About Cally
Hello.
I'm an energetic and innovative MarComms professional with over 20 years of valuable industry experience (FMCG, Events, Sport, Music, Entertainment, Media and Big Brands). Media and Crisis Comms trained.
Retired rugby player and retired powerboat racer; a team player and leader, dedicated to promoting and supporting women's sport.
Passionate about inspiring confidence, combating performance anxiety, driving positive change and meaningful conversations.
Marketing & Consultancy
Adept in assessing the needs and desires of target audiences (B2B & B2C) and identifying effective strategies to reach and resonate with them. Well-versed in revenue-driving activity, purpose-driven community objectives, delivering full-scale creative content campaigns, amplifying partner brands, identifying and aligning with shared values and key messages, executing insight-led digital projects to power new business initiatives, plus establishing marketing research initiatives to facilitate learning and deeper understandings of consumers and stakeholders across the globe.
Public Speaking and Presenting
Bringing forth valuable experience in writing and delivering speeches, presentations, and pitches for myself, talent and various business stakeholders as well as considerable experience of being both the interviewer and interviewee.
Well-versed in developing techniques to overcome performance anxiety, deliver messages and content successfully, with an audience-first mindset.
Why?
Chatty Penguin's story began in 2018, after taking a step back from climbing the corporate ladder, when I was fortunate enough (and brave enough) to set up on my own and pursue more passion projects and do the things I enjoy.
Adding value, working with people who have the same shared values, inspiring others' confidence, and giving back, are all things which fuel me. Armed with a passion for helping businesses and individuals succeed, I saw a need for a human, approachable, personalised, results-driven consulting, coaching and mentoring service.
My Mission
To provide exceptional, personal consulting, relatable coaching and empowering mentoring services that inspire people to achieve their goals and power success.
Striving to listen, understand, be brave enough to disrupt when needed, and always deliver creative, yet practical and proven solutions with passion and practicality.
My Values
Always listen (before being chatty!) and collaborate.
Be honest.
Have fun: People who use humour at work are more productive, less stressed and happier.
My Approach
I believe in a collaborative approach to consulting, coaching and mentoring; we work closely together to understand your needs and develop a game-plan for success, plus have a sense of humour along the way.
I like to invest in building and nurturing long-lasting relationships and very much aim for quality over quantity.
Why A Penguin?
This charming bird has a reputation for being a very sociable (community-driven) and loyal creature.
Penguins have innate problem-solving skills and are not afraid to take risks, embodying determination and perseverance - they have
adapted over millions of years, evolving to ever-changing environments and withstood the test of time.
Penguins are also known for being playful (and clumsy) creatures, much like myself, and with their ability to hear certain calls above all other noise, they seem to be great listeners too.