Episode 12: Aysha Iqbal
- January 20, 2025
- Posted by: Clarendon
- Category: Clarendon Chronicles Podcast

My Guest on this Episode of the Clarendon Chronicles is Aysha Iqbal.
Aysha is the founder of Wize Communications, a media and communications coaching and training business that delivers powerful public speaking workshops, coaching and masterclasses in the UK and internationally.
Aysha is a communications expert, creating Wize after a successful 18 year career in journalism. She was headhunted by the BBC to become one of the main news anchors for BBC South West, and has also worked as a news anchor and reporter for ITV, in addition to working with organisations such as BBC 5 Live, BBC London and LBC London. She is a Sony Gold Award winner, and a TEDx Host and Speaker in 2023 and 2024.
Aysha believes communication and confidence are two of the most powerful skills that we possess. Mastering these two skills combined has the ability to catapult career opportunities and lead to people fulfilling their aims whatever their background and educational experience, and Aysha particularly empowers and coaches business Leaders and young people to maximise their communication skills.
At Wize, Aysha trains her clients to master their public speaking, perfect their business and sales pitches, and refine their interpersonal communication at every level. She shows her clients how to engage with media impactfully and perfect their on screen presence.
As an in demand communications expert, backed up by her stellar media career, Aysha delivers her training to leading corporations, charities and educational institutions, and has featured in many national and international magazines.
In this Episode, Aysha offers some brilliant advice and guidance to anyone engaging in communicating, presenting, public speaking and media management.
Just some of these amazing tips include:
Dialogue not Monologue;
Using Metaphors; Storytelling; Engaging the Audience in the first 15 seconds;
Using our Emotional Intelligence to Communicate – we are all humans, right!
Preparing using Templates to make maximum use of Preparation time; and
How Honesty & Integrity are the foundations of Communication.
Aysha is a remarkable Guest on my Podcast, and this is a 30 minute MasterClass in Communications skills!