Our quotes always include travel, and we just ask that you book an extra room in a close hotel to the venue for Amy the night before to ensure that she is safely on site (or close to site) to avoid any last-minute travel challenges. 

Emailing us to check a particular date request is the quickest way to find out if we can arrange for Amy to be at your event. We will always do whatever we can to make the logistics work if we believe we can serve you.   

One of the most common comments Amy gets about her talks are that they are engaging. (The other that they are inspiring). After a lot of research into how to motivate people some years ago, Amy landed on the realisation that being engaging in brain terms was far more effective. This means that she literally wrote the book on ‘engagement’. Practically, what she is sharing is typically new to audiences – this means that they lean in. Learning more about how your brain works is fascinating. It is an opportunity. So people are already predisposed to be engaged due to the topic. However, Amy also intersperses fascinating content with props, exercises and demonstrations which mean that what she is sharing is deeply engaging. 

We understand how brains retain information. More importantly though, we know about the variety of different catalysts that make the practical implementation of new knowledge possible. Wherever possible, we like to discuss events early to advise on things that can be done to prime people before they even get to event day. We are happy to supply things (like videos or whitepapers) that help to position and engage people ahead of a talk. We also offer a ́Keeping it Alive’ package to embed learnings and nudge action post events.

On paper Amy isn’t majorly different from many other people with areas of expertise who work with organisations to help them change, and also is good at speaking to large groups to inspire and equip them. However, the additional report that frequently comes back is that Amy is a genuinely nice human. She really cares and that slips into her work in a variety of different ways.

Amy is a native English speaker. She always delivers in English. However, as she has studied British Sign Language and Deaf Awareness since a young age, she is a very accessible speaker. Frequently she delivers talks in English across the globe. She is clear and measured in how she speaks and therefore is praised for being understood by people for whom English is a second language.

Amy is very experienced at working with both simultaneous and consecutive translators. Having studied British Sign Language and done amateur translation for many years she understands better than most the challenges and requirements of working with translators.

As Amy studies the brain, and has immediate experience of family members who are neurodiverse, she is aware of the need to ensure talks are widely accessible. Options for any interactivity are typically given and verbal references to human differences mentioned rather than a one-size fits all approach.

During our briefing call you are encouraged to share, confidentially, any subjects, topics, issues that it would be helpful to steer clear of. There are wise times and places for raising things that need to be discussed and this may not be that for various things. Amy can then be sensitive to any questions that might arise, and also avoid inflaming anything that could be unhelpful.

Amy was delivering virtually a long time before Covid struck! During the early days as people were getting to grips with it all she was frequently praised for how engaging people rated her talks. Many companies thought it was done in a more engaging way than previous in person keynotes! Amy does utilise the opportunities virtual delivery offers to ensure the experience is memorable and interactive. Of course, she also is at home delivering in person on a range of stage sizes!

Typically, we’ll use whichever is the organisation’s preferred platform. If we have a choice though, Zoom has better functionality for these things than Teams still. We will ensure that whatever the platform though, the session is engaging and interactive (if you’re open to that). Some companies engage external organisations to manage this side of things for them, and we’re used to working with them too. 

We use software that enables Amy to be seen fully on screen, or her slides be seen fully on screen, or both at the same time. This further increases engagement as she is always selecting which will be most appropriate for the audience.

Amy loves taking questions from the audience and with the topics she speaks on, there are often many questions! This time gives Amy the opportunity to further ensure that she is addressing the exact, live, real world challenges that people are experiencing. She has heard many questions before – and so often is skilled at linking in what she has taught in previous sections to questions. She prefers not to have a list of questions in advance – but instead to allow people to just raise things as they have occurred to them on the day. This typically reveals the things that are most on their minds – and therefore valuable to them to get input into. 

It is your choice how long we allocate for questions. The norm is around 15 minutes however you can construct fireside chats that are an hour of pure questions. There have been times where there have been way too many questions to cover during a session, and Amy has been keen to follow up afterwards with more suggestions and insights!

Amy has been invited to be on many panels before to offer the scientific angle to various topics. From the Bristol balloon Fiesta to highly technical tech conferences, because the brain is involved in all aspects of day-to-day life there are typically fascinating insights that can be shared to add value in any panel.

We provide all details like this to you on a rider in advance of the keynote. Amy is flexible, and just needs a short amount of time to check the room in advance and check the tech set up and mic situation. After the keynote she can normally clear out quickly if that’s what you need, or stay to mingle or answer further questions.

Of course. Keynotes are a wonderful way to launch a new programme. They work wonderfully because there is a shared experience, with positive energy, a shared language and a focus. We can use a keynote to get people excited and keen to get started on a programme (typically for leaders or managers). Core concepts that will flow through the programme are positioned and explained. There is an opportunity for them to ask any questions that they need clarity around.

Keynotes typically range from 25 – 60 minutes. Shorter than 25 minutes for a keynote tends to be light, and only really focusing on one key idea – which may be suitable for your needs. Longer than 60 minutes and we’d be suggesting some more breakout activities to keep people engaged with the material. Amy’s content is fascinating, and because it is grounded in cutting edge science, it is novel – which takes more energy for the brain to process. 

The most common duration request for a keynote is 45 minutes plus 15 minutes for Q&A and this seems to work really well.

This very much depends on the flow of the event, the outcomes you want to achieve from the event and the context of the people coming to the event. There are normally logistical considerations also, such as key people’s availability. We will discuss all this with you and help you to discern the best agenda slot.

A good keynote speaker will share a pdf that adds more value than the slides afterwards. Slides serve a particular purpose. They are designed to support what is being said, not be a great ‘aide memoire’ per se. Therefore, we tend not to share slides but instead offer resources that will keep layering in the messages from the keynote. We want your people to be changed through what they know and what they do afterwards.

We do have many snippets available of Amy delivering keynotes all over the world. Every keynote is different as she doesn’t just reel off some tired old script! You can see her latest showreel at www.amybrann.com. This gives a flavour of her speaking style, but also what people say about her and a core framework that SP have developed that we typically use to help us deliver results in dealing with many different presenting challenges.

Amy has been fortunate to deliver keynote talks for a huge range of organisations.

• Pharmaceutical companies like Novartis & Benevolent AI, Haleon, GSK, Astrazenica and healthcare organisations like the NHS. 
• Law firms like Allen & Overy, Ashtons Legal & Eversheds. 
• Advisory firms like Accenture. 
• Finance firms like EY, PayMaya & BDO.
• Banks like BNP Paribas and Citi Bank. 
• Universities like Bangor, Manchester, Cardiff and Birmingham. 
• Charities like Compassion UK & Shelter
  Sporting organisations like England Cricket Board, the FA and football teams. 
• Tech companies like Interdigital, SAP & Cannon Design. 
• Food & drinks companies like Twinings, Mondeleze, Sainsburys & Tesco. 
• Energy companies like Gazprom, Falck Renewables & OVO energy. 
• Various government departments and councils.
• Gaming industry the likes of the Serbian Nordeus company.

There isn’t really a typical! Amy has delivered to groups of 6 and groups of 3500, and most numbers in between. The great thing about keynotes is that you can bring in any size group of people together and inspire, equip, create meaning, offer a shared language, until memorable stories that will bring those people together through a shared experience that will last forever. Amy will tailor the keynote and experience to the room size, shape and the number of people there.

We always want to support you to get value from your investment, and know there might be a scenario where not everyone can make the live event. So we will always discuss what the purpose of recording and keeping a talk would be, and typically we permit a recording to be kept for 30 days internally to allow others to catch up. However, we have permitted other scenarios depending on circumstances and needs.

Amy is keen for your event to be as successful as possible. She wants your organisation to move forward as a result of the input given. She is also super curious, so, whenever her schedule permits she’d love to spend as much time as possible with the participants and organisers. She believes that hearing some of what they are experiencing really helps her to see things from their perspective, use familiar reference points and get a sense of where their energy will be at.