RORY – Feedback Notes

Session 1: Clarity, Compsure & Likeability

09.04.2026

🌟 Your Superpowers

Rory, it was great to work with you and you’ve got some natural strengths as a communicator. I love that you were starting to use humour and would encourage this. You’ve also got a great likeability and trustworthiness, particularly when you bring in warmth and make clear eye contact with the audience.

Your biggest superpower is your likeability and clarity.

You’re able to:

• Communicate ideas smoothly and efficiently

• Handle a high volume of information with ease

• Great subject knowledge

• Stay clear and composed while doing it

You can definitely be positioned as someone people trust and want to work with.

Alongside that, your natural warmth and positivity mean you come across as:
👉 trustworthy, credible, and easy to engage with

This is a powerful combination - particularly in client-facing or persuasive environments.

When you slowed down and used pauses, your delivery shifted into something far more authoritative - that’s a glimpse of where you’re heading.

🔧 Builds / Next Focus Areas

Pacing = Your Authority Lever

Your biggest unlock is pacing.

Slowing down isn’t a weakness - it’s what gives your voice weight and authority.

When you:

• Take your time

• Use pauses

• Allow space

You move from clear speaker → commanding communicator

Combine this with clear eye contact and you’ll really engage. Ensure the eye contact isn’t a quick dart, ensure you sustain it to show confidence. (but not tooo long)

Headlines = Your Structure Tool

Start leaning into headline-based delivery.

This will become part of your personal speaking style:

• Clear

• Punchy

• Memorable

👉 “Here are the three key things…” → then expand naturally. “The key take away here is” ‘Fair and reasonable - what this essentially means is”. You can also explore analogy, similes, metaphors to bring things to life.

Voice = Step Into It 🔊

As your confidence grows, your voice can become a real asset in your personal brand.

Give yourself permission to:

• Speak with strength (and warmth)

• Own the space

• Be heard

Even with a mic - don’t hold back.

Humour = Commit to It

You’re instinct was right to build humour into your speech.

Now the shift is:
👉 from testing it → owning it

When you deliver a line:

• Commit fully

• Let it land

This will become a strong part of your delivery style.

I’d suggest roof instead of wall for your joke, it’s a funnier word and more vivid as an image.

Audience Translation = Impact

Your next level comes from making things explicitly relevant (and acknowledge when it’s legal speak - humour comes in here):

• “What does this mean for you?”

• “Here’s the key takeaway…”

This is where you move from:
👉 informative → impactful

Also, be mindful of tone and language when suggesting what the audience should do. ‘You’'ll have to’ in a slightly forced tone, can put someones back up. You can either shiften tone, warmer (no force) or consider language ‘We’d suggest’ ‘Landlords will be required’ ‘I’d suggest you’, ‘Best practise will be’. etc.

Reps = Growth Curve 🚀

You are someone who will improve very quickly with repetition.

The more you:

• Speak

• Practice

• Put yourself in the arena

…the more your voice, authority, and presence will scale rapidly. Experience is key.

Lists

I will give some ideas for this in the general group feedback.

🚀 Key Identity Shift

You’re not just a clear communicator. You’re a likeable and trustworthy source of knowledge.

👉 You’re developing into a confident, authoritative voice people will listen to. Well done!

Session 2 – 16.04.2026

Rori, you’ve done an excellent job refining your speech and making it more straightforward and accessible.

You’re deploying the translation, what this means for your audience, really well. That’s a key skill and adds real value to your delivery.

You took your time, communicated a clear key message, and came across as calm and assured. You’re also using humour nicely, which I love. It adds personality and helps keep the audience engaged.Trust in the jokes and fully commit to them.

Your eye contact has improved well. Keep developing this ability to look people directly in the eye and allow that sense of trust and connection to build.

Your ability to deliver a calm, organised and clear message is going to be one of your superpowers as a speaker. It’s a very strong foundation to build from.

Your emphasis on key words is effective when you use it, so continue leaning into that. It helps your message land with more clarity and impact.

It’s also excellent when you bring in hand gestures. This is particularly helpful for audience members sitting further back, as it reinforces your spoken communication.

Key Builds

Give your opening section the most attention. This is naturally where you’ll feel the most nervous, so by rehearsing it thoroughly, you’ll be able to step into it with confidence. Knowing that section inside out will allow you to start strong, even with nerves.

At times, when confidence dips slightly, you can trail off at the end of sentences. Focus on maintaining energy and commitment all the way through each sentence. Back yourself. Even if something isn’t perfect, the audience will respond far more to your confidence than to whether every word is exact.

Slide 56 is an opportunity to add extra value. You could research and recommend three admin systems for agents to help them keep their files in order. This gives the audience something practical and immediately useful to take away.

Overall, really well done on the work you’ve put in to get to this stage. You’re in a strong position, and I’ve no doubt you’ll continue to grow from strength to strength in your speaking.