
That's what The Speaking Reset gives you.
What happens in the workshop
It's a free, 60-minute live session on Zoom.
I'll take you through a structured process that shows you, clearly and probably for the first time, exactly how you come across. You'll work privately. You won't perform in front of the group, and you won't be put on the spot.
What you'll see will surprise you. Not because anything is wrong, but because it's nothing like what you thought.
And once you've seen it, you can't unsee it.
By the end you'll:
✔ See exactly how you come across, not how you think you do
✔ Know what's already working that you've been completely unaware of
✔ Understand precisely what's been getting in the way, and why you couldn't see it before
✔ Know what to change first, no more guessing, no more working in the dark
✔ Feel the specific relief of knowing this is far more fixable than you thought
What happens when you use this method and change the way you speak
Hannah McCartan
Dave Whitcomb
Date: 28th May 2026
Time: 8pm UK
Where: Live on Zoom
Cost: Free
There is a replay, but this works best in real time.
Working through it as it happens, not watching it happen to someone else.
Who Am I?
I spent thirty-five years presenting live on the BBC, ITV and Sky News — environments where knowing how you come across isn't optional and there are no retakes.
What that career gives you is an eye for the gap between what a speaker intends and what actually lands. The small things - invisible to the person speaking, obvious to everyone watching.
Most people don't need more preparation. They need to see what's already happening. This workshop is how you do that.
