Your ideas deserve to land the way you know they can.
You’ve built the expertise and earned the stage. Yet, there’s something between your thinking and the audience’s experience that isn’t connecting. That’s what I help fix.
“People think they need to become a better speaker. That doesn’t always move the needle. Improving how your audience connects with your message does.”
More than delivery, I build for audience connection…
Public speaking coaches teach you how to stand, pause, and project. That’s useful. But the leaders I work with already know how to speak, what they’re missing is the system that turns their ideas into something an audience genuinely feels and remembers..
Does any of this sound familiar?
You’re not getting invited to the bigger stages, even though you know your thinking is ready for them.
You’re informing your audience, not moving them. They leave impressed, but not moved to act.
You feel like you’re performing a version of yourself on stage, not completely feeling yourself.
Your visuals and brand feel disconnected from the level and quality of ideas you’re bringing.
You’ve tried the obvious things…
AI
Prompting ChatGPT for your talk, it gives you structure, but it strips out everything that makes you, you. The result sounds like everyone else.
DIY
Canva or PowerPoint templates hours spent making something look decent, but it still doesn’t feel like your brand or match your message.
Coach
Public speaking coaches, they helped with nerves and delivery. The gap between your ideas and how they land visually stayed the same.
Three pillars that make a great talk..
Most people focus on one or two. Rarely all three. That’s where the gap lives, and where we work together on.
1.
Delivery
How you show up in the room, your presence, pace, and the moments of silence that land harder than any slide. I build delivery that’s authentically yours, not a performance.
2.
Audience Connection
The structure and story that moves people from passive listeners to active believers. I design for the emotional journey your audience takes, not just the information they receive.
3.
Visuals
Slides and brand that match the quality of your thinking. Not decoration, visual thinking that helps your audience understand, feel, and remember the ideas that matter most.
Being understood isn’t enough.
You need to move the room.
Founder of felt & heard™
Illiya Vjestica
For the last 14 years, I’ve shaped the ideas, narratives and visuals for speakers and leaders’ presentations across the globe, from Nobel Prize-winning scientists on the TED stage, to Fortune 500 boardrooms. Now I bring that same thinking to teams. I don’t just fix presentations, I help your people find their voice, move the room, and leave every audience with something they won’t forget.
“The visuals are never just decoration. It’s the ideas made visible, the thing that lets an idea live in the room after the speaker has left.“
What happens
when ideas are felt…
“Illiya’s clear, practical guidance helped us improve our pitch deck and strengthen our value proposition straight away.”
“Illiya has a gift for making people feel seen. His HEART Method offers practical ways to make your message memorable, taught with warmth and honesty.”
“Illiya has helped me connect more deeply through the presentations we’ve created together. It’s led to better engagement for our training programs.”
“Illiya’s storytelling and presentation coaching is transformative. He helps you connect with your audience in a clear, authentic way.”
“Illiya delivered an entertaining, engaging masterclass for The HoLT, with glowing feedback from our members. He is a genuine expert, personable, funny, and clear. I couldn’t recommend him more highly.”
After we work together, this is what will happen:
You walk on stage feeling 100% yourself
Not performing a version of yourself. Not reciting a script. Fully present, fully you, and your audience feels the difference.
Your visuals match the weight of your ideas
No more apologising for your slides. No more disconnect between how sharp your thinking is and how it looks in the room.
You get invited back to speak again and to more stages
When a talk truly lands, organisers notice. So does the audience. That’s how one keynote becomes a career-defining moment.
Your audience feels heard and seen, not just informed
They leave inspired, not just informed. They act, share, and remember, because your ideas landed where they needed to.
Keynote Ready Intensive.
A TEDx talk, an investor pitch, a keynote that could change how your industry sees you. This isn’t a course or a coaching programme, it’s an 1-1 done-with-you engagement for leaders, speakers or experts who can’t afford to get this wrong. I take a maximum of two per month.
*Only two spots per month
Here’s what you’ll get:
£4,995
investment from
Find out exactly where your presentation isn’t connecting.
The Presentation Clarity Quiz analyses how your delivery, connection, and visuals work together, and shows you the one thing to fix first.