Scwair One presents Speaking of Success (SÖS) – episode eight, solo.
It's the podcast for people who are crap at speaking but want to be better.

In this episode : a first-timer's visit to Toastmasters in Brighton, the one thing I said before sitting down, and what I'm doing back there in two weeks.

I joined a Toastmasters meeting for the first time. As a guest.
The plan was: sit at the back, watch, learn, leave.
I lasted 30 minutes before being asked a question.

But I'm going back. This time, to speak properly.

Wish me luck.

I'm Andy Greenhouse.
And I'm a creative evolutionist.
I help people, brands and businesses evolve in an ever-changing landscape.

Find me writing daily on LinkedIn @ https://www.linkedin.com/in/andygreenhouse

My video agency @ swhype.com

And if you're looking for your tribe...
Maybe I'll see you at Scwair1.

Scwair One presents Speaking of Success (SÖS) – episode seven, solo. A spoken word night in Brighton, a deliberate seat choice, and what going out on your own can feels like when it's something you avoid like the plague.

I don't really go out much these days. Haven't for a while.

We moved down to Brighton from London. Most of my friends stayed there. I stopped drinking on New Year's Eve 2019. Covid did the rest. So when I committed to 30 days of public speaking, I probably should've thought harder about how exactly I was going to pull that off.

Last week I went to a spoken word night at Brighton's Corn Exchange.
On my own.

Before booking, I noticed there were plenty of seats in the back row.
And a single seat in the row in front. I picked that one. On purpose.

That decision set off a small chain of things I didn't expect. One of them ended in a multi-storey car park at 11pm, writing something I'd never have written if I'd sat anywhere else.

I'm Andy Greenhouse.
And I'm a creative evolutionist.
I help people, brands and businesses evolve in an ever-changing landscape.

Find me writing daily on LinkedIn @ https://www.linkedin.com/in/andygreenhouse

My video agency @ swhype.com

And if you're looking for your tribe...
Maybe I'll see you at Scwair1.

Scwair One presents Speaking of Success (SÖS) – episode six with inclusion consultant and facilitator Helen Bazuaye, on discernment in a noisy world, why nerves never really leave, and why joy might be the most radical act available to us right now.

Helen Bazuaye has spent her career in rooms full of strong personalities – editing magazines, facilitating boardrooms, training corporate teams, and building a programme for care-experienced young people from the ground up. And yet, when it comes to standing on a stage and speaking for herself, she's deliberately held back.

In this conversation, Helen talks honestly about what it really means to use your voice, the difference between speaking at people and speaking with them, and why joy – not anger – might be the most radical act available to us right now.

We cover: the unexpected through-line from magazine editor to inclusion consultant, why being nervous never goes away (and why that's fine), the difference between performing and connecting, and what the We Are Here project means to her, and to the young people it reaches.

A rich, warm, and quietly urgent conversation.

I'm Andy Greenhouse. And I'm a creative evolutionist. I help people, brands and businesses evolve in an ever-changing landscape.

Find me writing daily on LinkedIn @ https://www.linkedin.com/in/andygreenhouse My video agency @ swhype.com And if you're looking for your tribe... maybe I'll see you at Scwair1 – https://scwair1.com

I'm Andy Greenhouse.
And I'm a creative evolutionist.
I help people, brands and businesses evolve in an ever-changing landscape.

Find me writing daily on LinkedIn @ https://www.linkedin.com/in/andygreenhouse

My video agency @ swhype.com

And if you're looking for your tribe...
Maybe I'll see you at Scwair1.