TALKS
Simon makes every talk a memorable experience.
Talks available in: English, Spanish and Catalan
ACHIEVING IS BELIEVING
They say “seeing is believing,” and I would add: “achieving is believing,” because when you start to see what you’re accomplishing, you start to believe in yourself — and that’s when personal transformation happens.
Simon’s journey shows that when you change your mindset and commit to learning, anything is possible.
TALKS RELATED TO THE WORLD OF LANGUAGES IN GENERAL
1.- Perfecting your English accent
Discover why you sound foreign when you speak English and how you can perfect any accent, not just English.
You’ll learn how to identify sounds, improve your listening skills, and find out how to get closer to a near-native level of pronunciation. It’s in your hands!
An educational, fun, and interactive talk. Techniques you can put into practice immediately. An experience that will transform your understanding of accents and pronunciation forever!
2. How to Learn a Language: The 7 Key Strategies
Based on the book How to Learn a Language, this talk which will change the way you learn — not just languages, but almost any skill or subject.
An interactive workshop that presents the 7 most effective strategies for learning languages — backed by research, expert learners and polyglot techniques, and Simon’s 36 years in the language sector plus over 50 years as a language learner himself.
It includes his exclusive PILLS © system (Personal Integrated Language Learning System), also featured in his book, which shows you how to integrate a language into your daily life through structured routines and new positive beliefs about your ability to learn effectively and permanently.
This workshop will mark a turning point in how you learn a language (and many other skills!).
3.- Understanding British Language and Culture
Learn how to visit London
and the UK like a local!
A dynamic workshop exploring identity, culture, humour, and common stereotypes — real or false
Does a Scot also feel British?
What do they really think of the Royal Family?
Includes a real British Pub Quiz so you can learn while having fun.
You’ll never think about the British or the UK the same way again.
4.- 10 Memory techniques you'll never forget
Memory techniques you can apply to languages, studies, and daily life.
Drawing on his specialization in psychology, Simon presents 10 techniques that will transform your ability to remember vocabulary, phrases, and grammar.
A 100% interactive workshop that will challenge your beliefs about memory and how people really learn. After attending, the way you learn a language — or remember anything — will never be the same again.
5. Brilliant Communication – The 7 Key Strategies
Learn to communicate better in every area of your life, not just when giving a presentation.
The way you communicate can change your life. The success of two people with the same degree and experience almost always depends on who communicates better.
The 7 Key Strategies will guide you to communicate more effectively in all kinds of social situations, from a casual greeting to interviews or negotiations.
You’ll learn to understand and master body language, voice use, and the words and phrases you choose.
Perfect for everyone — but especially for people who don’t feel comfortable striking up conversations with strangers or who never know what to say or how to say it.
6. How to Speak in Public
"All great speakers were bad at first." — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Based on more than 36 years as a trainer and speaker, and his experience as a member of Toastmasters International Simon will convince you that the best speakers owe their skills to learned techniques and strategies — not innate talent.
You’ll learn how to transform the way you speak in front of others by following easy steps you can apply immediately.
Key topics:
- Ethos, Pathos, Logos
- Storytelling
- Effective use of PowerPoint – KISS (Keep It Short and Simple)
- Body language and voice
- How to engage the audience
- How to lose the fear and gain confidence
High participation required — and guaranteed!
7. The Five Key Strategies for Raising a Bilingual Child
Based on his book The 5 Key Strategies of Bilingual Families (Spanish edition: Las 5 estrategias clave para criar a un niño bilingüe) and the speaker’s own experience raising his son — born in Barcelona — in English to native level.
Three parts:
- The advantages of being bilingual or multilingual.
- The 5 strategies to ensure a child grows up bilingual when parents live in a country where their language isn’t spoken.
- Artificial bilingualism: how to raise a child in a language that isn’t the parents’ native tongue. The speaker will share real cases of Spanish parents who have succeeded, and how attendees can do it too.
8. How to Hack English Vocabulary
(from Simon’s book Cómo Haquear el Vocabulario Inglés - 2023)
A copy is raffled off at every workshop.
Most mistakes come from direct translations. This workshop focuses on the most common mistakes and how to avoid them — for good.
- False friends and misleading words
- Words with no direct translation between English and Spanish
- How to use translation tools in daily life
- An introduction to the techniques polyglots use to learn vocabulary and how to integrate them into your daily routine
Con demostraciones de apps y sitios web.
Interactivo y divertido.
KEYNOTE, OPENING AND CLOSING TALKS for CONGRESSES, CONFERENCES and EVENTS
1. Seven Things I Wish I’d Known in 1989
This entertaining and informative talk is packed with anecdotes and lessons learned from 36 years in the language teaching world.
If you think experience counts, you’re right — but only if you know how to make the most of it and turn it into real change in your life.
Simon will share his journey of more than 42 years as an employee, freelancer, and business owner — from his lowest moments, playing guitar on La Rambla in Barcelona, to his highest: running a company with over 100 employees and a seven-figure revenue.
His stories will inspire you to aim higher and to see failures and mistakes as feedback — valuable opportunities to learn and get closer to your personal and professional goals.
He’ll make you rethink the risks we take, the choices we make, and how to face and overcome the disasters that are unpredictable… but predictable.
2. How to Learn a Language — How to Learn Anything!
A revealing talk about the 7 key strategies of successful language learners and polyglots — strategies you can apply to any personal or professional goal not just language learning.
The average English learner can take up to 15 years to reach a B2 upper intermediate level.
Simon asks an uncomfortable question: why do we keep using the same methods for years when we can see they don’t work? If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got. Or as Einstein once said: "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."
Many language schools survive thanks to the inefficiency of the methods used in state schools — and quite a few private ones too.
But there is an effective way to learn a language that can be applied to almost any subject or skill in life.
Based on his bestselling book How to Learn a Language, Simon will surprise you with the psychological strategies and techniques that successful learners use to progress much faster than you have ever imagined.
These are methods you can start using as a student — or implement today to learn a new skill or subject at school or for work.
TALKS FOR COMPANIES
1. Fail Your Way to Success —The Real Path to Success
What 42 years as an employee, professional, and business owner have taught me about life and business.
It doesn’t matter where you come from or what you’ve done in the past. We often use the past as an excuse or justification to tell ourselves we can’t succeed or improve our present or future.
The most important lesson we can learn is that mistakes and failure are the best way to move closer to your goals. Simon went from playing guitar on La Rambla in Barcelona to running a company that generated a seven-figure revenue and had more than 100 employees.
Thanks to his background in psychology, combined with over 42 years of experience as an employee, freelancer, and business owner, he has learned that the actions we take in life — whether they go incredibly well or badly — are simply valuable opportunities to learn and improve, both now and in the future.
In this talk, he shares high-impact techniques for achieving goals through a success mindset, commitment, and action.
His presentation style that is educational, dynamic and engaging — guarantees that the audience will have a great time… and what they learn won’t be forgotten easily!
The content of this presentation can be adapted for any company or sector.
2. How to Learn a Language — How to Learn Anything! (Corporate Version)
A revealing talk about the 7 key strategies of successful polyglots and language learners — applicable to any company that is looking to motivate its employees.
The average English learner can take up to 15 years to reach a B2 upper intermediate level.
Simon asks an uncomfortable question: why do we keep using the same methods for years when we can see they don’t work? If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got. Or as Einstein once said: "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."
Many language schools survive thanks to the inefficiency of the methods used in state schools — and quite a few private ones too.
But there is an effective way to learn a language that can be applied to almost any subject or skill in life.
Based on his bestselling book How to Learn a Language, Simon will surprise you with the psychological strategies and techniques that successful learners use to progress much faster than you have ever imagined.
These are methods you can start using as a student — or implement today to learn a new skill or subject at school or for work.
