Keynote speaker and workshop facilitator on
the power of storytelling
for women in businesses
Inspiring female founders, leaders and creative professionals to stop editing themselves and use their real story to drive change.
What does it mean to roar?
To be a woman who ‘roars’ means accepting your story is enough and sharing it authentically to create positive change.
It’s about facing your fears, speaking truthfully, and helping others through your experiences.
Roaring isn't about being the loudest or most polished.
It’s about connecting with others, strengthening each other, and driving the change we need by combining our voices.
Rise up, use your voice and tell your story.
When we do, we empower other women to do the same.
Keynote speaking
Looking for a keynote speaker who’ll leave your audience with something they’ll actually use?
Hilary Salzman is a UK-based keynote speaker on business storytelling for women, bringing a unique combination of personal experience, storytelling expertise and the real insights of the female founders and leaders she’s worked with. Whether you’re organising a women’s conference, a leadership event or a corporate away day, Hilary’s talks are designed to do three things:
Inspire and motivate
Leave your audience feeling energised and ready to share their own stories, knowing how to work alongside their fears and use their vulnerability as a superpower
Educate and empower
Provide practical insights into the art and science of business storytelling for female founders and leaders and show them how to apply this new-found knowledge to their business and personal lives.
Engage and entertain
Deliver powerful stories with a blend of self-deprecating humour, emotion, and authenticity. Expect the unexpected!
Topics i talk on:
- The Story Trust Gap. Why women edit themselves before they've even started and what it costs their careers, businesses and communities.
- Why roar? The roles and responsibilities of women as business storytellers and how to play your part
- Why being an ‘emotional woman’ is a strength, not a weakness; how your vulnerability creates something real for others to connect to.
- Take action now. The 5 practical steps every woman in business can take to find their authentic voice and craft their true story on their terms.
Workshops
Looking for a storytelling workshop facilitator for your team, organisation, or community event?
My business storytelling workshops are hands-on, interactive and built for real people, not performative training days that everyone forgets by Monday. Whether you’re working with a team of leaders, a community of female founders or a creative organisation, the workshops are tailored to what your people actually need.
Every session will:
Develop storytelling skills
Equip your people with the tools and techniques to craft compelling business stories and understand how to use story-led content to connect with their dream audience and achieve their ambitions
Build trusted relationships
Improve the clarity and impact of your team’s communication, helping them be heard the way they want to be and creating long-term relationships with the people that matter most.
Improve collaboration
Encourage creative thinking and collaboration through shared storytelling experiences.
My workshop topics include:
- The Story Trust Gap - a workshop exploring why women self-edit, what it costs and how to close the gap between what you know and what you say
- Brand ‘me’ - creating your personal brand story to build a business on your own terms
- Writing a story in a day - a practical session that guides you through writing a business story and applying it to your work.
- Team effort - how to build and tell a consistent brand story collaboratively across your business or network
- Crafting connections and building trust - the art of storytelling and how to apply it to your creative business
Book me to speak or facilitate
Your workshop was really insightful and has prompted lots of interesting conversations as a team around when we should be telling stories as part of our everyday work. We have a significant project coming up and will be telling stories as part of the stakeholder engagement to help us explain why we are doing what we’re doing really clearly to lots of different teams.
Brands who’ve trusted me as a speaker or workshop facilitator
Women in Banking – IWD Expo – LoveWell – MicDrop – BANES WLN – MND Association ‐ KPMG ‐ ServiceNow ‐ British Franchise Association ‐ The Unbound Press ‐ Oxford Brookes University ‐ The Purple House Clinic ‐ The Farnham Creative’s Network ‐ Leading Cyber Ladies – Deloitte – Phenomenal Women Bath – SheSphere – Bristol Creative Industries – The Homeworker Magazine
Thank you so much, Hilary - you are an amazing trainer, storyteller, writer and all-round awesome person. We all loved your workshop and look forward to working with you again in the future. Keep doing what you are doing... Promoting creativity in marketing, championing connection, and basically putting the ‘human’ back in human being.
