"Thank you for an outstanding conference. Congratulations for organising multiple perspectives on speech writing - Foreign Office, UN, government and business. Congratulations for wooing Martin Broughton and others to come to talk. I'm only sorry I missed John Shosky and Phil Collins" - Jamie Priestley

"Loved the conference. Great speakers and well organized. Learnt lots." - Alistair McIntosh, Chief Executive, Housing Quality Network

"I must congratulate you on your planning and delivery of the Conference. It was an uplifting event which has given me a buzz I can still feel. I look forward to speaking with you later this week on how this can be developed - how exciting!" - Barry Graham, Speakers' Corner

"I'm sure you've had many of these but this is just a note to thank you for organising the conference. In my view all of it worked well and interestingly the more I think about the conference the more I think I learned. I'm already looking forward to next year." - Mark Richards

"The conference was a great success; you must have put an enormous amount of effort into the organisation, in particular in arranging for such a distinguished group of speakers to entertain and instruct us." - Philip Smee, Toastmasters International

"Many congratulations to you both for such a disciplined and substantive event. I was really impressed by the range and skill of the presentations and the general approach you took to make it run so well on the day. I myself learned a lot, too, not least from the two Danish speakers who clearly know their business. And, of course, Max Atkinson. The interest from Europe was noteworthy. The scope for improving public speaking on the continent is vast beyond belief! Let me know if you want me to help a bit more next time round." - Charles Crawford, Former British Ambassador to Poland

"Thank you very much for the inspiring meeting last Friday. The good thing about it for me was: not too commercial, all about the love for and art of speechwriting. Thank you for having me give the mini-speech. Apart from the brilliant concept, it was also a very good experience. I heard that the Australian speechwriter of Neelie Kroes now has a new understanding of his (Dutch, calvinistic and poldermodel) speaker... That's so cool. I met a lot of inspiring colleagues and it's so good to see how much appreciation there is in other countries for this craft. In Holland, we are getting there slowly, and this then is exactly what one needs to see the road ahead. I will send your email to the Dutch freelance speechwriter who is working hard at founding the Dutch Speechwriters Guild. We should have a European one! Good luck with all of your activities." - Annelies Breedveld, Speechwriter Netherlands MOD

"Just wanted to say a huge thank you for such a wonderful day at the Conference. It was one of the most interesting conferences and workshops I have ever attended, really well organised and most enjoyable. I will certainly be attending next year and I hope to join the Guild." - Claire Hopkins

"I greatly enjoyed the conference, and very much appreciated being invited." - Edward Mortimer, former speechwriter to Kofi Annan

"I thought it was a great success and part of me would hate it to get bigger and risk losing its immediacy and intimacy." - Tim Heald, Journalist

"Thanks for a great conference last week. I thoroughly enjoyed myself." - Tatiana Butovitsch Temm

"Thanks for organising such a brilliant event - I have just been raving about how brilliant the event was to my colleagues and would very much like one of them to attend next year, could you keep me on your mailing list." - Communications Director at Astellas Pharma Europe

"Congratulations on the conference, which seemed to be going very well. I was sorry I had to leave at lunchtime, but I found the morning very stimulating." - Professor Barry Richards, Bournemouth University

"Now that the dust has settled on another conference, I just wanted to say thanks and congratulations following another superb event. Yet again, I learned so much. And I found it so invigorating to be in a room with a bunch of other speechwriters. Their passion for our craft and their knowledge of it was really inspiring. Anyway, well done for successfully organising another excellent conference - I'm already looking forward to the next one." - Rory, RNLI

"Thanks for organising such a great event." - Ben Duncan, Senior Adviser to the Director, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

"Just wanted to drop you a line to say how much I enjoyed the conference. It would be great to have a chat at some point about your ideas for next year's conference as I'm sure there are further ways in which we can assist." - Shane Greer, Executive Editor, Total Politics

"I just wanted to drop a line to say thank you for an excellent conference. It was a fascinating day, with a nice array of speakers - some great speechwriting tips were duly noted, and Phil Collins in particular was just brilliant." - Rory, RNLI

"I just wanted to say thank you so much for organising such a fantastic day on Friday. The speakers were amazing, and I found the insight into Tony Blair's speechwriting particularly interesting, as well as the opportunity to meet others involved in the business. It must have been a very big undertaking for you, and I hope it's the start of a very successful Guild, which I'm very pleased to be a part of." - Jane, Philanthropy Capital

"The conference was a testament to the brilliance of your powers of persuasion - how did you succeed in gathering together such an interesting and distinguished group of professionals? Martha and I are very pleased that you asked us to contribute - and we are interested in being involved in future events." - Creativityworks.net

"Friday was a triumph for you: a great start to the Guild. I hope that you and some of your members make it to PSA and find some new clients there." - Graham Davies, straighttalking.co.uk

"This is just a line to say thank you for organising the conference on Friday, which was excellent. I am sure that it will become ever more successful as momentum grows in the years to come." - Dr Richard Toye, Exeter University

"Thanks for persuading me to come along yesterday. It was enlightening, encouraging and a much needed endorsement of professional speechwriting." - Robert Ashton, robertashton.co.uk

"I think you deserve a little modest triumphalism, a stiff drink and lots of whatever takes your fancy. Let's keep in touch and plot... thanks so much and many congratulations." - Tim Heald, timheald.com