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Emma (aka Em Stroud) is a speaker, comedy performer, MC, speaker mentor and clown.
A two-time TEDx speaker she combines laugh-out-loud humour with memorable takeaways
She writes regularly for various magazines, and her podcast ‘Clowning Around’ has recently been launched.
Corporate clients include Deloitte, Barclays, Airbus and Bloomberg.
Look out for her new stand-up tour coming to a town near you.
To book comedian Em Stroud to captivate and inspire your audience, get in touch with Great British Comedians on 0044 1753 439 289 or via email
More About
Em Stroud current one-woman show Me: Em, after a sell-out preview run in the West End in London 2019, and toured later in 2020.
She can be seen MCing events across the world, including the European Women in Sales Awards and the European Women in Engineering and Construction. She keynotes at events across all business sectors and her successful consultancy Truth Works runs exclusive retreats four times a year, for CEO’s Entrepreneurs and senior business people who are looking to go from good to great in their own journey.
Her TEDx talk “Be More Banana” is the only TEDx talk where the speaker is dressed as a Banana.

Em Stroud Speaking Topics
Em speaks on the following broad topics, which are always customised to particular organisations.
- The Power of Play — why Play and joy is a strategic leadership tool
- Courageous Conversations — how to speak with honesty and humanity
- The Performer’s Mindset — confidence, presence, and authentic communication
- Life Beyond Perfection — embracing messiness, failure, and humour
- Building Human-Centred Cultures — leading with empathy and imagination
- Resilience Through Creativity — navigating uncertainty with curiosity and play
Em also offers businesses her one-woman theatre show – all to do with mental health and resilience, which is followed by a Q and A – it dovetails neatly within wellness, mental health programmes and encouraging teams to talk.
Em Stroud Testimonials
“Great session, opened my mind”
“Em was amazing! So many takeaways from her session”
“Inspiring and thought-provoking”
“Fabulous”
“Em was excellent – challenged my thinking and gave some really practical help and advice”
People Puzzles National Conference
“Thank you so much Em for a genuinely interesting and engaging talk at Windsor this morning. You are an inspiration and hugely talented, keep up the good work! I can honestly say this is the first motivational talk where I didn’t want it to end.”
Education Events Coordinator at EACTS
We had the pleasure of having Em during our Off Site end of year Team event.
Em managed to keep us energised, on our toes and engaged through the full day.
Starting with a key note she passed powerful messages to my teams with wit and spice
Thank you Em, you are wonderful!
SC Airbus
“Em is Outstanding – Highly Recommend.”
CEO Vistage
” We were looking for something different, engaging and to build resilience. and Em delivered and some, she made us laugh, work together and more than that gave us practical tips to that we could all take to be calmer and happier and more resilient at work.”
Associate Director Fisher German LLP
To book motivational comedian Em Stroud to captivate and inspire your audience, get in touch with Great British Comedians on 0044 1753 439 289 or via email
Key Information
Speaker🔹Host🔹Stand Up🔹Self Improvement🔹TEDx Speaker










