"If I look at younger Beckie growing up, I didn't think I would stand in front of hundreds of people to talk about my experiences or be classed as a professional public speaker."
"knees knocking [and] gripping onto a lectern"
"I think what people see now is [the Beckie who is] confident, able to articulate herself and able to engage audiences - but what people don't see is the journey."
"It's great to have the big role models - CEOs of big corporate companies - [but] what I'm trying to capture from the whole documentary is to really be relatable to people. There needs to be more real-life tech influencers showing the reality of an industry that's growing rapidly and has so many am"
Beckie Taylor, founder of Tech Returners, is producing a six-part documentary titled Breaking the Sound Barrier - Voices Unleashed that follows ten women in technology learning public speaking skills. The Sound Barrier programme helps participants build confidence and find their voices, with each woman delivering a public talk at the programme's finale. The documentary captures the time, effort and challenges behind influential people's journeys, showing that visible role models often hide their paths to success. Taylor contrasts early nervousness with current confidence and emphasizes relatable, real-life women in tech as accessible role models for a rapidly growing industry.
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