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Communication training for technical and professional teams.

I help teams communicate more clearly in meetings, presentations, interviews and high-stakes workplace conversations.

Practical workshops, facilitation and AI-enabled practice for people who need to explain ideas clearly and speak with confidence when it counts.

Dubai-based · Working internationally · 20 years' communications experience

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Portrait of Farida Gilmore, communication trainer and facilitator — Everything DiSC^®/Agile EQ/ICF-certified coach

Loqi

Loqi: a private rehearsal space for real professional conversations — powered by AI.

After delivering communication training, I kept seeing the same problem: people understood what to do, but had no private, low-pressure way to keep practising real workplace conversations.

Communication improves through practice, not simply through understanding. So I built Loqi — an AI platform that lets people rehearse workplace and client conversations through realistic roleplay, receive immediate feedback and try again.

Loqi extends learning beyond the workshop, helping organisations make communication practice more accessible and scalable across their teams.

Practise real workplace conversations privately

Receive immediate, practical feedback

Repeat scenarios until the wording feels natural

Extend and scale learning beyond the workshop

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Training

Communication training.

I run practical workshops for professional teams who need to speak with confidence and handle client-facing moments more effectively.

The aim is practical change: clearer project updates, more structured presentations, greater confidence under questioning and more effective participation in meetings and client conversations.

For companies

Workshops

I work with young professionals and emerging leaders who need clearer, more confident communication in meetings, presentations and client conversations.

Explaining complex ideas simply
Presenting with structure
Handling stakeholder questions
Speaking up in meetings
Building confidence in English-speaking environments

For training agencies

Facilitation

I partner with learning providers who need an experienced facilitator to deliver practical, engaging communication sessions for their clients.

Communication training programmes
Public speaking and presentation skills
Emotional intelligence and Agile EQ
Everything DiSC® delivery

Who I help

Teams where communication affects trust, performance and progression.

Technical and professional-services teams
Young professionals and emerging leaders
Client-facing and project teams
International and non-native-English-speaking professionals
Interview, promotion and assessment candidates
Training agencies and in-house L&D teams

A collage of Farida speaking, coaching, presenting and facilitating

Experience

Experience behind the training.

I have 20 years of international communications experience helping individuals and organisations connect meaningfully with their audiences.

Communication workshops for major regional and multinational organisations
Curated and emceed 30+ TED-style speaker events
Background working with teams across the UK, Asia and the Middle East
ICF-certified coach · Everything DiSC^® & Agile EQ certified trainer

20yrs

International communications experience

30+

TED-style speaker events curated & emceed

UK · Asia · ME

Teams supported across three regions

Companies I have worked with:

ADNOC Gas
Hitachi
ENGIE
Emirates Global Aluminium
Al-Futtaim Automotive
Al-Futtaim Real Estate
Omnium
Rider Levett Bucknall
Fujifilm
And more…

Contact

Tell me about the room.

Tell me about the team, the communication challenge and what needs to change.