Testimonials
“You’ve added great value to our business.”
Nick Sperrin President Carat Global Management
“Thank you for a truly enjoyable training day of storytelling! It was fun, exciting, challenging, rewarding and above all eye-opening”
Mark Middlemass, Managing Partner Business Development, UM London
“You know the media and advertising business. There are two of you so delegates get double the feedback. You send each delegate personal feedback so it feels like bespoke training for the individual. This level of feedback is very unusual in this market.”
Gus Annetts, Training Consultant
“The presentation went extremely well, so much so, that we got the call the following day to tell us we had won the whole account. I think you can personally take a decent slice of the credit and have recommended that we bring you in to work with the pitch team for every substantial piece of business in the future.”
Richard Lomax, Editorial Director Redhouse Lane
“From the feedback they found it incredibly useful and inspiring.”
Greg Thorpe Client Service Director 23red
“The feedback was great and everyone felt that the training sessions were very beneficial”
Riad Chehab Publicis Graphics Jeddah
“I have recommended your workshops to all the local JWT agencies in our region.”
Petra Hoyos Regional Director JWT
Delegate Testimonials
“A fantastic day in which I’ve learnt so much and was witness to my own development”
Carat Global
“Although an 8 hour training session, you gain from it years of experience”
180 Amsterdam
“I now know to think of a presentation not as a document of information but as an event, a visual story that draws in your audience.”
Hotwire PR
“A fresh approach to training that really challenged me and opened my mind to new styles of delivering information.”
ZenithOptimedia
“It forces you to really think about your audience and what you want them to take away from your presentation. Effective and very enjoyable.”
Aldi Stores
“Listen and learn. The nuggets are invaluable.”
Mediacom
“Every piece of work has a story. I learnt how to tell that story.”
UM Dubai
“Your advice was invaluable in helping us re-focus our thinking on our new business presentation.”
Fox Murphy
“No matter which level you are at, Barry and Sally will be able to give you the tools you need to improve.”
Carat Global
“By planting a seed in the clients head you’re half way to the sale before they’ve seen it.”
McCann Erickson
“I’ve learnt that everyone, including clients, like to be told a story!”
JWT UK
“Charismatic trainers – very well prepared – logical and strategic.”
IAA Bucharest
“This course really puts you through your paces – but it’s worth it. I’ve learnt a lot and feel more confident.”
Rapier
“You frequently go to courses and workshops where you reinforce what you already know. This was different. It presented new ways of thinking about issues that matter. It was also fun.”
Skandia
Sally and Barry were energetic and very good at encouraging development and personal critique of all participants.
Gyro International
“I have never been in a training session where I have seen so much self-improvement in a day”.
Synovate
“A great fun way of bringing the richness of human interest stories from the real world into a business context”
Carat Global
Speech testimonials
Advertising & Marketing Forum Tehran October 2009
– Title: The creativity of press Advertising
“Barry your speech in our conference was one of the most thought-provoking and inspiring ones we have ever heard. Your materials were so up to date and world class! You added a lot of values to our conference, and made our event a big success!
Sepehr Taverdian Conference Organiser
Speech at the UK Guild of Speechwriters Conference September 2010
- Title: “Never give a speech without a story”
“I heard Barry discuss storytelling. It was extremely valuable. He understands the human interaction that makes stories so persuasive. The presentation was full of insights, one after another, brilliantly demonstrating the profound power of story-telling.”
John Shosky, Ex-speechwriter to the White House
