Confidently There

I equip teams and individuals to more ethically and effectively handle difficult conversations. 

Think:

- understanding power dynamics and knowing how to approach them restoratively
- having the tools to approach the difficult subjects productively, kindly AND feeling ok to do so
- feeling equipped to handle the challenging or toxic relationships so they no longer bug you long after the conversation has finished.


And more simply: 
- calmly navigating conflict
- not fearing confrontation
- saying no without the guilt
- putting ideas across without apology
- speaking up with confidence and ease

My work is kind, evidence-based, psychology-backed and really practical. 

It exclusively promotes and utilises ethical communication strategies promoting equal voice, accountability and integrity at every turn. 

For organisations, my work can help you cultivate an environment that allows all voices to be heard, connection to be prioritised and a culture of challenge and kindness in equal measure upheld. I upskill my clients as communicators to no longer shy away from the tough stuff, but to learn to approach it all without blame or shame, judgement or assumption. This culture shift will not only boost morale and your bottom line, but it is a key equality, diversity and inclusion issue too as it brings all voices to the fore and does away for good with outdated and problematic dominance dynamics.

For individuals, my work equips you to reclaim your sense-of-self in any problematic or toxic working relationships, gives you the tools to know how to respond to any challenging conversation with a restorative approach, and allows YOU to redefine your work-life balance, no longer feeling that it needs to be a binary choice between being respected and being well-liked.

Founder

Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama

Lecturer in Voice 

Audition panelist

Lecturer in Voice

Working predominantly with the Postgraduate students on the MA Musical Theatre and MA Acting for Stage, Screen and Radio, and student actors on the 3 year BA Acting course, in a combination of group classes in vocal technique, text work, combined with accent and dialect work for show support.

Voice Teacher

Freelance / Self-employed

Freelance Voice Coach

Freelance Singing Teacher

Royal Shakespeare Company

Voice, Singing and Dialect coach for this new British musical, written by Sam Kenyon and directed by Erica Whyman, played in the Swan Theatre summer 2018. https://www.rsc.org.uk/miss-littlewood/tickets

Voice, Singing & Dialect coach, Miss Littlewood

BRISTOL OLD VIC THEATRE SCHOOL LIMITED

The Oxford School of Drama

I head up the singing work at OSD, working on a balance of precise technique, and bold, creative, truthful Acting through Song with the second years, the postgraduates, and students on the six month intensive Foundation Course.

Head of Singing

National Youth Theatre Wales

The American Musical Theatre Academy - London and New York

Singing Teacher

City Academy Ltd

Urdang Academy

I specialise in supporting values-led organisations and heart-centred leaders to have difficult conversations more often, more ethically, and more effectively. 

It takes difficult conversations and uncomfortable changes when we want to bring about genuine shifts to our culture. Something many people are not professionally equipped for. 

My area of expertise is giving you the tools to handle any challenging situation through open, honest, and rigorous conversations where all parties feel supported and heard. Because when you get that right, everything else follows. 

This helps to fill the gaps between people-first policies and the reality of your day-to-day culture. 

Through quality, active, curious listening and no longer shying away from difficult conversations, you can start aligning behaviours and standards with your big-picture goals. 

All from a PROPERLY human-first approach.

Louisa Clarke

Equitable Food Initiative

EFI works with growers and retailers to create a transparent supply chain, a safer food system and healthier work environments. Our skill-building and workforce development program improves communication and drives efficiencies across the fresh produce industry.
• Develop and implement EFI’s communication strategy across key audiences through trade media and industry relations, website and social channels, industry events and promotional materials. Secure customer testimonials and develop thought leadership, transforming EFI’s brand from a negative position to that of a positive industry innovator. 
• Partner with certified growers to support their marketing strategies to retail buyers and consumers. 
• Manage EFI's brand strategy including positioning, messaging and visual graphics across EFI operations. Provide tools, templates, messaging and training to ensure internal stakeholders reflect a cohesive brand. Managed an award-winning, strategic brand initiative and implementation followed by several brand and messaging updates to support the growing and diversifying organization. 
• Serve on the Organizational Development Committee to assess employee engagement and identify areas for improvement. Manage internal staff communication. Led process to create and regularly benchmark to"The Culture to Which EFI Aspires." 
• Handle creative process for impact and annual reports, newsletters, videos, website and sales materials.
• Develop crisis communications plan and hold trainings for board members, staff and executives from certified farms. Respond to and assist partners with a variety of crises.

Director of Marketing & Communications

Dairy Council of California

Dairy Council of California serves as the dairy industry's contribution to community health by providing free nutrition education resources. 

As Director of Marketing Communications:
• Served on management team, crafting and guiding organizational strategic plan, managing Board and industry communications, directing issues management. 
• Developed and lead overarching marketing strategy for the organization, including developing marketing plans, organizational metrics, priority audiences and creative campaigns. 
• Led strategic branding initiative including brand audit research and development of brand positioning, values, attributes, key messages, messaging matrix and new visual guidelines. 
• Served as brand manager across units to ensure adoption of new brand and consistent use of messages and graphic components. 
• Developed and implement social media strategy and web strategies, including leading a team to create a vision and strategy for a new website. 
• Directed media communications staff and social media team to ensure efforts support organizational strategies.

Director of Marketing Communications

Crocker Art Museum

• Developed and implemented marketing strategy for an established cultural institution to increase national and local visibility and ensure a successful $100M expansion in 2010. 
• Responsible for museum’s external communication including: media relations; member- and visitor-based communication and publications; promotional materials and offers; website and web technologies; email and social media strategy; advertising buy and design; and graphic 
standards. 
• Managed up to six direct reports, including marketing team, museum store operations, front desk and reception staff. 
• Managed strategic branding and public relations firms to leverage increased attention on the museum with the opening of its expansion. Coordinate national media relations efforts.
• Created and leveraged promotional and partnership opportunities to increase awareness of museum. 
• Directed advertising agency on traditional and nontraditional efforts to reach the marketplace. 
• Served on the Senior Management Team and acted as spokesperson and community representative. 
• Oversaw activities of the Board of Directors Outreach & Advocacy Committee, which educated public officials about the expansion project and secured government funds for 
the capital campaign. 
• Secured corporate and media sponsorships and ensured proper recognition in publications.

• Exceptional, proven professional with two decades of marketing and communication experience.
• Passionate about mission-driven programs, education and lifelong learning.
• Excels at strategic planning, outreach, marketing, media relations, internal communication and managing organizational change. 
• Skilled at leveraging creativity and partnership into superior results.

Specialties: Strategic branding, internal communications,  media relations, marketing, thought leadership, change management, employee engagement, nonprofits, museums, education, biotechnology, software, travel and tourism.

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