“On attending Roy's seminar on referral generation:- thought-provoking and provocative, eloquent and entertaining, interlaced with audio and video examples supporting a fountain of ideas. Excellent return on time invested.”
Gareth Lewis, Managing Partner, Academy Partners LLP
“Roy is one of the most engaging speakers I have come across. I just attended his seminar on 'Attracting High Value Customers without Selling', which was an insightful event, full of practical tips and techniques which I cant wait to apply myself and share with my colleagues. I came out of the session buzzing with excitement, which hasn’t happened in a long, long time! Sorry Roy, but I wouldn’t recommend you to my competitors!”
Faraz Khan, Business Development Director
“Roy is an inspiration in the field of word-of-mouth marketing. I have learnt so much from him. Each time I meet him or hear him speak I come away with great ideas and real value. I recommend you take every opportunity to get to see him.”
Andrew Rhodes, Managing Partner at Sobell Rhodes
“Throughout a long career as a communications and marketing executive, Roy Sheppard has been my "go-to" business consultant. His insights are always well ahead of conventional wisdom. Roy doesn't tell you what you want to hear. It can be painful, but Roy has the charm to overcome ego and get your organisation back on the right track.”
Peter Dykhuis, Executive Director, IDC Group
“Roy is the ultimate professional - seeing him operate is like watching people's minds light up! A great speaker!”
Frank Thaxton, Director, The Psychology Company
“I was lucky to meet Roy twice when we at EMA Partners International hired him to present his word-of mouth marketing concepts and moderate panel discussions at our global Partner meetings. In both occasions Roy did exceptionally well and exceeded our expectations; his presentations were very vivid and catching, he managed to take the audience (and headhunters are not an easy audience at all!) and keep it throughout the session. I personally learned a lot from him and his books. If there's a chance to use his services in the future, I would certainly take it.”
Evgeny Lebedev, Director at EMA Partners Russia
“I worked with Roy when my firm needed an energetic and credible facilitator for a series of regional client discussion forums. Roy was an outstanding 'Chair' and unfailingly generated constructive debate between participants and delegates. The events' success, and the new business generated, owed much to his early contribution. Highly recommended.”
Andrew Pincott, Director of Business Development at Speechly Bircham LLP
“Roy is a dynamic and incredibly captivating consultant - speaker who connects at both the technology and business level. I would not hesitate to engage Roy one second to put my clients at ease and validate credibility. A terrific asset to any organization; engage Roy with confidence.”
Jon Harms , NonStop Product Specialist
“Roy is brilliant at building relationships and explaining key concepts in a simple and pragmatic way which is highly effective. He is a lively trainer who fully engages his audience throughout his sessions.”
Akber Pandor, Head of Partner Development at KPMG Europe LLP
“Roy's presentation to my team was exceptional and hugely thought provoking. I would have no hesitation in recommending him.”
Tim Farazmand, Managing Director at LDC, Managing Director at Lloyds Development Capital, Managing Director at Lloyds TSB Development Capital
“I first met Roy about eight years ago at one of his talks on networking "Meet Greet & Prosper" which was not only the best talk on networking that I've attended, before or since, but which increased my earnings and best of all connected me with a great speaker, presenter and conference moderator. I can't recommend Roy enough”
Stephen Harvard Davis, Managing Partner, Assimilating-Talent
“Roy presented at one of our client 'facilities club' meetings and was outstanding. He provided an interactive presentation on Networking and his high energy, enthusiastic approach was delivered in his own style - without being either over-the-top or patronising. The content was not only fun and interesting, but has also been easy to adopt in everyday business life. So often one hears this type of presentation and, whilst captivating at the time, is forgotten the week after. Roy delivers a great presentation that is really useful for anyone in business.”
Simon Oldroyd, Group Sales & Marketing Director at BBI
“Having worked with Roy on several occasions I have no hesitation in recommending Roy as both a facilitator and guest speaker. His ability to grasp the objectives, devise a customised approach to match the needs of his clients is second to none.Likewise his professionalism is second to none. He has always proved to be a great asset in focussing the audience to consider, focus and take on board new ideas and recognise the values and returns from Networking. I never have any reservations in recommending Roy as I can always guarantee he will deliver.He is a pleasure to work with as he has the ability and persona to recognise what everyone is aiming to achieve. A true Gentleman, a true Professional and an individual I feel honoured to have met and worked with on several occasions.” Nigel Greaves, Owner at NGA
“I have worked alongside Roy on a couple of occasions, introducing him to a client as a potential presenter at their Annual Conference. On both occasions he cut quickly to the heart of what the client wanted as well as needed. Was very professional in his recommendation and helped the client to decide the best route for the conference. I have happily recommended him to clients since, value his expertise and on a personal level his counsel.”
Mike Willoughby, Sales Director, PMC Ltd
“Roy always delivers. He is hugely professional and highly competent. We've had some of our best feedback from events that Roy has had a hand in.”
Owen Ashby, CMO at Think Smart Marketing
“Roy brings a fantastic energy with him and has the ability to engage all of the audience and encapsulate their thoughts in a humourous manner eg "they are all thinking it but are afraid to say". From a personal perspective, Roy has enhanced my networking skills immensely particularly with regard to networking which I can now do with confidence. I would recommend Roy for any conference event which is to do with achieving better business results.T”
Gordon Duncan, Regional Development Director at Marsh Ltd
“It's been a real pleasure to work with Roy. His talks and presentations on networking and personal marketing are probably the most inspirational and thought provoking of any speaker I've heard in the past 10 years ...maybe with the sole exception of Barack Obama!”
Nigel Kippax, Director at Corpra Ltd, Director of Business Development at Capita & Executive Director at Oakland Consulting plc
“Just hire Roy! You absolutely won't regret it. He's the very best!”
Justyn Comer, Investment Banking Consultant and Contractor
“If you want the expert in networking and referrals then Roy is your man. Unlike many experts Roy actually practices what he preaches! In today’s business environment networking and referrals are becoming increasingly important and accessing Roy’s expertise in this area could be critical to your business. He is someone for whom I have the highest professional regard.”
Russell Chalmers, Non Executive Director and Trustee at The SalvationArmy & CEO and Owner at The Holst Group
“The fantastic support & creative input given by Roy really helped me out a great deal. Roy's precision and intuitive approach towards coaching are second to none. Many thanks”
Rezwan Malik, Consultant at RM T&C Ltd
“Saw one of Roy's seminars 4 or 5 years ago. Highly inspirational. As a result I got the networking bug. Roy's book "Meet, Greet and Prosper" is a cracking guide to networking the right way.”
Gareth Edwards, Director, 4sight Business Development Ltd
“I had the pleasure of working with Roy for a keynote at our user conference, Vision. The keynote had lots of parts to it and Roy's professionalism to help us make it run smoothly was fantastic. I was a little sceptical of the 'conscience of the audience' but it worked really well - Roy has a talent for listening and then being able to ask questions which evidently other people were also thinking.”
Guy Bunker, Senior Director / Chief Architect / Distinguished Engineer at Symantec Corporation
"Your session on the evening of our workshop has caused quite a buzz amongst our team, and although I know you felt you had to fit a lot into a short time, the effect has been most dramatic. Everyone couldn't stop talking about the session and how right you were with your simple but impactful ideas and initiatives. In our business where it's so easy to focus on the delivery your powerful reminder of keeping ourselves externally focused and our networks going and growing was very timely.
For people who might not be confident enough to network, or for those who just don't make the time, your session is perfect - and if it can be well received by a team of senior management consultants then it can work anywhere!
As you know I've personally been impressed and improved by one of your sessions and now that I've seen the impact it is having on my business, I shall continue to recommend you highly to any conference organiser.
You wear a funny coat, deliver a highly entertaining session of
seriously important stuff - what a great combination!"
Julie Towers, Chief Executive, Tribal GWT
“I've worked with Roy on several occasions in his capacity as a Conference Moderator and have enjoyed his books and seminars; I can't recommend him highly enough. Excellent at what he does, Roy has the uncanny knack of making what he does look easy (it isn't)... whilst making the client look great; a true professional and a pleasure to work with.”
Andrew Key, freelance onference producer
"As a National Sales Manager responsible for the largest sales force working within the healthcare environment, I face many ongoing challenges. One issue that has become more and more relevant in today's market place is the relationship that the sales force has with their core customer base.
Every representative thinks that he or she has a brilliant relationship with most of the customers that they deal with on a regular basis. When you question them about this relationship they get very defensive and guarded. I wanted to launch a whole new initiative that pushed the ownership and the responsibility on each representative to search into how good that relationship actually was.
A major sales conference was picked to launch this issue and we needed something that would make a big impact, but would also come from an independent source. What they didn't need was the National Manager launching something that they felt they were already very good at - we decided on Roy Sheppard.
The gamble when you pick an after dinner speaker or a motivational presenter is that the message is delivered but all tied up in a very slick presentation that sounds wonderful and very funny BUT is, in fact, a very difficult message to build into the culture of the team.
Roy's message is a simple one, but a very effective one.
Following some research with myself and some contact with the sales force, Roy managed to overcome all of these barriers and get the whole sales force to think about themselves in a totally different light.
Getting people to talk well of us behind our backs has now become a
buzz-word within our Company. The ideas have started to flow and the
defence from the sales force has been dropped.
We now have active development of each relationship and the sales force want and demand more knowledge.
I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Roy as the catalyst to start something; but beware, if all you want is to fill a conference agenda with some very entertaining and enlightening examples of how to build a relationship, and also how to destroy one, then Roy is your man. But if you want much more than that, then Roy really is the right person to make you take that first difficult step.
Thank you Roy Sheppard - I hope you know what you have started. I
think you do!"
Mark Welsh, National Sales Manager, Smith & Nephew Healthcare
"Just a short note to say how very pleased I was with your delivery at our event on 8th January, there has been consistent comment from my team that they really enjoyed the 2 sessions, and felt that you had taken the trouble to research our company and address some of the perceived challenges. I am already seeing some improvements in my team based on the topics you shared. Once again very many thanks for your valuable input and great training. I look forward to working with again in the future. Steve Critchley, Surrey Plus Ltd, Telecom Plus Conference.
