Bringing your events to life – keynote speaker, facilitator & panellist

Debbie is an experienced and accomplished public speaker, with over 20 years’ experience of speaking at both small and large scale events around the world. She brings a wealth of experience to her talks and has spoken on a wide range of topics, including innovation & technology, entrepreneurialism, education, diversity, personal & professional growth and “making a difference”.

Whether you need a keynote speaker or panellist for a large public event or a kick-off talk for an internal event or programme, Debbie’s passionate yet humorous and practical approach will inspire and motivate your audience

Past talks/themes

• “Time to move the dial on diversity” – how to make a real difference on diversity and inclusion in your company.

• “Surviving your success” – the keys to scaling with quality and impact

• “The joy of recycling” — what Cuba can teach us about innovation & creativity

• “Secrets & myths of selling to schools”—what no one really tells you

• “I think we need an app for that” — getting digital right for your company

• “The myths and opportunities of the Digital Native” — really changing the talent pipeline

• “Re-inventing the problem or hacking a solution” — why diversity keeps getting stuck

• How to change the world — making a difference with youth & education

• “Discovering your New World” — finding and creating projects for your heart & soul

• “Waking up WISE” — reclaiming innovation & creativity

  I thought I needed coffee but it turns out I needed @debbieforster – great session on school engagement #TFInnovation

  — Lucy Goodwill (@lucygoodwill) July 8, 2017

Recommendations

Debbie is a fantastic speaker – helpful and flexible, and with a personable style. She is able to talk eloquently and thematically about a range of topics, and offer a well-thought through perspective. Having worked with Debbie for a panel evening, I can also say that she’s great at conversing with the other participants to bring out the most interesting parts of the debate. Highly recommended!  Gina Good, Account Director at Snap London

Debbie was a speaker for an event arranged by Bloom, a network of women in the communication industry, which focused on building a fulfilling career. Debbie was an engaging presenter who quickly made a connection with the audience and was able share her experience but also be entertaining. We would love to have her speak again!!  Kelsey Gardner, Senior Strategic Gardner at BBDO KNOWS

I was given Debbie’s name as a person who is a thought leader in Women in Tech. We have ambitious plans to improve the gender diversity within the department as well as encourage more women to undertake exports and international trade. We had a delightful and very thought provoking lecture and discussion at our offices with our gender network and so many totally pragmatic and well tested initiatives/action points have dropped out of that debate. The team were very enthused and its all down to her great speaking style with inspiration and pragmatism. I very strongly recommend her to anybody who is interested to address the gender issues in and around technology.  Bhaskar Dasgupta, MD UK Export Finance

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