The PA Hub Manchester Conference 2022
Thursday 13th October, Holiday Inn Manchester City Centre.
We have organised a fantastic day of learning, networking, development, inspiration and collaboration for both aspiring and senior PAs.
The speakers are carefully selected to bring you an informative day full of relevant takeaways for your role to make you an indispensable assistant.
You will learn how to....
- Implement Hybrid Working Successfully
- Assure YOU Set BIGGER Goals!
- Build Your Confidence
- Connect & Collaborate
- Become More Motivated
- Help Your Team Feel Supported
- Value The Importance of Mental Health
- Create Stronger Relationships
- Really Own Your Committments
- Deal With Conflict Resolution
- Have Control in Difficult Situations
- Live Your Best Life
- Believe in YOU!
- Except the Challenges Positively
- Overcome Self Doubt
- Learn Why Mentors Are Invaluable
- Appreciate Behavioural Differences
- Value Those Who Are Not Like You
- Create Your Dream Goals
- Stop the Imposter Syndrome
- Partner Successfully With Your Executive
- Implement Systems & Workflows
- Maximize Your Time
- Take Control of You!
- Make Anything Possible!
OUR SPEAKERS
Marion Lowrence
Conference Host
Lucy Brazier OBE
The Future Is Hybrid - What Assistants Need To Know
Paula Harding
You & Co – Changing the world
Jules Wyman
Overcoming the Imposter Syndrome
Heidi Loughlin
The Importance of Mental Health
David Hyner
“SMART” Goals DON’T Work!
Nick Fewings
The Clash or Spark of Conflict?
Steven Robinson BEM
Anything Is Possible!
Conference Prices
BOOK TICKETS HEREMEMBER
£299 (+ VAT)
NON-MEMBER
£349 (+ VAT)
The Future Is Hybrid - What Assistants Need To Know
Lucy Brazier OBE
CEO, Marcham Publishing
For many assistants, working in the office from Monday to Friday will be a thing of the past. As offices reopen, many are turning to a hybrid model that allows people to work in the office some days and at home for others. While being able to work remotely offers more flexibility, there’s going to be a learning curve, for both companies and their employees.
In this interactive session, we will look at new ways of working, both in terms of your partnership with your executive and making your team feel supported and comfortable. We’ll cover what a successful hybrid work reality looks like, collaborative working practices, how to align days with your manager’s schedule and other colleagues you work frequently with, what the potential unclear implications could be and how to make the most of your time both in the office and at home.
We’ll also discuss what the unknowns are that concern you, how to implement systems and workflows to maximise your time wherever you are working from, and why it’s so important to be proactive when it comes to communicating, collaborating and providing status updates.
Learning Outcomes:
- Find out what turning to a hybrid model means
- Learn how to partner with your executive(s) with the new ways of hybrid working
- Implement systems and workflows to maximize your time
- Help your team feel supported and comfortable and form collaborative working practices
About Lucy
Lucy Brazier OBE is one of the world’s leading authorities on the administrative profession.
As CEO of Marcham Publishing, specialist publishers of Executive Support Magazine – a global training magazine dedicated to the professional development needs of senior and aspiring administrative professionals – Lucy works with the best trainers of Executive Assistants from around the world to deliver the most up-to-date and current training in the market.
Her passion is for the Assistant role to be truly recognised as a career and not just a job. Her formidable training expertise and speaking style have given her opportunities to train, present and emcee events in over 50 countries at over 450 events.
With access to the most forward-thinking, passionate and knowledgeable trainers and administrative business leaders in the world, as well as personally meeting and speaking to literally thousands of Assistants over the last 10 years, Lucy’s knowledge of the market and what Assistants all over the world are facing on a day- to-day basis are second to none.
In 2021 Lucy was awarded an OBE in recognition for her services to office professionals.
You & Co – Changing the world
Paula Harding
Executive Assistant to Sid Madge, Founder of Meee
Our lives are changing at a faster pace than any time in history and it can be a battle to keep up.
Using the power of Connection, Collaboration and Community, you can be at the heart of bringing about a collective force to inspire, empower and enable everyone around you to thrive.
Learning Outcomes
- Learn how to work within the new faster pace of life
- Learn the power of connection, collaboration, and community
- Learn how to empower and enable everyone around you to thrive
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About Paula
Paula Harding is an Executive Assistant working alongside Sid Madge, the founder of Meee. Paula is a proud Executive Assistant and after having a lightbulb moment almost 6 years ago has dedicated her energy to making herself the best assistant that she can be. As part of this journey, Paula’s mission has been to develop, network and collaborate to influence and raise the profile of the administrative profession.
Overcoming the Imposter Syndrome
Jules Wyman
Confidence Coach
Do you secretly worry that others will find out that you’re not as bright and capable as they think you are?
Do you sometimes shy away from challenges because of nagging self-doubt?
Or chalk up your accomplishments to be a ‘fluke’, ‘just lucky’ and ‘no big deal’?
If you have answered yes to any of the above, then whether you realise it or not, you have a case of the imposter syndrome. It’s more common than people think, which means that there are ways to overcome it.
In this talk Jules will:
- give you tools to know how to spot and stop the imposter syndrome taking over your day.
- share celebrity secrets to making change and removing self doubt.
- and give you a simple 3 step process that you can apply in any moment to make a difference to your day.
The imposter syndrome isn’t a label of who you are or something that you ‘just have to learn to live with’ – there are ways to overcome it.
Join Jules to find out how.
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About Jules
Jules Wyman is a woman who dreams of being out of a job.
Not so she can spend all day watching Real Housewives in a onesie…but because she believes that only when confidence coaching is no longer needed will it mean people are enjoying genuinely fulfilling lives.
Until then, she’s on a mission as a Confidence Coach to help people have faith in themselves and replace meaningless quick fixes with authentic living.
Her clients end up going for what they really want in life, from changing career to changing countries.
And, as you’ll discover when you listen to Jules, she truly walks her talk.
She’s become one of the UK’s top coaches in this field by following her own path to authentic confidence. She enjoys working with people from around the world, in private, public and voluntary sectors. She lives in York, UK.
The Importance of Mental Health
Heidi Loughlin
Inspirational Speaker | Author | Blogger | TV/Radio Personality | Charitable Ambassador | Writer
‘Ironically cancer has given me a new lease of life’
In this session Heidi will begin with the start of the story – from back-ground to diagnosis and discuss how she has addressed mental health during cancer and grief. Heidi will talk about the importance of exercise, friendships and honest communication and how to recognise depleting mental health within herself and what to do to address it before it becomes a crisis. Heidi will talk about what good and bad mental health look like and what it means to her. Throughout the session Heidi will show us the importance of resilience and how she took control of the situation when everything was against her.
Heidi has written a booked called Heidi’s Lifeline and her blog, ‘Storm in a Tit Cup’, exists on the platform ‘Blogspot’ and has had over 1,000,000 hits, and she is also active on social media and receives a constant flow of support.
Read moreAbout Heidi
At the age of 32 Heidi was diagnosed with the most rare and aggressive type of breast cancer; inflammatory breast cancer while she was 13 weeks pregnant with her third child. Heidi declined appropriate treatment to protect her unborn baby and opted for a much less effective form of chemotherapy while pregnant.
Her daughter Ally was born in December 2015, premature but healthy, but unfortunately, she contracted an infection in hospital and died eight days later.
Heidi then discovered her cancer had spread and was incurable.
Heidi’s Blog ‘Storm in a Tit Cup’ has been read over a million times and has a worldwide following. Her Book ‘Heidi’s Lifeline’ was released online last year to raise money for the charity NICU Support and as a self-published work, has sold over 2000 copies and has five stars on Amazon.
Heidi recounts her story which humour, positivity and a healthy dose of gallows humour and is a regular on radio and local television.
Heidi has been conducting motivational and inspirational talks to a large variety of clients and the feedback she has received is exemplary. She has been repeatedly booked by the same clients which in the speaking world is extremely rare. Her clients have consisted of household names such as HSBC, AIG and Nationwide. She has spoken for Roche, a Swiss multinational healthcare company as well as innumerable conferences for nurses, cancer charities and bereavement charities. Heidi has appeared on ‘The Wright Stuff’ on three occasions, has filmed a documentary for the discovery channel about unusual pregnancies and is a regular on BBC Radio Bristol, ITV and BBC.
She has won numerous awards for her frank account of living with cancer and tells her story with such humour that audiences are always left inspired.
- Awards:
- ‘Mum and Dad blog’ award winner of best writer 2016-2017
- ‘Mum and Dad’ award finalist for blog of the year 2016
- ‘Bristol Post gold star’ award for bravery winner 2016
- Regional finalist for ‘Pride of Britain’ award 2016
- Butterfly award winner – ‘Inspirational Mother 2017’
- ‘West Woman of the Year’ awards finalist 2018
- TV appearances:
- ITV and BBC regional and national news
- Channel 5’s “The Wright Stuff”
- Made in Bristol TV
- BBC Radio Bristol and BBC Radio 5 Live – numerous slots
- BBC website – contribution to article
- “I’ve got something to tell you” with Amanda Holden in 2017
- TLC Discovery Channel – one hour documentary on extraordinary pregnancies
- Super Mum advertising campaign for Marks & Spencer
- Hello Beautiful Foundation campaign for Stella McCartney
- Advert for Legal and General
- Advert for Bespoke Financial Teeside
Heidi Loughlin
Heidi's Lifeline - Heidi's book will be on sale at the Conference
“SMART” Goals DON’T Work!
David Hyner
Speaker & Researcher
David has presented to over ONE MILLION delegates over the last 22yrs, and his content is based upon 25 years of research, interviewing 250+ top achievers from all walks of life.
The session will explore:
- Just why “smart” goals set us up for mediocrity… AT BEST!
- How a team based “MASSIVE” goal can create a HUGE return?
- The two things that top achievers seek, that most of us avoid?
- How to get … and remain motivated to be more effective.
- Taking ownership of our commitments – Why assumptions hold us back.
- Why we should “look into” successful people and get a mentor.
- Develop a more positive outlook – How just 5-10 mins a day can transform our teams.
- If you had the power to change your outlook … would you?
- Behavioural Impact – COWS VS RHINOS !!!!
Learning Outcomes:
- Confidence to set BIGGER goals!
- Take back control of our emotional decision making.
- The motivation to take consistent action.
About David
Speaker, Trainer, Author, Publisher, Researcher, Dad.
ISM – BESMA 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award.
ACE – academy for chief executives – Speaker hall of fame.
VISTAGE – ceo peer group 10 yrs service award.
FISM – Fellow of the Inst. For Sales Management
PSAE – professional speaking award of excellence – professional speaking association
FPSA –fellow of the professional speaking association
FLPI – fellow of the learning and performance institute
ABNLP – NLP practitioner
Video Showreels –
Work – https://youtu.be/fTOzMgvOs4M
Youth – https://youtu.be/nxfDMH3-SJs
David Hyner
David has many books and courses - check out his Store below or Amazon
See David's Store HereThe Clash Or Spark Of Conflict?
Nick Fewings
Teamworkologist
Conflict within teams can result in fractured relationships and mistrust or it can spark ideas and creativity, that move your team forward positively.
Paradigm shifts help to keep conflict positive, so that individuals see their colleagues as different to them and not just difficult, and be fascinated by them, rather than frustrated by them.
Nick will open your eyes to how conflict can be used in a positive way, to help you and your team achieve even greater success.
Learning Outcomes
- Understanding the frustrations that can give rise to negative conflict
- Appreciating behavioural differences
- Valuing those who are not like you
- Using conflict in a positive way
About Nick
Nick Fewings is a Teamworkologist – someone who specialises in helping teams to achieve even greater success through the effectiveness of their teamwork.
Over 20 years, he has worked with 100s of teams around the globe, profiled 1,000 of individuals, and also spoken at over 500 conferences about how to achieve high-performance teamwork.
His style of presentation, has seen him known as Mr. Infotainment on the speaker circuit, delivering valuable information in an entertaining and engaging way.
Nick is also the creator of the Team DyNAmics Model, that measures the effectiveness of 16 areas of teamwork, and in March 2022, published a book, Team Lead Succeed, which has become a best seller.
Keynote Speaker - Anything is Possible!
Steven Robinson BEM
International Author & Speaker
What would you do if you lost your right arm at the age of 18? Would you give up all hope or would you fight on despite the difficulties that would certainly lie ahead?
Steven made an astounding positive change proving to everyone that we are all capable of overcoming obstacles and that they can become our greatest asset.
Life is full of positivity and “Opportunities are everywhere, don’t be held back by phantom barriers!”
During this session Steven will show you how to you can achieve more than you ever thought was possible by sharing the lessons he has leant.
Key Benefits:
- Understanding that change isn’t always bad.
- Positive thinking.
- Spotting opportunities.
- Overcoming fears and “Phantom Barriers”.
- The power of asking.
- Building resilience
- Achieving more than you thought possible.
About Steven
Steven Robinson was born and bred in the city of Leeds in the county of Yorkshire in the UK, with that true Yorkshire grit associated with the county and is an amazing motivational speaker, using the experiences of his own journey to inspire people into achieving their goals and dreams by breaking down self imposed barriers.
Steven is also a UK TV personality appearing on many TV shows, including “A Place In The Sun”, “Posh Pawn Brokers”, “ITN National News”, “BBC’s Look North”, “Sky’s Chrissy B Show”, Radio West Midlands, BBC radio Leeds, Vale Radio, The Jeremy Vine Show, presenter for “Made In Leeds” and also featured on Emmerdale, Houdini and Doyle, The Limehouse Golem (Bill Nighy) BBC’s “The One Show.” seen by over 4 million viewers and most recently on The Davina McCall show “This Time Next Year” seen by over 6 million viewers.
He is an award winning keynote speaker, awarded “The Douglas Bader Memorial Trophy” 2016 for his outstanding contribution to disabled pilots.
Voted for by the county of Yorkshire, UK, as the most inspirational individual of the year 2017 and recognised by the Crown and awarded The British Empire Medal (B.E.M.) by Her Majesty The Queen 2018.
To add to his list of achievement Steve is also a published author of “No Arm In Trying”
There will be limited books available on the day from our speakers which they will be happy to sign for you.
If you purchase the book before, please don’t forget to bring it along with you if you would like it signing.
Agenda
| 08:30 | Registration |
| 08:45 | Introductions - Marion Lowrence |
| 09:00 | Lucy Brazier OBE - The Future Is Hybrid - What Assistants Need To Know |
| 09:45 | Paula Harding - You & Co – Changing the world |
| 10:30 | Morning Break - Refreshments, Networking & Exhibitor TIme |
| 11:00 | Jules Wyman - Overcoming the Imposter Syndrome |
| 11:45 | Heidi Loughlin - The Importance of Mental Health |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 | David Hyner - “SMART” Goals DON’T Work! |
| 14:15 | Nick Fewings - The Clash Or Spark Of Conflict? |
| 15:00 | Afternoon Break - Networking, Exhibitors and Prize Draw |
| 15:30 | Keynote Speaker: Steven Robinson BEM - Anything is Possible! |
| 16:15 | Marion Lowrence - Conference Summary |
| 16:30 | Close |
Holiday Inn Manchester City Centre
25 Aytoun Street, Manchester, M1 3AE.
“Opened in 2016 and consecutively voted No.1 UK Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Manchester City Centre is located 200m from Piccadilly station in the heart of Manchester City Centre.
Boasting 298 contemporary bedrooms and an unrivalled meeting and events offering, the hotel provides the perfect base for your next event or stay. Whether it be a board meeting, a conference with dinner for 140 delegates or a group booking, there are a range of flexible, spacious and modern event spaces each featuring the latest cutting-edge technology.
All event spaces lead out to a large breakout area with direct access to the impressive dual level terrace overlooking the canal. If you’re looking for the perfect space for your next event, the terrace can be hired for private events and provides the perfect backdrop for a variety of events including Summer Parties, BBQs and drinks receptions.
For guests staying overnight, all of the bedrooms are designed with guest comfort in mind and all offer the latest facilities including self-controlled air conditioning, an in-room safe, mini fridge, smart television and access to the hotel’s onsite fitness centre.
Holiday Inn Manchester City Centre understands that there is no such thing as a standard event. That is why the experienced team will be on hand to help with ideas and organisation to deliver an event that is bespoke and meets your goals.”
Parking
Discounted parking available at NCP Chorlton Street, M1 3FY. The car park is ticketless and works off number plate recognition, on entering the car park you will not be provided with a ticket. On arrival at the hotel, if you provide your car registration plate to the hotel’s reception team, they will register your car and payment will be settled for the parking directly at the hotel.
This is the 11th PA Hub conference and as always we aim to provide high level industry relevant training to make you the best assistant that you can be.
Our conference is designed to involve excellent networking with aspiring and senior assistants alongside up-skilling and training from world class speakers. This one day conference helps PAs develop in the ever-changing role of the modern assistant with speakers chosen carefully to cover a range of topics to help you achieve within your company.
See what previous attendees said about our conferences:
"The conference in Liverpool far exceeded my expectations and I felt privileged to have been in the room with so many inspiring speakers who were able to share their knowledge and experiences in such a way to keep it fascinating, life affirming and relevant. I would highly recommend the conference to any PA, particularly one who like me, tends to work outside of a team of other PAs. If you only attend one conference this year, make it this one!"
PA to CEO & Director of Clinical Services, Claire House Children's Hospice
Excellent professional conference with plenty of take away ideas and knowledge. The PA Hub yet again delivered a professional conference with relevant content. One not to miss!
EA, Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service
I would recommend attending a PA Hub conference to all PAs, EAs, and secretarial roles. A fantastic day full of learning and networking with exceptional speakers! Thank you again for such a fabulous conference!
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