Presentation and Business Facilitation

As a professional broadcaster, he started to work in the conference and video arena, hosting large events for General Motors, American Express, Intercontinental Hotels and IBM. This has and does involve stage presentations and also large‑scale participation in experiential training and motivational activities. He is equally at home before an audience of ten or one thousand and quickly builds rapport and encourages active participation. His easy, informative style is in demand on corporate video productions for companies as diverse as Nestlé, Bollé, Unipart, Kent Police and Abbot Laboratories.

Presentation

1988 – 1994 Producer/Presenter at BBC Radio Kent. 
Staring with Drivetime music based show and progressing though lunchtime news to spend the last three years as Breakfast anchor hosting a two-hour speech only ‘Today’ format, which at one point had the highest ratings in the county. During this time extensive work for Sky Eurosport, United Artists and independent production companies presenting in vision, radio and conferences.

Continuous work for many independent production companies specialising in technical presentation particularly the electrical industry.

Currently developing a TV/Radio independent production company.

Business Facilitation

Began in this field in 1994, leaving the BBC to train with the Saturn Corporation in the USA on experiential learning and facilitation.  This led to work with a UK team to adapt the Excel programme for Vauxhall in the UK.   This programme involved work in many international markets and a period resident in Dubai as lead Facilitator with the General Motors Academy for Excellence in the Middle East.

During this time clients also included Emirates Airlines, Hilton Hotels, Coke, American Express, and Mars.

Using experiential techniques involving activity and de-brief, business models and humour to engage groups large and small in areas of Customer Focus, communication, culture change and strategy implementation.

Presentation Skills

Additionally assisting individuals and small groups to improve their presentation skills both in platform presentation and handling the media.  Clients at Board Level currently include Hewlett Packard, Cisco Systems and Abbott Pharmaceuticals. Clients whose  middle management have received presentation training include Vauxhall and many smaller companies.

Media consultant with Crawford Communications, a company specialising in corporate communications and media skills.

Background

BBC trained sound engineer with twenty-five years operational experience.  Professional theatre experience and extensive knowledge of lighting, stage systems and production.

Shareholder and board director of a video Post Production Company based in Dean Street, Soho producing broadcast programmes for all major broadcasting companies.

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