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CONVERSATIONS THAT CREATE CHANGE
It’s great that you’re looking for an expert speaker for your teams or event. Expert talks can boost morale, celebrate your teams, and raise awareness of the barriers they face.
But how do you make the changes last longer than the cupcakes?
You need to design the event to be high-impact, not just inspirational:
changing attitudes, actions, and outcomes.
It's always a worry that well-intentioned external speaker events might be viewed afterwards as performative box-ticking - full of high-profile promises - but then by Monday it's back to business-as-usual.
To increase the event's impact and lead to lasting change, it’s not about hiring an expert to talk ‘at’ people, to 'motivate' or 'inspire' them.
It’s about real, unfiltered conversations about what matters most to them - and practical actions that address and remove the barriers they face.
It’s about giving them the support they need to be able to thrive and have the impact their ideas and dreams deserve.
But There's something we're not talking about:
A Keynote Talk Is Often The Wrong Solution
change doesn’t come from a stage. it comes from a conversation.
It's time for a fireside chat.
it's a blend of inspirational online presentation with facilitated discussion
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Clare Josa joined Wellcome’s SEESAW network for a Fireside Chat on Imposter Syndrome, an issue that can feel acute for colleagues from lower-socioeconomic backgrounds.
Clare is a fantastic communicator. She explained what Imposter Syndrome really is, how it impacts different groups, and how to spot the warning signs, before sharing a simple, effective strategy to stop it taking hold. She then expertly fielded a range of questions from the audience.
She really was superb. Feedback from colleagues has been overwhelmingly positive. It was a brilliant session.
Crawford Barber - Wellcome Trust
What's the difference between a keynote talk and a Fireside Chat?
Keynote
What’s the difference between a keynote and a fireside chat with Clare Josa?
A keynote is a high-profile expert performance, designed to inspire and uplift. A fireside chat is a conversation that actually creates change.
A keynote delivers pre-prepared content: valuable, but one-way.
An online fireside chat brings the audience into the decision-making room.
It combines 45 minutes of research-backed insight and practical, proven strategies with 15 minutes of live Q&A, where Clare answers the questions that matter most to your people - not the ones a committee guessed in advance.
The presentation element creates a shared understanding and common language to discuss what’s really going on, sharing practical use-them-now techniques.
The Q&A turns those insights into actions, right there in the moment, totally tailored to your teams.
That’s what makes it perfect for your teams: it’s not about inspiration for an hour.
It’s about clarity, courage, and taking the first steps towards lasting change.
Clare's Fireside Chats aren't yet another hour of text-heavy slides. These are the conversations people remember, because they felt seen.
What Clients Say
That was simply brilliant! It's one of the best hours I have ever invested.
The lightbulbs were coming thick and fast and I love that I got to try out practical solutions for Imposter Syndrome, right there during the session. Plus I loved the fact it was all grounded in Clare's research.
I feel so much more confident now supporting my team members with this. And Clare's depth of knowledge, passion, and open-hearted way of presenting what could normally be a challenging topic is inspirational.
Partner ● Deloitte
upbeat · practical · evidence-based
Two decades of science-backed
research behind every fireside chat and keynote.
Clare Josa was Head of Market Research for one of the world's most disruptive brands. Her landmark research studies are cited in PhDs and taught on MBAs, and her evidence-based coaching models & frameworks have helped hundreds of thousands of people, changing the way the world talks about and tackles Imposter Syndrome. She's a professionally trained speaker who has been honing her craft since 2003, and she's equally at home on stage or delivering virtually.
So her inspirational live events aren't cobbled together by AI. They're evidence-based, with proven strategies and simple next-step actions that lead to lasting change.
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It's more than just a talk
Making Organising Your Event Easy and Stress-Free
here's what it feels like for the audience - recent attendee feedback:
Clare answering my question helped me more than ten years of therapy. It has totally changed the way I see myself, and the impact I can have. And she did that in seven minutes.
CEO | consultancy firm
Blew Me Away
I didn't think I could become even more of a super fan of Clare's than I already was after reading Ditching Imposter Syndrome. But today's session blew me away.
The way she handled over 700 people live, including answering their questions, without skipping a beat, and making it all fun and interactive - wow.
I came away with so many insights and can't wait to get started on my 'next 24 hours' action plan. Thank you, Clare!
Director | ftse-100 company
Possibly the best online session I've ever watched.
It was amazing and had such impact. I didn't know that was possible for an online event.
We've already got an inbox full of clients thanking us for running it and describing it as 'brilliant'. And it was incredible to get over 650 people joining us live.
I can't believe how Clare managed to make it so interactive, despite being virtual, as well as fielding questions as we went through without losing the flow.
The interactive questions tailor this Fireside Chat to create a super-relevant, year-long resource for your teams.
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12-month training asset
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60-minute interactive session
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up to 250 attendees (can be extended)
This isn't a one-and-done broadcast. Your investment includes a 12-Month Enterprise Replay License. This transforms the 60-minute live Fireside Chat into a year-long internal training asset. Staff who couldn't make the live session, new hires joining next quarter, newly promoted managers, and teams needing a refresher can stream the session on-demand for a full year.
Clare Josa only runs one of these events each month.
Book a call with Clare to hold your date. Next event availability: October 2026.
Just £5,000 + UK VAT
That's less than the cost of the conference room, coffee & croissants if you ran this in-person.
Clare Josa is trusted to deliver events with measurable impact by:
Give every attendee something lasting from the event - for less than a cupcake and a coffee.
If you’ve got a little budget spare, Clare is offering an incredible upgrade:
Get 100 physical copies of one of Clare's books to share with your attendees, half price - at just £500 + P&P.
which fireside chat will you choose?
There Are 2 Options For Your Talk's Topic
Ditching Imposter Syndrome
Share your ideas with courage & confidence
Imposter Syndrome is the secret fear of being found out as not good enough, despite external evidence that you are, and 62% of your team members experience it daily or regularly to a point that impacts their performance and wellbeing.
1 in 10 will consider quitting their job due to Imposter Syndrome today.
Ditching Imposter Syndrome clears the myths and hidden blocks, and shares practical, science-backed, proven strategies for setting yourself free from this, once and for all.
Dare To Dream Bigger
How to have the impact your ideas and dreams deserve.
Back in 2015, despite being allergic to accounting, Clare co-led thousands of micro-businesses to change an obscure bit of EU tax law that accidentally stopped us trading.
They achieved breakthroughs that Downing Street & the European Parliament had told them were 'impossible'.
Dare to Dream Bigger is the reverse-engineered 7-step process you can use to have the impact your ideas and dreams deserve - from speaking up in meetings to rewriting the rules of your industry.
It’s the antidote to cultures where the loudest voice wins.
Getting The Most From Your 12-Month Licence
scalable Impact
Fixing Diary Clashes
No one misses out. Too busy on the day? Catch the replay later, and the session is designed to work as effectively on replay as it did live.
Onboarding
Automatically include the replay in your new-hire or post-promotion management training pathways over the next year.
Continuous Learning
Use the 12-month replay to inform follow-up discussion groups and book clubs using the session as the baseline.
3 Steps To Confirm Your Place
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Book a call with Clare to confirm this is a great fit and get answers to any questions you might have.
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Agree a date with Clare - she'll hold it for 30 days pending invoice payment.
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Then you'll get the event marketing materials, the interviewer guide, and everything else you need to co-create a great Fireside Chat.
Just £5,000 + VAT. Only 1 place each month.
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Clare was brilliant. She was a joy to work with and massively over delivered to an audience who really benefited from her expertise.
Attendees said: "This is the most relevant and helpful session I’ve attended in years – thank you!"
"Thanks so much for this event, I think it was THE most useful session about personal development I’ve attended."
Rob Dowell - BBC Producer
"But We Were Told to Book A Keynote!"
Here's the difference between a bespoke, in-person keynote and an online fireside chat:
| Bespoke Keynote | Fireside Chat |
|---|---|---|
Purpose | Fully customised keynote for multi-company conferences and high-profile in-house events | Interactive, action-focused session for ED&I and leadership events |
Duration | Up to 90 minutes | 60 mins (45 insight + 15 Q&A) |
Customisation | Built from scratch for your organisation | Fixed talk structure, aligned to your audience, Q&A led by your team members' needs |
Pre-event research | Full research and diagnostics project | Short event organiser questionnaire |
Meetings with your team | Up to 3 pre-event + 1 debriefing meeting | 1 briefing meeting + tech check |
Replay licence | Custom terms, including sharing with clients | Full 12-Month on-demand training asset for your LMS or intranet. |
Audience involvement | Optional 30-min Q&A if time allows | High engagement plus Q&A to pick Clare's brain |
Where? | In-person or hybrid | Live online |
Post-event integration resources | Tailored to the talk, including bespoke post-event resources | Self-assessment tools and post-talk podcasts & videos |
Investment | £15k - £20k depending on scope and travel | £5,000 |
The Fireside Chat isn't a 'smaller keynote'.
It's a different kind of event, built to create lasting change, right there in the room,
not just to inspire from a stage.
About
Clare Josa • Speaker | Author | Reformed Engineer
Clare Josa's two decades of work in the Imposter Syndrome, burnout, and resilience fields have changed the way the world talks about and tackles these challenging topics. Her research and coaching models are cited in PhDs and taught on MBAs, internationally.
A Masters Degree engineer and former Head of Market Research for one of the world's most disruptive brands, her inspirational work blends her 20+ years of data-driven innovation, with deep human insight to show what really drives success, confidence, and change.
Author of ten books including Ditching Imposter Syndrome, Dare to Dream Bigger, and the upcoming BASTA!™, her work has reached over a million people worldwide. As a professionally trained speaker since 2003, she loves engaging with audiences, whether it's a dozen in your board room or a million on a broadcast.
Her Six Sigma background means she's passionate about moving beyond coping strategies and sticking plasters, into clearing the hidden root causes that block us from fulfilling our potential, but without falling into the 'accidental therapist' trap. And her Natural Resilience Method®-backed programmes can reduce Imposter Syndrome severity from 80% to 20% (basically gone) in just 12 weeks, measured using Clare's objective, research-backed assessment tools.
Known for her warmth, relatability, and science-backed clarity, Clare helps organisations move beyond awareness into measurable transformation - turning inspiration into practical action.
She's the creator of the world's first Imposter Syndrome app, and 3.3 million of her words have been used to train AskClare.ai™, revolutionising how we support people with Imposter Syndrome, confidence, burnout, and leadership.
For over two decades Clare has specialised in engineering evidence-based, scalable solutions for organisations tackling Imposter Syndrome and burnout, delivering measurable change. She's currently completing the research phase of her Masters Degree in the Neuroscience and Psychology of Mental Health at the University of Warwick.
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Booking & Logistics
Everything you need to confirm and plan the session.
Use the calendar below to book a call with Clare to tell her what you're looking for and get answers to your questions.
If you both agree a Fireside Chat is a great fit, she'll hold your preferred date (one slot a month) for 30 days to allow you to arrange invoicing and payment.
You can pay by card, but invoicing is preferred.
Yes, you can pay by invoice.
Payment terms are 30 days from when we invoice you. If the invoice hasn't been paid by then, your date is released to the public.
Clare only runs one of these events each month.
These sessions are in high demand and we are unable to hold them for a company without payment.
As a small business, to help keep this event affordable, we ask you to help us reduce our admin costs by paying in advance, rather than making us split over multiple invoices or chase for payment after the event.
No. To help us offer this preferential rate, all payments are in advance. It's not a large amount, so to keep our admin time sensible we don't offer 50:50 pre / post event splits, either.
The admin costs of chasing payments after a client has enjoyed an event they loved are simply too high.
All prices listed are ex-VAT.
UK VAT applies, unless you're booking as a company that is based overseas. This is counted as a B2B transaction and the relevant VAT rules would apply.
Yes, you'll get a VAT invoice.
It's very common for clients to have upwards of 100 attendees for this kind of fireside chat with Clare Josa.
She has run them for anything from 20 to 2,000, though with more attendees, you'll need someone managing the questions who is comfortable with that volume in the Teams / Zoom chat.
It's helpful for Clare to know in advance approximately how many attendees there will be, because she can adapt her delivery style to suit your teams.
The fixed-rate price of £5,000 is for max 250 attendees. If you need more, please tell Clare in your pre-booking call.
Events are available on weekdays during UK office hours (9am to 5pm). (Time zone converter).
Evenings and weekends are not available for this event.
If there's a specific date and time you're looking for, please get in touch with Clare's team here first and we'll let you know if it's available.
But remember: the sooner you book, the more choice you'll have.
Absolutely. Clare books up to 12 months ahead. So if there's a particular month / date you're looking for, please let her know on your pre-booking call.
Clare will do her best to be flexible, but short-notice changes will usually mean she has turned away other work, because she only runs one of these each month.
If you need to make changes, please do so as far in advance as you can.
Clare's terms and conditions for rescheduling and cancellations are here.
You can host it on your company's Teams or Zoom account, or for a nominal £100 fee you can use Clare Josa's Zoom.
If you use a system other than Teams or Zoom, Clare may need to do a tech check with you ahead of the event, to ensure your IT systems will allow her to use her 'virtual camera' (green screen with slides behind her) and her professional recording studio microphone.
You get a full 12 months' licence to use the replay as a training asset.
After the initial year you can renew for a further 12 months for 50% of the Fireside Chat cost.
"Incredible"
MD - Service-based SME
"Thank you" doesn't really seem to be enough. But from the bottom of my heart, a huge and much appreciated thank you for the talk last Wednesday.
The feedback has been nothing but 'incredible'. You are a fabulous, knowledgeable, entertaining and 'real' speaker.
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