We help people communicate with confidence
We build your ability and confidence when it comes to communication, so you can share your ideas, your message and purpose - and do it brilliantly.
This means you can more easily engage and influence the audiences who are important to your business or organisation.
Bit Famous reaches finals of prestigious business awards
We've reached the finals of the 2022 Lloyds Banks British Business Excellence Awards. How we got there.
When you work with Bit Famous you can...
Get known as a thought leader and expert in your field.
Authentically communicate your purpose and influence the audiences that matter to you.
Have confidence in what you say and how you say it.
Engage employees and attract candidates.
Reduce media and marketing spend.
Save valuable time and energy preparing for appearances.
Get started on your profile raising journey
Your team can take their first steps with the
A practical and fun introduction to powering up your profile using our tried and tested Bit Famous techniques. Teams can try their hand at speaking and presenting, being interviewed on camera, podcasting and sharing their expertise using social media video. Bit Famous Workshop
Confident individuals create confident teams
It's not fluffy, it's not therapy, it's the
In this online workshop, Penny Haslam shares her 5-steps to building confidence. It's fun, interactive and thought-provoking, designed to help your people explore confidence-sapping issues. Confidence Workshop
Learn modern business communication skills
We'll teach your teams to engage potential customers, clients and the audiences that matter with
Smartphone Video for Business
Learn hands-on filming skills to create quick, easy and compelling video content on your phone for your organisation, brand or business. This is a practical, face-to-face one-day course for teams.
Jane attended Smartphone Video for Business
Discover how your people could reach brand new audiences with the
By the end of this workshop, your team will be using our tried and tested techniques to communicate with confidence on the microphone - Sharing expertise and thought leadership. Bit Famous Podcast Workshop
Visibility for leaders and emerging talent
Empowering women leaders to communicate with impact
This programme will challenge your women leaders to think differently about how they raise their profile, set goals and achieve them. You bring the drive and commitment. The programme brings the skills, strategy and inspiration needed to power up your personal brand profile and communicate with impact. Make Yourself a Little Bit Famous Programme
Tailored communication training for your top team with
We'll teach your top team or emerging leaders the skills needed to raise your profile, confidently and comfortably. Tailored for you, this 1-2-1 coaching can include presentation skills, developing keynote speeches, panel discussion training, and mastering television or radio appearances. Visibility Coaching
Training essentials for confident communication
We will show you how to create authentic and relatable presentations, keynotes and talks. You will learn to engage your stakeholders with personality, while sharing your vision and purpose. Presentation Skills Training
We share our industry insight from years in broadcast journalism, so you can handle any question, deal with controversial topics and keep your cool. Be seen as accessible, authentic and trusted experts. Media Training
We'll teach your team to take advantage of opportunities to share their expertise through panel discussions. We show our delegates how to shine as panellists and moderators so they are memorable, engaging and likeable. Panel Discussion Training
Bit Famous success stories
"Exceptional"
Claire Marsh, Project Lead for NatWest and COO for NatWest Retail BankingThe training has succeeded in giving NatWest teams the confidence to deliver an excellent customer experience on screen. As video appointments quickly became our number one service offering, the skills required to deliver a great customer experience every time fundamentally changed. We wanted to develop a capability programme to provide an expert-led, blended learning solution to set advisers up for success and to be able to build strong connections with their customers through focused media training. Working with Bit Famous helped us to achieve an exceptional capability programme.
NatWest Retail Banking appointed Bit Famous to train and support 2,600 customer-facing staff to develop confident communication skills on camera. We produced a bespoke training programme using video and live Zoom sessions to support their roll-out of video banking.
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Bit Famous works with the UK's largest wholesaler of cooling equipment. We've built their confidence and ability when it comes to sharing the experience and value they bring to customers. Sales teams now routinely save time and money using self-filmed smartphone video to communicate with clients, colleagues and stakeholders. Beijer Ref teams have attended:
- Bit Famous Workshop
- Presentation Skills
- Smartphone Video for Business
"A four fold increase in customer contact"
In a fast moving and competitive market Bit Famous Ltd has assisted us to grow our market leading position by helping with communication both internally and externally. This has been achieved by training our team to communicate in new ways whilst retaining our traditional values. This increased customer contact four fold. I would have no hesitation in recommending Bit Famous to anyone other than my competitors!
John Billson, MD, Beijer Ref UK & Ireland
"A fantastic job"
Abigail Scott Paul, Director of External Relations and Strategic Partnerships at LEEDS 2023Bit Famous have done a fantastic job in boosting our team's confidence and ability to articulate and sell the vision and story of LEEDS 2023 to media, business and political stakeholders. As a time-limited start-up with a hard-deadline, we needed to move fast to establish our credibility with stakeholders quickly. The work they've done with us has allowed us to crystallise the 'why?' organisations, companies and the public should back us; it's also given us the tools and learning to get out there confidently and secure new partnerships, business relationships and funding. Since their training our media and digital engagement is up by 91% and 65% respectively and we've landed 10 new businesses as sponsors including our first all important headline partner, at a six-figure level!
Bit Famous works with Leeds 2023, a year of culture in the city. We’ve supported their whole team from CEO to artists and volunteers and helped them use video to inspire and engage people in the city, sponsors and stakeholders. Leeds 2023 attended:
- Bit Famous Workshop
- Confidence Workshop
- Media Training
- Smartphone Video for Business
Who's behind Bit Famous?
Penny Haslam, MD and Founder
Penny Haslam is a former BBC business journalist, who was a regular presenter on national television and radio - her credits include BBC Breakfast, News Channel, Panorama, Radio 4 and Radio 5Live. As well as coaching and training clients of Bit Famous, she is a professional motivational speaker on the topics of visibility and confidence. Penny is the author of the business book Make Yourself a Little Bit Famous
Steve Blears, Director
Steve Blears is a former national news journalist, reporting for BBC Radio 1's Newsbeat, Radio 5Live and Radio 4's Today. He is now a seasoned TV director and producer, with credits for prime time shows on Channel 4, BBC, UKTV and Sky. He is also a podcast the producer.