Business Ascension is coming to Newcastle

Vicki Chisholm

Founder of Business Ascension | Sales Identity & Behaviour Transformation Specialist

Vicki's work sits at the intersection of identity, behaviour, sales, business development and execution.

As your host, she'll be bringing the activation into The Activation Tour, challenging the room to look beyond another strategy and into the identity and behaviours influencing what actually happens when you try to execute it.

Expect participation. Expect uncomfortable questions. Expect things to shift. And knowing Vicki, probably expect something she hasn't put on the agenda yet.

Paul Harrison

Founder & Creative Director, The Shape Strategic Marketing & Branding

IN NEWCASTLE

Branding Ducks in a Row, Revenue in Flow: Setting Up Your Brand to Win in 2027

Most business owners treat their brand as a logo, a colour palette and a job they'll sort properly one day. Paul sees it very differently. To him, your brand is commercial infrastructure, and when it's built properly it builds authority, earns trust and takes the friction out of selling.

Having built brand infrastructure across international agencies and now through his own agency, The Shape, Paul helps growing businesses bring their strategy, identity and messaging into line so their brand starts pulling its weight. He's a big believer in what he calls the Human Premium: authentic positioning and real human connection in a world that's getting more automated by the day.

Based just down the road in Sunderland, Paul is bringing it home to the North East. Expect a fresh way of looking at your brand, plus practical steps to align your strategy, visual identity and messaging before the new year begins.

Sarah Seed

Purpose Mentor, Transformational Speaker & Founder of Her Soul Purpose™ Academy

IN NEWCASTLE

How to Manifest Your Heart's Desires with Ease, the Feminine Way

Sarah is a Purpose Mentor, transformational speaker and the founder of Her Soul Purpose™ Academy, a movement helping highly sensitive and empathic women step into their purpose and build thriving, heart-centred lives and businesses.

After leaving a restrictive upbringing and navigating single motherhood, Sarah began a journey of self-discovery that has since shaped the lives of hundreds of women she has coached over the past decade. Her work blends mindset, emotional alignment and soul-led leadership with practical success principles, and she is now writing her first book on self-discovery and purpose.

In Newcastle, Sarah will show you how to manifest your heart's desires with ease, the feminine way. Expect to move beyond self-doubt, people-pleasing and fear, and leave with a clearer, calmer path to success that feels true to who you are.

Rich Morley

Human Performance Specialist

IN CONVERSATION WITH VICKI

From Illness to Inner Strength: A Journey Through Tai Chi, Spirituality and Business

After 15 years seriously ill with fibromyalgia, Rich discovered authentic Tai Chi. It was a decision that changed the entire direction of his life.

Over the following 26 years he trained with internationally renowned masters and grandmasters, becoming a fifth-generation disciple of the rare Yang Shao Hou lineage. He has since taught Olympic athletes, world champions and medical professionals, and carried out pioneering NHS research.

Sitting down with Vicki, Rich will share that journey and the three pillars of authentic Tai Chi: health, martial arts and spiritual development. Expect a different perspective on what's possible when you dedicate yourself to something meaningful, and how those principles can shape the way you live, work and build a business.