21 Nov 2017

Conference Speakers - APDO 2018 - "Organising Matters"

Julia Blake

Plenary: GDPR - Are you ready?

Nine years ago, I started out on my mission to help business owners become more successful. After having spent more than two decades (shhh!) in the software and banking industries and with a degree in International Business, I was ready to follow my passion to be a catalyst for growth - I had always wanted to run my own business but didn't have a product - then I realised that my product was the well organised me!

I help business owners to grow their businesses by helping them put systems in place so they can make more of what they already have in their business.

I love being organised and feel proud that I have created a business around being just that - being a single Mum of 3 teenage boys, and a Border Terrier, I need to be organised - it's great to feel organised in one area of life ;)

Blake Consultants

Regina Wong

Workshop: The What, Why and Not of Minimalism

Regina Wong is passionate about minimalism and simple living. She writes a popular blog 'Simple and Minimal' on minimalism and simple living at LiveWellWithLess.com. Regina also runs her own inspired ventures, including Live Well With Less (LiveWellWithLess.com), which focuses on helping others live happier and fuller lives through minimalism and simplicity. She has also been featured in various publications on the topics of minimalism and simplicty. In addition, Regina also heads up The Minimalists Meet Up Group in London, which provides friendship and support to both aspiring and experienced minimalists through various events. Like many others, Regina was on a success and consumption-driven journey in her previous life and found little joy and fulfilment. Minimalism has transformed her life and she believes it can transform yours too.

Regina Wong

Shola Kaye

Workshop: How to Survive and Thrive at Business Networking

Plenary: How to write a Thriller of a Speech

Shola Kaye is an international professional singer, a public speaking coach and author of the Amazon.com bestseller, How to be a D.I.V.A. at Public Speaking. She helps clients build their stage presence and create confident, exciting, stand-out talks. She also runs workshops for entrepreneurs and people in business. Shola overcame shyness to become an award-winning public speaker and has contributed to Marie Claire, Metro, Prima Magazine and more. She graduated from Cambridge University and enjoys playing tennis and eating Thai food.

Shola Kaye

Jo Cooke

Workshop: Hoarding: Understanding how to do more good than harm

Jo Cooke is Director of Hoarding Disorders UK CIC. She is an expert in decluttering and an accredited member of the Association of Professional Declutterers and Organizers (APDO). She has been running her own business, Tapioca Tidy, since 2013. Jo previously had a varied career in charitable organizations, human resources, project management, book-keeping and the civil service, but realized that she had a flair for decluttering and organizing when she had to sell the family home that her father had lived in for more than 30 years. She has a wealth of experience and skills that are required when working with hoarders and takes a responsible and empathetic approach to the needs of people from both areas of her work, clutterbugs and hoarders.

Tapioca Tidy

Gail Gibson

Workshop: Declutter your business ideas - the key to staying focussed and achieving more

Award-winning business performance coach Gail Gibson enables small businesses, through the teaching of effective tools, techniques and strategies, to discover ways to perform at their personal best, to make their dreams happen in life and business. Development of a Can Do or growth mindset is key to Gail's coaching success. Through her coaching programmes Gail's aim is to encourage a shift in thinking, with a key focus on accountability for sustained growth, which empowers small businesses to be brave, be bold, be remarkable and believe in themselves.

gailmgibson.com

Dr Stuart Whomsley

Plenary: In conversation with Dr Stuart Whomsley, NHS Clinical Psychologist

I am a clinical psychologist working in the NHS for 20 years, mostly with adults with psychological problems and have become an expert in helping those with a tendency to hoard. I have an interest in the interaction between people and their environment and in 2012 published a paper on 'œHow to work with psychosis in a client's own environment'

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