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Transform your organisation’s approach to authentic communication and social challenges with Ashley James, speaker, media personality and women's empowerment advocate.
Ashley James is a versatile media personality who combines her talents as a DJ, broadcaster, and social media influencer with authentic advocacy for social justice issues. Ashley has become known as a trusted voice in the digital world and is an ambassador with many well-known brands including Dyson, Sky, Tu Clothing, and Bosch.
Ashley appears regularly on major UK networks including ITV, Channel 5, and GB News, where she addresses topics ranging from women's rights to social empowerment. Her notable television moments include sparking national debate on single women's access to NHS-funded IVF and her participation in Celebrity Big Brother's special "Year of the Woman" series celebrating female enfranchisement. As a professional DJ, she has performed at prestigious events for global brands like Dior and Coca-Cola, as well as major festivals including Reading and Isle of Wight.
Ashley leverages her media presence to help organisations navigate contemporary social challenges through authentic communication. Her coaching accreditation and personal experience becoming a mother during the pandemic inform her approach to tackling sensitive topics with both empathy and practical insight. Formerly the host of the number one parenting podcast, Mum's the Word!, Ashley facilitated essential conversations around taboo subjects with experts and celebrity guests, including Sophie Ellis Bextor, Labour MP Stella Creasy, and Kate Lawler.
Ashley's audiences gain practical strategies for authentic communication in the digital age, insights into effectively addressing sensitive social topics, and inspiration for balancing professional success with personal authenticity from her engagements.
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Ashley James draws on her experience as a broadcaster, podcast host, and coaching-accredited speaker to structure talks around practical strategies for authentic communication, using case studies from her media work and personal experience — including navigating motherhood during the pandemic — to ground her points in concrete examples.
Ashley James speaks on social media influence, social justice and women's rights, parenting, and mental health. She is a broadcaster, DJ, and podcast host whose television appearances span ITV, Channel 5, and GB News, and whose podcast Mum's the Word! reached number one in the parenting charts.
No. PepTalk adds no booking fee, so you pay the speaker's fee and nothing beyond it. The service, from shortlist through to contracts and event-day logistics, is included. For repeat or multi-event bookings, PepTalk can agree preferential rates with your procurement team.
Share your event date, audience, format, objectives and budget, and PepTalk sends a hand-picked shortlist within 24 hours. Each suggestion comes with a profile, a fee and a recommendation on the strongest fit. Once you choose, PepTalk handles contracts, travel and logistics through to event day.
The typical fee range is the speaker's standard in-person fee in their home market, shown in their local currency. It moves with format, location, date and session length: virtual sessions and shorter slots usually cost less, while international travel and peak dates cost more. Send your brief to PepTalk and the team will confirm the exact fee in your currency.
Not all of them, and it makes no difference to your booking. PepTalk's network of 15,000+ speakers covers talent the team works with directly alongside speakers represented by agents and agencies worldwide. PepTalk approaches the speaker, negotiates the fee and handles contracting either way.
Three to six months ahead is comfortable for most events, and 12 months is better for large conferences, peak-season dates or one specific in-demand speaker. Shorter timelines are workable, and PepTalk regularly fills last-minute and replacement bookings within days. Availability is the constraint, so get in touch as soon as you have a date.
