As a natural extension to the rest of my work, i enjoy sharing my pearls of wisdom with others through teaching and speaking
Whether it’s tips to create a more mindfully designed home, ways you can boost your business as a small lifestyle brand, or something in between, this page shares where you can find me speaking next, how to access some of my pre-recorded workshops, and how to commission me for your own workshop or event.
Just after a few freebies?
Scroll down to the end - I’ve also shared a free download to the Wellness Chart I created for my third book, The New Mindful Home, and I’ll be popping up a few other goodies in the coming weeks, too.
klc school of design
As a guest lecturer, I teach KLC’s Interior Styling for Beginners in-person one-day workshop at their base in the prestigious Chelsea Harbour. The college also commissioned me to redesign and re-jig their course criteria, to broaden out and update its remit.
Aimed at both interiors professionals interested in improving their photographic styling skills, as well as keen amateur designers looking for ideas to refresh their own homes, the course runs several times a year - find out more on KLC’s website listing.
Upcoming dates:
“Joanna is a great communicator - this course was very informative”
91 Magazine creative sessions
Focusing on all things wellbeing for your home, if you’d like to understand how to approach your decor to help create a happy, supportive environment for you and your family, this workshop contains 90 minutes of tips, tricks and insight (which don’t necessarily require hitting the shops to achieve).
This replay download gives you access to the recording of our live interactive session alongside access to my slide deck, packed with useful resources and advice.
Whether you’ve got an idea for a lifestyle book burning away at you but you’re not sure how to bring it to fruition, or you’re simply curious on how the whole process of pitching, researching and writing works, this information-packed session walks you through the entire process, from honing your ideas to the nitty-gritty of striking a deal, and features lots of useful, actionable advice to take to move your idea forward and impress those commissioning editors.
This replay download gives you access to the recording of our live interactive session alongside access to my slide deck, packed with useful resources and advice (including a list of the key UK lifestyle publishers to approach).
coming soon: my courses
Keen to learn with me directly? I’m in the process of setting up two interactive online courses to help you make the most of your home or lifestyle business.
I’ll add more detail here VERY soon along with a waitlist, but there’s a little more on these pages now, to whet your appetite
bespoke workshop creation
Publishing house Immediate Media commissioned me to create a four-part online workshop on mindful home design, to boost team morale during the pandemic.
Broken down to discuss many different talking points, and spread across four one-hour workshop presentations, the course included homework exercises and feedback, to help aid the students’ learning experience.
Held inside a DIY store, the Dulux PR team approached me to host and produce an interactive in-person talk and demonstration for key interiors influencers, to promote a new product launch.
I created some bespoke props and a display area to bring the presentation to life, explaining how to combine colours to produce tonal, harmonious and contrasting schemes, then advising each participant on shade combinations they could use in their own home.
As part of their members-only workshop series, I designed a one-day, in-person event for the Society of Garden Designers, aimed at educating professional garden designers on how they could use press and publicity to grow their business.
Talking through all aspects of gaining press coverage - from who to approach to how to go about it - I also advised on photographic styling ideas to increase their chances of catching an editor’s eye. This event was subsequently re-commissioned and hosted at several different regional locations.
Incorporated into their Live Well Week, I hosted a one-hour, in-person talk and workshop for publishing house Hearst, aimed at interiors and lifestyle journalists and editors keen to learn more about integrating wellbeing into design.
Designed to inspire the attendees with ideas for their own homes, as well as provide talking points and stats that could be used in their own features, my talk included a copy of my PDF presentation, full of clickable links to resources and data discussed.
free download: wellness chart
Up for getting intentional?
As featured in The New Mindful Home - if you’d like to create your own grown-ups version of a sticker chart to help you achieve your personal goals (however small), you can access the download here to print out and use at home.
I’d love to see how you use yours - tag me on Instagram @joannathornhillstylist