SME News UK Enterprise Awards 2025/ 90 AIS-Mar25090 Most Influential Education Speaker 2025: Isabella Wallace Isabella Wallace is both an experienced educator and the co-author of some of the most acclaimed teaching guides of the past decade, including Pimp Your Lesson!, Talk Less Teaching, and the award-winning Best of the Best -a series of classroom guides for teachers. Besides this, Isabella is also a consultant and contributor to the Oxford Dictionary of Education and she presents on the topic of teaching and training – both nationally and internationally – not only in schools and colleges but also in industry. Isabella caught up with us to shed more light on her multifaceted career. Described by both her peers and those lucky enough to have attended her sessions as one of the most charismatic trainers in the UK today, Isabella Wallace’s engaging training sessions and keynote speeches are renowned for their balance of cutting-edge content and practicality. Isabella’s training style is always highly interactive– a key reason she’s been recognised with this award for her impact as a speaker. More impressively, Isabella’s talks and sessions seem to resonate with audiences all over the world, seen through the great work she has done with teachers and trainers in countries like South Africa, the UAE, India, Brazil, China, and the US. As Isabella explains: “Whether my clients teach youngsters in a school or train adults in a corporation, I help equip colleagues with the skills they need to become powerfully effective trainers and educators in their own organisation and beyond.” No matter where in the world she is or who she is collaborating with, Isabella strives to create a space that is safe and supportive for teachers and trainers. Firm in the belief that only by creating an environment where people feel heard and understood can breakthroughs happen; the sessions Isabella delivers see them safe to explore any challenges and recognise their full potential. The vision Isabella strives for every day can best be explored through her TEDx Talk which can be viewed on Facebook using this link. Knowing firsthand how thankless a task teaching can be – as a teen, she made more from a job washing car windscreens at traffic lights than she did in her first teaching role! – Isabella aims to help teachers discover game-changing insights, all whilst ensuring they are seen and empowered. Rather than simply delivering a one-size-fits-all solution when it comes to her services, this training consultant tailors her materials precisely to the needs of the school, college, or business she is working with. More than an aesthetic tweak, the content Isabella provides will be as bespoke as the event itself, which is built and delivered to align seamlessly with whatever it is the institution or company is currently focusing on when it comes to improvement. Isabella’s meticulous personalisation of her training is driven by the ageold problem she has experienced working in this sector, which is simply that educators are weary of receiving training from non-classroom practitioners, whose understanding of teaching is often unrealistic or impractical. Battling this perennial issue, Isabella’s INSET (In-Service Education and Training) services reflect her 25 years of real teaching experience, separating her from the long-gone ex-teachers who left teaching because they just couldn’t cut it. “In my opinion, if you’re going to train teachers how to teach a great lesson to students, you have to be able to deliver a great training course to those teachers!” As we move through 2025 and beyond, Isabella is excited to announce that she will soon be affording companies the opportunity to possess an in-house team of expertly trained coaches for themselves. By mastering Isabella’s fun and interactive “How to be a Fantastic Coach” events, these individuals will be able to transform their own institutions from the inside out. With the sessions covering everything from effective in-house coaching to some of the most common mistakes, the impact they have is transformative. Ultimately, whether it is through her “Train the Trainer” programmes and events, the “How to be a Fantastic Coach” sessions mentioned above, or anything in between, Isabella Wallace has consistently proven herself to make a real difference in the lives of those she trains. Named as the Most Influential Education Speaker 2025, we wholeheartedly recommend the training and professional development services Isabella expertly delivers Contact: Isabella Wallace Company: Isabella Wallace Ltd Web Address: www.isabellawallace.com
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