Becky Walsh | Performance & Personal Development Training

Toss Bag - A comedy show about dealing with 'challenging' people.
2024-09-07 20:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | Front Room, 13 central walk, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 1FF
By unpacking the ‘Toss Bag’ Becky Walsh dives into human psychology, neuroscience and power dynamics to reveal what triggers people to behave from the worst of themselves.

You may know one, you may work with one and you may even be one. This show is a stress reliever for those annoyances called other people, also known as douchebag!

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Synopsis of the show: “Toss Bag – A comedy show about dealing with ‘challenging’ people ” centres around Becky Walsh’s humorous and insightful exploration of dealing with difficult individuals in life. The host introduces the audience to the concept of the “Toss Bag,” a metaphorical bag where people can figuratively toss the negative emotions associated with the challenging people they encounter. The show covers various types of challenging people, including friends who are rude and unsupportive, bullies at work, toxic bosses, and troublesome relatives.
Throughout the show, the host uses witty anecdotes and relatable examples to highlight the reasons why people become difficult to deal with, delving into the psychology behind their behaviour. The audience is entertained with funny stories of encounters with different types of challenging individuals, which they can undoubtedly relate to in their own lives.
The show touches upon the insecurity and powerlessness that underlie some people’s challenging behaviour, which often leads to gossip, drama, and attention-seeking. The host hilariously describes the dynamics of interpersonal relationships and how individuals often create stories and perceptions about others based on their insecurities and past experiences.
Audience participation is encouraged as people identify themselves or others they know in the various challenging person archetypes described by the host. As the show progresses, the audience realises that everyone has encountered challenging people at some point in their lives, making the experience all the more relatable and humorous.
In the end, the host emphasises the importance of protecting one’s energy, and the how healing compassion and kindness can be. The audience leaves the show with a renewed sense of empowerment and is armed with a figurative “Toss Bag” to toss away the negativity associated with challenging people.
Overall, “Toss Bag” is a comedic and enlightening show that not only makes the audience laugh but also offers valuable insights into dealing with challenging people in a lighthearted and relatable manner.

The Psychology of community engagement
2024-08-13 14:00 - 15:00, 2024-03-05 10:00 - 11:00 | SLCC Members webinar
In councils we talk about hard-to-reach communities, however, often councils feel hard to reach for community members. In this webinar, we look into the human psychology of how we can best get the community to care about something they don’t see to be inclusive of them.

How to Market Your Parish / Town / Community to Attract Visitors
2024-08-06 14:00 - 15:00, 2024-01-30 14:00 - 15:00 | SLCC Members webinar
In this 1-hour webinar, you will learn how to market something you’re not selling!
Becky will discuss how to make your parish, town or community an attractive destination choice for visitors.
This will be a practical session so you may wish to have a pen and paper at the ready!

How to use ChatGPT: Use AI to do Council Tasks Faster
2024-07-16 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-05-14 14:00 - 15:00, 2024-02-01 09:45 - 10:45
You might have heard about ChatGPT and thought it sounds scary and isn’t for you.
The truth is this new technology is here to stay and can be a very useful tool. The chatbot AI can do a surprising amount of tasks, and Becky Walsh has been exploring what it can do for the kinds of tasks we do as councils.
Don’t worry, it’s not about to take away your job, but it could make your working day a whole lot easier. Come along to this short webinar to learn how to use it and what it can be used for.

How to bring fresh air to toxic situations
2024-07-02 14:00 - 15:00, 2024-01-09 10:00 - 11:00 | SLCC Members webinar
Humans are hardwired to connect to each other. And sometimes the desire for connection can lead to drama as our fears create defences. It’s an art form to be able to not have your own fears triggered in toxic situations. This talk leans into human psychology and some spiritual (not religious) principles to support how we change toxic spaces and group dynamics.

Local Council Clerk Expo - How to use ChatGPT: Use AI to do Council Tasks Faster
2024-06-12 | SLCC Local Council Clerk Expo, Coventry

Create Community Engagement with Smartphone and Video-Conferencing Films
2024-05-28 14:00 - 15:00 | SLCC Members webinar
In the digital age, a compelling video can captivate audiences more effectively than text alone.
In this 1-hour webinar, you will:

Learn to create high-quality films using just your smartphone or video-conferencing platforms like Zoom and Teams
Discover practical techniques to shoot, edit, and polish videos seamlessly within a paid Canva account

Creating a Strategic Vision for Shaping the Future
2024-05-21 14:00 - 15:00 | SLCC Members webinar
A Parish, Town, or Community Council strategy should be aspirational, but it can be inspirational too.
When a team and a town understand the values of the council we can make powerful collaborations.
The Council strategy is key to this, it needs to be a developing living document. In addition it needs to have feelings, in the form of values.
Finding out what people care about and how those values can become pillars that pin the strategy together, build teamwork plans and form the council’s unique brand.
A strategy isn’t a document that sits on a shelf gathering dust whilst you get on with other things. It is the backbone of the organisation that focuses all projects and staff’s way of thinking, creating the council’s voice in every conversation. Pulling councillors and officers together as one and who knows, maybe the whole town can have a mission to get behind.
In this webinar, Becky will provide you with information and ideas to help you write your own council strategy.

How to use Graphic Design Software – Canva
2024-05-07 14:00 - 15:00 | SLCC Members webinar
Without an in-house graphic designer, creating presentations, eye-catching social media posts, posters, flyers, business cards and even online videos feels impossible, unless you have discovered Canva.com. Canva makes creating eye-catching, engaging marketing easy.
In this webinar, Becky will share her screen and teach you how to use Canva from the basics to advanced tips. Perfect for anyone who doesn’t have a dedicated communication and marketing officer.

Civility and respect – Understanding psychopathic and narcissistic behaviour
2024-04-16 10:00 - 11:00 | SLCC Members webinar
Both psychopathic and narcissistic people generally lack empathy and tend to have unrealistically high opinions of themselves. They often exploit and manipulate others, and can be hard to spot as they can also be superficially charming. They are also attracted to roles of power and are often found in high leadership positions such as company CEOs and in political roles.
In this webinar, we learn how to spot them and also how to monitor your own behaviour to lessen their impact on you and your organisation.
Each of the webinars will give real situation scenarios and what to do in each of them, including:

Meetings
Councillors with Councillors
Dealing with members of the public who may be vexatious
Staff having issues with other staff

Civility and respect – What makes people become challenging?
2024-04-09 10:00 - 11:00 | SLCC Members webinar
In this webinar, we dive into human psychology, neuroscience and power dynamics. What triggers people to behave from the worst of themselves?
How as leaders can we create environments with fewer trigger situations and more safety?
We will discuss real-life situations and how to turn them around when they start to get out of hand.
Each of the webinars will give real situation scenarios and what to do in each of them, including:

Meetings
Councillors with Councillors
Dealing with members of the public who may be vexatious
Staff having issues with other staff

How to use ChatGPT: Use AI to do Council Tasks Faster
2024-04-02 10:00 - 11:00 | SLCC Members webinar

Civility and respect – Personal resilience and self-protection
2024-03-26 11:00 - 12:00, 2023-11-19 10:00 - 11:00 | SLCC Members webinar
Having a good understanding of yourself means you’ll know what to do when someone tries to push your buttons. In this webinar, we discuss emotional resilience and emotional intelligence and how this applies to specific council situations.
Each of the webinars will give real situation scenarios and what to do in each of them, including:

Meetings
Councillors with Councillors
Dealing with members of the public who may be vexatious
Staff having issues with other staff

Civility and respect – Uncovering the issues for public sector
2024-03-25 10:00 - 11:00 | SLCC Members webinar
Condescending comments, demeaning emails, disrupting meetings, reprimanding someone publicly, talking behind someone’s back, giving someone the silent treatment, not giving credit where credit is due, rolling eyes, and being yelled at, is a regular occurrence for many councils. In this webinar, we talk about the issues we face in our council roles. We will then talk about the impact this has on the individuals involved and the organisation as a whole.
Each of the webinars will give real situation scenarios and what to do in each of them, including:

Meetings
Councillors with Councillors
Dealing with members of the public who may be vexatious
Staff having issues with other staff

Unlocking Potential: Communication Skills with High Achievers and Low Achievers
2024-03-20 10:00 - 11:00
Most teams will have a Rock Star and a … Rock within them. Sometimes the Rock Star is moving too fast much to the annoyance of everyone else and the Rock refuses to roll.
Understanding and effectively communicating with diverse talents is essential for any leader. In this talk, Becky Walsh explores the psychology, neuroscience, and well-being principles behind what drives both of these types of team members. She will give you psychology tips on how to give them constructive feedback and how to avoid a toxic workplace that can be created when two styles are working as part of the same team.

Burn-out - A comedy show about emotional exhaustion and how to avoid it
2024-03-02 19:30 - 20:30 | Front Room, 13 central walk, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 1FF
We’re all feeling some level of emotional exhaustion with everything going on. In this show, Becky Walsh brings you into her comedy kitchen to cook up some vibrant life force.
Explaining how you can create spoonfuls of energy, avoid the stress juice cocktail and how to know when the spinning plates need smashing.
Warning – The show includes verbal obscenities. Some of which are quite inventive.

Tickets. Pay what you decide.

Click and Connect: Communicating Online for Community Engagement
2024-02-21 10:00 - 11:00
We are bombarded by online information, so how do you make your ‘call to action’ community engagement message, heard in all the noise and matter to those it reaches?
Key Points:

The three reasons why people will interact with you: In truth, no one cares until there’s a reason to care. These magic three tips work on radio phone-ins and work in the community.
Crafting Compelling Content: Mastering the art of storytelling and the use of the audience’s voice to capture hearts and minds.
Case studies: Weston Tree and Planting Group
Diversity and inclusion: The kinds of mistakes we don’t realise we make and why it’s councils which are ‘hard to reach’.

In the digital age, effective online communication is the linchpin of community engagement. Let’s explore how you can use the internet to not only connect but also inspire and mobilise your community towards a brighter future.

How to Create a Listening Communications Plan
2024-02-13 10:00 - 11:00 | SLCC Members webinar
We are often concerned with the messages we send out and how they land.
However, these messages need the influence of the voice of the people you are communicating with.
This 1-hour webinar is about how to create a listening strategy for your community and teams.

How to create a listening comms plan
2024-02-13 10:00 - 11:00 | SLCC Members webinar
We are often concerned with the messages we send out and how they land. However, these messages need the influence of the voice of the people you are communicating with. This webinar is about how to create a listening strategy for your community and teams.

Toss Bag - A comedy show about dealing with 'challenging' people.
2024-02-09 19:30 - 20:30 | Blakehay Theatre, Wadham Street, Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, BS23 1JZ, United Kingdom
By unpacking the ‘Toss Bag’ Becky Walsh dives into human psychology, neuroscience and power dynamics to reveal what triggers people to behave from the worst of themselves.

You may know one, you may work with one and you may even be one. This show is a stress reliever for those annoyances called other people, also known as douchebag!

Synopsis of the show: “Toss Bag – A comedy show about dealing with ‘challenging’ people ” centres around Becky Walsh’s humorous and insightful exploration of dealing with difficult individuals in life. The host introduces the audience to the concept of the “Toss Bag,” a metaphorical bag where people can figuratively toss the negative emotions associated with the challenging people they encounter. The show covers various types of challenging people, including friends who are rude and unsupportive, bullies at work, toxic bosses, and troublesome relatives.
Throughout the show, the host uses witty anecdotes and relatable examples to highlight the reasons why people become difficult to deal with, delving into the psychology behind their behaviour. The audience is entertained with funny stories of encounters with different types of challenging individuals, which they can undoubtedly relate to in their own lives.
The show touches upon the insecurity and powerlessness that underlie some people’s challenging behaviour, which often leads to gossip, drama, and attention-seeking. The host hilariously describes the dynamics of interpersonal relationships and how individuals often create stories and perceptions about others based on their insecurities and past experiences.
Audience participation is encouraged as people identify themselves or others they know in the various challenging person archetypes described by the host. As the show progresses, the audience realises that everyone has encountered challenging people at some point in their lives, making the experience all the more relatable and humorous.
In the end, the host emphasises the importance of protecting one’s energy, and the how healing compassion and kindness can be. The audience leaves the show with a renewed sense of empowerment and is armed with a figurative “Toss Bag” to toss away the negativity associated with challenging people.
Overall, “Toss Bag” is a comedic and enlightening show that not only makes the audience laugh but also offers valuable insights into dealing with challenging people in a lighthearted and relatable manner.

Women - Avoid burnout and develop a powerful mindset.
2024-02-01 11:30 - 12:30 | Practitioners’ Conference SLCC
Don’t those ’empowering women’ talks get your goat! And they should, because being told you’re ‘not good enough’ is hardly going to inspire you.
In this talk, Becky Walsh will explore what drives us to work beyond our energy, feel blocked even when we are being epic, and feel like somewhere there is an ‘unfulfilled life’ we should have.
In Becky’s unique comedy style, she will give you tools to reprogramme your neuropathways from any stuck negative perceptions of yourself. That’s after she’s been ranting about how they got there in the first place.
Sorry chaps, this is a women only room, you wouldn’t want to be in here and none of this was your fault (directly)!

SEE MONSTER - Creating a Legacy
2023-11-22 14:00 - 15:00 | SLCC Members webinar
Getting local engagement with residents, communities, businesses, voluntary organisations and other partners can be tough. It’s often the case that the same people apply for grant funding and turn up to meetings. What about the wider community and how can we engage with them so the council isn’t ‘hard to reach’?
In her role as Community Manager on the SEE MONSTER art installation platform, Becky Walsh will share her experiences in creating a ‘Think Tank’ engagement strategy for SEE MONSTER and how this same strategy can be applied to town and parish councils.

Radical honesty burps - When better 'out than in' can be a good thing.
2023-10-18 11:30 - 12:00 | SLCC Members webinar
World Menopause Day
It can be alarming when your normal calm candour is taken over by hormonal truth bombs.
However, there is a lot to be said in favour of radical honesty, especially when it’s with yourself. ‘I’ve had enough’, is the breakthrough statement for almost every powerful endeavour.
Becky discusses how we can use testosterone to our advantage and get deep clarity on who we are so we don’t play too small a part in the game of life.

The Self-Acceptance Way to Happiness
2023-09-21 10:00 - 11:00 | SLCC Members webinar
Becky Walsh inspires you to make joy and happiness a priority by bringing your authentic self. Not just at home but at work too. Mixing some spiritual principles, psychology and her own personal insights, Becky’s funny and joyful delivery will be a highlight of International Day of Happiness.
