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Simon Bucknall, Leadership Communication Expert, Speaker and Coach - Helping Ambitious Leaders and Professionals on a Mission with their Communication. Award-Winning Speaker * Coach * Author * Masterclasses, based in London and travelling internationally, offers a range of sessions to suit your Team, Audience or Organisation
"Thank you for an incredibly entertaining and engaging workshop. The way that you incorporated the brief into the session was sublime, making it very relevant to CDL and our students.
We have received great feedback already and know it will be a highlight of the MBA for many. There were so many practical ideas that they can take into their consulting projects, working with ventures."
Greg Jones, Programme Manager, Creative Destructive Lab - Oxford December 2023
"...a massive thank you to Simon Bucknall who visited my MBA class at Imperial College Business School last month. Simon's three hour workshop on high-impact public speaking was incredibly beneficial and has hopefully helped me to become a more conscientious and effective speaker."
Chris James Campbell, CISSP HackerOne Evangelist/MBA Candidate at Imperial College (LinkedIn testimonial December 2023)
"The best training of the course so far. Impactful, thought provoking and engaging."
Course participant January 2023
"Top tier soft skills sessions such as this are therefore the reason I chose to come on this course."
Course participant January 2023
"FANTASTIC! This course was one of the best 4 hours I have had. He (Simon) made a huge difference in my approach to public speaking. I would like to do this again it was so good. Wonderful.."
Course participant January 2023
"During the Leaders in Innovation Fellowship (LIF) training back in 2017 we were asked to select a few topics for break out sessions. Choosing Simon's session was one of the best things I did. He is very engaging and relatable, and his simple invaluable tips are easy to remember.
Now five years on I am still applying what he taught us and always look forward to receiving an email from Simon for his latest sharing."
Shaliza Ibrahim, PROFESSOR at University of Malaya, (LinkedIn testimonial February 2022)
Working with students at Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
"Simon runs captivating classes for the Public Policy students at the Blavatnik School of Government ...Simon's personal flare and ability to engage is outstanding."
Tessa Vincent, Public Policy, Climate Action, Food Waste Production, Blavatnik School of Government, (LinkedIn testimonial February 2022)
IGD Leading Edge Annual Conference: 'Power Your Performance'
Queen Elizabeth ll Centre, Westminster, London
With brave volunteers onstage
IGD Leading Edge Annual Conference 'Power Your Performance'
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Opening Speaker, TEDxLondon - Beyond Borders - July 2018
Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London
'Why Public Speaking Should Be Taught In Schools'
Introduction & welcome to my showreel...
When Your People are in the spotlight, how well equipped are they to capitalise on those precious minutes of opportunity?
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To win new business
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To inspire existing clients
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To engage members of their team
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To build the reputation and profile of your organisation
Take people's leadership communication to a new level. Fresh, practical, entertaining and insightful, your people gain surprising answers to the above challenges. Simon draws on years of experience helping tens of thousands of professionals from more than 100 countries to achieve greater impact.
Rest assured, your team will never view High Impact Speaking in quite the same way again.
What others say...
"You have this amazing ability to captivate the audience, making the event such a pleasure to attend. Feedback from senior colleagues has been extremely positive as well."
Harijot Chauhan, Director, Human Resources, Atlantis The Palm Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Looking for a high impact session for your next online conference or event?
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Finalist in the World Championship of Public Speaking 2017
Vancouver, Canada placing 2nd out of 30,000 + competing speakers worldwide
TEDxLondon, Beyond Borders - July 2018
'Why Public Speaking Should Be Taught In Schools'
If you want a high-octane and entertaining opening speaker for your event
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To cultivate greater self-belief & gravitas among your people
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To build a more influential and effective sales force
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To ignite the inspirational potential of your leadership team
...then I would be delighted to discuss how I may contribute to the knock-out success of your next event.
Opening Speech at TEDxLondon: Beyond Borders - July 2018
Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London
'Why Public Speaking Should Be Taught In Schools'
"When you speak, spelling doesn't matter!" Simon Bucknall
If you'd like to learn more about what we offer please get in touch using the contact link at the top of this page.
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"If there's one man who can make public speaking sound easy, it's Simon Bucknall."
The Chivas Venture
"I'd just like to let you know how well received your recent session was. We've had extremely positive feedback from the MBAs."
Emma Cooper, Careers Consultant, Imperial Business School
"Your session was most inspirational and I have learnt so much.
I had an opportunity to present to an audience just a couple of days after and it was the most successful public speaking I've ever done."
Agnes Guzik, Category Manager, FM & Trading Assets Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd.
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Testimonials
"We had Simon come deliver a one hour public speaking workshop to our group of Oxford University student fellows. Simon was brilliant; he engaged with everyone in the room, connected with each student and their own individual concerns, and brought examples to life of speaking under pressure.
We are looking forward to hopefully working with Simon again in the near future."
Oliver (Ollie) Cook, Olympian/World & European Champion, Manager of Oxford University's Sustainable Development Impact Lab.
"Simon runs captivating classes for the Public Policy students at the Blavatnik School of Government. I have learnt the art of story-telling, the skill in answering tricky questions and how to speak confidently in front of an audience.
Simon's personal flare and ability to engage is outstanding. The professional classes have embodied the top quailty teaching that Oxford is renowned for."
Tessa Vincent, Public Policy, Climate Action, Food Waste Reduction, Blavatnik School of Government - February 2022
"A truly enjoyable talk sprinkled with great body language, incredible vocal variety and powerful pauses.
Thanks for this one Simon."
Julian Cereceda, DTM, Toastmasters International
"I just wanted to put on record our warmest thanks for the fabulously informative and spirit-uplifting session today. One bit of feedback already in: "I looooooooved that!"
So the oomph point hit home with someone!
It really was just what I was hoping for."
Dr Catherine Paxton, Divisional Registrar, Social Sciences Division, University of Oxford
"During his sessions in both Brussels and Potsdam, Simon quickly established a strong connection with all of the EWA participants. In addition to providing technical guidance, Simon enabled the EWA participants to discover their own unique motivation and courage to speak more confidently, powerfully and effectively.
In over 20 years of working in international politics and training candidates, I have never seen a more remarkable improvement in speaking abilities in such a short amount of time."
Ian Marquardt, Director of the European Women's Academy, ALDE
"Thank you for gracing us today with your presentation! I've never been so engaged for 10 minutes let alone 3 hours.
Thank you for also sharing your story and bringing us confidence and lowering fear levels about such a necessary item as public speaking.
Imperial College hit a grand slam by working with you."
Yanni Melissas, Sales/Business Development & Entrepreneur
"Packed full of insights into the power of communication and advice on how to maximise the impact and increase the engagement of a presentation."
Katie Butcher, Consultant at Vendigital, Young MCA Masterclass in Communication, Management Consultancies Association
"I'd just like to let you know how well received your recent session was. We've had extremely positive feedback from the MBAs."
Emma Cooper, Careers Consultant, Imperial Business School
"If there's one man who can make public speaking sound easy, it's Simon Bucknall."
Chivas Venture
"Engaging, skilled, personable and memorable in the view of myself and a panel of top international speakers - he simply blew us away!"
Roger Harrop, The CEO Expert & Past President of the Professional Speaking Association (PSA-UK)
"Simon has a rare talent for taking information and presenting it in a memorable and entertaining fashion. His use of strong, meaningful content was augmented with humour and masterful delivery.
When he finished speaking I found myself thinking, 'No, tell me more!'
That said it all for me!"
Phillip van Hooser, MBA, CSP, CPAE, Member, Speaker Hall of Fame, President of the National Speakers Association (NSA-USA)
"Your mastery of the stage and your eloquent use of words made your presentation the winner."
Lindsay Adams, Past President of the Global Speakers Federation
"Simon is an incredibly talented and eloquent speaker."
Darren LaCroix, 2001 Toastmasters International World Champion of Public Speaking
"Simon is an engaging speaker who will take you and your organisation from where you are to where you want to be.
Oh, and you will enjoy every step of the way!"
Craig Valentine, 1999 Toastmasters International World Champion of Public Speaking
"I had the pleasure of being in Turku, Finland when Simon became the 2008 JCI European Public Speaking Champion.
Simon is a terrifically engaging public speaker who displays the enviable qualities of commitment, passion and preparation to his endeavours.
It also helps, of course, that Simon is a thoroughly decent bloke."
Will Noble, Director, Simply Mirror TV
"Very interactive - the tone you set meant audience members were really engaged. I can see why you get such great feedback for these sessions."
Pauline Isherwood, Learning and Development Manager, Shell plc
"Simon is a public speaker of note - he was calm in the frenzy of a live event; he was polished in his delivery; he was a perfectionist; he was Simon Bucknall."
Kevin Harrington, Chairman of Results Through Digital
"You have this amazing ability to captivate the audience... such a pleasure to attend... feedback from my colleagues has been extremely positive as well."
Harijot Chauhan, Director, Human Resources, Atlantis The Palm, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
"Simon is an inspirational speaker of huge talent with the ability to pass on his skills to others with ease."
Nigel Cutts, Author, Founder, Love at Work Foundation, Principal, Author and Leadership Consultant at Cutts and Cons
"Simon is without doubt one of the country's top speakers, combining deep subject knowledge with an entertaining and powerful delivery. He is certain to ensure audiences both enjoy his sessions and retain all the information for maximum benefit. Simon's talks are a great experience."
Bob Ferguson, Owner, Speaker and Communications Coach at Confident Communications Ltd.
"I continue to be amazed by his storytelling skills - Simon delivers a masterclass in connecting with his audience every time he speaks."
Alexander Lowry, Principal Consultant, PA Consulting Group
"I just wanted to say that your session was most inspirational and I have learnt so much.
I had an opportunity to present to an audience just a couple of days after and it was the most successful public speaking I've ever done."
Agnes Guzik, Category Manager, FM & Trading Assets Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd.
