10 reasons to book Roy for your next conference

(Actually there are more than 10 listed here.)

1)  Roy Sheppard is THE European expert on 'networking' at conferences. If networking is one of the objectives for your next event, Roy's presentation "Meet Greet & Prosper" is the perfect way to help your delegates to start meeting each other. During his interactive, entertaining and thought-provoking keynote presentation, your delegates will even meet 4-6 new people. And have a very positive experience doing so. PLEASE do not assume that because your delegates are intelligent, experienced business people that they don't want or need any help with this. They do. Particularly relevant to senior people, your audiences will really appreciate this session.

Two examples illustrate this:one time Roy was booked to moderate a number of complex discussions at a European 'Quality Management' conference in Rome. He offered to give this "meet Greet & Prosper" talk the night before the conference was due to start. 193 senior delegates decided to attend. The following morning 240 deelgates attended the opening session. 40 of those arrived that morning. Therefore almost every single delegate had chosen to learn how to be more effective at building relationships at that conference.

Secondly, Roy was once hired by the UK's Institute of Directors to speak at their headquarters in London's Pall Mall. The organisers were shocked to discover that instead of the 60-70 directors they were expecting to attend - 340 busy, professional, experienced and senior executives found the time to attend. It was a hugely successful evening.

A client who organised a series of networknig events reported that nearly 2,000 senior business people showed up to hear Roy speak on this topic. 480 of those attendees wrote these testimonials! Here. You're not expected to read them all (!!) Just scan thruogh them to gain an accurate overall impression of how knowledgeable, relevant and entertaining Roy is as a speaker on this topic.

3) Meet Greet & Prosper is guaranteed to improve networking at your event. Creating a 'networking' event and throwing everyone together to 'get on with it' is not the same :-)

4) Many clients hire Roy to speak but also ask him to be the 'Link Presenter/MC' too. He is also a specialist conference moderator. This is FAR more than being a Link Presenter. He does this for a living – it isn’t something he just fits in around being on TV or radio. Roy is happy that he is not a celebrity. He takes responsibility for shining the spotlight on his clients. Its not about him.

5) Here are even more testimonials from delighted senior executives from global corporations, many of whom choose to book him repeatedly to perform the role of 'conscience of the audience'.  Client testimonials

6) Roy has an amazing skill to soak up vast amounts of complicated information and make sense of it, often adding valuable insights to his highly experienced clients. He will shock you at his level of knowledge and understanding. 

7) In recent years he has moderated complex discussions such as 6 HOURS(!) with a panel of Professors of Orthopaedic surgery from research hospitals around Europe. He must have done a great job – he facilitated these Advisory boards for a number of years. He has worked with that client (Zimmer) for nearly 10 years. For Novartis Neuroscience he conducted an in-depth 90 minute panel discussion on the efficacy of a particular drug to an audience of 170 senior doctors from all around the world.

8) He has moderated 3 day conferences for global dispute resolution lawyers – the ‘rottweilers’ of their profession. He is asked back again and again. Roy has extensive experience working in a wide range of  industries including; from consultancy, construction, banking, retailing, government, healthcare to tobacco and many more. Roy is brilliant at helping his client’s clarify their objectives and question their assumptions. He makes his clients look good – that’s almost certainly one of the reasons he gets re-booked so often.

9) Many global conferences are attended by non-native English speakers. Roy is adept and sensitive to their needs. He has a knack of being able to identify potentially confusing elements of someone’s presentation and help re-phrase it to clarify the intended meaning. Feedback from such delegates confirms that Roy adds value in this way – he is also told that he speaks clearly which improves comprehension.

10) Coaching executives to improve their personal impact on the platform and offering practical suggestions to improve their presentations.

11) Holding the event together and ensuring that there are no embarrassing silences is also something Roy is adept at handling. He always has relevant and insightful questions up his sleeve for open forum question and answer sessions.

A high profile TV celebrity who presents conferences, charges £16,000 PER DAY! No one can afford to brief him fully about the organisation, But he gets lots of work. Clients are not always aware that less-expensive, yet more valuable solutions are available. Roy’s fees are MUCH lower than this. Most performers charge ‘per day’. Roy does not. After discussions with the client they agree an overall fee for the entire job. Then Roy does what ever needs to be done to make the event work. There is NO running ‘taxi meter’.

12) Roy is NOT a Prima Donna.