Events
The Fifth Spring Leadership and Communication Conference
Make it Stick: Techniques for Leaders to Get Their Message Across
Take away strategies for communicating with voters, customers and non-native speakers.
This fifth conference will take place in London on Thursday 23 February 2012. Click here for more details.
Dr Max Atkinson to deliver Christmas Lecture 2011
On Thursday 8 December 2011 from 8am at the School of Life in Bloomsbury, Dr Max Atkinson will describe the ‘snakes and ladders theory of political communication’.
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The Fourth Bournemouth Leadership and Communication Conference
The Fourth Bournemouth Leadership and Communication Conference took place at the Bournemouth University Executive Business Centre on Friday 16 September 2011.
To find out about more please click here or read a write-up.
The Third Bournemouth Leadership and Communication Conference
On Friday 8 April 2011, in conjunction with the Media School, Bournemouth University, we hosted a conference entitled, ‘We do, do God’ on the subject of how to communicate faith.
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The Second Bournemouth Leadership and Communication Conference
The Second Bournemouth Leadership and Communication Conference took place at the Bournemouth University Executive Business Centre on Friday 17 September 2010.
To find out about more please click here or contact us for more information.
The First Conference of the UK Speechwriters’ Guild
The first conference of the UK Speechwriters’ Guild was held at the Arts University College in Bournemouth on Friday 18 September 2009.
Click here to read a report in Times Higher Education
Click here to read a report in The Times mentioning the UK Speechwriters’ Guild
To register your interest in next year’s conference call 01202 551257 or email: info AT ukspeechwritersguild.co DOT uk.
UK Business Speaker of the Year 2012
In 2011, the UK Speechwriters’ Guild launched the first UK Business Speaker of the Year Competition. Contestants submitted video auditions to YouTube and eight speakers were selected by the judges to appear in a final judged at the Pavilion Dance Theatre in Bournemouth on the eve of the UK Speechwriters’ Guild annual conference.
In 2012 we will be running the contest again. We want to put the spotlight on authors, entrepreneurs and gurus with an inspirational message for our times.
The competition was sponsored by the branding agency RT Media. You can find out more here.
Jeffrey Archer talks to UK Speechwriters’ Guild
On Friday 12 March 2010, author Jeffrey Archer gave us a talk on his experience as a public speaker and a writer, especially for the Guild. It took place from 1-3pm in the lecture theatre at the back of the The Crosse Keys, 9 Gracechurch Street, (opposite Leadenhall Market) EC3V 0DR. Jeffrey Archer has wide experience of the world of politics and publishing.
Hal Gordon speaks to the UK Speechwriters’ Guild
On Friday 8 January 2010, former White House speechwriter Hal Gordon ran a seminar on ‘Creative Speechwriting’.
Hal had experience with the Reagan administration and he has written for Colin Powell.
Email us for a transcript of Hal’s speech.